Elgar, Sospiri
Copland, Clarinet Concerto
Strauss, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

All Excellent and Esteemed: The Bassano Family

All Excellent and Esteemed: The Bassano Family

All Excellent and Esteemed: The Bassano Family

All Excellent and Esteemed: The Bassano Family

Holiday Concert: Music of Bach

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

Handel, Messiah

Bach, Excerpts from Christmas Oratorio
Mozart, Exultate Jubilate
Beethoven, Choral Fantasy

Kent Tritle, conductor

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Handel, Messiah

Saint Cecilia’s Day

Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, poets, composers and instrument builders, is celebrated on her feast day through the creation of a pastiche ode in her honor. On November 22, 1683, musicians and music lovers of The Musical Society of London started an annual tradition of commemorating Cecilia through newly composed works, with Henry Purcell’s Welcome to all the pleasures headlining the first festival. Purcell’s best known Cecilian ode, Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692), used a libretto from the Irishman Nicholas Brady, who in turn had reworked John Dryden’s poem A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day. Handel’s own cantata Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (1739) continued in this tradition, returning to this same poem half a century later. Music by Purcell, Handel, Blow, Eccles, and Festing.

Musicians:
Sonya Headlam, soprano
Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro and Ravenna Lipchik, violins
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Sarah Stone, cello
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

Saint Cecilia’s Day

Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, poets, composers and instrument builders, is celebrated on her feast day through the creation of a pastiche ode in her honor. On November 22, 1683, musicians and music lovers of The Musical Society of London started an annual tradition of commemorating Cecilia through newly composed works, with Henry Purcell’s Welcome to all the pleasures headlining the first festival. Purcell’s best known Cecilian ode, Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692), used a libretto from the Irishman Nicholas Brady, who in turn had reworked John Dryden’s poem A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day. Handel’s own cantata Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (1739) continued in this tradition, returning to this same poem half a century later. Music by Purcell, Handel, Blow, Eccles, and Festing.

Musicians:
Sonya Headlam, soprano
Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro and Ravenna Lipchik, violins
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Sarah Stone, cello
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

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Presented by the Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg

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Presented by Feldman Chamber Music Society

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Triomphi

Francesco Petrarch, considered the founder of humanism, was the most influential poet of the Italian Renaissance. He wrote of timeless themes in his Triumphs - Love, Chastity, Death, Fame, Time, Eternity - each more powerful than the last. Our musical interpretation, created by Grant Herreid, will run the gamut of 16th century styles: from light-hearted carnival songs of the early Renaissance, through polyphonic madrigals of Cipriano de Rore and Orlando de Lassus, to the beginnings of 17th century monody. For this, our biggest program of the season, Piffaro joins forces with TENET Vocal Artists and groundbreaking visual designer Camilla Tassi in a musical, artistic, and literary exploration of human experience.

Triomphi

Francesco Petrarch, considered the founder of humanism, was the most influential poet of the Italian Renaissance. He wrote of timeless themes in his Triumphs - Love, Chastity, Death, Fame, Time, Eternity - each more powerful than the last. Our musical interpretation, created by Grant Herreid, will run the gamut of 16th century styles: from light-hearted carnival songs of the early Renaissance, through polyphonic madrigals of Cipriano de Rore and Orlando de Lassus, to the beginnings of 17th century monody. For this, our biggest program of the season, Piffaro joins forces with TENET Vocal Artists and groundbreaking visual designer Camilla Tassi in a musical, artistic, and literary exploration of human experience.