Music for a While: A Composer Portrait of Henry Purcell
Jun
1
8:00 PM20:00

Music for a While: A Composer Portrait of Henry Purcell

Featuring acclaimed soprano Sonya Headlam, this program portrays the “divine genius” of Henry Purcell. Although he only lived to age 36, Purcell's creative output was breathtaking. Repast gives audiences a sense of Purcell’s unique style with songs, fantasies, keyboard works, and the famous Chaconne.

Sonya Headlam, soprano
Natalie Kress & Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, violins
Maureen Murchie, viola
Sarah Stone, viola da gamba
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord


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Music for a While: A Composer Portrait of Henry Purcell
May
31
7:30 PM19:30

Music for a While: A Composer Portrait of Henry Purcell

  • McKinney Chapel, First Unitarian Congregational Society (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Featuring acclaimed soprano Sonya Headlam, this program portrays the “divine genius” of Henry Purcell. Although he only lived to age 36, Purcell's creative output was breathtaking. Repast gives audiences a sense of Purcell’s unique style with songs, fantasies, keyboard works, and the famous Chaconne.

Sonya Headlam, soprano
Natalie Kress & Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, violins
Maureen Murchie, viola
Sarah Stone, viola da gamba
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord


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Through the Labyrinth
Mar
12
3:00 PM15:00

Through the Labyrinth

The Repast core ensemble and guest violinists present music from the High Baroque with the theme of a labyrinth, or a journey. This thrilling program includes famous “Labyrinth” works by Locatelli (for violin) and Marais (for viola da gamba), as well as Couperin’s portrayal of Corelli’s journey to Parnassus, Corrette’s meditation on solitude for bassoon, and a virtuosic programmatic keyboard solo by Forqueray.

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Through the Labyrinth
Mar
11
3:00 PM15:00

Through the Labyrinth

  • McKinney Chapel, First Unitarian Congregational Society (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Repast core ensemble and guest violinists present music from the High Baroque with the theme of a labyrinth, or a journey. This thrilling program includes famous “Labyrinth” works by Locatelli (for violin) and Marais (for viola da gamba), as well as Couperin’s portrayal of Corelli’s journey to Parnassus, Corrette’s meditation on solitude for bassoon, and a virtuosic programmatic keyboard solo by Forqueray.

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Dutch Masters: Painting and Music in the Early Baroque
Jan
29
3:00 PM15:00

Dutch Masters: Painting and Music in the Early Baroque

Repast adds recorder, theorbo, and an additional viola da gamba to this program focused on Holland’s Golden Age. Featuring the female composer Leonora Duarte, as well as Flemish and Dutch composers including Hacquart and Schop, this program portrays the exquisite intimacy of this genre, with projected images of paintings by Vermeer, Rubens, Frans Hals, and others as a backdrop to the music.

Nina Stern, recorder
Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, violin
Sarah Stone, treble and bass viol
Adrienne Hyde, bass viol
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Adam Cockerham, theorbo
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

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Dutch Masters: Painting and Music in the Early Baroque
Jan
28
3:00 PM15:00

Dutch Masters: Painting and Music in the Early Baroque

  • McKinney Chapel, First Untarian Congregational Society (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Repast adds recorder, theorbo, and an additional viola da gamba to this program focused on Holland’s Golden Age. Featuring the female composer Leonora Duarte, as well as Flemish and Dutch composers including Hacquart and Schop, this program portrays the exquisite intimacy of this genre, with projected images of paintings by Vermeer, Rubens, Frans Hals, and others as a backdrop to the music.

Nina Stern, recorder
Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, violin
Sarah Stone, treble and bass viol
Adrienne Hyde, bass viol
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Adam Cockerham, theorbo
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

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Dueling Violins: Harmony and Strife in the 17th Century
Oct
13
8:00 PM20:00

Dueling Violins: Harmony and Strife in the 17th Century

with Beth Wenstrom, violin

Repast’s core ensemble, with guest violinist Beth Wenstrom, presents chamber music by Biber, Buxtehude, Schmelzer, Marini, Hacquart, and Bertali. In this early period of violin repertoire, the technical exploration of the instrument’s possibilities, as well as the formal experimentation of the period were thrilling, and reflected the dramatic upheaval of Europe coming out of a time of major plagues and the trauma of the 30 Years’ War.

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Dueling Violins: Harmony and Strife in the 17th Century
Oct
12
7:30 PM19:30

Dueling Violins: Harmony and Strife in the 17th Century

  • McKinney Chapel , First Unitarian Congregational Society (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with Beth Wenstrom, violin

Repast’s core ensemble, with guest violinist Beth Wenstrom, presents chamber music by Biber, Buxtehude, Schmelzer, Marini, Hacquart, and Bertali. In this early period of violin repertoire, the technical exploration of the instrument’s possibilities, as well as the formal experimentation of the period were thrilling, and reflected the dramatic upheaval of Europe coming out of a time of major plagues and the trauma of the 30 Years’ War.

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