MURFREESBORO — “Ensemble 1720,” an MTSU School of
Music faculty period-instrument group, will perform Baroque chamber music in a
special free community concert set for Sunday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at
Murfreesboro’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
St. Paul’s
is located at 315 E. Main St., just three blocks south of the Public Square and
less than two miles from the MTSU campus.
The
Ensemble 1720 musicians play string and wind instruments in use during the
Baroque era, the 17th- and early 18th-century period when Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
and their colleagues created their masterpieces.
The group made
its debut in January 2012; you can listen to a sample of its music at http://ow.ly/w0pe1.
“The
orchestral instruments that we know today were altered significantly in the
19th century,” said Dr. George Riordan, retired director of the MTSU School of
Music and the oboist for Ensemble 1720.
“We’ll be
recreating the style that the composers would have expected, so that the music
may be heard in all its original color and passion.”
The
concert will include a variety of music by Baroque masters, including Georg
Phillipp Telemann’s “Quartet in G Major,” “Trio Sonata in G Major” by Pietro Locatelli, “Golden Sonata in F
Major” by Henry Purcell, “Trio Sonata in F Major” by Arcangelo Corelli and
“Trio Sonata for Oboe, Violin and Continuo” by George Frideric Handel.
Other
performers in Ensemble 1720 include MTSU School of Music faculty members Andrea
Dawson on violin, Christine Kim on cello and Lillian Pearson on harpsichord and
violinist/violist Karen Clarke, Florida State University professor emerita. Each
of the Ensemble 1720’s five members actively performs around the country on
both modern and period instruments.
For more MTSU School of Music concert
information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com and click on the
"Concert Calendar" link.
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