New Baroque Orchestra: Tilting at Windmills
Admission by donation
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier — Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
Georg Philipp Telemann — Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte"
Jean Baptiste Lully — Selected works
Lully – Chaconnes
Rameau – "Tambourin" from Les Indes galantes
Boismortier – Ouverature and Chaconne from Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
Telemann – Don Quixote Suite
New Baroque Orchestra presents its Spring 2018 concert, "Tilting at Windmills."
Special guest Jamia Hansen-Murray is an expert in Baroque dance and she joins NBO to dance two beautiful Chaconnes by Lully and the exciting "Tambourin" from Rameau’s Les Indes galantes. Our other featured music will be two pieces inspired by Cervantes’ great novel Don Quixote – Boismortier’s Ouverature and Chaconne to the comic ballet Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse and the fun Don Quixote Suite by Telemann. Please join us after the concert for light refreshments.
The NBO is directed by Linda Melsted.
The concert will be about 1 hour in length and admission is by donation. New Baroque Orchestra is a Community Collegia of Early Music Seattle.
About New Baroque Orchestra
This community, amateur Baroque orchestra is the perfect playing opportunity for musicians of all levels. All types of period instruments can participate, although modern violins, violas, and cello are also welcome!
https://earlymusicseattle.org/new-baroque-orchestra/