Arcadia Players 2008-2009 Season Concert Calendar

Arcadia Players

Celebrating
20 Seasons of Historical Performance

Ian Watson, Artistic Director

2008-2009
Concert Calendar

Arcadia Players is proud to have
the sponsorship of

Public Television for Western New England
for our entire 20th season

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Season overview

Telemann's Paris Quartets

Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College
Northampton MA

One performance only!

Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble
(Christopher Krueger, flute ; Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Alice Robbins, viola da gamba ; Ian Watson, harpsichord)

Telemann's Paris Quartets, scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord, are his signature chamber music pieces. Christopher Krueger is joined by some of Arcadia's star players for the season's opening concert in suites and sonatas selected from this wonderful collection, played in beautiful Sweeney Concert Hall at Smith College.

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Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door.
Students always $10
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Beethoven and His Contemporaries

Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Caswell Library, Deerfield Academy, Old Main Street
Deerfield MA

One performance only!

Concert sponsor

Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble
(Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello ; Peter W. Shea, tenor)

Works by Beethoven: a set of variations on a melody by Mozart for cello and piano, the Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3, and three British folk songs for voice and piano trio.Works by his contemporaries: Selections from Conradin Kreutzer's Wanderlieder and a Paganini Divertimento for violin and piano

Read more about this concert

Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door.
Students always $10
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All-Beethoven Concert

Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College
Northampton MA

One performance only on Arcadia's series!

Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Tuckerman Hall
Worcester MA
(presented by Music Worcester as part of the Worcester Music Festival. Order tickets through Music Worcester)

Arcadia Players Orchestra, Ian Watson, conductor
Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Peter W. Shea, tenor

This concert presents three very different facets of Beethoven's work played on instruments like those of his time. Ian Watson leads a Beethovenian orchestra in the masterful Piano Concerto No. 4 and in the Symphony No. 1, a work imbued with the composer’s wit and great sense of drama. Monica Jakuc Leverett will be soloist in the concerto, playing a 5 ½-octave fortepiano modeled on those of Beethoven’s time. She and tenor Peter W. Shea will perform Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved), widely considered to be the first true song cycle.

Read more about this concert
Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35. $5 more at door.
Students always $10
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Cantabile with Viols in Music for Evensong

Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Wesley United Methodist Church, 98 North Maple St.
Hadley MA

One performance only!

Cantabile Vocal Ensemble (Diana Brewer, Dorie Goldman, James Mead, David Olsson, Peter W. Shea, Kayla Werlin)
Arcadia Players Consort of Viols
Ian Watson, organ

This concert will recreate music from an English Evensong service in the early 1600s. We will draw the anthems, Magnificat, psalms, hymns and chant from the works of Byrd, Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins and others from this most fertile period in English musical history.

Read more about this concert

Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door.
Students always $10
Go to Tickets page

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610

Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 3 Elm St.
Northampton MA

Concert sponsor

Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Christ Church Cathedral, 35 Chestnut St.
Springfield MA

Concert cancelled due to winter storm
Springfield Concert Education Program sponsors

Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus
Ian Watson, Conductor

Monteverdi's Vespers (1610) is now established as a treasure of the choral repertoire and has been one of Arcadia's greatest successes in recent years. The vespers are built around Biblical texts traditionally used in the liturgy for several celebrations of Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. The work calls for many different groups of singers and instrumentalists, performing both antiphonally and together. The spatial possibilities of St. Mary's in Northampton and Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield are explored in Arcadia's dramatic performance.

Read more about this concert

If you have bought tickets to the Springfield performance and

wish your ticket fee to be converted to a (greatly needed) charitable donation and acknowledged as such,
OR

if you desire a refund

please contact Arcadia Players at

413-586-8742
email: info[at]arcadiaplayers.org P.O. Box 387
Northampton MA 01061

Handel's Acis and Galatea
Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence
220 Main St., Northampton MA (note change of venue)

Concert sponsor
ANONYMOUS DONOR

Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM,
White Church Community Center, 6 Memorial St.
Deerfield MA

Concert sponsor

Diana Brewer, soprano ; William Hite and Peter W. Shea, tenor ; Steve Curylo, baritone
Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble
directed by Ian Watson

In this season Arcadia commemorates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with two major works. Handel composed Acis and Galatea as a masque in the summer of 1718. He set a libretto by John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes. In 1732 Handel expanded the work to three acts and presented the revised Acis in London as an ode. It is not clear whether the original performances were staged, semi-staged or performed in concert. Arcadia will present a concert version. Acis was presented during Arcadia Players’ first season and returns as the ensemble celebrates its 20th.

Read more about this concert

Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door.
Students always $10
Go to Tickets page

Benefit Organ Concert
Ian Watson, organist

Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Note change of time.
Skinner Memorial Chapel
United Congregational Church, 395 High St.
Holyoke MA

One performance only!

Note: This concert has been moved to Skinner Memorial Chapel of United Congregational Church because the main sanctuary will not be heated. Admission is by requested donation at the door.

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Handel's Israel in Egypt

Note change of date and venue.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM
St. Mary's Catholic Church, 3 Elm St.
Northampton MA

One performance only!

Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35. $5 more at door.
Students always $10

Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus
Ian Watson, Conductor

We present Handel’s magnificent Biblical epic Israel in Egypt as part of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death. The work was premiered at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, in 1739. The libretto, compiled by Handel's collaborator Charles Jennens, is composed entirely of selected passages from the Hebrew Bible, mainly from Exodus and the Psalms. Although not well received at its first performance, the piece vied with Messiah in popularity during the 19th century and is now part of the core repertoire of virtuoso choral groups. Note change of date and venue.

Read more about this concert

All-Haydn Concert

Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College
Elm St. and Round Hill Rd.
Northampton MA

This program will also be presented by Arcadia Players and the Frederick Historic Piano Collection on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM, at Ashburnham Community Church, 9 Chapel Street, Ashburnham, MA. $10.00 per adult. Children and students, free.

Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble
(Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Alice Robbins, cello ; Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Peter W. Shea, tenor)

Three extraordinary piano trios by Haydn, considered the culmination of his work in the genre, and a selection of his delightful settings of Scottish folk songs with variations for voice and piano trio.

This is a benefit concert for Arcadia Players. Tickets sold at door: $20 (students $10)

Read more about this concert

Arcadia Players reserves the right to make changes in programs and dates

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For more information and to receive a season brochure,
contact us at:

413-586-8742

email info[at]arcadiaplayers.org

mailing address: P.O. Box 387, Northampton MA 01061

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Telemann's Paris Quartets Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College Northampton MA One performance only!	Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble (Christopher Krueger, flute ; Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Alice Robbins, viola da gamba ; Ian Watson, harpsichord) Telemann's Paris Quartets, scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord, are his signature chamber music pieces. Christopher Krueger is joined by some of Arcadia's star players for the season's opening concert in suites and sonatas selected from this wonderful collection, played in beautiful Sweeney Concert Hall at Smith College. Read more about this concert Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10 Go to Tickets page
Beethoven and His Contemporaries Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM Caswell Library, Deerfield Academy, Old Main Street Deerfield MA One performance only! Concert sponsor	Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble (Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello ; Peter W. Shea, tenor) Works by Beethoven: a set of variations on a melody by Mozart for cello and piano, the Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3, and three British folk songs for voice and piano trio.Works by his contemporaries: Selections from Conradin Kreutzer's Wanderlieder and a Paganini Divertimento for violin and piano Read more about this concert Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10 Go to Tickets page
All-Beethoven Concert Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College Northampton MA One performance only on Arcadia's series! Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM Tuckerman Hall Worcester MA (presented by Music Worcester as part of the Worcester Music Festival. Order tickets through Music Worcester)	Arcadia Players Orchestra, Ian Watson, conductor Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Peter W. Shea, tenor This concert presents three very different facets of Beethoven's work played on instruments like those of his time. Ian Watson leads a Beethovenian orchestra in the masterful Piano Concerto No. 4 and in the Symphony No. 1, a work imbued with the composer’s wit and great sense of drama. Monica Jakuc Leverett will be soloist in the concerto, playing a 5 ½-octave fortepiano modeled on those of Beethoven’s time. She and tenor Peter W. Shea will perform Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved), widely considered to be the first true song cycle. Read more about this concert Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35. $5 more at door. Students always $10 Go to Tickets page
Cantabile with Viols in Music for Evensong Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 7:30 PM Wesley United Methodist Church, 98 North Maple St. Hadley MA One performance only!	Cantabile Vocal Ensemble (Diana Brewer, Dorie Goldman, James Mead, David Olsson, Peter W. Shea, Kayla Werlin) Arcadia Players Consort of Viols Ian Watson, organ This concert will recreate music from an English Evensong service in the early 1600s. We will draw the anthems, Magnificat, psalms, hymns and chant from the works of Byrd, Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins and others from this most fertile period in English musical history. Read more about this concert Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10 Go to Tickets page
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 3 Elm St. Northampton MA Concert sponsor Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM Christ Church Cathedral, 35 Chestnut St. Springfield MA Concert cancelled due to winter storm Springfield Concert Education Program sponsors	Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus Ian Watson, Conductor Monteverdi's Vespers (1610) is now established as a treasure of the choral repertoire and has been one of Arcadia's greatest successes in recent years. The vespers are built around Biblical texts traditionally used in the liturgy for several celebrations of Mary in the Roman Catholic Church. The work calls for many different groups of singers and instrumentalists, performing both antiphonally and together. The spatial possibilities of St. Mary's in Northampton and Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield are explored in Arcadia's dramatic performance. Read more about this concert If you have bought tickets to the Springfield performance and wish your ticket fee to be converted to a (greatly needed) charitable donation and acknowledged as such, OR if you desire a refund please contact Arcadia Players at 413-586-8742 email: info[at]arcadiaplayers.org P.O. Box 387 Northampton MA 01061
Handel's Acis and Galatea Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 7:30 PM Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence 220 Main St., Northampton MA (note change of venue) Concert sponsor ANONYMOUS DONOR Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM, White Church Community Center, 6 Memorial St. Deerfield MA Concert sponsor	Diana Brewer, soprano ; William Hite and Peter W. Shea, tenor ; Steve Curylo, baritone Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble directed by Ian Watson In this season Arcadia commemorates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with two major works. Handel composed Acis and Galatea as a masque in the summer of 1718. He set a libretto by John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes. In 1732 Handel expanded the work to three acts and presented the revised Acis in London as an ode. It is not clear whether the original performances were staged, semi-staged or performed in concert. Arcadia will present a concert version. Acis was presented during Arcadia Players’ first season and returns as the ensemble celebrates its 20th. Read more about this concert Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10 Go to Tickets page
Benefit Organ Concert Ian Watson, organist Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Note change of time. Skinner Memorial Chapel United Congregational Church, 395 High St. Holyoke MA One performance only!	Note: This concert has been moved to Skinner Memorial Chapel of United Congregational Church because the main sanctuary will not be heated. Admission is by requested donation at the door. Read more about this concert
Handel's Israel in Egypt Note change of date and venue. Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM St. Mary's Catholic Church, 3 Elm St. Northampton MA One performance only! Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35. $5 more at door. Students always $10	Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus Ian Watson, Conductor We present Handel’s magnificent Biblical epic Israel in Egypt as part of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death. The work was premiered at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, in 1739. The libretto, compiled by Handel's collaborator Charles Jennens, is composed entirely of selected passages from the Hebrew Bible, mainly from Exodus and the Psalms. Although not well received at its first performance, the piece vied with Messiah in popularity during the 19th century and is now part of the core repertoire of virtuoso choral groups. Note change of date and venue. Read more about this concert
All-Haydn Concert Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College Elm St. and Round Hill Rd. Northampton MA This program will also be presented by Arcadia Players and the Frederick Historic Piano Collection on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM, at Ashburnham Community Church, 9 Chapel Street, Ashburnham, MA. $10.00 per adult. Children and students, free.	Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble (Lisa Rautenberg, violin ; Alice Robbins, cello ; Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano ; Peter W. Shea, tenor) Three extraordinary piano trios by Haydn, considered the culmination of his work in the genre, and a selection of his delightful settings of Scottish folk songs with variations for voice and piano trio. This is a benefit concert for Arcadia Players. Tickets sold at door: $20 (students $10) Read more about this concert