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THE TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES Since Epiphany was founded in 1842, music has played a vital THE CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY role in the life of the parish. Today, Epiphany has three fine at Metro Center musical instruments which are frequently used in programs and worship. The Steinway D concert grand piano was a gift to the church in 1984, in memory of parishioner and vestry member Paul Shinkman. The 64-rank, 3,467-pipe Æolian- Skinner pipe organ was installed in 1968 and has recently been restored by the Di Gennaro-Hart Co. It was originally given in memory of Adolf Torovsky, Epiphany’s organist and choirmaster for nearly fifty years. The 3-stop chamber organ by Orglarstvo Škrabl of Slovenia was commissioned in 2014 in memory of Albert and Frances Manola. HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT THE SERIES 1317 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20005 www.epiphanydc.org The Tuesday Concert Series reaches out to the entire [email protected] metropolitan Washington community. Most of today’s free- Tel: 202-347-2635 will offering goes directly to our performers but a small portion helps to defray the cost of administration, advertising and instrumental upkeep. TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER A MINIMUM OF $10 2016 We also invite you to consider becoming a PARTNER EBRUARY O F TH E TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES 2 F 2016 at a giving level comfortable for you. 12:10PM This is a new venture for the Church of the Epiphany as the continuation of the concert series is dependent on your Please ensure that all cellular phones, pagers, and other electronic devices are turned off before the performance begins. generosity. For further information on how to support the Tuesday musical activities here, please take a brochure available at the back of the church or make contact with Jeremy Filsell, Director of Music; 202-347-2635 ext. 18: [email protected] To receive a weekly email of the upcoming concert program, email Catherine Manhardt (Parish Administrator) at [email protected] and request that your address Amy Domingues, viola da gamba be added to the list. Anthony Harvey, theorbo PARTNERS OF THE TUESDAY CONCERTS SERIES Jeremy Filsell, continuo Kirkland & Ellis Law Partnership Hogan Lovells US LLP Legal Solutions Alan M. King Christine Windheuser David Pozorski John Kattler David Post and Nancy Birdsall Erna and Michael Kerst Norman R. Schou & Mary S. Alexander PROGRAM baroque lute with Richard Stone. He has also previously served on faculty at Washington College. Anonymous Variations sur “Les Sauvages” de Jean-Philippe Rameau Jeremy Filsell has appeared as a solo pianist in Russia, Scandinavia and throughout the US and UK. His concerto August Kuhnel (1645-c.1700) repertoire encompasses Mozart and Beethoven through to Sonata XIV Shostakovich, Ireland, and Rachmaninov and his discography Preluda – Allemanda – Corrente – Sarabande – Giga comprises more than 30 solo recordings. Recent recital, teaching and jury engagements have taken him across the USA and UK and to Germany, France, Sweden and Norway. Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (ca. 1640–1700) He is a graduate of Oxford University and London’s Royal Suite en Ré Mineur College of Music and earned a musicology/research PhD at Prélude – Allemande – Sarabande – Gigue Birmingham Conservatoire/BCU. He combines an international performing and teaching career with being Marin Marais (1656-1728) director of music here at the Church of the Epiphany, artist- Tombeau pour M. de Ste. Colombe in-residence at Washington, National Cathedral and Professor of Organ at the Catholic University of America. Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580–1651) www.jeremyfilsell.com Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarrone (1640): Toccata 1a FORTHCOMING CONCERTS IN THE TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Sonate D-Dur für Viola da Gamba und Basso Continuo 9 February at 12:10PM BuxWV268 MARDI GRAS I-II-III Allegro-Adagio Celebrate this unique day with New Orleans Jazz from Mike Flaherty's Dixieland Direct ... Antoine Forqueray (1671-1745) 16 February at 12:10PM Deuxième Suite: La Dubreüil Vasily Popov, cello Ralitza Patcheva, piano This virtuoso husband-and-wife team offer works by Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Brahms Amy Domingues earned her MM degree in Early Music from Peabody Conservatory. She performs on gamba and baroque 23 February at 12:10PM cello with ensembles such as The Washington Bach Consort, BLACK HISTORY MONTH The Folger Consort, Hesperus, The Bach Sinfonia, Sonnambula Peate Pegues and Irvin Peterson Viol Consort (NYC), the National Philharmonic, and Arco Voce. Music of the African diaspora focusing on the life and She is a founding member of Corda Nova Barque, and a accomplishments of renowned Washingtonian Richard multiple recipient of the Peabody Career Development Grant Smallwood and the Young Artist Grant in Aid from the Viola da Gamba Society of America. In addition to her early music career, Ms. 1 March at 12:10PM Domingues has released three cello-oriented rock albums Washington Bach Consort, under the name Garland of Hours and appears as a recording J. Reilly Lewis, director artist on over fifty rock, pop, and classical albums. Please visit Cantata: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1; www.amydomingues.com Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547 Anthony Harvey enjoys a varied career as both a soloist and Jeremy Filsell, organ continuo player. He is the Artistic Director for Middleburg Musick and the AGAR Chamber Music Series, which presents 8 March at 12:10PM concerts of Early Music in Virginia, and co-directs the Sarah Biber, cello Jeremy Filsell, piano Musicum Collegium at James Madison University. He Marking the 100th anniversary of Max Reger’s death (March currently performs with Corda Nova, North Carolina Baroque 19, 1916) with music for cello & piano Orchestra, Ensemble Vermillion, Three Notch’d Road, Modern Musick, The Washington Bach Consort, The Mallarme 15 March at 12:10PM Chamber Players, Agave Baroque, Burning River Baroque, and The Choir of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK KontraBande. Mr. Harvey holds multiple degrees from the One of the UK’s premier professional church ensembles, Peabody Conservatory, where he studied theorbo and currently on tour in the US .