The Grand Tour Orchestra : Past Concerts

Concert 3

Sunday, March 16, 2008, 4 p.m.
at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street (at Clinton Street) Brooklyn Heights

In conjunction with Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music's "Passions in Brooklyn" -

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Passion According to St. Matthew (BWV 244)

soloists:
Lenneke Ruiten, Stephanie Houtzeel, Matthew Garrett, Thomas Meglioranza, Randall Scarlata

chorus:
Conflitti di Voci

Mozart in Italy, Part 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
Arias from Lucio Silla (Milan, 1772)
Symphony in D, KV 84 (Milan/Bologna, 1770)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini -
Sinfonia per camera in E-flat (Milan, 1772)
Niccolo Jommelli -
Overture and Arias from Armida abbandonata (Naples, 1770)

with
Heather Buck, soprano

While on his own Grand Tour, the 14-year-old Mozart attended the premiere of Jommelli's Armida abbandonata in Naples. Jommelli wrote Armida late in a great career; he was revered by public and musicians alike. Two years later Mozart was commissioned to write Lucio Silla for Milan's carnival season of 1773. Anna de Amicis, the famous soprano was the prima donna of both Lucio and Armida. Her vocal and dramatic virtuosity were put to thrilling use by both Jommelli and Mozart. A work by the father of the Classical symphony, G. B. Sammartini, rounds out the program.

POSTPONED!! - Concert 2

Friday, February 22, 2008, 8 p.m.
at Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, 152 West 66 th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam), New York City

Galant Passions

Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto in A for flute, violin, cello and strings
- Two arias from Ino, dramatic cantata for soprano and orchestra
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphony in F, (Wq 183, No 3)
Niccolo Jommelli - Excerpts from Lamentazioni per Mercoledi Santo
Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 49 in F-Minor "La Passione"

with
Sari Gruber, soprano
Stephanie Houtzeel, mezzo-soprano
Claire Jolivet, violin
Loretta O'Sullivan, cello
Charles Brink, flute

March 25, 2007, 3 p.m.
Passion According to St.John (BWV 245)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Soloists
Helene Guilmette
Renée Lapointe
Matthew Garrett
Randall Scarlata

Chorus
conflitti di voci

Presented by
Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music

Location
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
157 Montague Street
(at Clinton Street)
Brooklyn Heights

October 4, 2006, 8 p.m.
Mozart in Italy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony in F, K. 112
Joseph Myslivecek (1737 - 1781)
Concerto in B-Flat for violin and orchestra
Two Nocturnes for two sopranos and orchestra
Pietro Nardini (1722-1793)
Concerto in G for flute, obbligato and ripieni violins, viola and bass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Exsultate Jubilate, K. 165, Motet for soprano and orchestra

- with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Houtzeel

Pre-concert talk, 7:15 p.m.
Charles Brink, Music Director

November 15, 2006, 8 p.m.
Hamburg and Berlin—The Road Less Traveled

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 -1784)
Concerto in D for flute, strings and continuo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Symphonia in F (Wq.182, no. 2) for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771)
Symphony in C-Minor
Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722-1794)
Concerto Concertante for 2 flutes, 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, obbligato cello with strings, 2 horns and continuo (US premiere)

Pre-concert talk, 7:15 p.m.
Charles Brink, Music Director

December 13, 2006, 8 p.m.
Salve Regina—Music in Galuppi's Venice

Baldassare Galuppi (1706 -1785)
Overture to Adriano in Siria
Concerto a quattro in B-flat for strings
Concerto in D for flute and strings
A rupe alpestri - Motet for voice and strings
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783)
Gentes Barbarae - Motet for voice and strings
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Salve regina - Motet for voice and double orchestra

- with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane

Pre-concert talk, 7:15 p.m.
Special guest Dr. Karl Boehmer (Mainz, Germany)

We would like to thank all of you who made our inaugural season at the Italian Academy of Columbia University such a success! 2007/8 should prove to be even better.

October 4, 2006, 8 p.m.
Mozart in Italy

- with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Houtzeel

Pre-concert talk, 7:15 p.m.
Charles Brink, Music Director

November 15, 2006, 8 p.m.
Hamburg and Berlin—The Road Less Traveled

Pre-concert talk, 7:15 p.m.
Charles Brink, Music Director

December 13, 2006, 8 p.m.
Salve Regina—Music in Galuppi's Venice

- with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane

Pre-concert talk, 7:15 p.m.
Special guest Dr. Karl Boehmer (Mainz, Germany)

$20, $10 for students and seniors.

March 25, 2007, 3 p.m.
at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church,157 Montague Street (at Clinton Street) Brooklyn Heights
Passion According to St.John (BWV 245)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Soloists
Helene Guilmette
Renée Lapointe
Matthew Garrett
Randall Scarlata

Chorus
conflitti di voci

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