Arcadia Players presents

Arcadia Players Gala Anniversary Concert

Instrumentalists: Ian Watson, harpsichord Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano     Christopher Krueger, flute                  Peggy Spencer, violin Zon Eastes, cello	Vocalists: Karen Smith Emerson, soprano Peter W. Shea, tenor Steve Curylo, baritone the vocal ensemble Cantabile
in works by anniversary composers: Carlo Gesualdo, Thomas Arne, Alessandro Scarlatti, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Frédéric Chopin, and Robert Schumann
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton MA Directions Map and picture at Music in Deerfield website Location on Google Maps
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Arcadia Players celebrates anniversaries of major composers of the Renaissance, Baroque, and early Romantic periods in a gala concert on Saturday, March 20, at 7:30 PM, in Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College, in Northampton. This extraordinary event will showcase many of the area’s finest musicians in vocal and instrumental works of Gesualdo, Arne, Scarlatti, W.F. Bach, Chopin, and Schumann. The performers, all of whom have long associations with Arcadia Players, are donating their services as a benefit for the organization.

Featured musicians and soloists will include harpsichordist Ian Watson, soprano Karen Smith Emerson, tenor Peter W. Shea, baritone Steve Curylo, the vocal ensemble Cantabile, fortepianist Monica Jakuc Leverett, flutist Christopher Krueger, violinist Peggy Spencer, and cellist Zon Eastes.

The first half of the program will feature soprano Karen Smith Emerson in Thomas Arne’s cantata The Morning. Fortepianist Monica Jakuc Leverett will perform Chopin’s Barcarolle in F# Major. W.F. Bach’s Sonata in E minor will be performed by Christopher Krueger on flute and Ian Watson on harpsichord. Fortepianist Monica Jakuc Leverett will accompany tenor Peter W. Shea in three ballads by Schumann.

Cantabile will open the second half of the program with two madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo. The cantata Tra speranze e timore by Alessandro Scarlatti will be sung by baritone Steve Curylo, followed by two Chopin Mazurkas with Monica Jakuc Leverett. The program will close with all musicians performing Thomas Arne’s Rule, Britannia, from the masque Alfred.

Tickets for this concert may be ordered in advance at 413-586-8742 or www.cabotix.com. Advance tickets are $25 general admission, $35 preferred seating, and $10 students. Prices at the door are $30 general, $40 preferred, and $10 students. More information is available at 413‑586‑8742.

Arcadia Players Gala Anniversary Concert is the fifth concert in Arcadia’s 21st season, “A Season of Anniversaries,” in which the group marks two decades of music-making in the Pioneer Valley. Arcadia will next present an organ recital by its Artistic Director, Ian Watson, on Sunday, April 25, at 3:00 PM, at St. Theresa’s Church, 9 East Parkview Street, South Hadley, followed by a reception. The season finale concert, featuring an all-Beethoven orchestral program, will take place Friday, June 11, at 7:30 PM, in Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College, in Northampton.

The season sponsor of Arcadia Players and sponsor of the Gala Anniversary Concert is WGBY–TV57. Arcadia Players also receives support from WFCR–88.5FM, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and the cultural councils of Amherst, Holyoke, Longmeadow, Northampton, and South Hadley.

Ian Watson	Christopher Krueger
Monica J. Leverett & Peter W. Shea         Steve Curylo	Karen Smith Emerson   Peggy Spencer          Zon Eastes
Cantabile (left to right: David Olsson, James Mead, Diana Brewer, Dorie Goldman, Peter W. Shea, Kayla Werlin)

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