Past Events

Fooled Ya!

Celebrate April Fool’s with Suzanne Bona, creator and host of the nationally syndicated “Sunday Baroque” radio program. She collaborates with La Follia to celebrate KMFA’s 50th anniversary.

In this April Fool’s special, we perform beautiful, often very famous, works, which are either completely mis-attributed or forgeries. It’s a concert of great fun with Suzanne personally engaging the audience. This concert also features the incomparable Liz Cass, Austin mezzo-soprano.

Can you spot the fakes?
1. Perhaps the most famous piece for pipe organ
2. The orchestral pieces arranged by Stravinsky in Pulcinella
3. A famous adagio for organ and strings
4. Perhaps the most famous Baroque opera aria ever

In addition, La Follia will perform music by composers whose true identities will astonish you.

In this concert, you can be certain of nothing… except great music, hosted by a national star, celebrating one of the best classical music radio stations in the USA.

Musica Sacra San Antonio, under the direction of Owen Duggan, will perform CPE Bach’s choral-orchestral masterwork, Magnificat with guest soloists and members of the University Chorus of Our Lady of the Lake University. Soloists include Angela Malek, soprano; Crystal Jarrell, alto and Carr Hornbuckle, tenor. In the manner of his father JS Bach’s Magnificat, passions and Mass in B minor, CPE’s work is a grand, exhilarating gesture of choral polyphony, rarely performed due to the extreme virtuosity required of the orchestra, choir and soloists. Known as the ‘Hamburg Bach,’ CPE (Emanuel Bach) renders exquisite, cantabile phrases believed to have inspired Mozart, who in turn described him as “the father of us all.” The program will also include Gabriel Faurė’s sublime Cantique de Jean Racine and the “Agnus Dei” and “Dona nobis pacem” from JS Bach’s Mass in B minor.

From meditative chant to rousing polyphony, TEMP explores the groundbreaking music of Leonin and Perotin of the 12th-century School of Notre-Dame, whose musical innovations are the foundation for almost all the music we enjoy today in the Western world. TEMP is proud to collaborate with Dr. Rebecca Baltzer, recognized worldwide as an expert on the music of Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Middle Ages.

Though solemn, a sense of joy and celebration permeate this music, echoing the ecstasy of the Marian movement during the 12th and 13th centuries. Rhythmically complex polyphonic pieces known as organum act as a wonderful complement to the dance-like conductus and the even older plainchant. We also include a few works that reveal the lighter sides of the lives of the monks with semi-secular works featuring vielle player, Mary Springfels, and harpist, Therese Honey. Guest artists Temmo Korisheli (California) and Ryland Angel (New York) join some of Austin’s best singers, including Jeffrey Jones Ragona, Steve Olivares, David Lopez, Tim O’Brien, and others.

From meditative chant to rousing polyphony, TEMP explores the groundbreaking music of Leonin and Perotin of the 12th-century School of Notre-Dame, whose musical innovations are the foundation for almost all the music we enjoy today in the Western world. TEMP is proud to collaborate with Dr. Rebecca Baltzer, recognized worldwide as an expert on the music of Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Middle Ages.

Though solemn, a sense of joy and celebration permeate this music, echoing the ecstasy of the Marian movement during the 12th and 13th centuries. Rhythmically complex polyphonic pieces known as organum act as a wonderful complement to the dance-like conductus and the even older plainchant. We also include a few works that reveal the lighter sides of the lives of the monks with semi-secular works featuring vielle player, Mary Springfels, and harpist, Therese Honey. Guest artists Temmo Korisheli (California) and Ryland Angel (New York) join some of Austin’s best singers, including Jeffrey Jones Ragona, Steve Olivares, David Lopez, Tim O’Brien, and others.

JS Bach’s St. John Passion

Composed in 1724 for Good Friday services in Leipzig, the St. John Passion is a testament to Bach’s genius and is a cornerstone of the baroque choral repertoire. Its choruses, arias, and ariosos carry the listener through the gamut of emotions, from visceral despair and sadness, to calmness and hope.

Our period-instrument orchestra and chorus will accompany a number of talented vocal soloists, including soprano Julianna Emanski, countertenor Nicholas Garza, tenor Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, bass-baritone Ryan Sullivan, with Barrett Radzuin, tenor, as the Evangelist, Gil Zilkha, bass-baritone, as Christ, and bass-baritone Austin Bradley as Pilate.

JS Bach’s St. John Passion

Composed in 1724 for Good Friday services in Leipzig, the St. John Passion is a testament to Bach’s genius and is a cornerstone of the baroque choral repertoire. Its choruses, arias, and ariosos carry the listener through the gamut of emotions, from visceral despair and sadness, to calmness and hope.

Our period-instrument orchestra and chorus will accompany a number of talented vocal soloists, including soprano Julianna Emanski, countertenor Nicholas Garza, tenor Jeffrey Jones-Ragona, bass-baritone Ryan Sullivan, with Barrett Radzuin, tenor, as the Evangelist, Gil Zilkha, bass-baritone, as Christ, and bass-baritone Austin Bradley as Pilate.

A Chamber Concert with Anton Nel on Classical Period Instruments.
An intimate concert of chamber music on classical period instruments by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Featured is Beethoven’s famous piano quartet, Op. 16. The incomparable Anton Nel is on fortepiano, with La Follia instrumentalists Stephen Redfield, violin, Marcus McGuff, flute, Bruce Williams, viola, and Katie Rietman, cello.
The Program
Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K. 379
Haydn – Flute Trio Sonata in D major, HOB XV:16
INTERVAL
Beethoven – Piano Quartet, Op. 16

A Chamber Concert with Anton Nel on Classical Period Instruments.
An intimate concert of chamber music on classical period instruments by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Featured is Beethoven’s famous piano quartet, Op. 16. The incomparable Anton Nel is on fortepiano, with La Follia instrumentalists Stephen Redfield, violin, Marcus McGuff, flute, Bruce Williams, viola, and Katie Rietman, cello.
The Program
Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K. 379
Haydn – Flute Trio Sonata in D major, HOB XV:16
INTERVAL
Beethoven – Piano Quartet, Op. 16

“Love’s Grand: The Sweet Delights of Baroque Opera”
Experience the beauty, brilliance, and passion of opera, from its intimate beginnings in the early 17th century works of Monteverdi and Cavalli through the High Baroque virtuosity of Handel and Vivaldi. Be treated to intimate opera in an intimate space.
Popular works from the world of Baroque opera are on the musical menu, including the Handel aria “Ah, mio cor” (Alcina), Monteverdi’s sensual duet, “Pur ti miro”, (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Vivaldi’s “Vedro con mi diletto” (Giustino), and more.
TEMP regulars in the cast are sopranos Meredith Ruduski, and Jenifer Thyssen, with alto Sean Lee, tenor Jeffrey Jones Ragona, baritone Brett Barnes, and Peter Walker, our frequent guest baritone from New York. The period instrument orchestra will include violins, viola, cello, harpsichord, and theorbo.

“Love’s Grand: The Sweet Delights of Baroque Opera”
Experience the beauty, brilliance, and passion of opera, from its intimate beginnings in the early 17th century works of Monteverdi and Cavalli through the High Baroque virtuosity of Handel and Vivaldi. Be treated to intimate opera in an intimate space.
Popular works from the world of Baroque opera are on the musical menu, including the Handel aria “Ah, mio cor” (Alcina), Monteverdi’s sensual duet, “Pur ti miro”, (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Vivaldi’s “Vedro con mi diletto” (Giustino), and more.
TEMP regulars in the cast are sopranos Meredith Ruduski, and Jenifer Thyssen, with alto Sean Lee, tenor Jeffrey Jones Ragona, baritone Brett Barnes, and Peter Walker, our frequent guest baritone from New York. The period instrument orchestra will include violins, viola, cello, harpsichord, and theorbo.

ABO presents “Friends & Family,” a program of Classic-era music by composers who were friends or relations, featuring the ABO horn section on Leopold Mozart’s “Hunting Symphony,” oboist Billy Traylor and bassoonist Elizabeth Hardy in J.C. Bach’s “Sinfonia Concertante in F major for Oboe & Bassoon,” and works by Joseph & Michael Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, and his arch-nemesis Antonio Salieri.

ABO presents “Friends & Family,” a program of Classic-era music by composers who were friends or relations, featuring the ABO horn section on Leopold Mozart’s “Hunting Symphony,” oboist Billy Traylor and bassoonist Elizabeth Hardy in J.C. Bach’s “Sinfonia Concertante in F major for Oboe & Bassoon,” and works by Joseph & Michael Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, and his arch-nemesis Antonio Salieri.