All concerts are on Saturdays at 7:30 PM in the Parish Hall unless otherwise noted
January 21, 2012 (Church Sanctuary)
The concert will go on as scheduled. The weather has cleared, just a little rain, which is not new to Seattle.
See you all there! Check out our blog for the concert program and a preview of the program notes.
Journey to the Center of the Baroque: Music from the European Heartland
Music by Muffat, Schmelzer, Jarzewbski, and other 17th-century
composers from Central and Eastern Europe.
What composers come to mind when you mention Salzburg and Vienna?
If we add Warsaw to the list of cities, are you still thinking of Mozart?
Georg Muffat, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and
Adam Jarzebski were three composers
from Central and Northern Europe that were both cosmopolitan and progressive, based
on their personal musical experiences.
Kim Pineda, Recorder and Baroque flute, Max Fuller,
Viola da gamba, August Denhard Lutes, will be your guides on your journey
to the center of the Baroque where you will hear elements of vernacular
(dare we say "folk") music incorporated into the innovative German sonata, and music infused with traces
Lully and Corelli.
March 24, 2012
Un mélange baroque: A musical tour of Francophonia
Special guests,
Joanna Blendulf,
pardessus de viole and viola da gamba, and
Hideki Yamaya, lutes, join
Kim Pineda, Baroque flute,
Max Fuller, Viola da gamba,
August Denhard, Theorbo and Baroque guitar.
You've heard us play French music before. What we didn't tell you was that much of this
music is infused with Spanish, Italian, and Germanic elements, brought to France by
itinerant musicians. In spite of his best efforts, Jean Baptiste Lully (an Italian by birth and
blood) was unable to keep the outsiders away from his dream of a purely French musical style.
Join us and our special guests for this investigative tour of French music.
May 4, 2012 (Friday)
Battle of the Bands: Le Roi Soleil and Sanssouci take on the Dresden Hofkappelle
At the courts of Louis XIV, Frederick II (The Great), and Frederick Augustus I (The Strong),
the cities of Paris, Berlin/Potsdam, and Dresden were regarded as among the finest musical
establishments in Europe during the years 1660-1760.
François Couperin, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (Paris), Carl Philipp
Emanuel Bach (Berlin), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Dresden), and Johann-Joachim
Quantz (Dresden, Berlin, Potsdam) and others provide the musical material for
us. Enjoy the concert and cast your vote for in the Baroque Battle of the Bands!
Kim Pineda, Baroque flute, Max Fuller,
Viola da gamba, August Denhard, Theorbo and Baroque guitar,
and Julia Brown, Harpsichord.
September 17, 2011
Feast of Hamburgers: Music from 18th-century Hamburg
Hamburg was a city with a formidable musical presence. Hear why in this program of
music by Telemann, CPE Bach, Handel, Mattheson, and Scheibe.
German Baroque is more than J S Bach in Leipzig, the formidable Hofkapelle in Dresden,
or the musical establishments of Frederick the Great in Berlin and Potsdam. Since the
seventeenth century the city of Hamburg has held an important place in music and
international trade, and in the eighteenth century it became a major music center.
This was no doubt the result of composers such as
Telemann, Mattheson,
and later
CPE Bach living there. Even George Frideric
Handel
worked in Hamburg early in his
career, where he gained valuable experience that he would later use as an opera composer.
Join
Kim Pineda, Baroque flute,
Max Fuller,
Viola da gamba,
August Denhard, Theorbo and
Baroque guitar, and
Bernard Gordillo, Harpsichord, as they explore
the vast repast of chamber music by these Hamburger composers.
Listen to Baroque Northwest:
See our bios for other sound and video clips
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763), from Premier Suite,
Deuxieme Livre, 1715
Prelude. Gravement
Allemande
Sarabande
Scilienne
François Couperin (1668-1733), From
Troisième Livre, Quatorzième OrdreLe rossignol-en-amour
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), from Sonata I, Op. 2
AdagioAllegro ma poco
Michel Pignolet de Monteclair (1667-1737), from
Deuxiéme Concert, 1724
PreludePlainte tendrement
Michel Blavet (1700-1768), Sonata VI, Op. 3
AdagioAllegroAndante affetuosoAllegro
