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The Baroque Fiddling Project 2:
Tracing Tennessee's Musical Roots
Join Music City Baroque at the Loveless Barn for a continuing exploration of popular classical and fiddle music and dance from the birth of our country to the pre-Civil War era. Works celebrate such historical figures as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, General Marquis de Lafayette, Davy Crockett, Andrew Jackson, and Ole Bull, as well as one of Nashville's most celebrated composers of the early 19th century.
Will Griffin, narrator
Monday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
Loveless Barn
For more details, visit our concerts page.
Review: Music City Baroque makes history and magic with its performance of Bach's mighty mass
"Nashville's premier early-music group performed Bach's most sublime sacred music with clarity, color and an irresistible sense of flow ... I never thought I'd hear period strings play with such a sweetness of tone as they did on Sunday, under the expert leadership of concertmaster Karen Clarke. Likewise, the Baroque winds played with extraordinary expression, while the trumpets and timpani added a welcome degree of grandeur."
"[Director Murray] Somerville deserves much of the credit for Sunday's success. His reading was beautifully paced and together, and he always drew consistently sensitive singing from his 20 choristers, who were singing four to a part ... [T]he lively and ultimately joyous approach to the mass that we heard on Sunday ... established a new gold standard. It's the interpretation that all future choral performances in Nashville will be measured by."
Read John Pitcher's full review at ArtNowNashville.com.
Sixth Annual Bachanalia
We just can't get enough of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, so Music City Baroque is making an appearance at Christ Church Cathedral's annual Bachanalia celebration on Friday, March 23. Musicians from all across Nashville will perform music by Bach for six hours, but don't worry, drop by anytime - it's informal, free, and there's food to keep you going. Drop by and hear MCB perform at 6:00 p.m., with excerpts from a cantata, a solo cello suite, the Musical Offering, and more. More details here.
Review: Music City Baroque's Musical Offering is a sonic feast
"Holy Trinity Episcopal Church may well be one of Nashville’s best-kept musical secrets. The Gothic-style edifice, designed in 1852 to look like a medieval English parish church, boasts some of the crispest and cleanest acoustics in Music City. Its small size all but guarantees an intimate musical experience."
"Music City Baroque took full advantage of this stone marvel on Sunday afternoon, when it presented a program of exquisite 17th- and 18th-century chamber works ... the musicians played throughout with grace, taste and unfailing sensitivity ... Every note was played with sincere feeling."
Read John Pitcher's full review at ArtNowNashville.com.
Review: Music City Baroque opens its 2011-12 season with incandescent performances
“There was absolutely nothing dry, stodgy or academic about the way these period-instrument virtuosos made music on Sunday. Nashville’s premier early-music group was at Blair for the opening of its 2011-12 season, and…this top-notch ensemble played the music of Bach and other composers with immediacy, passion and a welcome degree of lyrical warmth.”
Read John Pitcher's full review at ArtNowNashville.com.