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Peter Whelan leads — from the harpsichord — a program exploring Handel’s Dublin, a major cosmopolitan hub attracting musicians from all over Europe. Highlights include works by Vivaldi and Geminiani, who trained local players including Matthew Dubourg, concertmaster of Messiah’s world premiere in 1742!

Program to include:

• Vivaldi: Concerto Op. 3/5, in A Major for Two Violins, L’Estro Armonico, RV 519
• Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6/6, HWV 324
• Geminiani: Concerto Grosso Op. 5/11 in E Major, H.142, after Corelli

Violinist Aisslinn Nosky leads the orchestra on a musical jaunt with a program of works by members of the Bach family and their friends beginning with J. S. Bach’s fast, fun, and virtuosic Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. The program continues with the work of C. P. E. Bach – whose musical style is worlds away from that of his father – and C. P. E.’s godfather, Telemann, with his Burlesque de Quixotte, an astonishing and entertaining suite.

Program to include:

• J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
• C. P. E. Bach: Symphony in B-flat Major, Wq. 182/2
• Telemann : Burlesque de Quixotte, TWV 55:G10

Daring dissonances, compelling rhetoric, and angst-ridden affects… What makes Baroque music eternally new and life-affirming? Here, harpsichordist Julian Perkins leads the orchestra through the synthesis of strong contrasting musical styles in Muffat’s Armonico tributo, complete with depictions of warfare and wild dancing. The revolutionary cadenza in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is then offset by Locatelli’s temperamental ‘Song without Words.’

Program to include:

• Muffat: Sonata II in G Minor from Armonico tributo
• J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
• Locatelli: “Il pianto d’Arianna” (1741), Concerto Grosso in E-flat Major, Op. 7/6