On a warm Sunday afternoon in September, we opened the doors of Jeanne Lamon Hall in the historic Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre to welcome our dedicated subscribers to the annual Early Bird Concert. Every year subscribers are treated to a free concert before the season opens, welcoming them back to the concert hall for a season full of exquisite music.
This year’s concert included the following repertoire:
Johann Adolph Hasse
Sinfonia for strings in G Minor, op. 5, no. 6
Allegro – Andante – Allegro
directed by Cristina Zacharias
Agostino Steffani
Suite for orchestra
Ouverture – Sarabande – Air vîte – Chaconne
directed by Christopher Verrette
Marco Uccellini
Sonata sopra la bergamesca, op. 3
Patricia Ahern & Christopher Verrette, violins
Matt Zucker & Charlotte Nediger, continuo
Alessandro Marcello
Adagio, from Concerto for oboe in D Minor
John Abberger, oboe
George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in F Major, op. 6, no. 2
Andante larghetto – Allegro – Largo / Larghetto andante – Allegro ma non troppo
directed by Julia Wedman
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
VIOLIN
VIOLA
VIOLONCELLO
OBOE
BASSON
HARPSICHORD
Patricia Ahern, Geneviève Gilardeau, Johanna Novom, Christopher Verrette, Julia Wedman, Cristina Zacharias
Brandon Chui, Patrick G. Jordan
Matt Zucker
John Abberger
Dominic Teresi
Charlotte Nediger