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2007–2008 concert season highlights

Sunday, September 16, 2007, at 3:00pm
Guest Concertmaster
Crescendo Baroque Orchestra, Christine Gevert, director
Music Mountain Water Benefit Concert
Handel’s Watermusick, complete

Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT

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Sunday, October 7, 2007, at 3:00pm
Solo Recital
The Joyful Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. I-V)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ and harpsichord

St. Joseph Chapel Recital Series, The Basilica of Saint Mary
Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets, downtown Minneapolis

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Friday, December 2, 2007, 7:30pm
Concertmaster
The Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral
Handel’s Messiah

Christ Church Cathedral
166 Market Street, Lexington, KY

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Saturday, December 22, 2007, 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Principal Second Violin
Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel’s Messiah

Carnegie Hall
57th Street & 7th Avenue, New York City

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Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 8 pm
Concertmaster
The Hanoverian Ensemble
Christ Church Greenwich Choir of Men and Boys
Handel’s Messiah

Christ Church Greenwich
254 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT

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Sunday, February 17, 2008, at 1:30pm
Recital with the Rose Ensemble
A concert of early sacred vocal music including selections from
the Sorrowful Mysteries -- “Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber
“Crucifixion” and “Christ on the Mount of Olives” (Nos. VI & X)
with Dongsok Shin, organ

St. Joseph Chapel Recital Series, The Basilica of Saint Mary
Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets, downtown Minneapolis

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 3:45pm
Chamber Music
University of Minnesota Faculty Recital
Immanuel Davis, baroque flute (UofM flute professor)
program includes the trio-sonata from J.S. Bach’s “A Musical Offering”
with Leah Nelson, baroque violin, Julie Elhard, viola da gamba,
and Dongsok Shin, harpsichord

Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall (music building), University of Minnesota
2106 4th Street South, Minneapolis

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Thursday, February 28, 2008, 8:00pm
Concertmaster
with the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Music of the Mexican Baroque
Liturgical works and villancicos 
by Manuel de Zumaya

The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, between Christopher & Grove Streets, New York

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 6:00pm
Concertmaster & soloist
with the Choir of the Church of Saint Agnes
Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
The program including selections from the “Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber
“Annunciation” and “Crucifixion” (Nos. I & X)

Rush-Hour Concerts, The Church of Saint Agnes
143 East 43rd Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues, New York

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Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 8:00pm
with the Choir of the Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
The Glorious Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. XI-XV)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ

The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, between Christopher & Grove Streets, New York

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Sunday, May 11, 2008, at 1:30pm
Solo Recital
The Glorious Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. XI-XV)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ

St. Paul Chapel Recital Series,The Basilica of Saint Mary
Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets, downtown Minneapolis

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Saturday, June 14, at 4:30pm
Concertmaster and soloist
Ensemble Sebastian
All Bach Concert – including Brandenbrug Concerto No. 5
with guest soloists Immanuel Davis, flute, and Layton James, harpsichord

Second Annual “Bach-Tage” - Mount Olive Lutheran Church
3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis

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Sunday, June 15, 2008, at 4:00pm
Concertmaster
Ensemble Sebastian
Evening Prayer with Cantatas 22 & 23 of J.S. Bach
David Cherwien, cantor and organist, Kathy Romey, conductor

Second Annual “Bach-Tage” - Mount Olive Lutheran Church
3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis

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highlights from past seasons:
2008-2009 season      -      2007-2008 season