TELEMANN Sinfonia Spirituoso in D Major VIVALDI Laudate pueri BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BACH Concerto in D Minor for Harpsichord VIVALDI Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major “La notte” BACH Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Cantata 51 Hélène Brunet, soprano Gabriel Benton, harpsichord Steven Marquardt, trumpet Nate Helgeson, bassoon Jeffrey Thomas, conductor Among …
Recipient of a prestigious 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant—the only Baroque artist in the respected program’s history—and Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, is a rising star on both the historical performance and modern violin stages. This concert offers Bach works for unaccompanied solo …
Recipient of a prestigious 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant—the only Baroque artist in the respected program’s history—and Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, is a rising star on both the historical performance and modern violin stages. This concert offers Bach works for unaccompanied solo violin, …
Seven Times Salt celebrates life, love, and music as part of our 20th anniversary season. Inspired by the works of our friend, poet and Italophile Scott Harney, the program features love songs of 17th-c Italy along with choice Renaissance dance tunes, followed by a brief visit to Elizabethan England. Finally, we’ll take a sea voyage …
Early Music Missouri and St. Peter's Episcopal Church present An Early Music Evensong on March 12 at 5:00 PM. This collaborative event features anthems by Pelham Humfrey and John Ward as well as instrumental works by William Lawes and John Eccles. The St. Peter's Singers, under the direction of David Sinden, will be joined by …
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In the 16th century, as trade routes opened across the European continent and pushed over mountains and across oceans into Asia and the Americas, the printing press helped to accelerate the dissemination of music. Singers and players traveled with their patrons, taking their native music to distant lands. Nota Bene explores these journeys with a range …
Although today Handel’s Messiah brings to mind the Christmas season, audiences at the first London performances heard it during Lent, which is when the Washington Bach Consort will perform this most popular of oratorios. Messiah has never lost its charm, and the Consort breathes life into this work in a way that proves its enduring …
Beginning with Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), who served as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for fifteen years, we include on our vocal polyphony series German motets by the foremost composers to hold the position before J.S. Bach. Schein’s motet series Fontana d’Israel is among the most important of the 17th century, with music exquisitely crafted to …
Beginning with Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), who served as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for fifteen years, we include on our vocal polyphony series German motets by the foremost composers to hold the position before J.S. Bach. Schein’s motet series Fontana d’Israel is among the most important of the 17th century, with music exquisitely crafted to …
We close the season with our signature work, Bach’s great Mass in B Minor. Among the greatest musical compositions in any tradition, Bach’s masterwork has been for countless audiences a limitless reservoir of comfort and a balm for the soul. Margot Rood, soprano; Crossley Danielle Hawn, soprano; Roger O. Isaacs, countertenor; Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass “Talking Bach,” …
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