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To close out the Fairmont Chamber Music Society’s season, Les Délices returns with their program Poet & Prodigy. An homage to the connection between the musical poetry of François Couperin and the profound expression of J.S. Bach. Ticket information available here.
The oboe-harpsichord duo of Les Délices’ Debra Nagy and Mark Edwards, perform their luscious Poet & Prodigy at a special concert and dinner event. Presented by Early Music in Columbus, this program explores the fascinating connections between the musical poetry of François Couperin and the profound expression of J.S. Bach. Tickets and details available here.
Quicksilver takes to the stage in Regensburg, Germany! Performing their program, Early Moderns, this concert is an examination of music from the seventeenth century, as it was invented by virtuoso instrumental composers first in Italy and then in Germany. For more information and tickets, visit their website here.
The 92nd Annual Bach Festival closes with J. S. Bach's complex and thought-provoking "St. John Passion." This intense and impactful masterwork highlights the extremes of human emotion and experience – betrayal, sacrifice and redemption. Featuring Margaret Carpenter Haigh as Evangelist, Tyler Duncan as Jesus, BWV: Cleveland's Bach Choir soloists, the BW Bach Choir and BW Festival Orchestra with ACRONYM. Dr. Dirk Garner, Artistic Director and Conductor. For more information, visit the Baldwin Wallace University website here.
In 1724, J.S. Bach premiered the incredible "St. John Passion." This 1724/2024 program features ACRONYM & BWV: Cleveland's Bach Choir performing music from this prolific year in Bach's life, including cantatas, as well as keyboard and orchestral suites. The program will also premiere a new work written for the occasion by BW Composer-in-Residence Dr. Clint Needham '04. For more information, visit the Baldwin Wallace University website here.
Violinist Haerim Elizabeth Lee and pianist David Fung take to the stage at Chamber Music Corvallis with their program of luxuriant sonatas and preludes from Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin, as well as selections from Porgy and Bess. Tickets are available here.
Baroque band ACRONYM performs Bach and a selection of the wild instrumental music of seventeenth-century Germany, which inspired him. For more information, visit the Baldwin Wallace University website here.
Quicksilver brings their decadent program replete with sumptuous sonatas, Early Moderns: The (very) First Viennese School, to Early Music in Columbus. Tickets are available here.
Quicksilver takes to the stage in Kansas City with their sumptuous program, Early Moderns: The (very) First Viennese School, in which the splendors of the 17th-century Venetian court are brought to life through Bertali, Schmeltzer, Fux, Kerll, Rosenmüller and more. Tickets are available here.
Quicksilver performs their extravagant seventeenth-century program Early Moderns: The (very) First Viennese School, in Arizona at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Tickets are available here.
Quicksilver’s program, Early Moderns: The (very) First Viennese School, brings to life the extravagant and sumptuous sonatas of little-known masters from the splendid court in Vienna during the seventeenth century. Tickets are available here.
Fire & Grace (violinist Edwin Huizinga and guitarist William Coulter) team up with ace mandolin player and composer Ashley Broder, a brilliant musician who brings an authentic mandolin virtuosity and flair for modern instrumental composition to Fire & Grace. Tickets are available here.
The dynamic trio Fire & Grace & Ash bring a stunningly contemporary sound to classical string music. Ticket information for this concert is available here.
ACRONYM performs their program: What Bach Heard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, collaborating with choreographer Claudia Schreier for J.S. Bach’s “Trio Sonata in D Minor (BWV 527).”
Violinist Haerim Elizabeth Lee joins forces with pianist David Fung to perform a captivating selection of works from Debussy and Ravel to George Gershwin. Tickets for this event are available here.
For two nights, Diderot String Quartet will perform Caroline Shaw’s “Punctum,” selections from J.S. Bach’s “Die Kunst der Fuge" and Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in A minor.” Tickets for this concert are available here.
January 21: Concert begins at 5:00 P.M.
January 22: Concert begins at 7:00 P.M.
The Antioch Chamber Ensemble performs Morten Lauridsen's choral masterpiece: “Mid-winter Songs,” alongside “An Extra Day,” a specially commissioned work by British composer Joanna Marsh, with text by Jane Hirshfield. For more information visit the Washington & Lee University website here.
J.S. Bach’s legacy permeates this Diderot String Quartet concert at Santa Fe Pro Musica. Spanning centuries and continents, programming includes Caroline Shaw’s “Punctum,” selections from J.S. Bach’s “Die Kunst der Fuge" and Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in A minor.” Tickets for this concert are available here.
*Due to COVID-19, the Diderot String Quartet regrettably had to cancel their performance at Santa Fe Pro Musica.
Diderot String Quartet heads to Richmond, Virginia to perform on The Belvedere Series. Programming includes Caroline Shaw’s “Punctum,” selections from J.S. Bach’s “Die Kunst der Fuge" and Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in A minor.” Tickets for this concert are available here.
*Due to COVID-19, the Diderot String Quartet regrettably had to cancel their performance on The Belvedere Series.
Gawain and the Green Knight
A Medieval New Year's Legend
by Doug Balliett
Performed by Karim Sulayman, Elisse Albian, Jesse Blumberg, Taylor Ward, Jonathan Woody, Elisa Sutherland, Raha Mirzadegan, members of ACRONYM, Ruckus, Theotokos, Makaris, and more
Gawain and the Green Knight: a Christmas story, a horror story, a romance, a paean to nature. All set at King Arthur’s court which huddles in its luxury on the borders of unforgiving wilderness and forces unknown. Gawain has agreed to have his head chopped off in a year’s time. But why? And can he live up to his promise, or his legendary perfection?
In its 6th consecutive performance, ring in the New Year with this bizarre medieval Christmas tale, filled with music, story, and song. Performed at the Camelot-esque performance space at St. Mary’s Church on the lower east side, the audience is immersed in King Arthur’s court, including music for the choral sing-alongs. Tenor Karim Sulayman takes the title role of Gawain, while other major roles are taken by New York luminaries Jonathan Woody, Jesse Blumberg, Taylor Ward, and more. Members of highly acclaimed ensembles ACRONYM, Ruckus, and AMOC come together to create a groovy continuo sound.
Tickets are pay-what-you-like. Doors open at 7:30, concert begins at 8. Running time is app. 2 hours plus a 20 minute intermission.
The Antioch Chamber Choir will join forces with the celebrated Brentano String Quartet for a moving and eclectic program featuring the World Premiere of Bruce Adolphe’s Memory Believes (a requiem), written in honor of his brother, artist Jonathan Adolphe.
The event will also include Beethoven’s otherworldly Cavatina from his 13th string Quartet, a selection of favorite English Madrigals, and Mozart’s exquisite motet, Ave Verum Corpus for choir and strings. Tickets for this event are available here.
Les Délices performs their program 14th Century Avant-garde at Early Music Hawaii. Unparalleled freedom of thought, fearless exploration of rhythmic complexity, and a desire to explore the limits of what is possible pervades the music of composers such as Guillaume de Machaut, Jacob Senleches, Johannes Suzoy, among others. For more information, visit their website here.
Les Délices performs their program 14th Century Avant-garde at Early Music Hawaii. Unparalleled freedom of thought, fearless exploration of rhythmic complexity, and a desire to explore the limits of what is possible pervades the music of composers such as Guillaume de Machaut, Jacob Senleches, Johannes Suzoy, among others. For more information, visit their website here.
Hear the iconic baroque ensemble, Quicksilver, in Legacy Hall as presented by The Joyce and Henry School of Music at Columbus State University. This event is FREE. For more information visit their website here.
Join Quicksilver’s Avi Stein for a Guest Artist Recital at the Bo Bartlett Center. For more information visit the Columbus State University website here.
Music from the Western Reserve presents Les Délices’ The Highland Lassie - a program of Scottish Baroque music. Soprano Elena Mullins Bailey sings tales of love and loss including “Barbara Allen” and Robert Burns’ famous “A red, red rose” and their band of early instruments performs country dance tunes that will transport audience members to a rousing 18th-century Scottish alehouse! For more information, visit their website here.
Fire & Grace return to Del Mesa Carmel, performing an eclectic mix of iconic favorites alongside well-established ballads. North American folk tunes and Celtic melodies intermingle, while Argentinian tango compliments Bach sonatas.
Fire & Grace highlight folk and contemporary traditions from around the world, as this concert of American classics is underscored by a sense of discovery and commitment to the elements of passion and virtuosity.
Fire & Grace perform an eclectic mix of iconic favorites alongside well-established ballads, as North American folk tunes mingle with Celtic melodies and Argentinian tango compliments Bach sonatas. Hear this unique duo at St. Columba’s outdoor amphitheater.
Fire & Grace perform established favorites, as well as freshly-inked tunes, accompanying a photography exhibit centered around wildlife and its interaction with humans at the Morrison Planetarium.
The Mirror Visions Ensemble performs their beloved Journeys program at the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy. Tickets for this event are available here.
Headlining duo, Fire & Grace explores the connective musical elements of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world at the Farmfest Music Festival. A collaboration between Music in the Somerset Hills and the Ross Farm, get tickets here.
