Concerts 2022-2023
Friday, September 30, 7:30 pm
Breathtaking Biber: Astonishing works for two violins by Heinrich Biber
This program will focus on works for two violins from the Harmonia artificioso-ariosa. These works press the violin to its limits, in music that is both astonishing and expressive. This program will feature two of the brightest Baroque violin stars, Susanna Ogata, and Christina Day Martinson, joined by Laura Jeppesen playing viola da gamba and Andrus Madsen on the harpsichord.
Saturday, October 22, 7:30 pm
A Fanny von Arnstein Viennese salon 1790
Fanny von Arnstein, the sister of Sarah Levy hosted brilliant salons in Vienna starting in the 1780s. She personally knew Haydn and Mozart and was a financial support to Mozart during some of his darkest times. She was a capable pianist, and engaging socialite, and arguably the most prominent Jewish woman of the century. This program features works that were likely performed at her salon, including Josef Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos, Nicola Porpora’s Abandonata e Sola, and Lieder by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Soprano, Audrey Luna couples her emotive and expressive musicality with Andrus Madsen's deft and creative keyboard skills at the fortepiano in this Newton Baroque offering.
Zephyrus and Chloris:
Trio Sonatas for Flute, Violin and Continuo
Friday November 11, 7:30 PM
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton MA
Sunday, November 13, 4:00 PM
Emmaus Bible Church
17 Church Street, Carver MA
free admission
So often in Baroque music, the mixing of unlike things creates in the most beautiful outcomes. This concert features the brilliant combination of the flute and violin in trio sonatas by Telemann, Quantz, Vivaldi, Handel, and C. P. E. Bach.
Mary Oleskiewicz, flute; Sylvia Schwartz, violin;
Sarah Freiberg, cello; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Sunday Dec 11 10:00 AM
Vespers Music from 1730s Naples in the Sunday Morning Service at Second Church
Newton Baroque plays with the Chancel Choir at Second Church in Newton. Including the Dixit Dominus by Nicola Porpora and the Magnificat in B-flat by Francesco Durante.
Saturday, January 7, 7:30 PM
The Leipzig Candidates 1723: Bach, Telemann and Graupner
Johann Sebastian Bach was appointed Thomas Cantor in Leipzig in 1723 after the first two candidates declined the position. This concert features keyboard works by all three composers who were considered for this post that eventually went to J. S Bach.
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Saturday February 4, 7:30 PM
Concerto delle Donne 1585: Music for the Three Ladies of Ferrara
Madrigals by Luzzaschi, De Wert and Marenzio written for three outstanding sopranos, Livia d’Arco, Laura Peverara, and Anna Guarini at the court of Alfonso d’Este. These women cultivated a style of ornamentation and new way of performing madrigals that had everything to do with what became the Baroque style.
Teresa Wakim, Angie Tyler and Shea Brown - soprano, Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Saturday March 4, 7:30 PM
A Parisian Salon 1715: The Salon by which all Other Salons Measure Themselves
Cantatas by Nicolas Bernier and Jean-Philippe Rameau as well as the celebrated Sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve du Mont de Paris by Marin Marias.
Jason McStoots - tenor, Susanna Ogata - violin, Laura Jeppesen - viola da gamba, Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Saturday April 1, 7:30 PM
The Clarion Cry: German Romantic Trios for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Trios by Brahms, Clara Schumann, and Louise Farrenc on period instruments
Thomas Carroll - clarinet, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - cello, April Sun - piano
Friday April 7, 7:30 PM
A North German Good Friday, 1680
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross by Heinrich Schütz, and other works for Good Friday in the context of a Tenebrae ritual, in a service at Second Church.
Saturday April 22, 7:30 PM
Marcello and Marcella: Cantatas by Benedetto Marcello and his Wife Rosanna Scalfi
This concert is a joint project between Newton Baroque, and Pegasus Early Music based in Rochester NY.
Laurie Heimes - soprano, Shiba Nematt-Nasser - alto, Deborah Fox - theorbo, Chris Haritatos - cello, Andrus Madsen - harpsichord
Saturday May 27, 7:30 PM
Johann Quantz in Memoriam: A Remembrance of the 250th Anniversary of His Death
A Retrospective of the Concerti, Quartettes, Trios and Sonatas of one of the most important performers and composers of the 18th Century.
Mary Oleskiewicz - flute, Christina Day Martinson, Jesse Irons - violin, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - cello, Andrus Madsen - fortepiano
Saturday June 17, 7:30 PM
Intentionally Unpremeditated: Blurring the Boundaries Between Written and Unscripted.
Jesse Irons - violin, and Andrus Madsen - harpsichord will improvise into and out of written works, in addition to offering several completely improvised musical experiences.
Friday, September 30, 7:30 pm
Breathtaking Biber: Astonishing works for two violins by Heinrich Biber
This program will focus on works for two violins from the Harmonia artificioso-ariosa. These works press the violin to its limits, in music that is both astonishing and expressive. This program will feature two of the brightest Baroque violin stars, Susanna Ogata, and Christina Day Martinson, joined by Laura Jeppesen playing viola da gamba and Andrus Madsen on the harpsichord.
Saturday, October 22, 7:30 pm
A Fanny von Arnstein Viennese salon 1790
Fanny von Arnstein, the sister of Sarah Levy hosted brilliant salons in Vienna starting in the 1780s. She personally knew Haydn and Mozart and was a financial support to Mozart during some of his darkest times. She was a capable pianist, and engaging socialite, and arguably the most prominent Jewish woman of the century. This program features works that were likely performed at her salon, including Josef Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos, Nicola Porpora’s Abandonata e Sola, and Lieder by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Soprano, Audrey Luna couples her emotive and expressive musicality with Andrus Madsen's deft and creative keyboard skills at the fortepiano in this Newton Baroque offering.
Zephyrus and Chloris:
Trio Sonatas for Flute, Violin and Continuo
Friday November 11, 7:30 PM
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton MA
Sunday, November 13, 4:00 PM
Emmaus Bible Church
17 Church Street, Carver MA
free admission
So often in Baroque music, the mixing of unlike things creates in the most beautiful outcomes. This concert features the brilliant combination of the flute and violin in trio sonatas by Telemann, Quantz, Vivaldi, Handel, and C. P. E. Bach.
Mary Oleskiewicz, flute; Sylvia Schwartz, violin;
Sarah Freiberg, cello; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Sunday Dec 11 10:00 AM
Vespers Music from 1730s Naples in the Sunday Morning Service at Second Church
Newton Baroque plays with the Chancel Choir at Second Church in Newton. Including the Dixit Dominus by Nicola Porpora and the Magnificat in B-flat by Francesco Durante.
Saturday, January 7, 7:30 PM
The Leipzig Candidates 1723: Bach, Telemann and Graupner
Johann Sebastian Bach was appointed Thomas Cantor in Leipzig in 1723 after the first two candidates declined the position. This concert features keyboard works by all three composers who were considered for this post that eventually went to J. S Bach.
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Saturday February 4, 7:30 PM
Concerto delle Donne 1585: Music for the Three Ladies of Ferrara
Madrigals by Luzzaschi, De Wert and Marenzio written for three outstanding sopranos, Livia d’Arco, Laura Peverara, and Anna Guarini at the court of Alfonso d’Este. These women cultivated a style of ornamentation and new way of performing madrigals that had everything to do with what became the Baroque style.
Teresa Wakim, Angie Tyler and Shea Brown - soprano, Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Saturday March 4, 7:30 PM
A Parisian Salon 1715: The Salon by which all Other Salons Measure Themselves
Cantatas by Nicolas Bernier and Jean-Philippe Rameau as well as the celebrated Sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve du Mont de Paris by Marin Marias.
Jason McStoots - tenor, Susanna Ogata - violin, Laura Jeppesen - viola da gamba, Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Saturday April 1, 7:30 PM
The Clarion Cry: German Romantic Trios for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Trios by Brahms, Clara Schumann, and Louise Farrenc on period instruments
Thomas Carroll - clarinet, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - cello, April Sun - piano
Friday April 7, 7:30 PM
A North German Good Friday, 1680
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross by Heinrich Schütz, and other works for Good Friday in the context of a Tenebrae ritual, in a service at Second Church.
Saturday April 22, 7:30 PM
Marcello and Marcella: Cantatas by Benedetto Marcello and his Wife Rosanna Scalfi
This concert is a joint project between Newton Baroque, and Pegasus Early Music based in Rochester NY.
Laurie Heimes - soprano, Shiba Nematt-Nasser - alto, Deborah Fox - theorbo, Chris Haritatos - cello, Andrus Madsen - harpsichord
Saturday May 27, 7:30 PM
Johann Quantz in Memoriam: A Remembrance of the 250th Anniversary of His Death
A Retrospective of the Concerti, Quartettes, Trios and Sonatas of one of the most important performers and composers of the 18th Century.
Mary Oleskiewicz - flute, Christina Day Martinson, Jesse Irons - violin, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - cello, Andrus Madsen - fortepiano
Saturday June 17, 7:30 PM
Intentionally Unpremeditated: Blurring the Boundaries Between Written and Unscripted.
Jesse Irons - violin, and Andrus Madsen - harpsichord will improvise into and out of written works, in addition to offering several completely improvised musical experiences.
