Event

Baroquelyn: Spring Concert

Arts At Old First presents
Baroquelyn: A new Baroque music ensemble led by Aleeza Meir

Sunday May 6, 2018 at 2:30pm

Old First Reformed Church Upper Hall
729 Carroll St (at 7th Ave)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Program:

Recorder Sonata hwv 369 -- George Frideric Handel, arr. A. Meir
Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba, TWV 52:a1 -- Georg Philipp Telemann
Countertenor arias by George Frideric Handel
Minuet and Trio -- Christian Petzold, BWV Anh 114-115
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668 -- Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. A. Meir
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 -- Johann Sebastian Bach

Performers:
Director and harpsichord: Aleeza Meir
Countertenor: Jeffrey Mandelbaum
Recorder: Martin Bernstein
Flute: Dirk Wels
Oboe: Nancy Ranger
Bassoon: Sara Schoenbeck
Trombone: William Lang
Viola da gamba: Salomé Gasselin
Violin: Claudia Schaer
Violin: Gökçe Erem
Viola: Eddy Malave
Cello: Steven Chen
Double Bass: Marc Schmied

Baroquelyn is a professional, Brooklyn-based ensemble founded and led by Aleeza Meir. We are dedicated to bringing exciting music back home to local communities. We include colleagues from all over NYC and beyond, but our core is made up of first class players who have a connection to Brooklyn.

We are based out of historic Old First Reformed Church, which houses Brooklyns oldest congregation that traces itself straight back to 1654. Old Firsts Upper Hall, with its exceptional acoustics, was designed by architect George Morse in 1887 and built by craftsmen. It is perfectly suited for early music, and is considered an underground treasure among local musicians.