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