Baroque
Music Beside the Grange
Artistic Director: Alison Melville
Since 1984, Baroque
Music Beside the Grange has been presenting early chamber music of high
quality in an atmosphere of congenial informality and intimacy. Toronto
boasts many performers of international calibre who specialize in Renaissance,
Baroque and Classical music, and BMBG's varied programming offers a
chance to hear them display their talents in unique and intriguing repertoire
and personnel combinations. The concerts take place at the historic
church of St. George the Martyr, which has both a lively acoustic and
intimate setting. Concerts take place on Saturday evenings or Sunday
afternoons, and are amongst Toronto's most affordable musical entertainment
options. Subscriptions range in price from $48 (three concerts) to $98
(seven concerts).
The 2000-2001 season
features the following seven programs:
On October 15,
2000 at 3 pm, CLASSICAL MINIATURES features arrangements (by
Patrick Jordan) of two of Haydn's 'Paris' symphonies and a Mozart opera
overture, for flute, string quartet and harpsichord;
on November 5,
2000 at 3 pm, the CALEDONIAN POCKET COMPANION explores the connections
between art and traditional music from 17th- and 18th-century Scotland,
for flute, recorder, harp, harpsichord, cello, percussion and hurdy-gurdy;
on December 10,
2000 at 3 pm, CHRISTMAS WITH CORELLI offers an afternoon of Baroque
music for the festive season for recorder, violin and continuo, including
18th-century arrangements of Corelli's 'Christmas' concerto and another
concerto grosso, and the 'Folia' variations;
AN ALBINONI
CELEBRATION on January 14, 2001 at 3pm, a program of concertos and
trio sonatas for oboe, strings and b.c. to mark the 250th anniversary
of the composer's death;
VOICES OF INFLUENCE
on February 3, 2001 at 8 pm, featuring cantatas and arias by Telemann
and theatre music by Henry Purcell, for bass voice, trumpet, strings
and chamber organ;
CONCERT SUR
L'HERBE on March 30, 2001 at 8 pm offers music and Baroque dance
from 18th-century France, both courtly and rustic, for chalumeau, recorder,
flute, hurdy-gurdy, oboe, cello and harpsichord;
and finally, on
May 20, 2001 at 3 pm, A DUBLIN MUSICAL CALENDAR provides a glimpse
into the vibrant musical life of 18th-century Dublin, with music for
two violins and continuo by Geminiani, Dubourg, Handel and Arne.
Baroque Music Beside
the Grange is supported in part by the City of Toronto through the Toronto
Arts Council, and by the Ontario Arts Council.