The Joy of a Rich Harvest: Baroque Chamber Music for Autumn

To inaugurate the new Early Music Michigan Chamber Series, we present a program of eighteenth-century music celebrating autumn. The program will include a period arrangement by our Artistic Director Dr. Luke Conklin of the beloved “L’Autunno” from Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons paired with Scottish composer Andreas Oswald’s musical celebration of autumn and a cantata reveling in the season by French composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

Program:

• Suite from Les Saisons, Jean-Baptiste Lully
• “L’Autunno” from The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi
• “Airs for the Seasons, Autumn,” James Oswald
• “L’Automne,” Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Featuring:

• Julia Brown, Harpsichord
• Luke Conklin, Baroque Oboe and Baroque Flute
• Phoebe Gelzer-Govatos, Baroque Violin
• Debra Lonergan, Baroque Cello
• Joel Snyder, Baritone
• Jan Solberg, Recorder