Seattle Baroque Orchestra

2009-2010 Season at Town Hall
with Music Director, Ingrid Matthews and Harpsichordist, Byron Schenkman

Come join Seattle Baroque Orchestra at Town Hall next season!

Ingrid Matthews returns, joined by SBO co-founder Byron Schenkman on the harpsichord for a season of Passion, Virtuosity and Magic!

Handel Under the Influence - October 24, 2009

Corelli's daring virtuosity as a performer was coupled with a proto-Mozartean facility and perfection that made him a figure of quasi-religious devotion by his fans. His absolute mastery of orchestral writing, intoxicatingly balanced harmonies and radical redefinition of form also made him the most influential composer of the eighteenth century. Hear his music coupled with some of the composers who were most in his thrall. Including Handel, Telemann, Geminiani, and in an eloquent testament to Corelli's lasting influence, 21-year-old Seattle composer Justin Henderlight, we explore these Baroque musical influences as we celebrate the 350th anniversary of the birth of Purcell (1659) and remember the 250th anniversary of the death of Handel (1759).

Dreams of Venice: the Violin Unleashed - November 28, 2009

Venice was electrified in the seventeenth century, with Monteverdi completing the foundations of the Baroque era just as Castello and Uccellini brought about the first flowering of the ensemble sonata. Marini set the world ablaze with an entirely new kind of virtuosity and used his compositional gifts to indulge his sense of whimsy, all of which will be in evidence in his "Echo" sonata. It's an aural journey to la Serenissima of four centuries ago, featuring Ingrid and company in some of the most evocative music of the baroque. Seventeenth-century Italian violinists set the world ablaze with an entirely new kind of virtuosity, which Ingrid and company will bring vividly to life in some of the most evocative music of the baroque.

Out with the Old, in with Vivaldi! - January 2, 2010

Celebrate the New Year with SBO in a festive concert of brilliant overtures and concertos by Vivaldi, including "Il riposo per il Natale" (the 'Christmas' violin concerto), concertos for multiple violins, lute and viola d'amore. Flutes will join in for a sampling of the Concertos Comiques, Michel Corrette's rowdy orchestrations of French folk tunes.

Duo Recital: Ingrid and Byron Return - February 27, 2010

SBO’s beloved founders, Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman, are together again playing music of Bach, Corelli, Veracini, plus Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill” and others. Don’t miss the chance to experience the legendary synergy between these two virtuosic performers! Co-sponsored by the Early Music Guild.

A Passion for Bach - April 10, 2010

He's simply the greatest. Including the G minor oboe concerto, the A minor violin concerto, Brandenburg VI, Cantata 82 (Ich habe genug) and the aria "es ist vollbracht," this program contains some of Bach’s most glorious melodies. Ingrid says: this is the most beautiful music in the world! And our guest soloists Jeffrey Strauss (baritone) and Debra Nagy (oboe) are two of its most ideal interpreters.