2019-2020 Concert Season
eine kleine kammermusik
September 28, 2019, at 7:00 PM
Germany’s influence was crucial in the evolution of Baroque music. As the Italian influences spread north to Germany, German composers often moved to Italy to study and compose. Germans were not without their own influence, though, as their strict musical forms helped bring about iconic baroque forms such as the dance suite and the church cantata. From Buxtehude to Bach, the Germans brought together the musical world in a way defined a style period—and in a way that defined present-day music theory.
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
1790 LaVista Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Suggested donations:
$20 general admission
$10 for members of Atlanta Early Music Alliance and Atlanta Recorder Society
$10 students & seniors (or pay what you can—no one turned away)
eine kleine kammermusik
September 29, 2019, at 3:00 PM
Germany’s influence was crucial in the evolution of Baroque music. As the Italian influences spread north to Germany, German composers often moved to Italy to study and compose. Germans were not without their own influence, though, as their strict musical forms helped bring about iconic baroque forms such as the dance suite and the church cantata. From Buxtehude to Bach, the Germans brought together the musical world in a way defined a style period—and in a way that defined present-day music theory.
St. Stephen's Anglican Catholic Church
800 Timothy Road
Athens, Georgia 30606
Suggested donations:
$20 general admission
$10 for members of Atlanta Early Music Alliance and Atlanta Recorder Society
$10 students & seniors (or pay what you can—no one turned away)
Baroque & Beyond
Sonatas for Viola, Cello, & Recorder
November 16, 2019, at 7:00 PM
Amethyst Baroque Ensemble is joined by violist Dan McCarthy and cellist Macarena Sánchez in this concert of late Baroque and Rococo music. The program includes rarely performed gems by CPE Bach, William Flackton, and Johann Gottlieb Graun.
Morningside Presbyterian Church
1411 North Morningside Drive NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30606
Suggested donations:
$20 general admission
$10 for members of Atlanta Early Music Alliance and Atlanta Recorder Society
$10 students & seniors (or pay what you can—no one turned away)
Flye Care and Anguish
February 22, 2020, at 7:30 PM
The time of the English Restoration not only brought political changes and an expansion of trade, but also a surge in literary and artistic works. While the German-born George Frideric Handel was one of the leading composers of the period, English composers such as Henry Purcell, John Blow, and Thomas Arne were creating iconic English works for ballad operas and the theater, solidifying England’s role in entertaining the masses who hungered to be both listeners and performers. From the lute songs of Thomas Campion to Arne’s “Rule Britannia,” the English helped popularize music through the formation of choral societies, private in-home performances, and music festivals.
Piedmont College
1021 Central Avenue
Demorest, Georgia 30535
Admission is free to the general public
Flye Care and Anguish
February 23, 2020, at 3:00 PM
The time of the English Restoration not only brought political changes and an expansion of trade, but also a surge in literary and artistic works. While the German-born George Frideric Handel was one of the leading composers of the period, English composers such as Henry Purcell, John Blow, and Thomas Arne were creating iconic English works for ballad operas and the theater, solidifying England’s role in entertaining the masses who hungered to be both listeners and performers. From the lute songs of Thomas Campion to Arne’s “Rule Britannia,” the English helped popularize music through the formation of choral societies, private in-home performances, and music festivals.
St. Stephen's Anglican Catholic Church
800 Timothy Road
Athens, Georgia 30606
Suggested donations:
$20 general admission
$10 for members of Atlanta Early Music Alliance and Atlanta Recorder Society
$10 students & seniors (or pay what you can—no one turned away)
Flye Care and Anguish
February 29, 2020, at 7:30 PM
The time of the English Restoration not only brought political changes and an expansion of trade, but also a surge in literary and artistic works. While the German-born George Frideric Handel was one of the leading composers of the period, English composers such as Henry Purcell, John Blow, and Thomas Arne were creating iconic English works for ballad operas and the theater, solidifying England’s role in entertaining the masses who hungered to be both listeners and performers. From the lute songs of Thomas Campion to Arne’s “Rule Britannia,” the English helped popularize music through the formation of choral societies, private in-home performances, and music festivals.
University of North Georgia
Shott Hall, Nix Fine Arts Center
238 Georgia Circle
Dahlonega, Georgia 30597
Admission is free to the general public
Flye Care and Anguish
March 1, 2020, at 3:00 PM
The time of the English Restoration not only brought political changes and an expansion of trade, but also a surge in literary and artistic works. While the German-born George Frideric Handel was one of the leading composers of the period, English composers such as Henry Purcell, John Blow, and Thomas Arne were creating iconic English works for ballad operas and the theater, solidifying England’s role in entertaining the masses who hungered to be both listeners and performers. From the lute songs of Thomas Campion to Arne’s “Rule Britannia,” the English helped popularize music through the formation of choral societies, private in-home performances, and music festivals.
Morningside Presbyterian Church
1411 North Morningside Drive NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30606
Suggested donations:
$20 general admission
$10 for members of Atlanta Early Music Alliance and Atlanta Recorder Society
$10 students & seniors (or pay what you can—no one turned away)
Due Canzoni
17th Century Music for Recorder, Sackbut, & Dulcian
with guest artist Erik Schmalz, sackbut
June 25, 2020, at 7:00 PM
Erik Schmalz, famed sackbut player with Piffaro and Dark Horse Consort, and Will Peebles, bassoonist with the Asheville Symphony, join Amethyst Baroque in this concert of 17th century Italian music by Frescobaldi, Merula, and others. The florid musical lines typify the time—but so do the compositional forms that predate and prepare us for the solo sonata and trio sonata that would be common just a few decades later.
Performers: Erik Schmalz, sackbut; Will Peebles, dulcian; Jody Miller, recorder; Alexandra Dunbar, organ
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
1790 LaVista Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Suggested donations:
$20 general admission
$10 for members of Atlanta Early Music Alliance and Atlanta Recorder Society
$10 students & seniors (or pay what you can—no one turned away)