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Sonata da chiesa Series 2011-2012 John Langfeld, Alto Recorder Bette Lehenbauer, Continuo Organ |
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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 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. The Sonata da chiesa (Church Sonata) typically had four movements that contrasted in tempo and texture, usually in a slow-fast-slow-fast sequence. Church Sonatas were considered appropriate additions to worship services because they avoided exploiting more "secular" and lively dance movements. Small portable organs were used as accompaniment. By contrast, the Sonata da camera (Chamber Sonata) most typically had four movements of contrasting dance forms and was intended for use at court. Harpsichords and other stringed instruments were often used as accompaniment. By the Late Baroque Period, the terms da chiesa and da camera merely designated the place of performance rather than serving as descriptors of a musical style. Such works were simply called sonatas. |
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Sonata da chiesa Series Sunday Service Preludes at 10:20 a.m. October 16, 2011 November 13, 2011 December 4, 2011 January 15, 2012 February 19, 2012 March 11, 2012 April 15, 2012 May 13, 2012 |
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About the Instruments For the Sonata da chiesa Series, we are fortunate to have at our disposal instruments that have been designed to replicate Baroque sound ideals. |
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In the second half of the seventeenth century, a young journeyman by the name of Rippert left his homeland for the excitement of Paris, where he established himself as a maker of the finest recorders. Rippert made several recorders at a pitch close to A=440 (the standard vibrations per second for A in our day). Friedrich von Heune, one of the finest recorder makers in the modern world, designed a reincarnation of the "Rippert" alto recorder in order to give the serious recorder player an opportunity to play at modern pitch on an instrument that sounds and responds like the original. Langfeld will be playing each Sonata da chiesa on this instrument. Saint Luke's continuo organ (left) was built in 1963 by the Schlicker Organ Company for the Lutheran Music and Mission Camps, under the direction of Martin J. Bangert. It is a one-manual, portable pipe organ consisting of one 56 note manual keyboard and a pedal stop. Pipes are scaled according to north German Baroque patterns. In its current incarnation, the organ uses the original manual and a newly constructed base built by St. Louis organ builder Martin Ott. The Schlicker-Ott instrument, a gift from Mark P. Bangert, allows us to present music for this Series with aural and visual authenticity. |
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