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Fall Chorus and Orchestra Concert
Bach for Court, Coffee House and Civic Celebrations
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Concerto in D minor for two violins and The Peasant Cantata
Directed by Margret Gries
While some of his contemporaries regarded Bach as a somewhat old-fashioned, contrapuntal composer of music for the church, citizens of Leipzig knew better. His secular music was performed at royal courts from Cüthen to Dresden, at Zimmerman's Coffee House in Leipzig and for civic celebrations in the vicinity. Our program presents two familiar secular works, including the Brandenburg Concerto #3 as well as the Concerto for two violins in D Minor which will feature soloists Celia Rosenberger and Juliet Long. The less well-known, but robustly humorous Peasant Cantata was written for the celebration of the election of a local official, and shows Bach's skill at writing in the opera buffa style. Also known (and entitled) as a burlesque, it will feature soprano Vanessa Nowitzky (in her own English translation) and baritone Jim Rich.
Saturday, October 20, 2012, 7 pm, Newman Methodist Church, 6th and B Streets, Grants Pass
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Sunday, October 21, 2012, 3pm, First United Methodist Church, Ashland
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J.S. Bach
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Winter Chorus and Orchestra Concert
Schütz' Christmas Story (sung in English)
Directed by Margret Gries
A narrator (the Evangelist), who tells the story, introduces the dramatis personae who then speak (sing) their own parts. After an introductory chorus the Evangelist sets the scene, introducing each of the eight intermedia, each with a different vocal/instrumental scoring: the angel with violas, the shepherds with recorders and dulcian, the three kings with violins and dulcian, the high priests with trombones, and Herod with cornets. A concluding chorus employs all the instruments. Our program will also include two Christmas motets by Schütz' contemporary, Johann Hermann Schein: Ein Kind ist uns geboren and Von Himmel hoch.
Saturday, December 8, 2012, 7pm, Newman Methodist Church, 6th and B Streets, Grants Pass
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Sunday, December 9, 2012, 3pm, Rogue Valley Unitarian Fellowship, 87 4th St., Ashland
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Spring Chorus and Orchestra Concert
Handel's Foundling Hospital Concert with Fireworks Music
Directed by Margret Gries
In 1749 Handel gave a benefit concert for the Foundling Hospital, England's first private charity. Many well-to-do Londoners became patrons of the charity, including Handel, who also gave several benefit performances of "Messiah" and willed the Hospital the score and a set of vocal/instrumental parts. When the chapel of the institution was completed in 1749, Handel gave a benefit concert there, featuring the two works presented on our program. You'll hear an extended anthem, "Blessed are They that Considereth the Poor," a work for chorus and orchestra, and his famous "Fireworks Music" for an orchestra of strings, three oboes, bassoon, three trumpets, three horns and timpani.
Saturday, April 6, 7pm, 2013, Newman Methodist Church, 6th and B Streets, Grants Pass
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Sunday, April 7, 2013, 3pm, Rogue Valley Unitarian Fellowship, 87 4th St., Ashland
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G. Fr. Handel
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