1111 O'Farrell St.
San Francisco, California

American Bach Soloists Jeffrey Thomas, Conductor

Program: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Fasch: Trumpet Concerto in D Major Handel: Suite in D Major from Water Music Telemann: Concerto in A Major; The Frogs, Suite in C Major from Water Music Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D Major

TICKETS:$16-$42 general; $10 student/senior advance; $5 student rush at the door for all performances

BOX OFFICE: (415) 621-7900 and www.americanbach.org

Also playing:

Friday, May 16 @ 8:00pm (pre-concert lecture at 7pm) St. Stephen's Church (3 Bayview Avenue in Belvedere)

Saturday, May 17 @ 8:00pm (pre-concert lecture at 7pm)
First Congregational Church (2345 Channing Way @ Dana Street in Berkeley)

Monday, May 19 @ 8:00pm (pre-concert lecture at 7pm) Davis Community Church (412 C Street @ 4th in Davis)

Baroque trumpeter John Thiessen, whose playing has been called "flawless" and "effervescent" by the Wall Street Journal, joins American Bach Soloists (ABS) to celebrate the anniversaries of two contemporaries of Bach: Johann Friedrich Fasch and Guiseppe Torelli, with a program of virtuoso trumpet concertos. As an added bonus, ABS will perform Georg Philipp Telemann's Water Music, a boisterous dance suite that pays homage to seafaring life in early 18th-century Hamburg. Each movement has a mythical aquatic personality: Neptune, Triton, Thetis, Aeolus, and Zephyr are brought to life in music. Bach's rousing Sixth Brandenburg - a virtual quadruple concerto for violas and violas da gamba - will bring the season to a brilliant close.

Guest artist JOHN THIESSEN's artistry has been described by the New York Times as "brilliant solo playing on a valveless trumpet"; and the San Francisco Chronicle has raved that "the blazing ceremonial music that began and ended the evening--the opening graced by John Thiessen's brilliant trumpet solo--was ardent enough to warm the bluest blood."

ABOUT AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS: Founded in 1989, the American Bach Soloists (ABS) continue to introduce audiences to the masterworks of Bach and his contemporaries, as well as little-known gems from the Baroque and early-Classical eras, through historically informed performances using period instruments and leading vocal interpreters of Baroque music. Under the leadership of Co-founder and Music Director Jeffrey Thomas the ensemble has become a veritable Who's who of early music specialists and has been called "superbly musical,"and "a breath of fresh air."

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of NEQA.

Added by NEQA on May 14, 2008

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