The BGSU Early Music Ensemble 

presents

Music of the Spheres

Thursday, April 11, 2024

8:00 P.M. Bryan Recital Hall
Moore Musical Arts Center

Program

Sinfonia à 6 from the Intermedio L’Armonia delle Sfere (1589) | Cristofano Malvezzi                                                                                                                                                           
Lachrimae Antiquae and M. George Whitehead his Almand, à 5, from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares (1603) | John Dowland

Sonata à 3 | Antonio Bertali

Pavan à 4 | John Jenkins

Recitative “Dell’Alma Stanca” and Aria “Sfere Amiche” from Opera Niobe (1686) | Agostino Steffani
                Katherine Pracht Phares, Mezzo-soprano

Dances à 4 from Zodiaci Musici (1698) | Johann Abraham Schmierer
        Chaconne
        Bourée
        Menuet

Chaconne from Phaeton (1686) | Jean-Baptiste Lully                                      

Symphony in C Major (1762) | William Herschel                                                                                                   
        III: Allegro assai


The BGSU Early Music Ensemble:

featuring Katherine Pracht Phares, mezzo-soprano

Strings:
Malika Brower (leader), Federico Orlando, Jacob Greenawalt, Leah Mellinger, Jessica Pytel, Rose Fedan, Meredith Post, Dr. Mary Natvig, violin
Jake Weil, Samuel Atkinson, viola
Hayley Currin, Josh Lyphout, Joey Miller, Caitlin Slusarski, cello
Jake Weil, Joey Miller, Dr. Arne Spohr, Josh Lyphout, viola da gamba

Winds:
Dr. Arne Spohr, sopranino, soprano, alto, and tenor recorders
Ashley Mania, alto recorder
Audrey Boyles, alto recorder
Andrew Gresham, oboe
Richie Arndorfer, oboe
Quinn Moore, soprano saxophone
Ben Sallard, tenor sackbut
Nathan Stricker, natural horn
Cherylyn Lamphear, natural horn
Owen Polkinghorn, bass dulcian, bassoon, and bass recorder

Nicholas Bahr, timpani
Abigail Petersen, harpsichord
Paul Rosenberger, harpsichord

Dr. Caroline Chin and Dr. Arne Spohr, direction

For further information, please contact Dr. Arne Spohr (aspohr@bgsu.edu)

Thanks for attending this performance. If you have enjoyed your experience, please consider donating to the College of Musical Arts in support of our students and programming. Donate online at bgsu.edu/givecma, or call Sara Zulch- Smith at 419-372-7309.

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Audience members are reminded to silence alarm watches, pagers and cellular phones before the performance. As a matter of courtesy and copyright law, no recording or unauthorized photographing is allowed. BGSU is a nonsmoking campus.

Updated: 04/09/2024 10:21AM