Lyra Baroque NORCHESTRA 2020–2021 36th Season of Concerts BaroQue Beauty Streamed to you! experience the Lyra Baroque Orchestra at home, anywhere in the world! From our homes to yours— six live-streaming season Chamber Concerts and nine monthly ZOOM HOUSE CONCERTS NNN NNNN

Education. Lyra will spend this year working with River- side Elementary School’s before-school strings program to develop curriculum that includes short, informational videos about what it’s like to be a musician, , instruments, and composers. The videos will be in both English and Spanish and ofered for free to schools starting in January. Check them out on our website starting in Janu- ary. This is the start of an exciting education program that Lyra musicians have wanted to do for a long time! Dear Lyra Baroque Friends, Though we will miss having a live audience and inter- The Lyra Baroque Orchestra specializes in bringing people acting directly with you, we are thrilled that we are able to together with transcendent music presented in a friendly continue to bring you beautiful music that you can watch and accessible environment. Lyra musicians, guest musi- safely from the comfort of your home. cians, volunteers, and audience members share a passion for the baroque music at the heart of our strong community. This season, when you buy a season subscription, you will Our musicians and artistic director, Jacques Ogg, have get access to all 6 of our Season Chamber Concerts AND come up with some amazing ideas about how to bring Lyra all 9 of our Zoom House Concerts. Afer the release of each into your homes without compromising the freshness of Season Chamber Concert video, you will be able to re-watch music-making, exceptional musicianship, and personal until the end of the season! Zoom concerts will allow you connection that makes Lyra so unique. to see and interact with each other and the musicians. Each concert will start with a tutorial on how to use Zoom, and a link will be sent to your email. Season Chamber Concerts Six concerts of chamber music presented by Lyra We look forward to sharing musicians produced in a concert venue and available to another inspiring year with you! watch through streaming. Hear spoken program notes with Jacques Ogg and Lyra Education Director Joseph Sincerely, Jones as well as post-concert chats with the musicians. ZOOM HOUSE CONCERTS Tami Morse Jacques Ogg Monthly soirées with Lyra musicians performing from Executive Director Artistic Director home. Experience live music while connecting with Lyra musicians and other audience members through Zoom. These fun and casual events will feature instrument demonstrations, answering questions, and of course, inspiring performances. NNNNN Live-Streaming Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Six concerts of chamber music presented by Lyra Baroque Lyra musicians produced in a concert venue and available to watch through streaming. Hear spoken program notes with Jacques ORCHESTRA Ogg and Lyra Education Director brings a rare freshness, color, and dimension to the glorious Joseph Jones as well as music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through post-concert chats with the musicians. its performances on period instruments. Lyra combines the Season talents of renowned local early music specialists and inter- national guest artists, under the inspiring artistic leadership of Jacques Ogg. Chamber Lyra’s mission is to inspire and enrich the community through exceptional performances Concerts of baroque music on historic instruments.

More information about Lyra’s muic, hitory, Jacques Ogg, Artistic Director and people at lyrabaroque.org. CONCERT I a SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 11:00 A.M. PURCHASE TICKETS Online: lyrabaroque.org Phone: 651-321-2214 Mail: Send Italian Trios: a check, along with your email address, to The Lyra A Trip from Venice to Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, 275 E. 4th St., Ste. 280, St. Paul, MN 55101. Links to concerts wil be sent directly to your email a week Ginna Watson & Theresa Elliot, violin before the concert. Tulio Rondón & Charles Asch, celo Donald Livingston, SEASON SUBSCRIPTION This includes access to all online events: 6 Season Chamber Italy holds a preeminent role in the story of baroque music Concerts, 9 Zoom House Concerts, and access to chamber music as we know it. New techniques and genres, as well as com- concert recordings for the entire season. Adult: $130 | MPR/Senior: $110 | Student: $25 posers themselves, spread from Italy across Europe in waves with each successive generation throughout the baroque INDIVIDUAL TICKETS era. Our frst concert this season follows these Italian trends Single Chamber Music Concert: $15 | Single Zoom House and trendseters and the interchange between two cultural Concert: $10 | Student: $5 capitols: Venice and Amsterdam. Including music by Vivaldi, SUPPORT LYRA Vitali, and Rossi. lyrabaroque.org/italian Whether it’s a donation of $10 or $1,000, your gif brings excep- tional baroque music to the Minnesota arts scene. Give online at a lyrabaroque.org/getinvolved, or contact us by one of the methods CONCERT II below. Thank you for supporting the music you love! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 11:00 A.M. CONTACT LYRA 275 E. 4th St., Ste. 280, St. Paul, MN 55101 French Dreams & Games 651-321-2214 [email protected] Miriam Scholz-Carlson www.lyrabaroque.org & Marc Levine, violin facebook.com/lyrabaroqueorchestra Julie Elhard, viola da gamba Paul Boehnke, harpsichord Lyra gratefully acknowledges the support of the many organizations and individuals who have generously supported Lyra’s 2020–2021 sea- We’re all familiar with music for dancing, and music for son. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through

Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support and Arts Tour grants, singing, but what about music for playtime, or music for

as well as grants from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks sleep? In December we enjoy the music of France during the to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. reigns of Louis XIV and XV—when dance was king, or at NNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNN least the king was a dancer, and music and dance extended CONCERT V a SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 11:00 A.M. to activities of life from epic to mundane. Featuring music by Marin Marais, Antoine Dornel, and Jean-Marie Leclair. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint- lyrabaroque.org/french Georges: “The Most Accomplished john adams CONCERT III a SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 11:00 A.M. Man in Europe” — Lucinda Marvin, Marc Levine, Jacques Ogg from Home: & Elizabeth York, violin Cellebroederskapel Ginna Watson, viola Tulio Rondón, celo in , The Tami Morse, harpsichord In January our concert comes from Who was Joseph Bologne? Maastricht in The Netherlands, set Imagine the combined talents of along the banks of the Meuse river. Muhammed Ali and Prince, then Lyra’s artistic director, Jacques add a rags to riches backstory not Ogg, brings us a special solo per- unlike Alexander Hamilton and formance from the Cellebroeders- you’ll be close. Widely acclaimed as the kapel. This chapel was built in 1512 greatest fencer of his generation, Bologne as an addition to the monastery established in 1360. More was a virtuoso violinist and classical composer renowned for recently it’s where a young Jacques used to practice the his superlative fnesse and artistry. Our April concert fea- organ. From this beautiful town of medieval streets and tures music writen by and dedicated to this barrier-breaking buildings we’ll hear the music of Froberger, Frescobaldi, Afro-European composer. lyrabaroque.org/bologne and other relatively newfangled composers of the seven- teenth century. lyrabaroque.org/jacques CONCERT VI a SATURDAY, MAY 15, 11:00 A.M.

CONCERT IV a SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 11:00 A.M. Toward Telemann German Music, Italian Echoes: Elizabeth York & Conor O’Brien, violin Julie Elhard, viola da gamba & base de violon Music by Platti & J. S. Bach Tulio Rondón, celo Marc Levine, violin Joseph Jones, basoon Tulio Rondón, celo Tami Morse, harpsichord Tami Morse, harpsichord Wherever he went George Philip Telemann was a musical Johann Sebastian Bach was as German as one might expect force to be reckoned with. In Leipzig he was the upstart a Lutheran organist to be. But his music was undeniably and law student whose talents created as much musical activity irreversibly infuenced by Italian music he encountered in for the city as he did confict with the music director at the middle of his career. Giovanni Plati, a native of Padua, the Thomaskirche. In Hamburg he became the c elebrated was among the many celebrated musicians who emigrated composer known throughout Europe for his synthesis of from Italy to work in courts around Germany. In March, international styles and inexhaustible capacity to write new Lyra presents chamber music by these two composers to music. For our fnal concert of the season we present cham- show similarities in style ber music by Telemann, those who infuenced him, and as well as highlight their those infuenced by him. lyrabaroque.org/telemann distinct personalities.

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YOGA!G NNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 11:00 A.M. Dulcian & —First Rumblings Joseph Jones, dulcian & basoon Charles Asch, celo Donald Livingston, harpsichord Featuring some of the earliest solo sonatas— ZOOM writen nearly a century apart—for these two low reed instruments. The dulcian is rooted HOUSE CONCERTS frmly in the Renaissance while the bassoon From our homes to yours! is thoroughly a creature of the High Included in your Season Subscription Baroque. Come hear works by Antonio INDIVIDUAL TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE Bertoli and J. E. Galliard highlighting AT LYRABAROQUE.ORG/ZOOM their contrasting timbres, and explore the various shades of virtuosity that Monthly soirées with Lyra musicians performing shaped two generations of music. from home. Experience live music while connecting with Lyra musicians and other audience members through Zoom. These fun and casual events will feature instrument demonstrations, answering FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 7:00 P.M. questions, and of course, inspiring performances. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 11:00 A.M. A Grand Tour of Europe

Marc Levine, violin & Tami Morse, harpsichord Join Marc and Tami on a Grand Tour of Europe during the baroque period. Travel together throughout the continent to England, France, Germany, and Italy as they explore these national musical styles. Works by Eccles, Couperin, J. S. Bach, and Veracini.

The Boehnke Family Paul Boehnke, harpsichord, Julie Elhard, viola da gamba, and Bryan Boehnke, recorder

Hear them during Lyra Solo Works Zoom House Concert in February. NNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 11:00 A.M. Lyra Solo Works

Julie Elhard, viola da gamba Paul Boehnke, harpsichord Bryan Boehnke, recorder Lucinda Marvin, violin Ginna Watson, violin Conor O’Brien, violin Jenny Lang, violin Marc Levine, violin Spencer Martin, viola Jennifer Kalika, viola Charles Asch, celo FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 7:00 P.M. Solo works hold a special place in the baroque repertoire,

SATURDAY, DECEMBERN 12, 2:00 P.M. (NOTE TIME!) representing the entire stylistic vocabulary, virtuosity, and grand scale of the era. But being presented in miniature A Bass Journey packaging they are also uniquely and pristinely intimate. For musicians these solos can be almost meditations, Eva Lymenstull & Malachai Komanof Bandy, bas viol returned to over and again. And while listening we hope A program of bass viol duos that will take you on a journey you’ll hear the conversation between dear friends: through pastoral and courtly scenes. Works will include a performer and their instrument. selections from Schenck’s Nymphs of the Rhine, Gotfried Finger’s Patorale from Puer Natu in Bethlehem, Marais’s Le Bijou, and more.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, NOON (NOTE TIME!) SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 11:00 A.M. Get Grounded on Bach

ground bass: Jacques Ogg, harpsichord & organ | Julie Elhard, bas viol & | Eva Lymenstull, celo & bas viol | Tulio Rondón, celo & piccolo celo | Sara Thompson, bas & violone J. S. Bach’s music is a source of joy and comfort that we turn to time and again. This year we will be performing Bach

from three time zones, on two diferent continents. The

program includes two arias arranged for bass instruments,

a keyboard prelude, several movements of a suite,

and an opportunity for you to sing along with us in a chorale! NNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNN FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 11:00 A.M. At Home in the Baroque

Charles Asch & Cassidy Asch, celo This concert includes the warm and radiant Suite in E-fat for Solo Cello by J. S. Bach, the Sonatas for Two by Jacob Klein the Younger, and the exuberant sona- tas of Jean-Noël Massart. Musical selections are inspired by the role of domestic house pets in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including guinea pigs, ferrets, and hedgehogs—to appear in between musical selections! FRIDAY, MAY 21, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 11:00 A.M. Bowing & Fretting in the Baroque

Julie Elhard, treble viol, lirone, violone & bas viol Paul Boehnke, harpsichord FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 7:00 P.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 11:00 A.M. An exploration of bowed, freted instruments presented by Julie Elhard. See how these instruments compare in what Piccolo Cello Recital they look like and sound like in a recital of music from Ortiz (1553) to Telemann. Tulio Rondón, piccolo celo The piccolo cello is a fve- that was FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 7:00 P.M. widely used during the SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 11:00 A.M. baroque period, one that J. S. Bach used for many of his Solos, Duos, & Trios, Old & New cantatas, and one that he pos- Immanuel Davis & Paul Jacobson, fauti traversi sibly had in mind when writing Donald Livingston, harpsichord his last Cello Suite in D Major, BWV 1012. Hear Tulio Join us for an exploration of exquisite Rondón play the suite on this chamber music from France, Italy, unusual and beautiful instru- Germany, and America, from the

ment, as well as a transcription early eighteenth century

of Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 2 to the present. in A Minor, BWV 1003. NNNNN The non-profit org. u.s. postage BAROQUELYRA paid twin cities, mn ORCHESTRA permit no. 3052 275 E. 4th St., Ste. 280 Saint Paul, MN 55101

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