Arcadia Players
Ian Watson, Artistic Director; Peter Shea, Tenor; Monica Jakuc, Fortepiano
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Tuckerman Hall - 8:00 P. M. - Pre-Concert Talk 7 P. M.
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Overview
Over the past twenty years, Arcadia Players has established itself as one of the most creative, visionary and exciting ensembles, not only in Western Massachusetts, but for many miles around. Lauded by the press, their unique blend of historical performance practice and expert musicians makes for both sophisticated and passionate performances. Under the leadership of world-renowned Early Music specialist Ian Watson and playing on period instruments, Arcadia Players bring new light and life to repertoire ranging from Monteverdi and seventeenth century music for viols, to chamber music by Schumann and Weber, as well as Haydn and Beethoven, symphonies. No other group in Massachusetts offers such diverse repertoire played on instruments of the period. Hear Beethoven’s music the way audiences of his time would have heard it!
“Watson’s intense commitment to this repertoire combined with an experienced ensemble that can turn on a dime gives the Academy of Ancient Music and musical entities of similar |stamp a run for their money.” – Springfield Republican September 2007
Program
An all Beethoven Program
- An die ferne Geliebte
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
- Symphony No. 1 in C major