Rhine Journey October 2, 2011 1:30 pm Mannes College The New School for Music 150 W. 85th St, New York City |
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Martha McGaughey Carlene Stober violas da gamba Arthur Haas harpsichord |
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The concert
Explore the Rhine and the haunting, tuneful music of German composers before J.S. Bach. Destinations include
variations by the virtuoso gambist August Kühnel and a trio sonata by Johann Philipp Krieger, called the greatest
German composer of his time. A suite from renowned gambist Johannes Schenck's Le nymphe di Rheno, Johann
Jakob Froberger's lament, Le passage du Rhin, and transcriptions of the master J.S. Bach complete the tour.
The players
Martha McGaughey was a founding member of Musical Assembly and guest with Phantasm, and appears on the
Erato and EMI labels. She taught at Ecole Nationale de Musique (France), Eastman School of Music, Stanford
University, and teaches at Mannes College of Music.
Carlene Stober is continuo cellist for Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity. In addition to performing in many ensembles,
she was a guest with Prairie Home Companion and the Utah Shakespearean Festival, and was featured musician
in Theatre for a New Audience's production of Pericles. She was principal cellist of the Tucson Symphony and a
member of the Delphi String Quartet.
Arthur Haas, winner of the top prize in the Paris International Harpsichord Competition, is a member of the Aulos
Ensemble and is artistic director of the Baroque Academy of the Amherst Early Music Festival. His solo CDs include
a recent disc of de La Guerre and Couperin. He is professor of harpsichord and early music at SUNY Stony Brook
and is a member of the Juilliard School faculty.
Empire Viols formed in 1994. The core group of two viols and harpsichord frequently expands to include more
viols or other instruments, while maintaining a focus on the rich duo viol repertoire of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. The 2008-2009 season featured a tour of the southwestern United States.
Explore the Rhine and the haunting, tuneful music of German composers before J.S. Bach. Destinations include
variations by the virtuoso gambist August Kühnel and a trio sonata by Johann Philipp Krieger, called the greatest
German composer of his time. A suite from renowned gambist Johannes Schenck's Le nymphe di Rheno, Johann
Jakob Froberger's lament, Le passage du Rhin, and transcriptions of the master J.S. Bach complete the tour.
The players
Martha McGaughey was a founding member of Musical Assembly and guest with Phantasm, and appears on the
Erato and EMI labels. She taught at Ecole Nationale de Musique (France), Eastman School of Music, Stanford
University, and teaches at Mannes College of Music.
Carlene Stober is continuo cellist for Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity. In addition to performing in many ensembles,
she was a guest with Prairie Home Companion and the Utah Shakespearean Festival, and was featured musician
in Theatre for a New Audience's production of Pericles. She was principal cellist of the Tucson Symphony and a
member of the Delphi String Quartet.
Arthur Haas, winner of the top prize in the Paris International Harpsichord Competition, is a member of the Aulos
Ensemble and is artistic director of the Baroque Academy of the Amherst Early Music Festival. His solo CDs include
a recent disc of de La Guerre and Couperin. He is professor of harpsichord and early music at SUNY Stony Brook
and is a member of the Juilliard School faculty.
Empire Viols formed in 1994. The core group of two viols and harpsichord frequently expands to include more
viols or other instruments, while maintaining a focus on the rich duo viol repertoire of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. The 2008-2009 season featured a tour of the southwestern United States.