Don't miss Chatham Baroque Ensemble Friday, January 20, 8pm
Andrew Fouts, baroque violin
Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba
Scott Pauley, theorbo
with special guests
Stephen Shultz, baroque flute
Adam Pearl, harpsichord
This concert is made possibly by a generous grant from the Edwin W. Pauley Foundation.
Tickets on sale now
Enter our Teleman limerick contest and win four free tickets to the concert
“One of Pittsburgh’s greatest treasures” says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Chatham Baroque continues to excite local, national, and international audiences with dazzling technique and lively interpretations of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music played on instruments of the period. Founded in 1990, Chatham Baroque celebrates its twentieth season this year with a full calendar of concerts, tours, musical collaborations, and the CD release in December of vocal and instrumental works by the Italian composer Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger. The trio of baroque violin, viola da gamba, theorbo and baroque guitar tours nationally and internationally, has recorded seven CDs on the Dorian label and hosts a successful concert series in Pittsburgh.
The three regular members of Chatham Baroque will be joined by Stephen Shultz and Adam Pearl (pictured below) to create a sumptuous post-holiday program of baroque delights.
Chatham Baroque's concert centers on one of the great composers of the late Baroque period, Georg Philip Telemann. Often mentioned in the same breath as J.S. Bach and George Frederick Handel, Telemann was a contamporary and friend to both. Among Telemann's best chamber works are the so-called Paris Quartets, two of which will be presented along with music of Bach, Marais and others.
Win four free tickets to the concert by composing the best limerick using the name 'Telemann'
Rules
- Limerick must be in standard limerick rhyme and meter scheme, as described by Wikipedia (five lines, with the first, second and fifth rhyming with one another and having three feet of three syllables each; and the shorter third and fourth lines also rhyming with each other, but having only two feet of three syllables).
- Limerick must include the name Telemann.
- Entries must be sent to music-info@stmatthews.com by 12:00 am on Monday, January 9.
- Entries must be free of obscenities and suitable for publication in the concert program.
Entries will be judged by members of Chatham Baroque and the Music Guild Board. The winner will be announced on the Music Guild's Facebook page and receive an email by January 13. Tickets may be picked up at the door, the night of the concert. Winning entry will be published in the concert program.
Upcoming concerts in our 2011 - 2012 season
- Pianist Andrew von Oeyen in Recital - February 10
- Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" and a world premiere by Ola Gjeilo - March 23
- Chamber Music Night with members of the LA Phil - April 27
- Vivadi's and Mark O'Connor's "Four Seasons" and a world premiere by Christopher Tin - June 1
Get more details plus information about our artists, news about our commission projects and much more.
Grammy Award winning composer Christopher Tin selected for next Music Guild commission
Grammy Award winning composer Christopher Tin has been selected for the 2011-2012 Music Guild / L.A. County Arts Commission new music project. Following up on the success of Baba Yetu from his Grammy Award winning album, Calling All Dawns, Tin will compose a work exploring the intersection of African and Western musical influences - a blend of choral music in the Western tradition with African rhythms, melodic patterns and texts.
Tin's Music Guild commissioned work will receive its world premiere at the June 2012 concert and feature vocal soloists, members of The Chamber Orchestra and a percussion section to include South African instruments.
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