Grace Notes

Volume 3

August 2024

GRACE NOTES

looking ahead

Chamber Series

Masterwork Concert

Education/Events

Winds Across Europe / Le Vent Française

Saturday, September 14 @ 2 pm and 7 pm at First Congregational Church – Lebanon NH

A delicious feast of French chamber music for winds and strings, showcasing Upper Valley Baroque’s 

outstanding woodwind players, as they tell the story of innovations in wind instrument making in the 

court of Louis XIV and its impact across Europe.

Baroque Celebrations: Charpentier Te Deum & Vivaldi Gloria

Saturday, October 26 @ 3 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts – Randolph VT

Sunday, October 27 @ 3 pm at Claremont Opera House – Claremont NH

UVB musicians invite us to celebrate with the majesty of Charpentier’s Te Deum and Vivaldi’s Gloria, on period instruments, under the direction of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos

Friday, January 24 @ 7 pm at Lebanon Opera House – Lebanon NH

Saturday, January 25 @ 3 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts – Randolph VT

Sunday, January 26 @ 2 pm at Grace Congregational Church – Rutland VT

Upper Valley Baroque performs all six Brandenburg Concertos, featuring world-class instrumental soloists.

Great Baroque Duets

Saturday, March 1 @ 7 pm at St. Thomas Episcopal Church – Hanover NH

Sunday, March 2 @ 2 pm at North Chapel – Woodstock VT

Upper Valley Baroque bass soloist Paul Max Tipton is joined by soprano Paulina Francisco to perform beautiful Baroque duets, accompanied by a virtuosic trio on period instruments.

Handel’s L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato

Saturday, April 5 @ 3 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts – Randolph VT

Sunday, April 6 @ 3 pm at Lebanon Opera House – Lebanon NH

Handel’s masterwork — a dramatic setting of texts inspired by John Milton and William Shakespeare — explores joyful, sad, and “moderate” musings.  In English, with featured renowned soprano Amanda Forsythe.