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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