Ensemble Chaconne to perform European Masters at Trinity Episcopal Church, Watertown, NY

Oct. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- Now celebrating its 25th season, the Boston-based Ensemble Chaconne (Peter H. Bloom, baroque flute; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; and Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lute and English guitar) will perform at Trinity Episcopal Church, 227 Sherman Street, Watertown, NY 13601.  Ticket information:  $15 preferred seating, $12 general admission, $10 seniors/military, $5 students.  For information call  (315) 788-6290.

Known for "virtuosity, balance and charm" (Portland Press Herald), Ensemble Chaconne will treat the audience to a dazzling tour of chamber music treasures that captured the imagination of 18th century Londoners, performed on instruments of the period.  The concert will feature masterpieces by Handel and Vivaldi, favorites of the English aristocracy during the first half of the century, and selections by other great European composers who settled in London during the latter part of the century:  J. C. Bach, Carl Friedrich Abel (the last great viola da gamba virtuoso), famed oboist Johann Christian Fischer, illustrious violinist Felice de Giardini, and lutenist/harpsichordist Rudolf Straube, a favorite student of J.S. Bach.

The concert will showcase the English guitar (immensely popular in 18th century London but rarely heard today), with baroque flute, viola da gamba, and baroque lute.   Repertoire will include Vivaldi’s famous D Major lute concerto, Handel’s Sonata in A minor (Hallenser Sonata #1),  Che ciascun per te sospiri by J.C. Bach,  Fantaisie for English guitar by Straube, solos for viola da gamba by Abel, Trio V in C major by Giardini, and Sonata IX by Fischer.

Hailed for “vitality and character….style and verve,” (MusicWeb International), Ensemble Chaconne has toured widely at venues including Atlanta’s famed Spivey Hall, The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, Bowdoin College, Washington University’s venerable Edison Theatre in St. Louis, Boston’s legendary Jordan Hall, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Indiana State University, Concordia University in Ann Arbor, and others.  The ensemble was chosen for featured concerts at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Residency at Davidson College and the American Musicological Society’s National Meeting in Columbus, Ohio.  World renowned museums including Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and the Peabody Essex Museum have commissioned the group to perform themed concerts for major exhibitions.

In 2009, Ensemble Chaconne was named to Early Music America’s Touring Roster, one of only 33 ensembles in North America to receive the honor.  Ensemble Chaconne is also a member of the New Englalnd States Touring Roster and the South Carolina Arts Commission's Artists in Education Roster.  

The group can be heard on a critically acclaimed recording called Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays, available at www.americasmusicworks.com and at cdbaby.com


Ensemble Chaconne is managed exclusively by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, managing director.  Call 888-887-7169.  Visit www.americasmusicworks.com

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