American Bach Soloists at Herbst Theatre, August 7, 2021

American Bach Soloists presents The Garden of Harmony
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
7:00 PM, Saturday, August 7, 2021

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• William Williams • Sonata “In Imitation of Birds”
• Marco Uccellini • Aria Nona, “The hen & cuckoo make a fine concert”
• Robert Johnson • “Hark! hark! the Lark!” & “Have you seen the bright lily grow?”
• Thomas Arne • “When daisies pied”
• Anonymous • “This merry pleasant spring”
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • Violin Sonata “Cuckoo“
• George Frideric Handel • Organ Concerto “The Cuckoo & the Nightingale”
• Charles Avison • Concerto Grosso in D Minor after Scarlatti “The Garden of Harmony”
• José de Herrando • Sonata “The Garden of Aranjuez in Spring”
• Antonio Vivaldi • Concerto in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord (“The Nightingale”)

[7:00 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements from Jeffrey Thomas; pause}
[7:07 PM] {entrance of the initial performers: Elizabeth Blumenstock, Gretchen Claassen, YuEun Gemma Kim, Corey Jamason}

William Williams (1675–1701): Sonata “In Imitation of Birds”, No. 6 of Six Sonatas in Three Parts (1700)

1. [7:08 PM] Adagio
2. [7:09 PM] Allegro
3. [7:11 PM] Grave
4. [7:12 PM] Allegro
   [7:13 PM] {work ends; pause}

1. [7:13 PM] Marco Uccellini (1603–1680): Aria Nona à 3: Maritati insieme la Gallina e il Cucco fanno un bel concerto (Married together, the hen & cuckoo make a fine concert) from Sonate, Arie e Correnti à due e à tre (1642)
   [7:16 PM] {work ends, all off; pause to reset the stage for the next segment}

[7:18 PM] {entrance of the next performers: Elizabeth Blumenstock, Corey Jamason, Nola Richardson}

1. [7:18 PM] Robert Johnson (1583–1633): Hark! hark! the Lark! (?1609), words by William Shakespeare (1564–1616), from Cymbeline (1611), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied only by Corey Jamason: harpsichord.
2. [7:19 PM] Thomas Arne (1710–1778): When daisies pied (1740), words by Shakespeare, from Love's Labours Lost (mid 1590's), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied only by Corey Jamason.
3. [7:23 PM] Anonymous: This merry pleasant spring (16th Century), from the Turpyn Book of Lute Songs (ca. 1610–1615), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied by EB & CJ.
4. [7:27 PM] Robert Johnson: Have you seen the bright lily grow? (1616), words by Ben Jonson (1573–1637), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied only by Corey Jamason.
   [7:30 PM] {vocal segment ends; all off; pause to reset the stage for the next segment - swapping out the harpsichord for a very tiny organ}

1. [7:33 PM] Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1623–1680): Violin Sonata in A minor 'Cu-Cu' (1673), featuring Tekla Cunningham, Corey Jamason, and William Skeen
   [7:39 PM] {work ends; pause to set out more chairs and music stands}

[7:42 PM] {entrance of tonight's full ensemble}

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): Organ Concerto No.13 in F major, HWV 295, featuring Corey Jamason

1. [7:42 PM] Larghetto
2. [7:44 PM] Allegro
3. [7:48 PM] Larghetto
4. [7:51 PM] Allegro
   [7:54 PM] {work ends; applause & bow, then set break!}

[8:11 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements from Jeffrey Thomas; waiting}

Charles Avison (ca. 1709–1770): Concerto Grosso No.5 in D Minor after Scarlatti “The Garden of Harmony” (1744), featuring Tatiana Chulochnikova

1. [8:13 PM] Largo (source unknown)
2. [8:15 PM] Allegro (Scarlatti Kk11, transposed)
3. [8:18 PM] Andante moderato (Scarlatti Kk41)
4. [8:21 PM] Allegro (Scarlatti Kk5)
   [8:23 PM] {work ends; applause; performers off; pause to reset the stage}

[8:26 PM] {performers out for this work: Corey Jamason, YuEun Gemma Kim, and William Skeen; brief JT talk & YGK demos}

José de Herrando (ca. 1720–1763): Sonata de violín intitulada: El Jardín de Aranjuez en tiempo de Primavera, con diversos cantos de páxaros y otros animales (The Garden of Aranjuez in Spring, with various songs of birds and other animals) (?1754)

1. [8:29 PM] Allegro
2. [8:34 PM] Andante
3. [8:38 PM] Allegro moderato
   [8:42 PM] {work ends; applause; performers off; pause to reset the stage}

[8:44 PM] {everybody back out for the finale}

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, Il Rosignuolo (The Nightingale), RV 335 (ca. 1759), featuring Rachell Ellen Wong

1. [8:45 PM] Allegro
2. [8:49 PM] Largo
3. [8:51 PM] Allegro
   [8:54 PM] {set ends; bows and applause; all off; done!}

American Bach Soloists

• Jacob Ashworth: violin;
• Elizabeth Blumenstock: violin;
• Tatiana Chulochnikova: violin;
• Gretchen Claassen: baroque cello;
• Tekla Cunningham: violin;
• Tomà Iliev: viola;
• Corey Jamason: harpsichord;
• YuEun Gemma Kim: violin;
• Steven Lehning: violone;
• Nola Richardson: soprano vox;
• William Skeen: baroque cello;
• Noah Strick: violin.
• Jeffrey Thomas: conductor, music director;
• Rachell Ellen Wong: violin.

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