JUBILEE

The 25th Season Finale featuring a program of concerti grossi by Telemann, Durante, and more. 

Celebrate the ABO’s distinguished past and its glorious future in our 25th Anniversary Finale! ABO virtuosi share their joyful, creative, and considerable skills through concertos that showcase the ABO’s outstanding players. Experience the wild side of baroque music through Georg Philipp Telemann’s quirky orchestra suite, “La Bizarre,” Francesco Durante’s “La Pazzia” (“Madness”), and other ebullient concertos featuring violins, recorder, flute, and more!

JUBILEE

The 25th Season Finale featuring a program of concerti grossi by Telemann, Durante, and more. 

Celebrate the ABO’s distinguished past and its glorious future in our 25th Anniversary Finale! ABO virtuosi share their joyful, creative, and considerable skills through concertos that showcase the ABO’s outstanding players. Experience the wild side of baroque music through Georg Philipp Telemann’s quirky orchestra suite, “La Bizarre,” Francesco Durante’s “La Pazzia” (“Madness”), and other ebullient concertos featuring violins, recorder, flute, and more!

Incantare and The Newberry Consort close their 2023-2024 seasons with Renaissance music influenced by the life and art of Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto, presented in collaboration with Incantare. This visually and aurally sumptuous program explores music by Italian composers from the Venetian School, juxtaposing musical works by Andrea Gabrieli, Gioseffo Zarlino, Nicola Vicentino, Leonora Orsina, Madalena Casulana, Diego Ortiz, and Giovanni Priuli against visual art by Tintoretto and other Venetian artists such as Titian, Veronese, Bellini, and Bassano. A mixture of opulent antiphonal works for instruments and voices balances small-scale improvisatory solos, dances, and canzonas that mirror the richly-hued textures of the paintings.

Incantare and The Newberry Consort close their 2023-2024 seasons with Renaissance music influenced by the life and art of Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto, presented in collaboration with Incantare. This visually and aurally sumptuous program explores music by Italian composers from the Venetian School, juxtaposing musical works by Andrea Gabrieli, Gioseffo Zarlino, Nicola Vicentino, Leonora Orsina, Madalena Casulana, Diego Ortiz, and Giovanni Priuli against visual art by Tintoretto and other Venetian artists such as Titian, Veronese, Bellini, and Bassano. A mixture of opulent antiphonal works for instruments and voices balances small-scale improvisatory solos, dances, and canzonas that mirror the richly-hued textures of the paintings.

Incantare and The Newberry Consort close their 2023-2024 seasons with Renaissance music influenced by the life and art of Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto, presented in collaboration with Incantare. This visually and aurally sumptuous program explores music by Italian composers from the Venetian School, juxtaposing musical works by Andrea Gabrieli, Gioseffo Zarlino, Nicola Vicentino, Leonora Orsina, Madalena Casulana, Diego Ortiz, and Giovanni Priuli against visual art by Tintoretto and other Venetian artists such as Titian, Veronese, Bellini, and Bassano. A mixture of opulent antiphonal works for instruments and voices balances small-scale improvisatory solos, dances, and canzonas that mirror the richly-hued textures of the paintings.

EXILE explores the influences of Italian, German, and eastern European music and Jewish culture, highlighting Jewish musicians, the non-Jewish composers they influenced, and composers who inspired innovations in Jewish composition. Featuring composers such as Rossi, Vierdanck, Monteverdi, and others, this program highlights the mutual influences of the early modern European Jewish experience, breaking down preconceptions of Jewish music and culture and exploring the implications of diaspora on Jewish artistic legacy. This concert is largely sponsored by a generous grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund in Louisville, KY.

EXILE explores the influences of Italian, German, and eastern European music and Jewish culture, highlighting Jewish musicians, the non-Jewish composers they influenced, and composers who inspired innovations in Jewish composition. Featuring composers such as Rossi, Vierdanck, Monteverdi, and others, this program highlights the mutual influences of the early modern European Jewish experience, breaking down preconceptions of Jewish music and culture and exploring the implications of diaspora on Jewish artistic legacy. This concert is largely sponsored by a generous grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund in Louisville, KY.

Incantare and Alchymy Viols team up again for our highly anticipated second collaboration between Alchymy Viols and Incantare presents a new program of music for the Christmas season. Music of Schein, Lambert de Sayve, a set from the New World, and more!

Nighttime in old Venice: music floating from cafés provided inspiration for composers from Claudio Monteverdi to Antonio Vivaldi. In our Venetian evening, dueling violinists set sparks flying in two Vivaldi double-concertos. Highlights from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the famous Lamento della Ninfa remind us that love and betrayal often go hand in hand. The program culminates with a visit to the Jewish Ghetto of Venice – the scene of lively dances and the delightful Sephardic party-piece, Seven Ways to Cook Eggplant.

Pre-Concert Conversation with visiting scholar Marica Tacconi, 1 hour before each performance.

Nighttime in old Venice: music floating from cafés provided inspiration for composers from Claudio Monteverdi to Antonio Vivaldi. In our Venetian evening, dueling violinists set sparks flying in two Vivaldi double-concertos. Highlights from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the famous Lamento della Ninfa remind us that love and betrayal often go hand in hand. The program culminates with a visit to the Jewish Ghetto of Venice – the scene of lively dances and the delightful Sephardic party-piece, Seven Ways to Cook Eggplant.

Pre-Concert Conversation with visiting scholar Marica Tacconi, 1 hour before each performance.

Nighttime in old Venice: music floating from cafés provided inspiration for composers from Claudio Monteverdi to Antonio Vivaldi. In our Venetian evening, dueling violinists set sparks flying in two Vivaldi double-concertos. Highlights from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the famous Lamento della Ninfa remind us that love and betrayal often go hand in hand. The program culminates with a visit to the Jewish Ghetto of Venice – the scene of lively dances and the delightful Sephardic party-piece, Seven Ways to Cook Eggplant.

Pre-Concert Conversation with visiting scholar Marica Tacconi, 1 hour before each performance.

Nighttime in old Venice: music floating from cafés provided inspiration for composers from Claudio Monteverdi to Antonio Vivaldi. In our Venetian evening, dueling violinists set sparks flying in two Vivaldi double-concertos. Highlights from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and the famous Lamento della Ninfa remind us that love and betrayal often go hand in hand. The program culminates with a visit to the Jewish Ghetto of Venice – the scene of lively dances and the delightful Sephardic party-piece, Seven Ways to Cook Eggplant.

Pre-Concert Conversation with visiting scholar Marica Tacconi, 1 hour before each performance.

The Newberry Consort opens its 37th season with the delightful music of Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Described by her teacher Heinrich Schütz as “the incomparably perfect princess in all other princely virtues, especially in the praiseworthy profession of music,” Sophie Elisabeth (1613-1676) was a composer, poet, translator, arts patron, and impresario who transformed Lower Saxony into a thriving center for music and the humanities. Her musical talents and patronage made her famous during her lifetime and influenced early Baroque music in Germany for years to come.

Despite her many accomplishments, Sophie Elisabeth has nearly vanished from history. The Newberry Consort is thrilled to reintroduce her musical works, many of which have never been performed in the United States. The program features selections from over a hundred surviving pieces, including strophic songs, instrumental sinfonias, dances, sacred concertos, and music from her Festspielen—masque-like music dramas that Sophie Elisabeth referred to as “song-ballets.” The concerts will also include works by her teachers, including the influential Heinrich Schütz and English expatriate William Brade. Audiences will hear singers, viola da gamba, organ, lute, harpsichord, and a consort of strings and trombones. The soundscape recalls that of Sophie Elisabeth’s “Castle of the Moon”—an interpretation of the name “Lüneburg” by the dukes who lived there, as well as an allusion to female power.

This concert is presented in partnership with Haymarket Opera Company, kicking off a two-week mini-festival of 17th-century music by women composers. In addition to The Newberry Consort’s 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯, Haymarket Opera will produce Francesca Caccini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘭’𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘥’𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢. Look for familiar Haymarket and Newberry Consort artists in both events!

The Newberry Consort opens its 37th season with the delightful music of Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Described by her teacher Heinrich Schütz as “the incomparably perfect princess in all other princely virtues, especially in the praiseworthy profession of music,” Sophie Elisabeth (1613-1676) was a composer, poet, translator, arts patron, and impresario who transformed Lower Saxony into a thriving center for music and the humanities. Her musical talents and patronage made her famous during her lifetime and influenced early Baroque music in Germany for years to come.

Despite her many accomplishments, Sophie Elisabeth has nearly vanished from history. The Newberry Consort is thrilled to reintroduce her musical works, many of which have never been performed in the United States. The program features selections from over a hundred surviving pieces, including strophic songs, instrumental sinfonias, dances, sacred concertos, and music from her Festspielen—masque-like music dramas that Sophie Elisabeth referred to as “song-ballets.” The concerts will also include works by her teachers, including the influential Heinrich Schütz and English expatriate William Brade. Audiences will hear singers, viola da gamba, organ, lute, harpsichord, and a consort of strings and trombones. The soundscape recalls that of Sophie Elisabeth’s “Castle of the Moon”—an interpretation of the name “Lüneburg” by the dukes who lived there, as well as an allusion to female power.

This concert is presented in partnership with Haymarket Opera Company, kicking off a two-week mini-festival of 17th-century music by women composers. In addition to The Newberry Consort’s 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯, Haymarket Opera will produce Francesca Caccini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘭’𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘥’𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢. Look for familiar Haymarket and Newberry Consort artists in both events!

The Newberry Consort opens its 37th season with the delightful music of Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Described by her teacher Heinrich Schütz as “the incomparably perfect princess in all other princely virtues, especially in the praiseworthy profession of music,” Sophie Elisabeth (1613-1676) was a composer, poet, translator, arts patron, and impresario who transformed Lower Saxony into a thriving center for music and the humanities. Her musical talents and patronage made her famous during her lifetime and influenced early Baroque music in Germany for years to come.

Despite her many accomplishments, Sophie Elisabeth has nearly vanished from history. The Newberry Consort is thrilled to reintroduce her musical works, many of which have never been performed in the United States. The program features selections from over a hundred surviving pieces, including strophic songs, instrumental sinfonias, dances, sacred concertos, and music from her Festspielen—masque-like music dramas that Sophie Elisabeth referred to as “song-ballets.” The concerts will also include works by her teachers, including the influential Heinrich Schütz and English expatriate William Brade. Audiences will hear singers, viola da gamba, organ, lute, harpsichord, and a consort of strings and trombones. The soundscape recalls that of Sophie Elisabeth’s “Castle of the Moon”—an interpretation of the name “Lüneburg” by the dukes who lived there, as well as an allusion to female power.

This concert is presented in partnership with Haymarket Opera Company, kicking off a two-week mini-festival of 17th-century music by women composers. In addition to The Newberry Consort’s 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯, Haymarket Opera will produce Francesca Caccini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘭’𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘥’𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢. Look for familiar Haymarket and Newberry Consort artists in both events!

From birds awakening to sudden storms, Vivaldi’s wildly popular musical cycle offers a year filled with hope, flowering growth, and the quiet gathering of energy. In one of the most evocative pieces of pastoral music, you will hear singing birds, murmuring streams, drunken country dancers, and so much more. With violin solos from Berwick Academy alumni, The Four Seasons is Baroque music at its most cinematic. Paired with Haydn’s charming and witty “Clock” Symphony.

Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes with one intermission.

Górecki: Three Pieces in Old Style
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Amalia: Overture to Erwin und Elmire
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, "The Clock"

OBF Period Orchestra
Alice Culin-Ellison, violin
Keats Dieffenbach, violin
Pauline Kempf, violin
Shelby Yamin, violin
Marc Destrubé, violin and director

Oregon Bach Festival 2023
Musical Wanderlust
June 30- July 16, 2023
OregonBachFestival.org

The Seicento, the turn of the seventeenth century in Italy, was a time of transition for musicians. Instrumental music was on the rise, virtuosity was in vogue, and composers were exploring new ways of writing for instrumentalists and singers. The stile moderno, or “modern style,” in turn affected music throughout early modern Europe, from England to Vienna to Poland and further. The Newberry Consort presents a selection of this music for Baroque violin, soprano, sackbut, and historical keyboards by Castello, Notari, Marini, Jarzebski, and more. Join us on a journey to the weird and wonderful world of seventeenth-century Italy and beyond, where old meets new!