OP. 200 THE DECAMERON - FIRST DAY (January 28, 2012)
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments
PROEM / FIRST DAY / Introduction
Novel I. Ser Ciappelletto Cheats a Holy Friar
Novel II. Abraham Sees the Depravity of the Clergy
Novel III. Melchizedek, with the Story of Three Rings,
Escapes a Perilous Snare Set by Saladin
Novel IV. A Monk, Lapsing into Sin,
Justly Censures the Same Fault in his Abbot,
and thus Escapes Penalty
Novel V. The Marchioness of Monferrato,
by a Banquet of Hens Seasoned with Wit,
Checks the Mad Passion of the King of France
Novel VI. A Worthy Man, by an Apt Saying,
Puts to Shame the Hypocrisy of a Friar Minor
Novel VII. Bergamino, with a Story of Primasso and the Abbot of Cluny,
Censures a Sudden Avarice in Messer Cane della Scala
Novel VIII. Guglielmo Borsiere, by a Neat Retort,
Sharply Censures Avarice in Messer Ermino de' Grimaldi
Novel IX. The Censure of a Gascon Lady Converts the King of Cyprus
from a Churlish to an Honorable Temper
Novel X. Master Alberto da Bologna Honourably Puts to Shame a Lady
Who Sought Occasion to Put Him to Shame in that
He Was in Love with Her
Score:
https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Decameron_-_First_Day%2C_Op.200_(Alburger%2C_Mark)
Performances:
Fresh Voices XII: Not Shy and Retiring, April 14, 2014
Goat Hall Productions, Community Music Center,
San Francisco, CA
Fresh Voices XIII: Mischief and Mayhem, July 5-6, 2013
Goat Hall Productions, Community Music Center,
San Francisco, CA
Recording:
THE DECAMERON (Complete Works, Volume 91)
New Music Publications and Recordings / Mus21stc - NM 1202)
