VC LIVE | Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute Presents Concert Program I: Baroque Splendor

Tune in here on Monday, August 7th at 7:00PM (ET) for a stimulating concert featuring the works of six prominent Baroque composers

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HOSTED BY: Music@Menlo

Atherton, California

By The Violin Channel

August 7, 2023

3 MIN READ

Tune in here on Monday, August 7th at 7:00PM (ET) for a stimulating concert featuring the works of six prominent Baroque composers

We're coming at you live from Music@Menlo, an internationally acclaimed chamber music festival and institute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by David Finckel and Wu Han as a program of Menlo School, Music@Menlo features unique immersive programming, a roster of world-class artists, and a Chamber Music Institute for emerging and pre-professional musicians. Intimate performance venues and signature offerings such as AudioNotes MP3s, Café Conversations, and the Encounter lecture series offer a wide range of opportunities for aficionados and newcomers of all ages to connect with chamber music in new and innovative ways.

Music from the Baroque era stimulates the senses, lifts the spirits, and inspires faith in all things good. The evolution of everything in music—from the art of counterpoint to the invention of new forms—transformed Baroque composers into unstoppable creators as they experimented with new musical styles and combinations of instruments. In this opening concert, we’ll experience six trailblazing composers showing their skills in a colorful collection of instruments and ensembles.

Program:

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN(1681–1767): Concerto in D major for Four Violins, TWV 40:202 (ca. 1720)

GIUSEPPE TORELLI(1658–1709): Sonata in D major for Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, G. 1 (1690)

ANTONIO VIVALDI(1678–1741): Concerto in A minor for Bassoon, Strings, and Continuo, RV 497 (ca.1720—24)

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL(1685–1759): Eternal Source of Light Divine from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne for Soprano, Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, HWV 74 (1713)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH(1685–1750): Aria from Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen for Soprano, Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, BWV 51 (1730)

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL(1685–1759): Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson for Soprano, Bassoon, Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, HWV 57 (1741—42)

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL(1685–1759): Per te lasciai la luce and Un pensiero voli in ciel from Il delirio amoroso for Soprano, Flute, Strings, and Continuo, HWV 99 (1707)