September 17, 2026 @ 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm – Dan McCarthy, historical violas Dan McCarthy ~ viola, tenor viola, viola d’amoreNicola Canzano ~ harpsichord There are many “Violas” in the Baroque era. Yet sadly for a host of reasons they are not often played and the true variety of the era is not represented. Music for tenor violas is mistakenly played on […]
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September 18, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Lutenist Brian Bartling has put together a program of music from another time, place, and instrument. This is lute music from the German-speaking territory of Silesia, a historical region situated around modern day Poland, in the late 17th- and early 18th- centuries. The lute was such a popular instrument at this time that one organist […]
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September 18, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – ANN MARIE MORGAN AND FRIENDS “Contrasts” Ann Marie Morgan has been delighting Happy Hour audiences since our second season. This year she teams up with MinTze Wu and David Crowe for a debute of this newly-formed trio. Opening with Faure’s beloved Pavan and ending with the fiery Marais variations on the Folia (both pieces arranged for […]
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September 18, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Music manuscripts from the Dresden Court rediscovered in a cabinet after 100 years of oblivion with rising star, tenor Richard Pittsinger. Works by Händel, Vivaldi, Lully, Campra, Locatelli, Telemann & Johann Pisendel. Plus a world premiere by Rebecca Scout Nelson. With Richard Pittsinger, tenor; Rebecca Scout Nelson, composer/violin, Susanna Ogata, Nelli Jabotinsky, violins; Emily Dahl […]
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September 18, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – In 1704, an accidental discovery inspired an obsession. Attempting a red pigment, color maker Johann Jacob Diesbach produced a vivid, deep blue unlike anything the world had ever seen. It spread across Europe, changed painting forever, and became known as Prussian Blue. Alongside vivid watercolor samples from Dutch artist Boogert, Repast traces this pigment’s story […]
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