The Bach Family and the Improvising Tradition

Picture Bach family members 'jamming' at a wedding with both musical skill and abandon, and you're on the right track!

Saturday April 6, 2019 at 7:30pm - 56 Queen Street East

Rezonance Baroque Ensemble and Musicians on the Edge present a mixture of baroque works, together with the quodlibet, or 'whatever you please' composition style, offering structured improvisations and variations on famous melodies of the time.

Tickets are $20/$10 under 18

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Also attend Pieta: Music and Poetry for Good Friday on April 19, and 'L'aigle noir': The Music of Barbara on April 27.

The Bach Family and the Improvising Tradition repertoire for chamber ensemble to include:

Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite in G major, for solo theorbo
Johann Sebastian Bach's Organ Trio in C minor
CPE Bach's Flute sonata in A minor
CPE Bach Rondo in B minor

Benjamin Stein, lute
Ruth Denton, oboe
Rezan Onen-Lapointe, violin
Erika Nielsen, cello
David Podgorski, harpsichord

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