Grace Notes
Volume 5
March 2025
Table of Contents
Performing Handel’s L’Allegro : An Interview With Filippo Ciabatti
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Preview of April 5th and 6th Program
Musician Profiles: L’Allegro Soloists
Looking Back: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and Chamber Concerts
A Bach Family Affair: Organ Music by J. S. Bach and His Circle
GRACE NOTES
looking ahead
Tickets available starting May 18
Chamber Series
Masterwork Concert
Education/Events
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.
A Bach Family Affair: Organ Music by J.S. Bach and His Circle
Performed by James Welch on the CCDC organ
Saturday, May 17 @ 7pm: Church of Christ at Dartmouth College – Hanover, NH
Guest Organist James Welch plays music by Bach and those who were important to him: a teacher, his children, his students, his followers, his publisher, and his wife. The stories that accompany these composers reveal new insights on the importance of Bach’s music.
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Handel’s Messiah (complete)
Saturday, September 20 @ 3 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts – Randolph, VT
Sunday, September 21 @ 3 pm at Lebanon Opera House – Lebanon, NH
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Friday, January 23 @ 6 pm at Grace Congregational Church – Rutland, VT
Saturday, January 24 @ 3 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts – Randolph, VT
Sunday, January 25 @ 3 pm at Lebanon Opera House – Lebanon, NH
Bach’s Easter Oratorio + Bach’s Magnificat
Friday, March 13 @ 6 pm at Grace Congregational Church – Rutland, VT
Saturday, March 14 @ 3 pm at Chandler Center for the Arts – Randolph, VT
Sunday, March 15 @ 3 pm at Lebanon Opera House – Lebanon, NH
Chamber Concerts
Two dates to be announced