Concert Performance: Italian Fire (St Paul)

Name: Concert Performance: Italian Fire (St Paul)
Start: 2024-09-28T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-28T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Olivet Congregational Church

Schedule

Sat Sep 28 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Olivet Congregational Church | Saint Paul, MN

"An explosion of fiery passions, virtuosity, and inspiration"
La Grande Bande opens the 24/25 Season, and our celebration of George Frideric Handel’s 340th birthday, with a program of virtuosity music from early Italy. Handel’s time in Italy, studying and performing with many of the leading composers and musicians of the day, was crucial to forming his career and his musical voice.
This program will illustrate the evolution of the “Italian style” from its earliest contrapuntal origins in the Renaissance to the high-Baroque sonatas of Corelli and Handel himself. Internationally-acclaimed violinist Chloe Prendergast, her violinist-sibling Rafa Prendergast, and La Grande Bande’s continuo band will open the Sixth Season with an explosion of virtuosity and Italian passion.
Pre-concert talk begins at approximately 6:45pm.
Musicians
Chloe Prendergast & Rafa Prendergast, baroque violin
Maryne Mossey, baroque cello
Michael Thomas Asmus, harpsichord
**These activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.**