Season Opening
Saturday, October 13 at 6pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Thomas O’Connor, conductor
Catherine Manoukian, violin
Haydn Symphony No. 49 in F Minor “La Passione”
Dvorák Suite in D Major, Op. 39 “Czech Suite”
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
“The gifted Toronto violinist has been on the concert stage since age four and was only 12 in 1994 when she won top prize at the Canadian Music Competition.”
— Southam Newspapers
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Baroque Music Across Europe
Friday, October 19 at 7:30pm
St. Michael & All Angels, Albuquerque
Saturday, October 20 at 8pm
Loretto Chapel
Sunday, October 21 at 6pm
Loretto Chapel
Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble
W.F. Bach Sonata No. 2 in G Major for 2 flutes
Fasch Quartet in G Minor for 2 oboes, bassoon, & b.c.
Handel Trio Sonata in F Major, Op. 2 No. 4
Corelli Sonata in D Minor, Op. 5 No. 12 “La Folia”
Couperin Concert “Dans le gout theatral”
Instrumental music rises spectacularly in 18th century
Europe.
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Ravel, Bartók & Beethoven
Sunday, November 4 at 3pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Thomas O’Connor, conductor
Joel Fan, piano
Ravel Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite)
Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
“Pianist Fan was superb, his sense of timing a delight as he raced through the filigree of Beethoven's long lines without rushing and with a keen sense of the wit the music warrants.” — Metroland
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Return of the Jasper Quartet
Friday, November 16 at 7:30pm
St. Michael & All Angels, Albuquerque
Saturday, November 17 at 8pm
Loretto Chapel
Sunday, November 18 at 6pm
Loretto Chapel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, "Dissonance"
Martin Bresnick's
String Quartet No. 2, "Bucephalus" (1984)
Johannes Brahms'
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51
“The Jasper Quartet made their sensational Santa Fe debut
to audience raves in February 2007. They return with their superb interpretations delivered with precision, passion and
intelligence.”
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Baroque Christmas Natale Allegro - Christmas in Italy (December 19 - 24, 2007)
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Baroque Christmas
Natale Allegro - Christmas in Italy
Wednesday, December 19 at 8pm
Thursday, December 20 at 8pm
Friday, December 21 at 6pm & 8pm
Saturday, December 22 at 6pm & 8pm
Sunday, December 23 at 6pm & 8pm
Monday, December 24 at 6pm & 8pm
Loretto Chapel
Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble
One of Santa Fe’s favorite holiday traditions! The Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble presents Natale Allegro - the music of Vivaldi, Corelli & Handel in Loretto Chapel - a festive concert featuring pastoral music, dance, song and Italian carols.
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Classical Weekend (January 25 - 27, 2008)
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Classical Weekend - Beethoven
Friday, January 25 at 7:30pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Thomas O’Connor, conductor
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Cyndia Sieden, soprano
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Britten Les Illuminations
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
"Nakamatsu is a poet of the keyboard, a songful player who taps into the lyrical energy of a melodic line and spins it with the utmost sensitivity.” — The Sun
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Classical Weekend - Schubert Lieder
Ian Bostridge in recital
Saturday, January 26 at 6pm
St. Francis Auditorium
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
“Mr.Bostridge sang with his uncanny mix
of refinement and intensity.” — New York Times
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Classical Weekend - Mozart's Birthday
Sunday, January 27 at 3pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Thomas O’Connor, conductor
Cyndia Sieden, soprano
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Concert Arias for Aloysia Weber
Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
“Sieden’s voice presents a very plausible image of what captivated Mozart in the singing of Aloysia [Weber]..."
— Paul Griffiths, London Times
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Bach Festival (February 22 - March 16, 2008)
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Bach Festival - Solo Bach
Saturday, February 23 at 8pm
Loretto Chapel
Wilbert Hazelzet, traverso
Jaap ter Linden, cello, and Jacques Ogg, harpsichord
performing solo works of Bach
“As one of the first specialists in baroque music, Jaap ter Linden’s career reads like a directory of the great names of period performance practice. . . .principal cellist of Musica Antigua Köln,The English Concert and The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.”
“Jacques Ogg is a performer on both harpsichord and fortepiano; he teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague; he conducts and he makes recordings, either solo or with friends and colleagues.”
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Bach Festival - Bach and his Circle
Friday, February 22 at 7:30pm
St. Michael and All Angels, Albuquerque
Sunday, February 24 at 6pm
Loretto Chapel
Wilbert Hazelzet, traverso
Jaap ter Linden, cello
Jacques Ogg, harpsichord
Bach Sonata in B Minor, flute & harpsichord, BWV 1030
LeClair Sonata No. 5 in G Major, flute & basso continuo
Couperin Ritratto dell’amore
Veracini Sonata in E Minor, flute & basso continuo
Vivaldi Sonata VI in B-flat Major, cello & basso continuo
“Mr. Hazelzet combines a phenomenal facility on the two-key flute with an expressive style that, from the very first measure on, penetrates straight to the heart.”
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Bach Festival - Bach Cantatas
Friday, March 7 at 8pm
Saturday, March 8 at 8pm
Sunday, March 9 at 6pm
Loretto Chapel
Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble,
Soloists & Choir
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, MWV 55
Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204
The cantatas of J.S. Bach encompass the most profound
musical expression of humankind’s spiritual quest
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Bach Festival – St. John Passion,
BWV 245
Saturday, March 15 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 16 at 3pm
St. Francis Auditorium
Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Orchestra,
Soloists & Choir
Thomas O’Connor, conductor
John Elwes, Evangelist
Curtis Streetman, Jesus
Ellen Hargis, soprano
Janice Felty, alto
Bach’s dramatic telling of the crucifixion of Jesus
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Music for the Royal Fireworks
Sunday, April 27 at 3:00pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center (tickets)
Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Thomas O’Connor, conductor
Carol Redman, flute
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks
C.P.E. Bach Concerto in D Minor for Flute and Strings
Rameau Suite from Les Indes Galantes
Celebrate the end of the season in Royal Fashion!
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