Echoes of Plainchant: Ensemble alto with Transept.

Our season opens with a tribute to one of the most celebrated German composers of the 18th century – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767).  Born just four years before J.S. Bach, Telemann was astonishingly prolific, and his music – unlike Bach’s – was widely published and performed throughout Europe during the composers lifetime.

MBM will present three of Telemann’s programmatic, or story works, and three purely instrumental selections.  In 1728, when Telemann wrote his Suite for Two Violins based upon scenes from Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece had only been in print for two years.  Now that’s some topical Telemann!  With narration and graphics, we’ll walk you through how Telemann depicts the tiny Lilliputians dancing a heavy chaconne and the Brobdingnagian giants doing their rendition of a light-footed gigue!  Telemann also must have enjoyed Cervantes’ Don Quixote; this marvelous Suite Burlesque for Strings portrays Quixote’s love for Dulcinea, his jousting with windmills, and the world-weariness of his faithful servant Sancho Panza. And guest artist Clara Osowski will sing the droll and sweetly amusing cantata about the demise of a favorite canary.

The concert includes non-programmatic works for string band: the dramatic Sonata in F Minor for two violins, two violas, cello and continuo, and the elegant Sinfonia Spirituosa, and Trevor Stephenson will perform some fascinating Fantasy miniatures for solo harpsichord.

Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano

Trevor Stephenson, harpsichord

Kangwon Kim leads the MBM strings

Our season opens with a tribute to one of the most celebrated German composers of the 18th century – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767).  Born just four years before J.S. Bach, Telemann was astonishingly prolific, and his music – unlike Bach’s – was widely published and performed throughout Europe during the composers lifetime.

MBM will present three of Telemann’s programmatic, or story works, and three purely instrumental selections.  In 1728, when Telemann wrote his Suite for Two Violins based upon scenes from Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift’s masterpiece had only been in print for two years.  Now that’s some topical Telemann!  With narration and graphics, we’ll walk you through how Telemann depicts the tiny Lilliputians dancing a heavy chaconne and the Brobdingnagian giants doing their rendition of a light-footed gigue!  Telemann also must have enjoyed Cervantes’ Don Quixote; this marvelous Suite Burlesque for Strings portrays Quixote’s love for Dulcinea, his jousting with windmills, and the world-weariness of his faithful servant Sancho Panza. And guest artist Clara Osowski will sing the droll and sweetly amusing cantata about the demise of a favorite canary.

The concert includes non-programmatic works for string band: the dramatic Sonata in F Minor for two violins, two violas, cello and continuo, and the elegant Sinfonia Spirituosa, and Trevor Stephenson will perform some fascinating Fantasy miniatures for solo harpsichord.

Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano

Trevor Stephenson, harpsichord

Kangwon Kim leads the MBM strings

Alto soloist with the National Lutheran Choir.

Alto soloist with the National Lutheran Choir.

Ensemble alto with Seraphic Fire.

PATRICK DUPRÉ QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR Grammy-nominated Seraphic Fire makes their return appearance to Sauder Concert Hall for a performance and to record their latest project. The Miami- based vocal ensemble will perform Ordo Virtutum, or Play of the Virtues, a medieval musical drama written by the 12th-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen, universally revered as one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages. Told in Hildegard’s haunting plainchant compositions, the “Soul” struggles between the pull of the Virtues and the Devil, and features a cast including Mercy, Victory, Patience, Discretion and Charity. The women of Seraphic Fire bring this nearly millennia-old masterpiece back to life.

TOUR SCHEDULE:

Tue, Nov 12, 7:30 pm | Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen, IN

Alto soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Alto soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Alto soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Alto soloist with Minnesota Bach Society.

Friday, Dec. 6 @ 7:30 pm
Mt Olive Lutheran Church
2830 18th Ave. NW
Rochester, MN 55901

Alto soloist with Minnesota Bach Society.

Saturday, Dec. 7 @ 7:30 pm
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
1079 Summit Ave.
St Paul, MN 55105

Alto soloist with Minnesota Bach Society.

Sunday, Dec. 8 @ 3:00 pm
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
9141 County Rd. 101
Corcoran, MN 55340

Ensemble alto with TENET Vocal Artists

Ensemble alto with TENET Vocal Artists

Ensemble alto with Seraphic Fire.

ELENA SHARKOVA, GUEST CONDUCTOR

The billowing sounds of the Russian choral tradition come to life under the baton of acclaimed Russian conductor Elena Sharkova. In her return to Seraphic Fire, Sharkova conducts a program of exceeding beauty, anchored by basso profundo (deep bass) lines that are so characteristic of Russian choral music.

CONCERT SCHEDULE:

Wed, Jan 15, 7:30pm  |  Miami

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Thu, Jan 16, 7:00pm  |  Naples

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Fri, Jan 17, 7:30pm  |  Coral Gables (FUM)

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Sat, Jan 18, 7:30pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale

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Sun, Jan 19, 4:00pm  |  Miami Beach

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Alto soloist with Lyra Baroque Orchestra
Peter Van Heyghen makes his debut with Lyra as a conductor in this program featuring singers Sarah Brailey, Clara Osowski, Scott Brunscheen, Joseph Hubbard, and a group of the Twin Cities finest singers forming a chamber choir. Repertoire to include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and the exquisitely beautiful Requiem by Niccolò Jommelli.

Peter Van Heyghen, conductor
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Clara Osowski, alto
Scott Brunscheen, tenor
Joseph Hubbard, bass

Alto soloist with Lyra Baroque Orchestra
Peter Van Heyghen makes his debut with Lyra as a conductor in this program featuring singers Sarah Brailey, Clara Osowski, Scott Brunscheen, Joseph Hubbard, and a group of the Twin Cities finest singers forming a chamber choir. Repertoire to include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and the exquisitely beautiful Requiem by Niccolò Jommelli.

Peter Van Heyghen, conductor
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Clara Osowski, alto
Scott Brunscheen, tenor
Joseph Hubbard, bass

Pablo Center debut with Tyler Wottrich, piano.

Alto soloist with Mobile Symphony Orchestra.

Alto soloist with Mobile Symphony Orchestra.

Alto soloist with Tulsa’s Signature Symphony.

Alto soloist with Master Chorale of South Florida

Alto soloist with Master Chorale of South Florida

Alto soloist with Back Bay Chorale

Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski returns for her fourth solo appearance with the MSO to sing the world premiere of Will’s Ladies, Minneapolis composer Carol Barnett’s setting of soliloquies (recited by actress Christina Baldwin) of five Shakespearian female lead characters: Portia, Juliet, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and Cleopatra. The concert opens with John Tartaglia’s lovely Pavane, one of several works written by the late composer for William Schrickel and the MSO. Pianist Darin Tysdal, MSO Solo Competition winner, is featured in Cécile Chaminade’s rarely-performed Concertstück from 1888, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s beloved Romeo and Juliet, premiered two years earlier, brings down the curtain on the MSO’s 38th season.

Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski returns for her fourth solo appearance with the MSO to sing the world premiere of Will’s Ladies, Minneapolis composer Carol Barnett’s setting of soliloquies (recited by actress Christina Baldwin) of five Shakespearian female lead characters: Portia, Juliet, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and Cleopatra. The concert opens with John Tartaglia’s lovely Pavane, one of several works written by the late composer for William Schrickel and the MSO. Pianist Darin Tysdal, MSO Solo Competition winner, is featured in Cécile Chaminade’s rarely-performed Concertstück from 1888, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s beloved Romeo and Juliet, premiered two years earlier, brings down the curtain on the MSO’s 38th season.