2009-2010 Series
September 27, 2009, 3:00pm (note different time)
Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
with Michael Beattie, harpsichord and organ, and Deborah Fox, theorbo
This dynamic English-Australian virtuoso violinist brings a sparkle to everything she plays. Our program will include a solo partita and sonata by Bach, and early 17th century Italian music by Castello, Cima, and Mealli.
Pre-concert talk at 2:15 pm. Presented with Downtown Arts Link.
Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street
October 25, 2009, 4:00pm
Tears and Triumphs: Music for the Virgin Queen
Laura Heimes, soprano; Julie Andrijeski, violin; David Morris, Lisa Terry, Heather Miller Lardin and Motomi Igarashi, viols; Deborah Fox, lute
The glorious reign of Elizabeth I inspired a golden age for the lute and viol consort. Combine them with the voice, and the expressivity is unsurpassed. We bring you the passions of love and desolation, joy and tragedy in dances, lute songs, and consorts, with music of Holborne, Byrd, Dowland (including his Lachrymae, or Seaven Teares) and other Elizabethans.
Pre-concert talk at 3:15 pm. A collaboration with Ithaca’s NYS Baroque.
Presented with Downtown Arts Link.
Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street
January 29-31, 2010, 8:00pm Friday and Saturday; 4:00pm Sunday
Music and Medicine
This dynamic English-Australian virtuoso violinist brings a sparkle to everything she plays. Our program will include a solo partita and sonata by Bach, and early 17th century Italian music by Castello, Cima, and Mealli.
Pre-concert talk at 2:15 pm. Presented with Downtown Arts Link.
Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street
October 25, 2009, 4:00pm
Tears and Triumphs: Music for the Virgin Queen
Laura Heimes, soprano; Julie Andrijeski, violin; David Morris, Lisa Terry, Heather Miller Lardin and Motomi Igarashi, viols; Deborah Fox, lute
The glorious reign of Elizabeth I inspired a golden age for the lute and viol consort. Combine them with the voice, and the expressivity is unsurpassed. We bring you the passions of love and desolation, joy and tragedy in dances, lute songs, and consorts, with music of Holborne, Byrd, Dowland (including his Lachrymae, or Seaven Teares) and other Elizabethans.
Pre-concert talk at 3:15 pm. A collaboration with Ithaca’s NYS Baroque.
Presented with Downtown Arts Link.
Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street
January 29-31, 2010, 8:00pm Friday and Saturday; 4:00pm Sunday
Music and Medicine
Laura Heimes, soprano; Christel Thielmann, viola da gamba; James Bobb, harpsichord; Deborah Fox, lutes
We celebrate Rochester’s medical community, as we explore the programmatic intersections of music and medicine. Program will include Marais’ Gall Bladder Operation, Purcell’s Mad Bess, and other works dealing with the humors, madness, and assorted illnesses.
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert.
Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue
May 2, 2010, 4:00pm
Characters of the Dance
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert.
Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue
May 2, 2010, 4:00pm
Characters of the Dance
Paige Whitley-Bauguess, baroque dancer, with an instrumental ensemble directed by Julie Andrijeski, violin
Music in motion! Historical dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess recreates dances of the baroque in all their expressive elegance and technical finesse. Our program will include French dances by Lully and Campra, and a Commedia dell’Arte Suite to music by Schmeltzer.
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before the concert. A public workshop is also planned to go along with this concert.
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before the concert. A public workshop is also planned to go along with this concert.
First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South
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and by our generous donors,
the Gouvernet Arts Fund,
the Community Foundation,
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