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INTERACTIVE OLFACTORY CONCERT | FLORILEGIUM: Plant Strains across the English Channel Event time: Premiere: Saturday, January 23, 2021 – 8:00 to 9:15 pm EST. (The concert is 45 minutes long; the premiere will be followed by a live audience/artist discussion.) ORDER by January 17 to ensure timely delivery of interactive program materials. Broadcast available On-Demand through February 7, 2021. Event

January 14, 2021, 1:15 PM EST “Solo Violin Sonatas of Ivan Khandoshkin” A violinist in the court of Catherine the Great, Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804) is believed to have developed his craft under the tutelage of the Italian violinists who dominated the court orchestra. This concert represents a rare opportunity to hear his Three Sonatas for

January 7, 2021, 1:15 PM EST “Viola of Love” A viol family instrument strung with sympathetic strings, the viola d’amore has always been an instrument that evokes a particular kind of aesthetic. Leopold Mozart described it sounding especially charming in the stillness of the evening. This tender sweetness is richly portrayed by many composers from Vivaldi

DECEMBER 31, 2020, 1:15 PM EST “Fugitive Fantasies, Fantastic Fugue” Violists da gamba John Mark Rozendaal and Adam Young offer Martin Davids’ masterful transcription of J.S. Bach’s Fugue in C Major from the Sonata III for solo violin. The piece is J.S. Bach’s longest fugue, one of his most exciting, challenging, and beloved works. Join us at 1:15pm

On December 31 at 6:00 PM EST, The Clarion Choir will ring in the new year by hosting a virtual New Year’s Eve Toast with selections from Rachmaninoff’s Vespers.

DECEMBER 10, 2020, 1:15 PM EST “Shadows of Haydn” Quartet Salonnières explores the string quartet through the respective national styles of Franz Joseph Haydn (Vienna), Maddelena Sirmen (Italy), and Joseph Boulogne (France). Join us at 1:15pm on our website, Facebook, or YouTube. A post-concert conversation with the artist will take place on Zoom. Majka Demcak, violin/viola Aniela Eddy,

DECEMBER 3, 2020, 1:15 Harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky performs recently discovered sonatas by Antonino Soler. Join us at 1:15pm on our website, Facebook, or YouTube. A post-concert conversation with the artist will take place on Zoom. ABOUT THE PROGRAM The Morgan Library & Museum recently acquired a manuscript (Cary Ms. 703) that includes several newly discovered sonatas by the great