Triangle Early Music Presenting Organization

We sponsor concerts of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical music,
performed by outstanding contemporary artists. Concerts take place in the Triangle area of North Carolina.
To join our email list, or to request further information, please email us at info@triangleearlymusic.org.

Tempo is proud to present

MUSIC FROM THE COURT OF FREDERICK THE GREAT

Mary Oleskiewicz, baroque flute
David Schulenberg, harpsichord
Stephanie Vial, baroque cello

A program of sonatas by Johann Joachim Quantz, eighteenth-century Germany's premier flutist-composer,
along with sonatas by the the flute-playing Emperor himself.
The program also includes a solo keyboard sonata by C.P.E. Bach and polonaises by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.

Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm

House Concert, North Durham Location, limited to 50 people.
Admission $20 includes reception - food & drink. (Cash or checks only - sorry, no credit cards.)
For reservations, email info@triangleearlymusic.org

Mary Oleskiewicz is the world’s leading authority on the music of Quantz and an international performer on the baroque flute. She performs on exact replicas of the unique two-keyed flutes that Quantz made for Frederick the Great. The duo of Oleskiewicz and Schulenberg have performed at such venues as the Boston Early Music Festival, Lincoln Center Great Performers Series, the Library of Congress, and in concert series throughout the northeast and abroad. Together with Stephanie Vial, they have issued two CDs of chamber works by Quantz.

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Past Concerts:

Saturday March 21, 2009 at 7:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Durham

Admission $15 at the door, beginning 45 minutes before concert time.
No advance ticket sales. (Cash or checks only - sorry, no credit cards.)
The First Presbyterian Church is located at 305 E. Main Street
at the corner of Roxboro Road; click here for directions.
Plenty of free parking available adjacent to the church.

LAMENTATIONS: Publications of polyphonic settings of the prophet Jeremiah’s mournful, timeless texts about war and destruction began in 1506. In this concert, the Egidius Kwartet performs two16th-century settings of these texts, by Alexander Agricola and Orlando di Lasso. By interspersing them with historical sound clips relating to war and violence, they place this bleakly beautiful music in a broader, contemporary perspective.

The EGIDIUS KWARTET was founded in 1995 by four members of Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Choir with the aim of performing Renaissance and contemporary music from the Low Countries. The quartet was named after Egidius, an elegiac character from an old Dutch poem. The group has performed widely throughout the Europe and the United States.

The Egidius Kwartet of Amsterdam Peter de Groot, alto Marco van de Klundert, tenor Hans Wijers, baritone Donald Bentvelsen, bass

 

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FALL 2008 CONCERTS Mark your calendars for these unique events sponsored by TEMPO (with co-sponsors). FRETWORK ensemble of viols "Jewish Musicians at the English Court" Sunday, October 12, 2008, 4:00 pm. Admission - $15, cash or check, at the door. Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 Cornwallis Road, Durham London-based Fretwork is the world’s preeminent consort of viols, a leading force in early music and an inspiration to contemporary composers. Their repertory spans the entire concert tradition for viola da gamba consort, including songs and verse anthems, music from the 16th and 17th centuries, and new works written especially for the consort. This program will include works by Spanish/ Portuguese Jewish families who settled in Italy, England and the Low Countries, including Thomas and Joseph Lupo, Augstine and Hieronymus Bassano, Leonora Duarte, and Salamone Rossi “Ebreo.” This program is made possible through the generous support of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Music, Judea Reform Congregation, the UNC Center for Jewish Studies, TEMPO, and private donors.

Click here for PDF of announcement.

RICHARD EGARR, harpsichord Friday, November 14, 2008, 7:30 pm Admission $15, cash or check, at the door. The world-renowned harpsichordist and Director of the Academy of Ancient Music returns to the Triangle with a Grammy-nominated performance of: Book I of J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier First Presbyterian Church 305E. Main Street, Durham

Venues

Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 Cornwallis Road, Durham
Plenty of adjacent free parking. For directions:
www.judeareform.org/aboutus/contactus/directions/

 

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First Presbyterian Church, Durham, 305E. Main Street (corner Main St. and Roxboro Rd.)
Ample free parking adjacent to church (see map).

During our inaugural season (2007-08) we presented four concerts in Durham:

ENSEMBLE CAPRICE, October 20, 2007
“Extravaganza” for recorders, viola da gamba and harpsichord

CLARINO CONSORT, November 25, 2007
“A Grand Tour,” Regal Music from the Courts and chapels of Europe
for baroque trumpets, organ and baroque timpani

AURORA BAROQUE, February 17, 2008
“German Chocolate” luscious baroque music of 17th-c Germany
for violin, cello, viola da gamba and harpsichord

THE MORAVIANS’ PASSION FOR MUSIC, June 17, 2008
“Music from the Salem Collegium” for strings, traverso and fortepiano

TEMPO Triangle Early Music Presenting Organization Kathy Silbiger, Director Alexander Silbiger, Co-Director, Webmaster Group of Advisers Beverly Biggs Richard Fox Elaine Funaro Ben Hutchens Kathy Parkins Patricia Petersen Brent Wissick