Friday & Saturday, January 30-31, 2004
Explore the musical comminglings of peasants and aristocrats, who
danced to the same music in the days before classical and folk
music parted ways. Seattle Trans-Carpathian band
Ensemble Sub Masa, whose influences include classical,
klezmer, Hungarian, Romanian, and Transylvanian music, joins
Baroque Northwest in the first of
our Closing the Gap series. The bands will play
music from both oral and written traditions, including
transcribed gypsy dances found in Haydn's collection and
pieces from a 17th-century Transylvanian codex discovered in a
monastery wall (the Codex Caioni).
The program will also include music by Polish baroque composers
from the 17th century, Adam Jarzebski and
Marcin Mielczewski, as well Hungarian composer
Balint Bakfark (1507-1576 ).
Ensemble Sub Masa will perform on violin, cimbalom, accordion,
and contrabass, and Baroque Northwest will
play on baroque flute and recorder, violin, viola da gamba, lute,
theorbo, archlute, and baroque guitar.
Pre-concert event: Folk and classical music
side by side in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Where and How Much? /
Preseason & Special Events /
2003-2004 Programs
Baroque Northwest / 10th Anniversary /
Closing the Gap