Before Bach and Beyond
Composers who inspired Bach and composers he inspired
St. Luke’s Cathedral – 143 State Street, Portland, ME
All pieces in the first half of the concert are at 415 pitch on Baroque instruments, and all pieces on the second half of the concert are at 440 pitch on modern instruments.
Trio Sonata in A major for flute, violin, and continuo
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690-1758)
Allegro ma non troppo (c.1690-1768)
Allegro
Adagio cantabile
Allegro
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Voyage d’Art – Suite for Solo Harpsichord
Sheli Nan (b.1946)
Prélude – Lentement
Sicilienne
Gigue la Laurette quelque peu mesurée
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Nightingales and Other Warblers – Sighs of Love
François Couperin (1668-1733)
(Arr. Arthur Haas)
Le Rossignol-en-amour (The Nightingale in Love)
La Linote – éfarouchée (The Startled Finch)
Les Fauvètes plaintives (The Complaining Warblers)
La Julliet (July and the Nightingale’s Harvest)
Le Carillon de Cithère (The Carillon of Cythera – Isle of Love)
— Intermission —
Trio for Violin, Viola, and Continuo
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702/3-1771)
Adagio con tenerezza
Allegretto cantabile
Allegro
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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Ária (chôro)
Fantasia (Allegro)
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from The Art of the Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
(arr. Sebastian Gottschick)
Contrapunctus 7
Contrapunctus 15
from The Musical Offering
Canon a 2 Cancrizans
Canon per Tonos
Emi Ferguson, flute
Renée Jolles, Bo Pang, violin
Sebastian Gottschick, Lucy Gelber, viola
Nathan Whittaker, Kelsey Howell, cello
Arthur Haas, harpsichord