Chatham Baroque announces the Chatham Baroque + Renaissance
& Baroque 2024/2025 Concert Series, a bold and ambitious lineup of Baroque
period and early music performances spanning ensemble configurations, eras, and
the globe. The season makes the music of the past present by including a
tantalizing mix of performances by Chatham Baroque with critically-acclaimed
guest artists, as well as an amazing array of world-renowned visiting ensembles
with virtuosic musicians from around the world.
The season opens on September 27 through 29 with Chatham
Baroque: A Garden of Harmony: Austrian & German Music for Strings featuring
highly regarded Chatham Baroque members Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia
Halverson, viola da gamba, and Scott Pauley, theorbo, and four superb
instrumental guest artists.
Chatham Baroque co-artistic director Scott Pauley says, “The
program highlights virtuosic music from 17th-century Austria and Germany by
composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Schein, written for a lush array of
bowed string instruments. This music is rich with ingenious invention,
counterpoint, and mellifluous harmony.”
A Garden of Harmony is followed by 3 other Chatham Baroque
programs.
“We offer something new and dynamic with the duo concert In
the Loop with Fouts & Pauley – Popular Music Across the Centuries, where
Andrew and I explore connections and similarities in music from the 16th
through 20th centuries,” says Scott Pauley. “Our instruments will be lightly
amplified, and we’ll make use of loop pedals to layer our sound, as if we are a
full band. Louis, Louis – Songs & Dances of the French Baroque looks at
French Music in the time of Kings Louis XIII and XIV, with soprano Pascale Beaudin
and a sumptuous ensemble of violins, viols, and lutes. Finally, we return to
Chatham Baroque's original quartet formation with Quintessential Chatham
Baroque, featuring former ensemble member Julie Andrijeski joining Co-Artistic
Director Andrew Fouts on violins. The quartet will perform trio sonatas of
Corelli, Vivaldi, Purcell, Matteis and more.”
The upcoming season also boasts the world premiere of Bach’s
lost masterpiece, Markus Passion. Audiences can experience the resurrection of
this lost work in a groundbreaking semi-staged rendition by Concert Theatre
Works, led by visionary Artistic Director Bill Barclay. The inaugural staged
production uses celebrated Bach scholar Malcolm Bruno's recently published
reconstruction. Chatham Baroque will team up with NYC-based ensemble The
Sebastians, and 4 vocal soloists, bolstered by the captivating narration of
acclaimed British actor Joseph Marcell. Markus Passion is Commissioned by The
Oregon Bach Festival.
"Our upcoming 2024-2025 Season is full of great music
brought to life by some of our favorite guest artists and ensembles, both
familiar and new to Pittsburgh,” said Chatham Baroque’s co-artistic director
Andrew Fouts. “This is a rare opportunity to bring to Pittsburgh a
world-premiere performance of a lost work by J.S. Bach. Staged by the intrepid
Bill Barclay of Concert Theatre Works, with actor Joseph Marcell speaking the
role of Evangelist in English, this performance is not to be missed.”
Fouts continued, “For our additional two guest ensembles, we
welcome back the sensational group Twelfth Night, with superstar singers Nola
Richardson and Roderick Williams OBE, who infuse the music of Handel’s Apollo e
Dafne with their vibrant enthusiasm and virtuosic style. And after too long a
hiatus we are pleased to bring back Philadelphia's legacy Renaissance wind
ensemble, Piffaro, now under the direction of wind-playing polymath Priscilla
Herreid, for a fascinating look at how musical styles and cultures elided with
the immigration of the famed Bassano brothers from Italy to the Tudor courts of
England.”
The Chatham Baroque season continues to present programs at
concert venues across the Pittsburgh region, bringing Baroque and early music
to audiences throughout the city, with performances at Teutonia Männerchor,
Calvary Episcopal Church, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Hicks Memorial Chapel
at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church,
Rodef Shalom’s Levy Hall and Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in
Oakland.”
2024/2025 CHATHAM BAROQUE + RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE SERIES
CONCERTS
Chatham Baroque: A Garden of Harmony - Austrian & German
Music for Strings
Friday-Sunday, September 27-29, 2024
Friday Sept 27, 7:30 p.m., Calvary Episcopal Church
Saturday Sept 28, 7:30 p.m., Teutonia Männerchor
Sunday Sept 29, 4:00 p.m., Calvary Episcopal Church
The virtuosic compositions for string band from late
17th-century Austria and Germany sit squarely in Chatham Baroque’s programmatic
wheelhouse. Written for a lush array of bowed string instruments, this music is
rich with ingenious invention, counterpoint, and mellifluous harmony. Joined by some of our favorite string-playing
guests, this program features rarely performed music of composers Heinrich
Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Antonio Bertali, Johann Hermann Schein,
Johann Casper Ferdinand Fischer, and Georg Muffat.
Andrew Fouts violin
Patricia Halverson viola da gamba
Scott Pauley theorbo & baroque guitar
With guest artists:
Carmen Johnson-Pajaro violin
Paul Miller viola
Keats Dieffenbach voila
Justin Wallace keyboard
Twelfth Night Ensemble: Love & Laurels - Handel's Apollo
e Dafne
Sunday, October 20, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church
Led by virtuoso violinist Rachell Ellen Wong and
harpsichordist David Belkovski, the dynamic ensemble Twelfth Night returns to
Pittsburgh with a program featuring British baritone Roderick Williams OBE and
American soprano Nola Richardson centered around George Frideric Handel's
fabulous cantata Apollo e Dafne. Based on the mythological tale of vain,
amorous pursuit, Apollo e Dafne showcases the operatic flair of a very young
Handel, where we see his incredible talent for drama, orchestration, and heartrendingly
beautiful melody.
In the Loop with Fouts & Pauley - Popular Music Across
the Centuries
Saturday & Sunday, November 16-17, 2024
Saturday, November 16, 7:30 p.m., St. Andrew's Episcopal
Church
Sunday, November 17, 2:30 p.m., Hicks Memorial Chapel at
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Popular music has been based on repeating, cyclical patterns
since the get go. Songs from antiquity through today share harmonic and melodic
forms with one another across the centuries. Chatham Baroque artistic directors
Andrew Fouts (violin) and Scott Pauley (theorbo & baroque guitar) partner
up for a plugged-in program that covers a whole lot of musical ground, from
renaissance songs, baroque ground basses, and old-time tunes. Utilizing
amplification, loop pedals, and playback, two players become a full band.
Andrew Fouts violin
Scott Pauley theorbo & baroque guitar
Chatham Baroque: Louis, Louis - Songs & Dances of the
French Baroque
Friday-Sunday, December 6-8, 2024
Friday, December 6, 7:30 p.m., St. Nicholas Croatian
Catholic Church
Saturday, December 7, 7:30 p.m., Calvary Episcopal Church
Sunday, December 8, 2:30 p.m., Hicks Memorial Chapel,
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Chatham Baroque brings to life French vocal and dance music
from the time of Louis XIII and XIV. Featuring Pascale Beaudin (soprano) and an
array of superb instrumentalists playing the music of Jean-Baptiste Lully and
his predecessors.
Passcale Beaudin, soprano
Andrew Fouts violin
Patricia Halverson viola da gamba
Scott Pauley theorbo
With guest artists:
Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pajaro violin
Paul Miller viola
Emily Eng viola
Dušan Balarin theorbo
Piffaro: The Bassanos - From Renaissance Italy to Tudor
England
Friday, February 8, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church
America’s premiere Renaissance wind ensemble makes its
triumphant return to Pittsburgh with a story of musical immigration. An Italian
and likely Jewish family of wind players moves to England during the reign of
Henry VIII, pushing instrumental music into a new frontier. The wind players of
Piffaro look at one of the most potent examples of musical immigration in
16th-century Europe—the story of the Bassano family.
Quintessential Chatham Baroque
Friday-Sunday, March 14-16, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Teutonia Männerchor
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Hicks Memorial Chapel
at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Sunday, March 16, 2025, 2:30 p.m., Levy Hall
Since its founding, Chatham Baroque cut its teeth on the
vast repertoire for two violins and continuo, developing its own distinctive
sound. This program returns to their musical roots, with former ensemble member
Julie Andrijeski (1996-2008) joining Andrew Fouts to share the melodic
spotlight over the elegant continuo stylings of Patricia Halverson (viola da
gamba), and Scott Pauley (theorbo & baroque guitar). Music of Corelli,
Vivaldi, Purcell, Matteis and more.
Andrew Fouts violin
Patricia Halverson viola da gamba
Scott Pauley theorbo
With special guest artist:
Julie Andrijeski violin
Chatham Baroque is also honored to participate in and host
the world premiere of:
Bach Markus Passion with The Sebastians, Chatham Baroque
& Joseph Marcell
Friday, April 11, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Oakland
Music by J.S. Bach
Directed by Bill Barclay
Edition by Malcolm Bruno
Produced by Concert Theatre Works
Markus Passion was commissioned by The Oregon Bach Festival
Led by Artistic Director Bill Barclay, Concert Theatre Works
has created a first-ever staged production of Bach’s long-lost Markus Passion.
Chatham Baroque is excited to partner with Concert Theatre Works and NYC based
ensemble The Sebastians for a world-premiere of this important work as
reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno and published by Breitkopf & Härtel. With an
ensemble comprising 14 players and 4 singers dramatically supporting acclaimed
actor Joseph Marcell as the Evangelist, this musical treasure is brought to
life in a gripping theatrical format.
Markus Passion was commissioned by The Oregon Bach Festival
and is produced by Concert Theatre Works.
TICKETS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
Subscriptions, which include seven concerts plus one bonus
ticket are $245 ($185 with senior (65+) discount).
Single Tickets, Early Bird Price: $40 General, $30 Senior
(65+), $20 Students
Early Bird Price for Bach's Markus Passion: $45 General, $35
Senior (65+), $20 Student
Full Price*: $45 General, $35 Senior Discount, $25 Student
Full Price for Bach's Markus Passion*: $50 General, $40
Senior (65+), $25 Student.
*Full price charges are applied beginning on the Friday two
weeks prior to each concert program. For more information, or to purchase
subscriptions and tickets, visit
www.chathambaroque.org/24-25-concert-series/.
2024/2025 Season is made possible in part by Anonymous,
Allegheny Regional Asset District, Buhl Foundation, Calvary Episcopal Church,
Classical WQED-FM 89.3, Heinz Endowments, Laurel Foundation, Opportunity Fund,
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Benter Foundation, and many generous
individuals and volunteers.
About Chatham Baroque:
Each year, Chatham Baroque presents a series of captivating,
historically informed performances, drawing from a vast repertoire of classical
music styles, eras, and locales from the Medieval Period through the early 19th
Century.
As one of the country’s leading period instrument ensembles
and early music presenters, each season features several concerts with the
distinguished Chatham Baroque ensemble with artistic directors Andrew Fouts
(violin), Patricia Halverson (viola da gamba), and Scott Pauley (theorbo and
baroque guitar) as well as concerts by renowned touring ensembles specializing
in music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical period.
Chatham Baroque concerts are performed with period
instruments, which are restored or replica versions from the time when the
music was written. Concerts are held in a variety of settings across Pittsburgh
from churches to concert halls, and performers actively engage audiences with
lively commentary and insights into the music.
To learn more, please visit www.chathambaroque.org.
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