Portland Baroque Orchestra: "The Old School"
Sunday, March 13, 3:00 PM
Kaul Auditorium
This event is open to the public.
Monica Huggett, director + violin
Experience the rich polyphonic scoring of 17th-century German music for voices, gambas, and recorders. J. S. Bach’s darkly scored Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 for violas, gambas, and violoncello leads the program, with a cantata by J. S. Bach’s father’s first cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Soloists are soprano Yulia Van Doren, alto Laura Thoreson, tenor David Hendrix, and baritone Sumner Thompson.
J. S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051
Cantata Actus Tragicus, BWV 106
J. Christoph Bach
Cantata Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte
Telemann
Cantata Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin
Pre-concert talk, Performing Arts Building, Room 320, 2 p.m.
PBO performers, guest artists, and scholars discuss the music and topics related to concert programs one hour prior to each subscription series performance. Today's lecturer is Prof. Virginia Hancock '62 of the Reed music department.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Andrea Hess or visit:
http://pbo.org/concerts-events/the-old-school-and-brandenburg-6.
Submitted by Robert Brigham.
Posted on Jan 21, 2016