“If God had
designed the orchestra, then the cello was His greatest accomplishment.” ― RickMoody
Domenico Gabrielli (15
April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian Baroque composer
and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players. Born in Bologna, he
worked in the orchestra of the church of San Petronio and was also a member and
for some time president (principe) of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna.
During the 1680s he also worked as a musician at the court of Duke Francesco II
d'Este of Modena.
Gabrielli wrote
several operas as well as instrumental and vocal church works. He is especially
notable as the composer of some of the earliest attested works for solo cello
(two sonatas for cello and basso continuo, a group of seven ricercari for
unaccompanied cello, and a canon for two cellos). Among his contemporaries, his
own virtuoso performances on this instrument earned him the nickname Mingain
(or Minghino) dal viulunzeel, a dialect form meaning “Dominic of the cello.”
Here are two of
his sonatas for cello and basso continuo played by Konrad Junghänel (theorbo),
Richte Van Der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord) and Roel Dieltiens
(cello).
“I’ve always
been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my
grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time.” - Kerry Greenwood
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Melbourne is the state
capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the
second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania. The name “Melbourne” covers
an urban agglomeration spanning 9,992.5 km2, which comprises the broader
metropolitan area, as well as being the common name for its city centre. The
metropolis is located on the large natural bay of Port Phillip and expands into
the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges, Mornington
Peninsula and Yarra Valley.
Melbourne consists
of 31 municipalities. It has a population of 4,725,316 as of 2016, and its
inhabitants are called Melburnians. Founded by free settlers from the British
Crown colony of Van Diemen’s Land on 30 August 1835, in what was then the
colony of New South Wales, it was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837.
It was named “Melbourne” by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke,
in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount
Melbourne.
It was
officially declared a city by Queen Victoria, to whom Lord Melbourne was close,
in 1847, after which it became the capital of the newly founded colony of
Victoria in 1851. During the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, it was transformed
into one of the world’s largest and wealthiest cities. After the federation of
Australia in 1901, it served as the nation’s interim seat of government until
1927. Additionally, it was the host city of the 1956 Summer Olympics and the
2006 Commonwealth Games.
Melbourne rates
highly in education, entertainment, health care, research and development,
tourism and sport, making it the world’s most liveable city (for the seventh
year in a row in 2017), according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. It is a
leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region, and ranks among the top 15
cities in the world in the Global Financial Centres Index.
Referred to as
Australia’s “cultural capital”, it is the birthplace of Australian
impressionism, Australian rules football, the Australian film and television
industries, and Australian contemporary dance. It is recognised as a UNESCO
City of Literature and a major centre for street art, music and theatre. It is
home to many of Australia’s largest and oldest cultural institutions such as
the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the National Gallery of Victoria, the State
Library of Victoria and the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition
Building.
