​​​​​​​​​Baroque and Beyond: Chamber Music for a Spring Morning

The concert will run without intermission for about 90 minutes and will include: 

I. Trio for Flauto Dolce, Oboe, and Basso Continuo in C Minor, TWV 42:c2, by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)​

Largo
Vivace
Andante
Allegro

Deborah Robin (recorder), David Schonfeld (baroque oboe), Laura Mazza-Dixon (viola da gamba), Anne Mayo (harpsichord)

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II. A Sampler of Solo Piano Pieces by Black Composers

​Negro Dance (aka “Nora’s Dance”), by Nora Douglas Holt (1885-1974)
Deep River, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Dancy (Juba), by Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
Ticklin’ Toes, by Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

Dorothy Bognar, piano

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III. Sonata in A Minor for Recorder and Basso Continuo, by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Larghetto
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

Mark Silk (flute), Isaac Silk (trombone)

IV. Lullabies and Night Songs, by Alec Wilder (1907-1980)

The Starlighter; Where Do You Sleep?; The Crocodile; Minnie and Winnie; The Answers; Bobby Shaftoe; The Huntsmen; The Telephone Book Lullaby; Seal Lullaby; The Night Will Never Stay; Star Wish

Tema Silk (soprano), Mike Miller (piano)

Audience members are invited to an informal reception in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the program to meet the artists and enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation.

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