Miller Theatre at Columbia University.

Country Pleasures: Bach and the Baroque Pastoral

2007-2008 Season

Saturday, March 1, 2008
8:00 PM
Miller Theatre

Bach and the Baroque

Jolle Greenleaf, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Scott Dispensa, baritone; Paul Woodiel, hurdy-gurdy; Christopher Layer, musette; Tom Zajac, zampogna; Grant Herreid, ciaramella; Gotham City Orchestra; George Steel, conductor

J.S. Bach	Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio
	“Et in Spiritum Sanctum” from Mass in B Minor
	“Mache Dich, mein Herze, rein” from St. Matthew Passion
	“Schafe können sicher weiden” from Cantata 208
	“Erbarme Dich” from St. Matthew Passion
	“Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust” from Cantata 170
A. Vivaldi	Concerto in D Major, “La Pastorella”
Vivaldi/Chédeville	“Le Printemps” from Les saisons amusantes

Running time approx. 2 hours (with intermission)

THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURED IN A PREVIOUS SEASON!

Some of Bach's most beautiful music alludes to pastoral settings. By using or imitating rustic instruments (oboe and recorder, bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy), Baroque composers filled their works with references to shepherds, echoing valleys, and folk-music. Don’t miss your only chance this season to hear Vivaldi’s Four Seasons reorchestrated for hurdy gurdy and musette—a joyous hoe-down epitomizing the Baroque vogue for “country music!”

Read this concert's program notes by Paul Griffiths.

Ticket Price: $35

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