Arcadia Players - New England's Period Instrument Ensemble

Arcadia Players embraces 
historical performance 
practice to illuminate 
and invigorate the 
great Western heritage 
of vocal and 
instrumental music.

Next event: Viva Vivaldi!
Opening Concert
of our 2016-2017
Concert Season

Sunday, October 22, 2017, 4:00 pm
Grace Episcopal Church
Amherst Town Common, Amherst, MA

Arcadia Players, conducted by Artistic Director Ian Watson, open their 2017-18 season with a concert featuring two of Vivaldi’s best-loved works, The Four Seasons and the Gloria, Sunday, October 22, at 4:00 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church on the Amherst Town Common. The brilliant violinist Susanna Ogata will be soloist in the four concertos that so vividly evoke the seasons. The choir joining Arcadia Players for Vivaldi’s setting of the Gloria, RV489, is the celebrated Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble.

Tickets now available!

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Ian Watson, Artistic Director

Ian Watson, Arcadia Players’ Artistic Director, played an important role in the British Baroque revival which brought such renowned orchestras into prominence as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the English Chamber Orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, the Monteverdi Choir and The Sixteen, with all of whom he has performed as organist, harpsichordist, solo pianist and/or director. Ian’s versatility is revealed in the equal ease with which he performs the roles of orchestral conductor, choir director, organist, harpsichordist, pianist, teacher and public speaker. and more.

Arcadia Players performing Monteverdi at 
St. Mary's Church, Northampton
Photo by Walter Denny

Image Credit Detail: 
Thomas Cole, Dream of  Arcadia, c. 1838
Denver Art Museum Collection:
Gift of Mrs. Lindsey Gentry, 1954.71

Arcadia Players' 2016-2017 concert season was made possible through the support of you, our patrons and donors, 
our hosts Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, and Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley, 
our media sponsor New England Public Radio, WFCR and all-news WNNZ, 
the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts,
and in 2016 by the Cultural Councils of Amherst, South Hadley, and Hadley, and the Northampton Arts Council,
local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Acadia Players is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.

Arcadia Players
Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble
P.O. Box 1563
Northampton, MA 01061
413 586-8742 (413 58-MUSIC)

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