Upcoming from the Vivaldi Project
Discovering The Classical String Trio
featuring works from Vol. 4 (soon to be released) of The Vivaldi Project's series exploring the neglected string trio genre
String trios by Haydn, Maddalena Sirmen, J.C. Bach, Boccherini, and Simon Le Duc
Admission free with suggested donations to support the church’s music program and concert series
Laura Heimes, Soprano
Elizabeth Field, violin
Allison Nyquist, violina
Stephanie Vial, cello
William Simms, Theorbo
Jennifer Streeter, Harpsichord
The Vivaldi Project with Clarinetist Dominic Giardino
Saturday, September 23rd @ 3:00 pm
Viennese Clarinet quartets by Hoffmeister, Andreas Goepfert, and Mozart
Person Hall, UNC Chapel Hill Individual Tickets
Sunday, September 24th @ 6:00
Lecture recital : Clarinet quartet by A. Goepfert & Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet
The Moravian Music Foundation in Old Salem Free Open House
Tuesday, September 26th @ 7:30
Mozart’s clarinet quintet (with violinist David Sariti)
UNC’s William S. Newman Series, Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall
(concert will also include the Brahms clarinet quintet performed on modern instruments) Tickets and Information
Past Concerts and Engagements
The Vivaldi Project
Sunday, May 2nd
Emerson Avenue Salon
Part 2, Demystifying Baroque Performance style
Sunday, Feb. 12th at 3:00 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Chapel Hill, NC
Novelty and Familiarity
The 18th century string trio
The title of this program sums up the the 18th century string trio, which is at once brand new and wonderfully familiar—an extensive body of works, mostly unknown to modern audiences, yet written in a language we know and love. As part of the 2022 North Carolina HIP Festival, the Vivaldi Project presents a program which includes the modern premiere of a trio by Maddalena Sirmen (from Duke’s Rubenstein rare book and manuscript Library) as well as one of the beloved op. 9 trios by Beethoven.
Chamber Music in the Saal
May 12 and May 19, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, 66 W. Church St.
String Trios by Maddalena Sirmen, Simon Leduc, Luigi Boccherini,
Haydn, and Beethoven
Other events to hear us as we prepare for
Discovering the Classical String Trio, volume 4
Wednesday, March 22
Carol Woods
Chapel Hill
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Sunday April 3rd, Tuesday April 5th
Friends of Music
Shepherdstown, WV
String Trios by Sirmen, Hofman, Beethoven, and more
Thursday, April 7th
Midtown Concerts New York, NY
From Vienna with Love
In a continuation of The Vivaldi Project's exploration of little-known classical string trios, Leopold Hoffman's Trio O Divertimento in C Major will be paired with Beethoven's String Trio in D Major, Op 9. No 2. This particular Beethoven trio has been less frequently performed than the 1st and 3rd in this opus, perhaps as it was considered a 'stylistic throwback'. But, this trio is a vital and captivating work. Hoffman was regarded by his Viennese contemporaries as one of the most important and influential musicians of his generation. This program seeks to be a total immersion in early Viennese style.
Sunday, April 10th
Lebanon Valley College
Trio performance and Workshop
Sunday, March 20th at 3:00
Baroque and Beyond
Chapel Hill, NC
From Venice to Vienna
Music by Sirmen, Zannetti, and Wranitzky
Thursday, April 8th at 1:15-2:00
Free Online Event
Join us post viewing for live discussion
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94474265453
Meeting ID: 944 7426 5453
Live video from the Midtown Concert Series in NY, NY April 7, 2022
2021
2019-2020
Sunday, March 8 at 3:00pm
Gray Auditorium
Old Salem Visitor's Center
Winston-Salem, NC
A program of works by composers collected in the Moravian Music Archive. Featuring a string trio by Moravian composer John Antes, and two sole surviving works by Ignaz Klausek and Joseph Hofmann, Works also by J.C. Bach, Zannetti, Beethoven, and Hoffmeister
The Vivaldi Project partners with
Chamber Players for the
From Venice to Vienna
Sunday, February 9th at 3:00pm
Nelson Music Room
Duke University East Campus
String Trios by Vivaldi, Maddalena Sirmen, Leopold Hoffman, F.A. Hoffmeister, Paul Wranitsky, and Beethoven
The Vivaldi Project joins fortepianist Andrew Willis for a short residency at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Workshop, Master Classes, and Performances
Tuesday Feb. 18th at 7:30pm
Wygal Recital Hall
Longwood University
Wednesday Feb. 19th
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The Vivaldi Project
partners with Alchymy Viols
"Time's Up . . . Stop Fretting"
Saturday, September 21st at 7:30 pm
The Mill Bloomington
Sunday, September 22nd at 4:00pm
Indianapolis Propylaeum Carriage House
Performance and Interview with John Clare for WBAA.
A program of works by composers collected in the Moravian Music Archive. Featuring a string trio by Moravian composer John Antes, and two sole surviving works by Ignaz Klausek and Joseph Hofmann, Works also by J.C. Bach, Zannetti, Beethoven, and Hoffmeister
Bridging the Baroque
Discovering the Classical String Trio
Works by Vivaldi, J.C. Bach, Hofmann,
Campioni, Haydn, and Antes
St. Phillip's Church
Charleston, SC | Tickets available online
Furman University (10/18/19)
Greenville, SC
Workshop with String Orchestra
Performance Practice techniques and Handel's Messiah
2018-2019
Gotham Early Music Scene
Canceled due to Hurricane Florence
Thursday, September 13th at 1:15pm
Classical String Trios by J.C. Bach, Campioni, Haydn, and Bréval
The Chapel at St. Bartholomew's Church, 50th St. and Park Avenue.
FREE
Concert and CD Release Party
September 8th at 7:00
The Chapel Restoration
Cold Spring, New York
Reception and CD celebration to follow
The Chapel Refectory
With Richard Price of Candlewood Digital (left) and Robert LaPorta of MSR (right)
“The Vivaldi Project wow'd the Midtown Concert series audience on Thursday with little-known gems from the Classical period.” —GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE
Thursday, Sept. 5th at 1:15-2:00
The Chapel at St. Bartholomew's Church
50th St. and Park Avenue
All concerts are free; no tickets or reservations are necessary.
The Vivaldi Project returns to Midtown Concerts, opening the 2019-2020 season with its continued exploration of little-known Classical String Trios. Works by Sammartini, J.C. Bach, John Antes, Beethoven, and Hoffmeister
Lecture at Blair School of Music
Concert and Lecture
October 24th at 10:00am
The History of The Classical String Trio
Belmont University Department of Music
October 24th at 12:15pm
Vanderbilt University
Workshop for the String Technique and Literature Class
5:00-7:00pm
Celebrating the Trio
October 25th at 7:30 pm
Trinity Presbyterian Church
3201 Hillsboro Pike
Nashville, TN 37215
Made possible by a gift from the Margaret Besser Family Trust, in memory of Margaret Besser and Kristen Adair Jacobs.
Workshops at Belmont
Salon Series
Shepherd University Department of Music
Thursday, Dec. 6th at 7:30 pm
Shipley Recital Hall of the Frank Arts Center
Shepherdstown, WV
Les Goûts-Réunis
A Celebration of French and Italian Styles
Friday, Dec. 14th at 8:00
St. George's Episcopal Church
915 North Oakland Street | Arlington, VA
Tickets at the door: $20/$10 students
Sunday, December 16th at 4:00
Person Recital Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Music by Leclair, Barrière, Rebel, Couperin, Corelli, Bononcini, Caldara, and Vivaldi
Saturday Dec. 15th at 10:00am
Masterclass with Elisabeth Wright on
The art of basso-continuo playing
Working with the kids attending the Greencastle Summer Enrichment Camp
June 26th
Greencastle Summer Music Festival Greencastle, IN
June 3-6, 2018
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
The Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments (EMMI) offers performers and students the opportunity to study historical performance practices using their own modern instruments.
Chamber Music, Baroque Dance Classes, Baroque Techniques Classes, Keyboard figured bass instruction, Faculty and participant performances
Shepherd University
Saturday, January 20th at 7:30pm
Shipley Recital Hall at the Frank Center
Shepherdstown, WV
Sweet Briar College (facebook link)
Sunday, January 21st
Concert, 4:00 pm
Lecture, 6:30-7-30
Post-concert lecture about what it means to use period instruments and play in an historically informed style.
Discovering the Classical String Trio: works by J.C. Bach, C.A. Campioni, Haydn, Gossec, Giuseppe Cambini, and J.B. Breval
Saturday, February 10th 8:45am-1:45pm
The Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments at the Duke University String School
Baroque performance practice workshops with the Intermediate, Concert and Youth Orchestras of the Duke String School.
Sunday, February 11th at 3:00
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
The Art of Musical Conversation
With special guest, harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright
Elizabeth Field, violin
Allison Nyquist, violin
Stephanie Vial, cello
Lisa Liske-Doorandish, cello
The Vivaldi Project explores some of the different ways that 18th-century composers sought to incorporate the important Art of Conversation into their compositions---the dialogue between individual musical voices as well as between the musicians and the audience. The program features two great programmatic works, François Couperin's L’apothéose de Corelli and C.P.E. Bach's dialogue between a cheerful and melancholy man, Sanguineus und Melancholicus. Also on the program, a trio sonata by Corelli and Antonio Caldara's cello Concerto per Camera in D minor.
Hendersonville Chamber Music
Sunday March 4th at 3:00
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
1735 Fifth Avenue
West. Hendersonville, NC
Havre De Grace Arts Collective
Saturday March 10th at 8:00
121 N. Union Ave., HdG, MD 21078
The Moravian Chamber Music Legacy
Friday, March 9th at 7:30pm
St. George's Episcopal Church
915 North Oakland Street | Arlington, VA
Tickets at the door: $20/$10 students
Including string trios by J.C. Bach, John Antes, Ignaz Klausek, Gossec, and a string quintet by Johann Friedrich Peter
Believing music to be an essential part of life, the Moravians fostered an environment that encouraged not only devotional and secular composition, but also the preservation of thousands of works by the best-known and most beloved European composers of their day. A strong part of this legacy left by the Moravian settlers in the US during the first half of the 18th century lies in the wealth of chamber music painstakingly copied by hand, and which would otherwise be lost. The Vivaldi Project presents works by composers featured in the Moravian Music Foundation collection, including the string trio by Ignaz Klausek, unknown in any other copy in the world.
Elizabeth Field, violin
Stephanie Vial, cello
Anne Trout, bass
Music by Stradella,
Caldara, Breval,
and others
Sunday, May 6th at 4 p.m.
Odeon Chamber Music Series
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church
3241 Brush Drive | Falls Church, VA
Saturday May 5th at 3:00 pm
Concerts from Kirkwood
Kirkwood Presbyterian Church
8336 Carrleigh Parkway | Springfield VA
Musical Conversations in Salons Dorés
April 14 at 7:30 pm
Salon Doré
George Washington University
Flagg Building
500 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Stanley and Evelyn Yeskel Concert Series
With Karen Ahlquist, Scholar
Reception to follow
Salem Bach Festival
Vivaldi Project directors Elizabeth Field and Stephanie Vial team up with Magnolia Baroque
Saturday, October 1 | 7:30 pm | Home Moravian Church
Sunday, October 2 | 3:00 pm | James A. Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitors Center
Saturday November 4th
10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The 2017-18 Season marks the Vivaldi Project’s 10th year as a 501(c)3 non-profit. We will celebrate with a gala event in the Fall, featuring joyous music, food, and wine and information about our upcoming recording, performing, education and outreach projects.
McLean Public High School Orchestra
Multiple coaching sessions throughout October with McLean High School's three orchestras: Concert Orchestra, Symphonic and Sinfonia Orchestras, and Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Vivaldi Project explores the important Italian influence on the mid-18th century String Trio. Beginning with J.S. Bach's appreciation for Italian contrapuntal techniques and concertante styles, and his youngest son, J.C. Bach's love of Italian opera, the Vivaldi Project brings to life the richly varied, yet overlooked Classical string trio as it emerges from the Baroque trio sonata. Works by members of the Bach family are performed alongside those of Vivaldi, C.A. Campioni, Haydn, and others revealing an abiding love for all things Italian.
For the Love of All Things Italian
Thursday, November 2, 6:15 pm
Annapolis Bach Series
St. Anne's Church
Church Circle | Annapolis, MD
No tickets: "Come as you are, pay as you can"
Friday, November 3 at 7:30
St. George's Episcopal Church
915 North Oakland Street | Arlington, VA
Tickets at the door: $20/$10 students
Discovering MORE Classical String Trios
June 9th at 7:30
with John O'Brien, flute
The Music House, Greenville, NC
June 10 at 7:30
St. Paul's Lutheran Church Durham
Suggested Donation $15
June 14th at 2:00
Goethe Institute BEMF Fringe event
August 19th
Carolina Summer Music Festival, Winston-Salem
Blowing Rock Art and History Museum
Works by J.C. Bach, Johann Ignaz Klausek, C.A. Campioni, Haydn, F.J. Gossec, J.B. Breval, and Alessandro Rolla.
To be recorded in September as part of Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 2
Following upon the critical acclaim for their recent CD, Discovering the Classical String Trio, vol. 1, The Vivaldi Project brings to life another set of richly varied, yet overlooked classical string trios. Program includes selections from works by both lesser-known composers such as C. A. Campioni, Ignaz Klauseck, F. J. Gossec, J.B. Breval, and Alessandro Rolla, as well as the more familiar names of J.C. Bach and Haydn. Read More Reviews
March 10-11, 2017
EMMI Residency at Lebanon Valley College
Orchestra session, chamber music coaching,
and private lessons
Thursday, September 22nd at 1:15pm
Classical String Trios by J.C. Bach, Haydn, Boccherini and Campioni
sponsored by Gotham Early Music Scene
340 Riverside Drive, Suite 1-A, New York, NY 10025
FREE
“The Vivaldi Project wow'd the Midtown Concert series audience on Thursday with little-known gems from the Classical period.” —GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE
Baroque Bonanza II
June 17, 2016 at 8:00 pm
GENERAL ADMISSION AT THE DOOR: $25/$20 STUDENTS AND SENIORS
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | 301 A Street SE | Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Field, violin
Allison Edberg, violin
Stephanie Vial, cello
Anne Trout, bass
William Simms, theorbo and guitar
Featuring the Caldara cello concerto in D minor, an orchestral trio by Christian Cannabich, as well as works from our newly released CD and by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Sadly, the Maggini bass is still being restored. But come hear about the process and its progress.
The Vivaldi Project in Residence at
The University of Virginia
September 3-5
Reading between the lines:
Baroque Performance Practice on Modern Intruments
September 4, 2015-3:00pm
113 Old Cabell Hall
Free
Concert
September 5, 2015 - 8:00 pm
Old Cabell Hall
$10 general / $5 students / Free for UVa students who reserve in advance
Rediscovering the Classical String Trio: works by J.C. Bach, C.A. Campioni, Haydn, Gossec, Giuseppe Cambini, and J.B. Breval
Rediscovering the String Trio: Trios by Boccherini, Cambini, Haydn, and Mozart
The Vivaldi Project brings to life the Classical String Trio, an exciting and flexible genre explored by some of the 18th century's greatest composers. Performing on period instruments, The Vivaldi Project Trio, comprised of violin, viola and cello, explores the delightful textures and sonorities of a set of mostly unknown classical and early romantic works—the direct descendants of the baroque trio sonata. The program will include trios by Haydn, Mozart, Boccherini and Cambini.
September 21, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Lafayette College, Easton PA
October 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Rd, Rockville MD
FREE
December 11, 2014
Greenville, NC
December 13 at 8:00 pm, 2014
Beaufort, NC
Friday, November 21, 2014 at 7:30 pm
915 North Oakland Street
Arlington, VA
$25/$10 student (tickets available at the door)
Trios by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven with guest fortepianist David Breitman, Elizabeth Field, violin, and Stephanie Vial, cello
Friday, February 6, 2015 at 7:30 pm
915 North Oakland Street
Arlington, VA
$25/$10 student (tickets available at the door)
Trio Treats: Music by Vivaldi, J.C. Bach, Haydn, Giardini, and Mozart
Elizabeth Field and Allison Edberg, violins
Stephanie Vial, Cello
Anne Trout, Bass
The Vivaldi Project continues its exploration of the string trio, following its path from Baroque trio sonata through its Classical form in the hands of some the late-18th century's greatest composers. Only a few of these string trios survive as celebrated works to modern audiences, notably the grand Divertimento in Eb by Mozart and the op. 9 set of three string trios by Beethoven. But there is a trove of these magical compositions by important composers including JC Bach, Cambini, Boccherini, Campioni, the famed Joseph Haydn, and many others. Largely ignored by musicians and audiences for over 200 years, these wonderful works contribute to the narrative of the evolution of the chamber music canon, as well as a proving ground for working out ideas about concerto and symphony forms.
Vivaldi's "Magnificat"
May 17, 2015
Collaboration with Mountainside Baroque
Cumberland, MD
C.P.E. Bach and his Dramatic Predecessors
John Hsu, guest conductor
Stephanie Vial, cello soloist
Corelli Christmas Concerto, Handel Concerto Grosso, Vivaldi Cello Concerto
Symphonies by Caldara, and W.F. and C.P.E. Bach
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Passion and Folly
The Minnesota Vivaldi Festival
September 27, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Plymouth Congregational Church Chapel
Minneapolis, MN
The Swedish Handel
September 29, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
St. John in the Wilderness
White Bear Lake, MN
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PURCELL'S "DIDO & AENEAS"
November 17, 2013 at 4pm
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Washington Street, Cumberland, MD
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The Vivaldi Project with Maria Jette
Tuesday December 3rd, 2013
Concerts at Noon and 6:00p.m
420 South Tryon Street | Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Program
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor, RV 63 "La Folia"
Handel: Pastoral Symphony from 'Messiah'
Johan Helmich Roman: Psalm 23
Roman: Trio Sonata in A Major
Handel: Gloria in Excelsis Deo
For this program of celebratory works for the holiday season, Vivaldi Project co-directors violinist Elizabeth Field of Washington D.C. and Chapel Hill-based cellist Stephanie Vial are joined by a stellar ensemble including soprano Maria Jette and keyboardist Henry Lebedinsky.
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Dancing with Vivaldi
Renowned Baroque Dance Duo, Paige Whitley-Baugess and Thomas Baird, join the Vivaldi Project at The Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments to perform Jean-Fery Rebel's Les Caracteres and Vivaldi's fiery Folia Variations.
The performance will include demonstrations of the key baroque dances set to well-known works and performed by Vivaldi Project directors, Elizabeth Field and Stephanie Vial. Dances from the works by J.S. Bach for solo violin and cello will be featured.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 7:30pm
The De Laski Performing Arts Building on GMU Fairfax Campus
$20/ $10 students and seniors
Tickets sold at the door
Parking is available nearby in the Mason Pond Parking Deck (next to the Center for the Arts). For more information, please call the Potomac ArtsAcademy office at 703-993-9889.
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NORTH CAROLINA HIP MUSIC FESTIVAL
JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 3, 2013
Durham and Chapel Hill, NC
The Vivaldi Project joins the "hippest" musicians on period instruments:
Aliénor
Baroque and Beyond
Ensemble Vermillian
Mallarmé Chamber Players
The Vivaldi Project
Music departments of UNC-CH and Duke University
For more information please visit the Mallarmé Chamber Player's website. Read about the festival in the Triangle's Herald Sun.
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Friday, February 1, 4 pm – 6 pm Person Hall, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill directions
WORKSHOP - Introduction to Baroque Performance Practice for string teachers
Elizabeth Field and Stephanie Vial will discuss and demonstrate baroque performance practices----bowing techniques, applications of vibrato, and principles of phrase structure---as applied to baroque dance forms and the sonatas and concertos found in the Suzuki books and among the standard performance repertoire.
$40 participant Free for HIPSTER REGISTER
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Saturday, February 2, 10 am – 12 pm Hill Hall – UNC-CH, Chapel Hill directions
WORKSHOP - Introduction to Baroque Performance Practice for professional/ advanced student string players
Elizabeth Field and Stephanie Vial will teach basic techniques which will introduce methods of stylistic, historically-informed playing using your own modern string instrument and bow. Topics covered will include: bowing techniques, finding the baroque voice of your instrument, musical grammar and rhetoric, the interpretation of slur and "staccato" articulations and applications of vibrato and ornamentation. This will be a participatory class, so please bring your instruments. Auditors also welcome.
$40 participant/ $15 auditor/ Free Audit for HIPSTER REGISTER
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Sunday, February 3, 3 pm First Presbyterian Church, Durham directions
CONCERT – Mallarmé Chamber Players
$18 in advance/ $20 at the door/ $5 for students with ID PURCHASE
Program Info: Bach is Back, with Friends!
Biber - Battalia à 10
Muffat - Armonico Tributo Sonata No. 3 in A Major
Telemann - Concerto for recorder and viola da gamba
J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3,
Artists: Frances Blaker, Elizabeth Field, Elaine Funaro, Barbara Krumdieck, Peter Lekx, Robbie Link, Joey O'Donnell, Suzanne Rousso, Sangeeta Swamy, Stephanie Vial, David Wilson, Brent Wissick
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VIVA VIVALDI
Featuring concertos for violin, cello and viola d'amore
Friday, November 30, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Tryon Palace Performing Arts Center
New Bern, NC
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 6:30 pm
St. Paul's Epsicopal Church
Wilmington, NC
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AFFETTI ITALIANI
The theme for this evening's program comes from the set of works comprising Biagio Marini's Affetti Musicali. The term affetti refers not only to the ability of the violin to move the emotions and imagination of the listener—to conjure what vocal music achieves through a text—but also to the improvisatory nature of the violin's expression as inspired by the voice. Our musical journey will take us through the works of ever younger Italian composers—from 17th-century works by Marini, Torelli, Legrenzi, Corelli, Caldara, and Vivaldi to mid-18th century works by Sammartini, Veracini, and Caporale—exploring each composer's individual and innovative conceptions of the string instrument voice.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 7:00 pm
The Atrium of The Italian Embassy
Washington, DC
RESERVATIONS FOR FREE TICKETS AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
October 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Old Main Chapel
Shippensburg, PA
UNACCOMPANIED WORKS AND SOLO SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO
by J.S. Bach, Biber, Gabrielli, Caporale, Veracini, Stradella, & Vivaldi
Suggested Donation: $5
June 5th, 12:00pm
The Church of the Epiphany
1317 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Washington Early Music Festival 2010 Events
Vices & Virtues, Passionate Music of Early Europe
June2-30, 2012
ONE'S VICE IS ANOTHER'S VIRTUE
Tickets: $20/$15 students
featuring Couperin's Apotheosis of Corelli and C.P.E. Bach's Sanguineus and Melancholicus in addition to chamber and orchestral works by Lully, Legrenzi, Corelli, & Vivaldi
Sunday June 10th, 7:30pm
St. George's Episcopal Church
915 N. Oakland St.
Arlington
(Please purchase tickets at the door.)
The Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments at WEMF
All events held on the Mt. Vernon Campus of George Washington University
The Vivaldi Project's Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments (EMMI) offers professional string players the unique opportunity to study historical performance practices using their own modern instruments. The aim of its directors, violinist Elizabeth Field and cellist Stephanie Vial, is to make an understanding of baroque and classical performance techniques more accessible and available to players who do not perform on period instruments. Institute participants consist of a select number of highly accomplished soloists, orchestral players, and university and private educators from across the U.S. and Canada.
Tuesday, June 19th, 1:30-3:30
SEMINAR ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE, $15
An introductory seminar on performance practices of the 17th and 18th centuries, offered on the first day of the Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments. The 1 1/2 seminar presents some of the basic scholarship and theory behind performing in an historical style, and includes demonstrations by Institute faculty, Elizabeth Field and Stephanie Vial. Topics covered include rhetoric and oratory, the challenges of interpreting notation, concepts of musical phrase structure, and the string techniques of bowing, fingering, vibrato, and articulation.
Wednesday, June 20th, 10:00-12:00
DANCE CLASS: $40 Dancers / $15 Auditors
The second of two baroque dance classes, taught by Paige Whitley-Bauguess, introducing some of the basic step patterns and arm movements which are key to interpreting instrumental baroque dance forms.
Wednesday, June 20th, 7:30 pm
DANCE PERFORMANCE AND DEMONSTRATION
by the baroque dance duo of Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird.
Accompanied by Elizabeth Field, violin, Stephanie Vial, cello, Anne Trout, bass, and John O'Brien, harpsichord.
Tickets: $20/$15 students
Thursday, June 21, 10:00-12:30
TECHNIQUES CLINIC, $15
Members of the public are invited to observe a chamber orchestra rehearsal covering performance practice issues for some of the great baroque standards, including excerpts from Handel's Messiah, and the Bach double violin concerto.
Friday, June 22, 5:00 pm
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE
Donations only
All proceeds will go to The Institute for Early Music on Modern Instruments Scholarship Fund.
Chamber orchestra performance by institute participants and faculty, presenting the week's work, followed by an invitation to the audience to discuss the nature of our endeavors, and ask questions of our faculty and participants.
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Conversations Among Friends
An Afternoon of Trio Sonatas
with
Elizabeth Field and Allison Edberg, violin
Stephanie Vial, cello
Billy Simms, theorbo and guitar
Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord
Trio sonatas were the most important and popular form of instrumental music of the baroque period. Essentially invented by the Italians, composers throughout Europe turned their attention to this flexible, expressive, and conversational form. The Vivaldi Project follows the trio sonata from the expert hands of Vivaldi and his contemporaries to those of Handel and C.P.E. Bach.
Sunday, November 13th at 4:00pm
The National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016
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Music of The Venetian Baroque
The Vivaldi Project presented the opening concert for the exhibit Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals, featuring works by some of Venice's most illustrious resident and visiting composers including: Castello, Legrenzi, Gabrielli, Caldara, Scarlatti, Handel, and Vivaldi.
February 20, 2011 at 6:30pm
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
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The Six String Symphonies of C.P.E. Bach
September 15 - 17, 2010
Tour of the Piedmont Region of North Carolina
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Brendle Recital Hall
Wake Forest University -
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM
First Presbytarian Church
305 East Main St
Durham, NC 27701 -
Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM
National Presbytarian Church
4101 Nebraska Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
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The French Italian Connection
The Vivaldi Project explores the distinction and convergence between the Italian and French schools of violin playing. Quintessentially French composers Lully and Campra share the program with Vivaldi and the Italian and French trained Georg Muffat. Late baroque symphonies by Louis Aubert and Louis-Gabriel Guillemain conclude the program, revealing the increasing French cultivation of "Le Goût italien."
Saturday, June 5 at 8:00pm
Washington Early Music Festival
St. Columba's Episcopal Church
4201 Albemarle Street
Washington, DC 20016
Family Concert
with baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess
Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
5500 Massachusetts Ave
Bethesda, Maryland
At Home with the Vivaldi Project
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 6:00 PM
featuring baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
134 N. Royal St.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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Maestro John Hsu Conducting
The Music of Vivaldi, CPE Bach and Mozart
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM
National Presbytarian Church
4101 Nebraska Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
Friday October 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Pilgrim Lutheran Chruch
Bethesda MD
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Boston Early Music Festival - Fringe Concert
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
First Church in Boston
66 Marlborough Street
Boston, MA
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Bach to Vivaldi ("Something borrowed sounds like something new")
Friday, May 29, 2009
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
5500 Massachusetts Ave
Bethesda, MarylandSunday, May 31, 2009
The Basilica
409 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, Maryland
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Party with Vivaldi
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
George Washington University, Mount Vernon Campus
Feb 5, 2017 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
with Mallarme Chamber Players
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE BAROQUE TRIO SONATA TO THE CLASSICAL STRING QUARTET, ITALIAN STYLE!
Music by Luigi Boccherini, Guiseppe Cambini, Tommaso Giordani and Allesandro Rolla
ANTIPASTI
Sylvan Salon - Private Home
North Carolina HIP Festival
Discovering the Classical String Trio
February 19th at 7:30 pm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Durham
Works by Vivaldi, J.C. Bach, Boccherini, Cambini, and Giardini
