Arcadia Players 2007-2008 Season Concert Calendar

Arcadia Players

"The Finest Baroque Ensemble in the Pioneer Valley"

Ian Watson, Artistic Director

Our 19th season

2007-2008
Concert Calendar

Arcadia Players is proud to have
the sponsorship of

Public Television for Western New England
for our entire 19th season

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Season overview

Arcadia Players and the Springfield Chapter of the American Guild of Organists present IAN WATSON, BENEFIT ORGAN RECITAL Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 3:00 PM South Congregational Church 45 Maple Street, Springfield MA	Music of J.S. Bach, Flor Peeters, Louis Vierne and Sir Edward Elgar This is a benefit concert for Arcadia Players. Suggested donation $10 at the door. No tickets. Read more about this event
THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: BACH & VIVALDI Sunday, September 16, at 3:00 PM Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College Northampton MA One performance only! Pre-concert talk by Christopher Krueger at 2:30 PM	Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E flat major, op. 8 no 5, “La Tempesta di mare” -- Lisa Rautenberg, violin J.S. Bach (after Vivaldi): Concerto for 4 harpsichords & strings in A minor, BWV 1065 -- Ian Watson, Gregory Hayes, Donald Meineke and Grant Moss, harpsichords A. Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589 The Arcadia Players Baroque Orchestra and Chorus Ian Watson, director Read more about this event Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Go to Tickets page
FUGUES AND FANTAZIAS Saturday, October 20, 2007, at 7:30 PM Caswell Library, Deerfield Academy, Old Main Street Deerfield MA One performance only! Pre-concert talk by Alice Robbins at 7:00 PM	Henry Purcell: Fantasies for four viols (1683) J.S. Bach: Selected Contrapuncti from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1060 The culmination of the long English tradition of contrapuntal fantasies for viols, and portions of Bach’s contrapuntal masterpiece The Art of Fugue, beautifully suited to a consort of viols, plus other works by Muffat and Charpentier. Five College Consort of Viols Robert Eisenstein Alice Robbins Meg Pash Kivie Cahn-Lipman Read more about this event Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Go to Tickets page
MUSIC OF SALAMONE ROSSI with Cantabile and friends Saturday, November 3, at 7:30 PM Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St. Holyoke MA Sunday, November 4, at 3:00 PM First Church of Deerfield (“Brick Church”), 71 Old Main St. Deerfield MA Pre-concert talks by Robert Eisenstein at 7:00 PM Saturday and 2:30 PM Sunday	Salamone Rossi Hebreo: Italian madrigals and canzonets, sonatas and dances, and Hebrew psalm settings from the cusp of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods by Monteverdi’s Jewish colleague. Cantabile vocal ensemble: Dorie Goldman, Deanna Joseph, James Mead, David Olsson, Peter W. Shea, Kayla Werlin with instrumentalists of Arcadia Players: Robert Eisenstein & Joseph Jewett, violins; Laurie Rabut, viola da gamba; Gregory Hayes, harpsichord Read more about this event Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Go to Tickets page
HANDEL’S MESSIAH Saturday, December 15, at 7:30 PM St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 3 Elm St. Northampton MA Sunday, December 16, at 3:00 PM Old First Church, Court Square Springfield MA Cancelled due to winter storm Rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 23, at 3:00 PM Same venue Ticket holders: Please contact the Arcadia office by phone or email to confirm your attendance or ask for a refund 413-534-8888 info[at]arcadiaplayers.org	The holiday classic, and an Arcadia Players tradition, returns! Arcadia Players Baroque Orchestra and Chorus Ian Watson, Conductor Read more about this event Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Go to Tickets page is the major sponsor of the Concert Education Program in the Springfield Public Schools. Other sponsors: Springfield Cultural Council, Old First Church, Court Square, the Melanie Kasparian Professional Development Center, the Urban League of Springfield’s Foster Grandparent Program, and the American Guild of Organists. Read more about this program.
THE ENGLISH ORPHEUS: English Baroque Chamber Music with Contemporary Readings Saturday, January 12, at 7:30 PM Caswell Library, Deerfield Academy, Old Main Street Deerfield MA Sunday, January 13, at 3:00 PM, Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St. Holyoke MA Pre-concert talk by Alice Robbins at 7:00 PM Saturday and 2:30 PM Sunday	Instrumental chamber music from 17th-century England including works of Matthew Locke, Christopher Simpson, William Lawes and Henry Purcell, with readings selected from English authors of the period. Dana Maiben, violin Tina Chancey, violin and viol Alice Robbins, viol Gregory Hayes, organ, with Ian Watson, reader Read more about this program Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Go to Tickets page
ORGAN CONCERT BY IAN WATSON Free to Subscribers and Benefactors Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. First Church of Deerfield (“Brick Church”), 71 Old Main St. Deerfield MA One performance only! Pre-concert talk by Ian Watson at 7:00 PM	A program featuring arrangements by J.S. Bach for organ of ensemble concertos by Vivaldi, and works by Frescobaldi, Buxtehude and Froberger. A reception to meet Watson, Arcadia Players Board members and friends old and new will take place after the concert at the Deerfield Inn. Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Free to subscribers and benefactors. Go to Tickets page Read more about this event
ALL-HAYDN CONCERT Saturday, March 29, at 7:30 PM Grace Episcopal Church, Boltwood Ave., by the town common Amherst MA One performance only! Pre-concert talk by E. Wayne Abercrombie at 7:00 PM	Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La Passione” F.J. Haydn: Concerto in D major for fortepiano and orchestra -- Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson” Mass) Arcadia Players Orchestra and Chorus Ian Watson, Conductor Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30, student $10. More at door. Go to Tickets page Read more about this event
Arcadia Players and United Congregational Church, Holyoke present: MUSIC BY HAYDN, BEETHOVEN AND WEBER: a benefit concert for Arcadia Players Friday, May 9, 2008, at 7:30 PM Skinner Memorial Chapel United Congregational Church of Holyoke, 395 High Street Holyoke MA Join us at a post-concert reception to celebrate Arcadia’s new home at United Church. This program will also be presented by Arcadia Players and the Frederick Historic Piano Collection on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM, at Ashburnham Community Church, 9 Chapel Street, Ashburnham, MA. $10.00 per adult. Children and students, free.	Franz Josef Haydn: Trio for flute, cello and piano Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin sonata op. 12, no. 2 Beethoven: Variations for cello and piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern" Carl Maria von Weber: Selections from Ten Scottish Songs (1825) Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble Christopher Krueger, flute Lisa Rautenberg, violin Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano Peter W. Shea, tenor This is a benefit concert for Arcadia Players. Suggested donation $10 at the door. No tickets. Read more about this event

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FUGUES AND FANTAZIAS

THE ENGLISH ORPHEUS:

English Baroque Chamber Music with Contemporary Readings

English Baroque Chamber Music
with Contemporary Readings