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Bach, Baroque and Bassoons

February 12, 2010 - Friday at 7:00pm
$15 Adult & Senior / $10 Student

Rodney Ackmann leads MU Bassoon Ensemble to open this year’s Baroque concert, followed by Telemann’s oboe sonata, J. S. Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 (otherwise known as Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in concerto grosso), and Odyssey Chamber Ensemble. R. Paul Crabb presents the magnificent Bach Collegium Choir in a double feature of Bach’s Motet “O Jesu Christ meins Lebens” and also in a beautiful and upbeat Bach Cantata BWV 192, “Nun danket.”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Malcomb Pearce: Vivace from the French Overture BWV 831
J. S. Bach, arr. Richard E. Thurston: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
J. S. Bach, arr. Zachary Mertens: Fugue in G minor (“The Little”)
MU Bassoon Ensemble: Lucas Boyd, Kyle Buck, Amanda Craven, Cindy Graeler, Claire Huck, Zachary Mertens, Andrew Monnig, Jeff Panhorst, Elizabeth Smiley
Rodney Ackmann, Director

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Sonata in A minor for oboe and continuo, "Der getreue Musikmeister" TWV 41:a3 (1728)
I. Siciliana
II. Spirituoso
III. Andante
IV. Vivace
Jessica Warner, oboe; Rachel AuBuchon, harpsichord

J. S. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 in F Major, BWV 1057 (ca. 1720)
I.
II. Andante
III. Allegro assai
Ayako Tsuruta, harpsichord; Steve Geibel, flute; Dan Willett, oboe and Odyssey Chamber Ensemble

Intermission

J. S. Bach: Motet No. 7, "O Jesu Christ meins Lebens Licht," BWV118 (ca. 1736)
R. Paul Crabb, conductor; Bach Collegium Choir

J. S. Bach (1685-1750): Cantata BWV 192, “Nun danket” (1730)
I. Nun danket alle Gott (Coro)
II. Der ewig reiche Gott (Duetto)
III. Lob. Her und Preis sei Gott (Coro)
R. Paul Crabb, conductor; Bach Collegium Choir with Soprano and Bass soloists
Odyssey Chamber Ensemble:
Steve Geibel and Michael White, flutes; Dan Willett and Jessica Warner, oboes
Violin I: Siri Geenan, Susan Jensen, Erik Hassell
Violin II: Amy Appold, Alison Tatum, Courtney Burris
Viola: Michael Wilson, TBA
Violoncello: Carol Elliott, Mary Manulik, Matthew J. Pierce, Gareth Briscoe
Double Bass: Bryce McDonald
Continuo: Rachel AuBuchon

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