Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players

Gwyn Roberts, recorder and flute

Rebecca Humphrey, violoncello

Richard Stone, lute and theorbo

Sunday, December 2, 2007, at 3:00 p.m.

The Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players made their New Haven debut in the third of this season's series of concerts at the Collection. Founded in 1996, the Philadelphia-based ensemble includes Gwyn Roberts, recorder; Rebecca Humphrey, violoncello; and Richard Stone, lute and theorbo. The trio is a subset of the larger ensemble, which in full force is a chamber orchestra that presents an annual series in Philadelphia and tours widely throughout the USA and Europe.

Tempesta di Mare's recordings on the Chandos and Pro Gloria Musicae labels have received enthusiastic critical plaudits. Their Yale program entitled “Venice and Rome” will feature chamber music by major representatives of the Italian baroque: Dario Castello, Alessandro Stradella, Arcangelo Corelli, and Francesco Geminiani.

From the Washington Post, June 2006: “Sunday's concert at the National Gallery of Art was a survey of 16th- and 17th-century Italian music, allowing … the accomplished musicians of Tempesta di Mare to showcase the style, ornamentation and improvisation of that era…Richard Stone's performance of Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger's Toccata No. 1 on the theorbo had the energy of a rock solo and the craft of a classical cadenza. A sonata by Dario Castello was a virtuoso vehicle for recorder player Gwyn Roberts. With her sparkling technique and sensitive attention to musicality, Roberts infused the piece with operatic drama.”