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

October 6, 2024 – 4 p.m.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kalamazoo

To inaugurate the new EMM 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, a cantata reveling in the season by French composer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, and a suite from Les Saisons by Jean-Baptiste Lully.

Program:
Suite from Les Saisons by 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