Belladonna

Sunday, November 16
3:00 pm

America’s hottest Baroque quartet (and local favorite) returns for a compelling concert of Early Music. The wit, style, and intelligence of their playing demonstrate just how dazzling historically informed performance can be!

About Belladonna
Margaret Humphrey, violin • Rebecca Humphrey, cello
Cléa Galhano, recorder • Barbara Weiss, harpsichord
Belladonna was formed in 1993 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has since performed around the globe. With its lively interpretation of early music, Belladonna creates an extraordinary chemistry on stage that the Boston Globe calls "as fresh as jazz," "fantastically colored and just plain hot," while the Mittlebayerische Zeitung describes them as shimmering stars. Featured on the nationally syndicated radio programs Harmonia and Performance Today, the quartet was also aired on the National Public Radio stationWHBH-Boston, KSJN-St. Paul andWCAL, as well in Germany and Brazil. In 1998 the ensemble was a finalist in the Early Music America-Dorian CD competition.

Belladonna has appeared to critical acclaim at distinguished American venues such as the Seattle Early Music Guild; The
Schubert Club Early Music Series, St. Paul; Indianapolis Early Music Series; the Renaissance and Baroque Society, Pittsburgh;
Music in the Park Series, St. Paul; The Arizona Early Music Series; the San Diego Early Music Society; the Shrine to Music Museum (SD); Early Music Now, Milwaukee; and the Boston and Bloomington Early Music Festivals.

Belladonna has the honor of having been the first and only ensemble-in-residence at The Schubert Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, whose support made possible a New York City debut at Merkin Hall. Belladonna made its first appearance in Europe performing at the Alter Musik Festival in Regensburg, Germany and at the Chateau-Abbaye de Cassin in Bordou, France. The quartet has also toured Brazil three times. Belladonna has recorded for Ten Thousand Lakes and Dorian Labels.

Flanders Recorder Quartet

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Monday, February 16
8:00 pm

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano with Petra Mullejans, violin

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Thursday, March 26
8:00 pm

The internationally-acclaimed fortepianist joins the sensational Baroque violinist in a duo recital. Renowned for their passionate and intensely communicative styles, these phenomenal musicians bring their distinctive zeal and enthusiasm to the concert stage.

Program:
Mozart  Sonata in C major KV 296
Mozart  Sonata in G major KV 379
Mozart  Variations in G minor, K 360 on "Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant"
Mozart  Sonata in B-flat KV 454

Monteverdi's Venice

Tuesday, April 14
8:00 pm

The new, the exotic, and the extreme formed the cutting-edge artistic life of early Venice.
Hear voices, strings, lute, and continuo bring to life Claudio Monteverdi’s passionate arias and madrigals, alongside works by other revolutionary composers of the 17th century. Phillip Rukavina, theorbo and director.

Phillip Rukavina, theorbo and director