Several friends are performing in BEMF concerts this year. These will be great concerts, please attend if you can. There is a lot of variety here so there should be something for everyone.
From Teri come tidings of Meravelha.
A story of courtly love
told through music of Medieval France
with haunting melodies and eloquent lyrics
by Ventadorn, Machaut, Dufay and others.
Buy or reserve your tickets through myeventguru.com!
And from Matthew Hall comes this list of BEMF activities:
June 10 | 4:00 PM
Ensemble 1729: Double Concertos
First Lutheran Church. $15 (discounts may apply).
781-259-0923 or joanna.marsden@gmail.com.
A concert of dramatic and virtuosic double concertos with my Montreal colleagues including Bach’s Concerto in C major for two harpsichords, BWV 1061, Telemann’s Concerto in E minor for flute and recorder, Vivaldi’s Concerto in F major “Il Proteo”, and some surprises!
Mark Edwards and Matthew Hall, harpsichord; Vincent Lauzer, recorder; Joanna Marsden, traverso; Sallynee Amawat and Jiwon Kim, Baroque violin; Bennett Mahler, Baroque viola; Camille Paquette-Roy, Baroque violoncello.
June 12 | 4:30 PM
Musical Offering: A Classical Salon
Cathedral Church of St. Paul. $10 (discounts may apply).
617-684-5691 or info@musical-offering.org
This concert will include a performance of Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos for soprano and fortepiano, a keyboard sonata by CPE Bach as well as CPE Bach’s Quartet in A minor, Wq 93. At this concert we will also release our new album, CPEB: The Piano Quartets.
Julia Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Darling, viola; Matthew Hall, fortepiano; Sarah Paysnick, traverso.
June 14 | 12:00 PM
Sarasa Ensemble: Dialogues—Trio Sonatas for Violin and Recorder
The Boston Conservatory Theater, Studio 401. $20 (general), $16 (senior), $12 (student).
617-429-0332 or timothymerton@gmail.com
Join Sarasa for a dazzling program of sonatas by Telemann, C. P. E. Bach, Corelli, and Vivaldi.
Sarah Cantor, recorders; Jesse Irons, violin; Timothy Merton, violoncello; Matthew Hall, harpsichord.
If anyone reading this has any other concerts to add just put them in the comments and I’ll add them to the posting. See you at BEMF!
~Kelly
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