The Hapsburg territories of Moravia and Bohemia left us with a rich repertoire of virtuosic Baroque music during late 17th century. Experience this enchanting music in the opening night concert of the 2010 Magnolia Baroque Season
Barry Bauguess & Justin Bland, TrumpetsThursday, June 17, 2010
Renowned in his day for his daring and cutting edge music, discover why Monteverdi has been called the first musical “Modernist”.
Madrigals from Madrigali dei guerrieri et amorosi (Madrigals of War and Love)
Magnolia Baroque Festival Vocal ensemble
Paige Whitley-Bauguess, Thomas Baird, Dancers
Glenn Siebert, Tenor
John Lenti, Theorbo/Lute
Joe Gascho, Harpsichord
Brent Wissick, Cello
Hear the ensemble that was an audience sensation at our last season in a program of the intimate airs and graceful chamber music that filled the early courts of France, a place of renowned generosity to musicians and artists. Elegant restraint and good taste are ever exemplified in songs celebrating love, and in solemn contemplations of mortality.
Joseph Gascho, Harpsichord
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Favorite Magnolia Baroque Festival musicians perform some of Bach’s most thrilling and profound music, including the Partita in D minor for solo violin, Concert in F Major played on a 1735 Florentine pianoforte, and the cantata Jauchzet Gott for solo soprano and trumpet.
Ingrid Matthews, Violin
Andrew Willis, Pianoforte
Linda Tsatsanis, Soprano
Barry Bauguess, Trumpet
Magnolia Baroque Festival Band
Wednesday - Friday; June 16, 17, 18, 2010
One of the highlights of the fourth season will be performances, a radio broadcast and an exhibit of the music of Johann Friedrich Peter, America’s first significant composer of chamber music, who lived in Salem at the end of the 18th century. These featured events are made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces program, and in collaboration with Old Salem and the Moravian Music Foundation.
WFDD-FM is our radio partner in the broadcast of the Peter quintets. Visit wfdd.org for broadcast times and tune in to WFDD to hear these remarkable concerts!
Broadcast Schedule for Peter Quintets on WFDD:
Sunday, June 27, 2010
8:00 pm
Johann Peter: String Quartets #1 and #2
Saturday, July 3, 2010
1:00 pm
Johann Peter: String Quartets #3,4,5,6
Peter’s lovely music is elegant and beautifully crafted. He wrote the first chamber music in America and many fine anthems while living in Salem from 1780-1790. Magnolia Baroque Festival will present all 6 string quintets of Johann Friedrich Peter on three successive afternoons during the Festival. The concerts will include a lecture and display of Peter’s original manuscripts. Audiences will discover unexpected genius in Peter’s music.
Peter String Quintet #1 & #2
Gray Auditorium, Old Salem
2:00 pm, Wednesday June 16
Peter String Quintet #3 & #4
Gray Auditorium, Old Salem
2:00 pm, Thursday June 17
Peter String Quintet #5 & #6
Gray Auditorium, Old Salem
2:00 pm, Friday June 18
Julie Andrijeski, violin
Johanna Novom, violin
Karina Fox, viola
Daniel Elyar, viola
Brent Wissick, cello
Sunday June 20, 2010
Instrumentalists and singers from Magnolia Baroque Festival will join Piedmont Chamber Singers in a concert of inspired sacred choral and solo anthems by Johann Friedrich Peter.
Calvary Moravian Church
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
3:00 pm
All programs are subject to change.