Riddle me this program.p65 - Musicians of the Old Post Road

Riddle me this program.p65 - Musicians of the Old Post Road

Riddle Me This!
Friday, November 11, First Parish, Sudbury
Sunday, November 13, Old South Church, Boston
Canons no. 3 and 5, from the “Goldberg Canons,” BWV 1087
J. S. Bach
(1685-1750)
Fantasia, from Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
Musicalischer Circul
J. S. Bach
Johann Philipp Kirnberger
(1721-1783)
Canons from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Canon a 2 per Tonos
Canon a 2 cancrizans
Canon perpetuus
J. S. Bach
Trio Sonata in C Minor from the Musical Offering
Largo • Allegro
Andante • Allegro
J. S. Bach
Intermission
La Gamme, en forme d’un petit Opera
Ascending:
UT (Gay)
RÉ
MI (plus gay)-Rondement
FA (Gay)
SOL (Gay)
LA (Gay-Gracieusment)
SI
UT (Gay-Louré)
Marin Marais
(1656-1728)
Descending:
SI (Gravement-Rondement-un peu plus gay)
LA (plus lentement-Gracieusement)
SOL (tres gay-legerement-lentement)
FA (tres legerement)
MI (Rondeau-Gracieusement)
RÉ (tres vite-Allemende-Moderement)
UT (Gay-un peu gay-Gay)
Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins
Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord
traverso by Martin Wenner, 2007, after Palanca
violins by anon. (possibly French) labeled Carlo Bergonzi, and tba
cello by an anonymous Belgian maker, c. 1700; harpsichord by Jacob Kaeser, 1993, after German models
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These concerts are supported, in part, by the Furumoto Research Foundation,
the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Bear Charitable Foundation.