Early Music at Saint James
2020-2021 Season
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 7 PM streamed live
Filament
Auris Borealis: Music from the Düben Collection
Selected by Early Music America to take part in the 2021 Emerging Artists Showcase, Filament is a newly-formed chamber ensemble of Philadelphia-based period instrument soloists including Evan Few, baroque violin; Elena Smith, viola da gamba and John Walthausen, harpsichord.
As constituents of the global early music community, Filament members regularly join the ranks of such ensembles as Apollo’s Fire, Bach Collegium Japan, Chatham Baroque, New York City Opera, Philadelphia Bach Collegium, Tempesta di Mare, Venice Baroque Orchestra, and the Washington Bach Consort.
As an ensemble, Filament shares their collective passion for the rich trio repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries with audiences in Philadelphia, the Delaware River Valley, and beyond.
Recent preoccupations include music of Northern Germany and Scandinavia, and cross-cultural music-making in Northern Europe. For this program, they bring to life chamber music of the Gustaf Düben Collection, a precious document of the rich and cosmopolitan musical life at the court of Uppsala, Sweden in the 17th century.
Works for this program include:
Antonio Bertali: Sonata a 2 in D minor (from the Düben Collection)
Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 1
Anonymous: Sonata Italiana (from the Düben Collection)
Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 1
Anonymous: Sonata and Suite in A minor (from the Düben Collection)
Samuel Capricornus: Ciaconna (from the Düben Collection)
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Filament: From left, Evan Few, baroque violin; John Walthausen, harpsichord; Elena Smith, viola da gamba
October 21, 2020, 7 PM via livestream
Kleine Kammermusik
Les Goûts-réunis (Tastes reunited)
Join Leon Schelhase, harpsichord; Geoffrey Burgess, baroque oboe and Rebecca Humphrey, cello and viola da gamba in a livestream concert from Saint James on October 21st as they perform a rich program of eighteenth century French music highlighting relationships between father and son, student and teacher, and French and Italian baroque style.
The virtuosic music of Boimortier, F. Couperin, Chauvant, Forqueray and Rebel is sure to delight!
About Early Music at Saint James
Early Music at Saint James was the vision of founder and Director Emerita Kathleen Spencer. Now, over ten years after its inception, Early Music at Saint James is a sought-after venue in the world of historic performance practice. Each season, concerts of music composed before 1800 are presented in the acoustically rich sanctuary of Saint James Church. The performances of primarily Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music are played on faithful reproductions of period instruments. The series offers a venue for small and/or emerging ensembles as well as established artists, presenting a rich repertoire of music not generally available to the Lancaster community.
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