Musicians of the Old Post Road
Into the Light: Rediscovered chamber music by Christoph Graupner and others
A captivating program of rediscovered Baroque chamber music, performed on period instruments by the acclaimed Musicians of the Old Post Road.
Suzanne Stumpf, flutes; Sarah Darling, violin and viola; Jesse Irons, violin;
Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; Nicola Canzano, harpsichord
Program
Thrill to the unveiling of lost works by Christoph Graupner, an unsung German composer who was as legendary in his day as his contemporaries Bach and Telemann. This program introduces audiences to his chamber works, including a quartet, a trio sonata, a trio with obbligato harpsichord and a flute concerto, along with a chaconne by his Darmstadt court patron Count Ernest Louis, a quartet by his talented student Johann Fasch, and a quartet by his good friend Telemann.
About
Musicians of the Old Post Road is a chamber ensemble that specializes in the period instrument performance of dynamic and diverse music from the Baroque to early Romantic eras. Its repertoire includes compelling “rediscovered” works that have been lost to audiences for centuries. In both 2023 and 1998, the group was honored as the recipient of the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society. The ensemble has toured North America and Europe and has seven CD recordings to its credit.