Early Music Workshops at Brandeis a success!

2010 Festival Schedule

The Virtuoso Violin: Bach’s Three Partitas for Solo Violin
(a dance-travelogue of the Old and New Worlds)

Partita III in E Major, Partita I in b minor, Partita II in d minor (including the Chaconne).

Daniel Stepner, baroque violin

June 17, 8:00 P.M.*: Slosberg Auditorium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
June 18, 8:00 P.M.*: The Olin Auditorium, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
June 19, 6:00 P.M.*: The Daniel Arts Center, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA

*Pre-concert lecture one hour before concert time at all venues.

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Completely Mozart
(featuring his oboe quartet and clarinet quintets)

Quartet for oboe and strings, K. 370
Sextet for strings (18th -century arrangement of his great Sinfonia Concertante), K. 364
Movement for basset clarinet and string quartet (recently completed by Robert Levin)
Quintet for basset clarinet and string quartet, K. 581

Stephen Hammer, classical oboe; Eric Hoeprich, basset clarinet
Daniel Stepner and Nancy Wilson, classical violins;
David Miller, and Laura Jeppesen, classical violas:
Loretta O’Sullivan and Guy Fishman, classical cellos;

June 24, 8:00 P.M.*: Slosberg Auditorium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
June 25, 8:00 P.M.*: The Olin Auditorium, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
June 26, 6:00 P.M.*: The Daniel Arts Center, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA

*Pre-concert lecture one hour before concert time at all venues.

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Early Italian Comic Opera

La Serva Padrona, Pergolesi’s controversial opera buffa, to celebrate his 300th birthday; also his little known cantata Orfeo

Kristen Watson, soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; David Ripley, baritone;
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola;
Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Anne Trout, contrabass; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Cathy Liddell, theorbo

July 9, 8:00 P.M.*: The Olin Auditorium, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
July 10, 6:00 P.M.*: The Daniel Arts Center, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA

*Pre-concert lectures one hour before concert time at both venues

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17th-Century Italian Art and Music : What Artemisia Heard

The art of Artemisia Gentelischi, one of the first great female artists, and the world of 17th-century Italy that inspired her. Projected artworks by Caravaggio, Gentileschi and others. Music by Monteverdi, Marini, Frescobaldi and others.

Richard Savino, guest director and theorbo;
Jennifer Ellis, Nell Snaidas, Deborah Rentz-Moore, sopranos;
Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Michael Sponseller, Harpsichord

July 16, 8:00 P.M.*: The Olin Auditorium, Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, NY
July 17, 6:00 P.M.*: The Daniel Arts Center, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA

*Pre-concert lectures one hour before concert time at all venues

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