presents

MUSICA ad RHENUM

Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 8:00 p.m.

Jed Wentz, traverso - soloist with Musica Antiqua Köln
Marion Moonen, traverso - soloist with Musica Antiqua Köln
Anton Steck, violin - concertmaster and soloist with Musica Antiqua Köln and Les Musiciens du Louvre
Christophe Meyer, violin Elizabeth Smalt, viola Job ter Haar, cello Marcelo Bussi, harpsichord

Bach and the Dresden Virtuosi

Vivaldi	Concerto Il Gardelino
Albinoni	Concerto in C minor
Bach	Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1050
Locatelli	Sonata in D minor
Quantz	Concerto in D major

About the Program

The orchestra for the Dresden court under August the Strong was famous throughout Europe for the virtuosity of its players. The international nature of the orchestra, which attracted great musicians from all over the continent, resulted in a mixed style of performance: French grace was combined with Italian fire and German profundity to create a new musical language capable of speaking to the heart and delighting the mind. In Bach and the Dresden Virtuosi deep fugues alternate with Venetian frivolity in a program which offers something to listeners of every temperament.

About the Artists

Musica ad Rhenum was founded in 1990 by a group of musicians dedicated to the expressive and virtuoso interpretation of Baroque music based on the performace practices decribed in 17th and 18th century methods. The founders of Musica ad Rhenum are members of Musica Antiqua Köln and Concerto Armonico Budapest Baroque and have performed as soloists with these ensembles on concert tours and at festivals throughout the world.

The group's name - Music on the Rhine - reflects the determination of its members to combine the latest musicological research and playing styles associated with the Rhenish cities of Basel and Cologne with their own vision of authentic Baroque performance practice. The group's home base, an 18th century canal house on the Old Rhine in Utrecht, the Netherlands, has become a center for research and experimentation for the members of the group.

Location

The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne. It is open to the public; no special permit is required to enter the laboratory site.

Don't know how to reach Argonne? Confused about the layout of the laboratory site? Here are some navigational aides:

Area map, gif
Area map, postscript
Site map, gif (Building 402 is at the APS site).

Tickets

Admission to the concert is $18. Use the ticket request form to order your tickets by mail.

Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) during the week of March 23 between noon and 1:00 p.m. The Auditorium Box Office will be open on the day of the performance at 7:30 p.m.

Reception and Dinner

The audience is invited to join the artist at a reception following the performance.

A special pre-concert dinner will be offered at the new Argonne Guest House restaurant. Dinner hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. $18.95 per person. Reservations requested (739-6000).