Tallahassee Bach Parley "D'Amore and More" Vivaldi Concertos

Date:

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Time:

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Location:

St. John's Episcopal Church

Street:

211 North Monroe Street

City/Town:

Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee Bach Parley: “D’Amore and More”
Vivaldi Concertos Spotlight Love, Baroque Style

The Tallahassee Bach Parley, a baroque music ensemble that performs on period instruments, concludes the season with “D’Amore and More.” The concert will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday June 6, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 211 North Monroe St. The performance is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted and free childcare is available.

“D’Amore and More” will include three concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. The first will feature Melissa Brewer playing an exotic instrument, the viola d’amore (“viola of love”). It has seven strings that are played with the bow, and another seven strings that run under the fingerboard and vibrate sympathetically. These vibrations give the instrument its characteristic warm and mellow sound. Ms. Brewer will perform Vivaldi’s concerto in D major for viola d’amore.

Tallahassee native Miriam Barfield will play the “Summer” concerto from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Miriam began playing the violin at age six with Melissa Brewer as her teacher, and she is graduating from the FSU College of Music with a BM in viola performance. Next fall Miriam will begin her graduate studies at the Boston Conservatory, where she was awarded a full scholarship.

To continue with the theme of love, husband and wife cellists Kim and Evan Jones will play the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor. Also featured will be soprano Elizabeth Ronan Silva and countertenor Reginald Mobley singing selections on various aspects of love by Claudio Monteverdi and Georg Frideric Handel.

Commentary will be provided before each piece to give the audience ideas about what to listen for in the music and to make the atmosphere more relaxed. A membership reception will be held immediately following the concert, and the Bach Parley would “love” to have you attend!

For additional information about the Tallahassee Bach Parley, visit www.tallahasseebachparley.org.