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THE ART OF THE COUNTERTENOR

Two countertenors, Terry Barber and Chris Conley, and baroque oboist Marianne Pfau, join New Trinity Baroque in a concert featuring duets and arias by Purcell, Blow, J.S. Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi, including "Sound the Trumpet" (Purcell), Oboe Sonatas by Handel and Vivaldi, Telemann's cantatas from his "Harmonischer Gottesdienst," arias from Bach's cantatas, and more...

PROGRAM:
"THE ART OF THE COUNTERTENOR"
Saturday & Sunday, November 5 & 6, 2011

PART I:
- Purcell: "Sound the Trumpet", Z 335 from Ode "Come Ye, Sons of Art", for 2 Countertenors & B.c.
- Purcell: "O dive custos Auriacae domus", Z 504 ("Elegy for Queen Mary II") for 2 Countertenors & B.c.
- Purcell: A New Ground in E minor, Z T682 ("Here the Deities Approve") for Harpsichord solo
- Handel: Sonata for Oboe & B.c. in C minor, No. 8, Op. 1, HWV 366
- J.S. Bach: Aria "Von der Welt verlang ich nichts" from Cantata "Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget," BWV 64
- J.S. Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
- J.S. Bach: Aria "Bereite dich, Zion" and Chorale "Wie soll ich dich empfangen," from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
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- Vivaldi: Sonata for Recorder & B.c. in G minor, from "Il pastor fido", RV 59
- Telemann: Cantata "Schau nach Sodom nicht zurücke," TWV 1:1243 (from "Harmonischer Gottesdienst"), for Countertenor, Oboe & B.c.
- Buxtehude: Chorale Variations "Auf meinen lieben Gott", BuxWV 179, for Harpsichord solo
- Telemann: Cantata "Zischet nur, stechet," TWV 1:1732 (from "Harmonischer Gottesdienst"), for Countertenor, Oboe & B.c.
- Blow: "Ah, heav'n! what is't I hear?", for 2 Countertenors & B.c.

PERSONNEL:
Terry Barber & Chris Conley, countertenors
Marianne Pfau, baroque oboe, oboe d'amore & recorder
Erin Ellis, baroque cello
Bill Hearn, chitarrone
Predrag Gosta, harpsichord & chamber organ