pre-concert talk at 3:15 with Steve Zohn and Heather Miller Lardin

Steven Zohn, flute
Evan Few, Boel Gidholm, Lydia Becker, violins
Amy Leonard, viola
Colleen McGary-Smith, cello
Heather Miller Lardin, violone
Leon Schelhase, harpsichord

Presenting the Philadelphia-based chamber ensemble Night Music, in a special program of music of the high baroque, including Telemann’s rollicking Don Quixote suite, a Quantz flute concerto, and Bach’s beloved Triple Concerto for flute, violin, and harpsichord.

Night Music is a Philadelphia-based chamber ensemble dedicated to exploring and performing music of the Revolutionary era, roughly 1760 to 1825. Our repertory ranges from duos and trios to large-scale chamber works combining strings and winds, such as the imaginative symphony arrangements that were so popular around 1800, to concertos, cantatas, and concert arias. Recent highlights include guest appearances on the University of Pennsylvania’s “Music at the Pavilion” Series, PhilaLandmarks Early Music, and Main Line Early Music.

Our musicians are among the country’s leading players specializing in historically-informed performance. They perform with and hold leadership positions in many prominent period-instrument ensembles, including Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Bach Collegium, and Franklin Quartet, and, farther afield, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, the Handel & Haydn Society, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Kleine Kammermusik, NYS Baroque, and the Washington Bach Consort.