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Classical music: The Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble performs rarely heard instrumental and vocal music this Saturday night
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By Jacob Stockinger
The Ear has received the following announcement to post:
The Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble (below, in a photo by John W. Barker) invites you to a concert of Baroque chamber music on this Saturday night, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m.
The concert is in Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church (below), 1833 Regent Street, on Madison’s near west side.
Members of the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble include: Nathan Gigilierano – baroque violin; Brett Lipshutz – traverse flute; Sigrun Paust – recorder; Charlie Rasmussen – baroque cello; Consuelo Sañudo – mezzo-soprano; Monica Steger – traverso, harpsichord; Anton TenWolde – baroque cello; and Max Yount – harpsichord.
Tickets will be sold at the door only: $20 for the public, $10 for students.
For more information: Call (608) 238 5126; email info@wisconsinbaroque.org, or visit www.wisconsinbaroque.org
A reception will be held after the concert at 2422 Kendall Ave., second floor.
The program is:
Johann Friedrich Fasch – Trio Sonata for flute, violin and continuo
George Frideric Handel – Sonata for recorder and basso continuo, Op. 1, No. 7
John Dowland – “I Saw My Lady Weep”
Barbara Strozzi (below) – “Vane le mie speranze” (Are My Hopes in Vain?)
Pierre Guédron – Cessés mortels de soupirer” (Weep No More, Mortals)
Jean-Baptiste Barrière – Sonata for violoncello and basso continuo, Book 3, No. 4
INTERMISSION
Johann Joachim Quantz – Trio Sonata for recorder and flute in C major (in the YouTube video at bottom)
Tommasso Giordani – Duo for Two Violoncellos, Op. 18, No. 3
Nicola Matteis – Selections from “Ayres for the Violin,” Books 1 and 2
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair – “La Bergere” (The Shepherdess), Cantata for solo voice, flute and violin.
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Classical music: The Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble will perform a NON-holiday concert this Saturday night. Also on Saturday, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Canadian Brass celebrate the holidays and the city of Middleton’s 50th anniversary.
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ALERT: Middleton Tourism and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra invite you to a holiday celebration with the world famous Canadian Brass (below) at Middleton’s Performing Arts Center attached to Middleton High School. Two performances are on this Saturday, November 30, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The concert will also celebrate “Happy 50th Anniversary” to the city of Middleton with an exciting program of seasonal favorites including “Gesu Bambino,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Christmas Time is Here” and “Polonaise” from “Christmas Eve.” For more information, visit:
http://wcoconcerts.org/performances/special-performances/73/event-info/
By Jacob Stockinger
This Saturday night at 8 p.m., the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble (below) will perform a concert of baroque vocal and instrumental chamber music performed on period instruments.
The concert will take place at the Historic Gates of Heaven Synagogue (below) in James Madison Park in downtown Madison at 300 East Gorham Street.
The performers include: Consuelo Sañudo – mezzo soprano; Theresa Koenig – recorder, baroque bassoon; Brett Lipshutz – traverse; Monica Steger – traverso, recorder; Eric Miller – viola da gamba, baroque cello; Anton TenWolde – baroque cello (below); and Max Yount – harpsichord
Tickets are available at the door only: General admission is $15 ($10 for students). Feel free to bring your own chair or pillow (the wooden pews can feel very hard and uncomfortable).
Here is the unusual program. The first composer is so obscure, the members of the ensemble say that they don’t even have initials for him.
1. Company – “Pagando estoy”
2. Louis-Antoine Dornel (1685-1765) – Sonata No. 4 in D Major from Sonatas for Solo Violin and Suite for Flute
3. Jean Baptiste Barrière – Cello Sonata No. 3, Book 2
4. George Friderich Handel – Sonata 4 in A minor for recorder and basso continuo, HWV 362 (See and hear the YouTube video at bottom.)
5. Clemente Imaña – “Filis yo tengo”
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6. Georg Böhm – Capriccio in D major
7. Antoine Forqueray – Pièces de viole, Suite No. 1
8. Jaques-Martin Hotteterre – Sonates en trio, Book 1, Op. 3, No. 1
9. Georg Philipp Telemann – Sonata in F minor for bassoon and basso continuo
10. Sebastián Durón – “Al dormir el sol”
For more information, visit www.wisconsinbaroque.org.
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