Calendar of Events

La Follia begins its all-Bach concert season with a performance of Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, and 6, as well as the Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor. Featured are Bruce Williams and Suzanna Giordano, violas, Eric Smith, cello, Marcus McGuff, flute, and director Keith Womer, harpsichord. Stephen Redfield is concertmaster.

La Follia begins its all-Bach concert season with a performance of Brandenburg Concertos 3, 5, and 6, as well as the Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor. Featured are Bruce Williams and Suzanna Giordano, violas, Eric Smith, cello, Marcus McGuff, flute, and director Keith Womer, harpsichord. Stephen Redfield is concertmaster.

“Paris City Limits, Part Deux” – Lively instrumental dances by Attaignant, Breton folk music, and chansons dealing with scenes of daily life: lovesickness, marital arguments, romantic friskiness, and more. TEMP’s 20-voice chorus will perform Janequin’s spectacular musical chanson about the birds (Le chant des oyseaux), as well as his even more stunning depiction of a battle (La Guerre) complete with trumpet calls, cannon fire and the cries of “Victoire!” Mary Springfels (viola da gamba), Peter Maund (percussion), countertenor Ryland Angel (New York) and mezzo Erin Calata (Seattle) join TEMP’s regular choir and orchestra as TEMP explores the rustic and sophisticated sides of Parisian and country life in the 16th and 17th centuries. Venez, y’all!

“Paris City Limits, Part Deux” – Lively instrumental dances by Attaignant, Breton folk music, and chansons dealing with scenes of daily life: lovesickness, marital arguments, romantic friskiness, and more. TEMP’s 20-voice chorus will perform Janequin’s spectacular musical chanson about the birds (Le chant des oyseaux), as well as his even more stunning depiction of a battle (La Guerre) complete with trumpet calls, cannon fire and the cries of “Victoire!” Mary Springfels (viola da gamba), Peter Maund (percussion), countertenor Ryland Angel (New York) and mezzo Erin Calata (Seattle) join TEMP’s regular choir and orchestra as TEMP explores the rustic and sophisticated sides of Parisian and country life in the 16th and 17th centuries. Venez, y’all!

ABO presents “Known Unknowns” – little-known music by well-known baroque composers. Works by Pachelbel (*not* the Canon in D!), Rameau, Vivaldi, and JS Bach, and featuring the Texas premiere of Telemann’s oratorio “Der Tag des Gerichts” (“The Day of Judgment”), commemorating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death.