Celebrating Baroque String Music at Edgewater
The Hudson River Consort at Edgewater
The Jenrette Foundation is grateful for everyone who attended our Fall concert, featuring Baroque string music in the front parlor at Edgewater.
The concert, entitled Music of Kings: The French Baroque, was presented by the Hudson River Consort, featuring performances by:
Daniel Lee & Mandy Wolman, violins
Christine Gummere, cello
Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
The evening’s selections included:
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier 1689 -1755
Trio Sonata for violin & cello in D major Op 50 #6 - Largo
Jean-Marie Leclair 1697-1764
Sonata for 2 violins in g minor Op 12 #5 - Allegro
Elisabeth Jacquet de le Guerre 1665-1729
Trio sonata #2 in B flat major
and
Suite #1 for harpsichord in d minor - Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande, Chaconne, Menuet
Jean-Féry Rebel 1666-1747
"Le Tombeau de Lully" in c minor - Gravement
Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632-1687
"Trio de la Chambre du Roi” in C major LWV 35 - Sarabande & Chaconne
François Couperin 1668-1733
"Le Parnasse" in b minor
Arcangelo Corelli 1653-1713
Ciacona in G major Op 2 #12
About the Hudson River Consort
From Monteverdi to Mendelssohn, the Hudson River Consort performs European music of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries on period instruments.
Concerts can include singers, strings, winds, keyboardists and baroque dancers.
The instruments we’re performing on today are different from modern strings in certain respects, but not unfamiliar to modern ears and eyes. Others are not so well-known.
The vielle, viola da spalla and theorbo, the shawm, zink and sackbut (look them up!), were extinct for many years. They have all been brought back to life by early music players.
We will never know exactly what kind of “joyful noise" our musical ancestors produced. But the instruments help us explore an ancient sonic world.
Hudson River Consort is a project of Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc.