Early Music Missouri audience favorites Un tas de cordes return to Early Music Missouri’s Mainstage Series with a program of 17th– and 18th-century German music. The trio will be joined by soprano Samantha Arten for several devotional cantatas. The program features music by well-known composers like Georg Philip Telemann, Dietrich Buxtehude and Heinrich Schütz but also includes composers well-regarded in their lifetimes but little-known now. Vocal works include psalm settings by Schütz and Buxtehude for soprano and accompanying strings while instrumental music includes trio sonatas by Telemann and Rosenmüller as well as solo pieces by Johann Schop and Philipp Friedrich Böddecker.
The trio Un tas de cordes last appeared on the EMMo Series in 2023, performing a program of French chamber music. This new program expands their musical reach and offers listeners a slightly different sound. Sarah Biber will take up the treble viola da gamba for this concert, pairing with Baroque violinist Samuel Breene for trio sonatas, a charming duo sonata and devotional works. Sam also offers a solo violin sonata by Philipp Friedrich Böddecker while Sarah will play Johann Schop’s set of virtuosic variations on John Dowland’s Lachrimae Pavan. Soprano Samantha Arten joins the trio for exciting psalm settings composed by Schütz for the Saxon court in Dresden and by Buxtehude for the Marienkirche in Lübeck. Jeffrey Noonan will accompany throughout on theorbo.
EMMo’s six-concert Mainstage Series takes place at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Ladue MO. The space offers an exquisite sound and a beautiful setting for this music. Parking is free and both parking and the performance space are handicapped accessible.
Early Music Missouri is the region’s foremost promoter and presenter of Early Music concerts. Its performances feature Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertoire performed on period instruments by expert performers from the region and nation. For more information, visit earlymusicmissouri.net
