Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon, music director
House of Dreams
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16
Schwab Auditorium
Journey to the meeting places of Baroque art and music. Using exquisite musicianship, gorgeous projected images, and inviting narration as your guides, venture through five European homes where works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Marin Marais were played amid paintings by Johannes Vermeer, Canaletto, and Antoine Watteau. “Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra brought seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music on period instruments to Toronto three decades ago, but rather than become a museum curator of old masterworks, the organization continues to find new ways of connecting audiences to its art,” writes a Toronto Star critic. “Its latest creation, House of Dreams, … is much more than a concert. It … transcends its many components to create a special, all-encompassing experience that makes one forget time and place for two bliss-filled hours.”
sponsors
Gay D. Dunne and James H. Dunne
| Adult | $42 |
| University Park Student | $15 |
| 18 and Younger | $32 |
Salon Evening
7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 1
112 Borland Building
The public is invited to a Salon Evening, An Artistic and Musical Tour of Five Magnificent Cities: Baroque Delft, Leipzig, London, Paris, and Venice, featuring Penn State faculty panelists Charlotte Houghton (art history), Nancy Locke (art history), Marica Tacconi (musicology), and Robin Thomas (art history). Journey through five European cities and learn about their master Baroque artists and composers: Johannes Vermeer, Canaletto, Antoine Watteau, Marin Marais, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi.
Baroque Ensemble Master Class
5 p.m. Wednesday, April 17
Music Building I Esber Recital Hall
The public is invited to observe as Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik music director, works with Penn State Baroque Ensemble musicians. Rob Nairn, a Penn State School of Music faculty member and director of the University's Baroque Ensemble, hosts the 105-minute master class.
Strings Master Class
1 p.m. Thursday, April 18
Music Building I Esber Recital Hall
The public is welcome to observe as Jeanne Lamon, music director of Tafelmusik, works with Penn State School of Music strings students. School of Music Professor Jim Lyon hosts the 90-minute master class.
Shuttle Service
Complimentary round-trip shuttle service is provided between the Eisenhower Parking Deck and Schwab Auditorium.
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Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Tafelmusik double bassist and House of Dreams creator Alison Mackay, is offered in Schwab Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders.
