Pegasus Early Music 6th Season

Pegasus Early Music
2010-2011 Concert Series








October 1 and 3, 2010

An English Treasury
Laura Heimes, soprano, and Deborah Fox, lutes

There is nothing quite as intimate as the English lute song, the perfect pairing of text and melody. Our favorite soprano Laura Heimes teams up with Pegasus Artistic Director and lutenist Deborah Fox for an enchanting program of musical gems for voice and lute from Dowland to Purcell. 
Friday, October 1, 2010, 8 pm. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1440 East Avenue
Sunday, October 3, 2010, 4 pm. New Venue! Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School Chapel, 1100 S. Goodman St.
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert.


November 20 and 21, 2010

Ciaconna!
Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin, with
Rachel Evans and Boel Gidholm, violins/viola; Christopher Haritatos, cello; Deborah Fox, theorbo and guitar; Michael Beattie, organ and harpsichord

Libby Wallfisch wowed us all last season, and returns by popular demand with an exciting ensemble program for strings, lute, and keyboard. We will highlight the brilliant and engaging musical ground bass forms of passacalle, chaconne, and follias from several countries-dance rhythms, improvisation, and virtuosity!  Music by Purcell, Vivaldi, Biber, and others.
Saturday, November 20, 2010, 7:30pm. New Venue! St. John's Episcopal Church, 183 N. Main St, Canandaigua
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 4pm. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St, Rochester.  Presented with Downtown Arts Link.
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert. 


February 6, 2011

Daniell's Jigge
Paul O'Dette, lute

Pegasus celebrates our own local musical icon and world-renowned Grammy nominated celebrity in a rare hometown appearance. This generation's "clearest case of genius ever to touch his instrument" (Toronto Globe & Mail) will perform music of John Dowland and Daniel Bachelar, two distinctive musical personalities representing the pinnacle of the art of lute playing in Shakespeare's England.
Sunday, February 6, 2011, 4pm. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St.
Pre-concert talk at 3:15pm
Presented with Downtown Arts Link.





March 27, 2011
Terpsicore
Laura Heimes, soprano; José Lemos, countertenor;
Julie Andrijeski, baroque dancer
and an orchestra of strings and winds led by Scott Metcalfe, violin

An all-Handel program! We are proud to present Handel's opera-ballet Terpsicore, newly reconstructed by dancer Julie Andrijeski, as well as fabulous virtuoso arias and duets from Handel operas, and orchestral music. A collaboration with NYS Baroque.
Sunday, March 27, 2011, 4 pm.  New venue! Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 
Pre-concert talk at 3:15pm.


Tickets

Series Subscriptions (4 concerts):
Patron (includes Preferred Seating and $50 tax-deductible donation): $165
General: $95
Senior (65+): $75
Student: $50

Individual Tickets:
Patron (includes Preferred Seating and $25 tax-deductible donation): $55
General: $25
Senior (65+): $20
Student: $15

For more information, please call (585) 703-3990, or
visit our website, www.PegasusEarlyMusic.org

Pegasus Early Music
Deborah Fox, Artistic Director
211 Cobbs Hill Drive
Rochester, NY 14610
(585) 703-3990
www.PegasusEarlyMusic.org