Grace Notes
Volume 1
February 2024
looking ahead
Chamber Series
Masterwork Concert
Education/Events
Handel’s Water Music & More
Saturday, February 10, 3:00 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts (Randolph)
Sunday, February 11, 3:00pm at St. Denis (Hanover)
This upbeat orchestral program features Handel’s beloved and regal Water Music, a group of suites first performed on a barge in the Thames River in 1717 to welcome King George to England. It is paired with three short Handel works featuring small ensembles and outstanding UVB soprano Mary Bonhag.
Baroque Charmers: Quartet of Low Strings
Saturday, March 30, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm at UUCUV (Norwich)
Georg Christoph Wagenseil was an Austrian composer, keyboard player and teacher. He was one of the pivotal figures in the development of the Classical style in Vienna and served as a precursor to Haydn and W. A. Mozart. His early works are Baroque, while his later pieces are in the Classical style. He composed a number of operas, choral works, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and keyboard pieces. (Source: Kennedy Center and Wikipedia)
Bach’s St. John Passion
Saturday, May 18, 7:00 pm at Lebanon Opera House (Lebanon)
Sunday, May 19, 3:00 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts (Randolph)
One of J.S. Bach’s major oratorios, the St. John Passion dramatically recounts the story of Jesus’ crucifixion as told in the Gospel of St. John. Upper Valley Baroque brings this powerful masterpiece to life with a talented ensemble of singers, super-star soloists, and orchestral musicians playing on period instruments – under the direction of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.
“Preparing to Hear the Masterworks: Bach’s St. John Passion”
Musicologist Mark Nelson, hosted by Upper Valley Music Center
Offered as both in-person and on-line sessions.
Enroll at uvmusic.org/news/classes/preparing-to-hear-masterworks
“Bach, the St. John Passion, and Anti-Semitism”
Virtual Panel Discussion, Early May
Details forthcoming the next issue of Grace Notes, via email, and at uppervalleybaroque.org
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