Baroque Northwest's 2011-2012 Season!
Four Concerts!
The Season Finale!
May 4, 2012 (Friday) -- Visit our blog for an advance look at the program
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.
The Season So Far . . .
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 ofmusic 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.
January 21, 2012
Journey to the Center of the Baroque: Music from the European Heartland
Music by Muffat, Schmelzer, Jarzewbski, and other 17th-centurycomposers 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.
Listen to Baroque Northwest:
See our bios for other sound and video clipsJacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763), from Premier Suite, Deuxieme Livre, 1715
Prelude. Gravement
Allemande
Sarabande
Scilienne
François Couperin (1668-1733), From Troisième Livre, Quatorzième Ordre
Le rossignol-en-amour
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), from Sonata I, Op. 2
Adagio
Allegro ma poco
Michel Pignolet de Monteclair (1667-1737), from Deuxiéme Concert, 1724
Prelude
Plainte tendrement
Michel Blavet (1700-1768), Sonata VI, Op. 3
Adagio
Allegro
Andante affetuoso
Allegro