CONSORTIUM AURORA BOREALIS CONCERT – FROM VENICE TO VIENNA: BAROQUE STRINGS

From Venice to Vienna: Sonorous String Sonatas of the Baroque

We celebrate 17th-century instrumental music for strings from Venice to Vienna. Baroque musical style originated in Italy, most notably in Venice and the Veneto, but a movement carried its influence northward, beyond Italian borders, towards Austria and Germany. Our concert includes fanciful and sonorous string sonatas by Italians Biagio Marini, Antonio Bertali and Dario Castello, and by scandal-ridden Johann Rosenmüller who worked at San Marco, Venice but transmitted Italian style to the north. We also present compositions by northern virtuoso violinists Biber and Schmeltzer, and on a lighter note, lively Italian dance music by Falconieri, Merula and Uccellini. With violinists Katie Stevens and William Sirois, violist Patrick Horn, cellist Peter Cosbey, and harpsichordist Elizabeth Ganiatsos.

This concert is sponsored by Saverio Veltri: TD Wealth

Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
St. Paul’s United Church, 349 Waverley Street, Thunder Bay
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
The church is handicapped-accessible (elevator)

Admission at the door is $25; $15 students. 11 and under free

Concert tickets are available in person (cash or cheque), and also online through our website closer to the date (until the day before the concert)