The Dryden Ensemble

2009-2010 Subscription Series

I
London: Purcell & Handel
with Julianne Baird, soprano & Paul Hecht, actor

Airs and dances by Purcell, arias from Handel's Teseo
and readings from letters and diaries of the period.

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:30 pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Doylestown

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary

II
Bach Looking Back

Glorious counterpoint from the German Baroque,
and works by Bach, Biber, Buxtehude & Froberger
for oboe, strings, lute, and harpsichord
including Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin (BWV 1060)

Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 7:30pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Doylestown

Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary

III
Vienna: Mozart & Company
The Mardi Considine Spring Concert

Exquisite chamber music for oboe and string quartet
by Mozart, Haydn & Krommer

Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 7:30 pm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Doylestown

Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 3 pm
Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary

Tickets
 
Regular
Senior
Student

Subscriptions
 
@ $90
@ $75
@ $30
 
Sat., Nov. 7, 2009 (D)
 
@ $35
@ $30
@ $15
Sun., Nov. 8, 2009 (P)
 
@ $35
@ $30
@ $15
Sat., Jan. 30, 2010 (D)
@ $35
@ $30
@ $15
Sun., Jan. 31, 2010 (P)
@ $35
@ $30
@ $15
Sat., March 13, 2010 (D)
@ $35
@ $30
@ $15
Sun., March 14, 2010 (P)
@ $35
@ $30
@ $15

The Ensemble

 

FEATURED PLAYERS
Jane McKinley, oboe & artistic director
Vita Wallace & Andrea Andros, violin
Theresa Salomon & Mark Zaki, violin & viola
Jessica Troy, viola
Mollie Glazer, viola da gamba
Lisa Terry, violoncello & viola da gamba
Motomi Igarashi, violone
Daniel Swenberg, lute & theorbo
Webb Wiggins, harpsichord

THE DRYDEN ENSEMBLE
Named in honor of John Dryden, the English poet laureate whose words inspired composers such as Purcell and Handel, the Dryden Ensemble specializes in performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. A line from Dryden’s Song to St. Cecilia captures the essence of baroque music and our ensemble's philosophy: "What Passion cannot Musick raise and quell!"

To buy tickets online, go to: http://www.gemsny.org/upcomingevents/dryden20092010.html

Special Events
Autumn Benefit: Monteverdi in Venice
featuring soprano Julianne Baird
in Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna
Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 4:30 pm

An intimate chamber concert followed by a buffet dinner
with fine Italian food and wines and a silent auction
at an Italian Revival mansion in Princeton.

$150 per person. Reservations required.
To receive an invitation, please e-mail DrydenEns@aol.com or call 609-466-8541.

The Dryden Ensemble
P. O. Box 1288
Princeton, NJ 08525

Contact us:
609-466-8541
drydenens@aol.com

MAJOR SPONSOR
BUCKS COUNTY

 

Photo credit to Tasha O'Neill