The Saint Luke Recorder Series grows out of the church's commitment to enhancing the musical experiences it regularly provides for the Chicagoland public.

The artist for this series is John Langfeld, a Chicago area musician who has specialized in exploring performance practices for Baroque and 20th Century recorder music as well as in performing the many seldom programmed compositions for unaccompanied alto recorder. His interest in performing both traditional and more contemporary styles provides an unusual opportunity to discover the relatively untapped "musical universe" of which recorders are capable.

In this seventh year of the series, Langfeld explores two worlds in the recorder universe, the traditional concert form and the sonata da chiesa.

 

Contrasts and Excesses:

The Spirit of the Baroque

 

Concert

Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.

Free to the Public

Free Parking - Wheelchair Access

 

Sonata in C

(after BWV 1027/1039; arr. Bernard Thomas)

for Alto Recorder & Harpsichord

Johann Sebastian Bach         

 

Leget euch dem Heiland unter (from VWV 182)

for Countertenor, Alto Recorder & Continuo

John Sebastian Bach         

 

Upon Julia's Voice (from A Herrick Garland)

for Countertenor, Alto Recorder, Harpsichord & Cello

Peter Hope   United States Premiere          

 

Tanto gentile e tanto onesta(Sonetti d'amore)

for Countertenor, Alto Recorder, Harpsichord & Cello

David Dubery   United States Premiere         

 

Sonata in C minor in Modo Preclassico

Hans Ulrich Staeps         

 

Tactus

for Alto & Tenor Recorders and Harpsichord

Movement 1 (from Piecen, Opus 58, No.1)

I Go On (from Mass)

Helmut Eder/Leonard Bernstein         

 

Concerto grosso VIII

for Two Alto Recorders, Strings & Continuo

Arcangelo Corelli         

 

Concerto da Chiesa

for Recorders, Strings & Harpsichord

Randall Snyder   World Premiere         

 

John Langfeld and Patrick O'Malley, Recorders; Christopher Chroniak, Countertenor Jason Moy, Harpsichord; Peter Swenson, Theorbo, Heather Boehm, Violin;

A reception follows the concert

 

Sonata da chiesa

Sunday Service Preludes

at 10:20 a.m.

 

October 14, 2012

 

November 11, 2012

 

December 9, 2012

 

January 13, 2013

 

February 17, 2013

 

March 10, 2013

 

April 14, 2013

 

May 5, 2013

 

The Sonata da chiesa Series is designed to bring new musical experiences to worship. As a formal Prelude to each of the Sunday Services in the Series, Langfeld and Saint Luke Organist Bette Lehenbauer will perform a complete Baroque recorder sonata. The inclusion of solo sonatas before services was a common practice in the Baroque Period, and we are happy to provide a similar experience in our own time.

Saint Luke Church, 1500 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657, 773-472-3383, an affiliate of Saint Luke Ministries

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