Music At St. Paul's Presents Wayward Sisters On Friday

  • Monday, April 18, 2016

Music at St. Paul’s presents the award-winning early music ensemble Wayward Sisters (Beth Wenstrom, Baroque violin; Anne Timberlake, recorders; Anna Steinhoff, Baroque cello and viola da gamba; John Lenti, theorbo and guitar) in The Restless Heart: Music of Exiles, Emigrées, and Nomads.  

The program features 17th and 18th century music by virtuoso composers with international appeal including Francesco Corbetta, Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Geminiani, Biagio Marini, Nicola Matteis (Italy); Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Schmelzer, Johann Schop (Germany); and Matthew Locke (England).  

The concert takes place on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh at Pine Street in Chattanooga.  

Tickets are $15 at the door; $5 for students.  For reservations and more information, contact Music at St. Paul’s at 423-266-8195.

Review of Wayward Sisters

Since 2009, Wayward Sisters has dazzled audiences across the United States, bringing “distinctive freshness” (Early Music Review) and intimacy to music from the 17th and 18th centuries.  “Wayward Sisters immediately impress with their evident rapport” (Gramophone).  The ensemble’s “polished and spirited playing,” and “alert, stylish performances” (Chicago Classical Review) have earned it appearances on concert series coast to coast.  In 2011, Wayward Sisters won the Early Music America/Naxos competition, a nationwide search for new early music talent. The group’s debut CD was released on the Naxos label in March 2014.  Members of Wayward Sisters have studied historical performance at Oberlin Conservatory, Indiana University, and The Juilliard School.  The name “Wayward Sisters” refers not only to Henry Purcell’s vivid conjuring of Shakespeare’s witches, but to the group members’ far-flung lives and continuing commitment to making music together.

Program:

Sonata a Tre: Op. 2, No. 12                         Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Lachrimae Pavan                                          Johann Schop (1590-1667)
Sonata Seconda                                                Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Sonata Quarta                                         Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1623-1680)
Passachaglia-Sinfonia-Sinfonia                        Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681)
From Airs made into Sonatas                        Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan Kamm            Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite No. 5 in D Minor                                    Matthew Locke (c. 1621-1677)
Trio Sonata in D Minor                                    Bach (1685-1750)after BWV 527
Ayres for the Violin: Book 4                        Nicola Matteis (fl.1670-1698)

For more information, contact Suzanne Ford  917-232-0334.

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