Concert Schedule and Programs

Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 8:15 p.m.
Mélomanie Performance at West Chester University
Mélomanie will perform Partita 622 by composer Mark Rimple and Florescence by composer Ingrid Arauco. Free Admission.




Saturday, November 01, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Harpsichords & Friends: Music for Two Harpsichords
with special guest Matt Bengtson, composer & harpsichord.
Mélomanie opens the 2008-2009 concert season at our new home – Grace United Methodist Church, 900 Washington Street in Wilmington! Opening Night features the World Premiere of Suite (2008) by Matt Bengtson.
Tickets are $20 or $15 for students & seniors; youth through age 15 admitted free. To order, call 302.764.6338.

Suite (2008) WORLD PREMIEREMatt Bengtson (b.1974)
Suite in G Minor for Two HarpsichordsJohann Mattheson (1681-1764)
Sonata in G Minor for Two HarpsichordsJohann Mattheson
Tombeau de Marin MaraisMax Pinchard (b. 1928)
Suite for Viola da Gamba & Basso ContinuoMarin Marais (1656-1728)


Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Mélomanie Performance at Albright College
Mélomanie and special guest Rainer Beckmann, recorder, perform at Roop Hall in the Center for the Arts at Albright College.
Tickets can be purchased directly from the Albright box office by calling 610.921.7547.
For directions to the Center for the Arts, visit www.albright.edu/centerforthearts


Sonata in C Major for Flute & RecorderJohann Quantz (1697-1773)
Blue Mosque for Bass RecorderJacques Bank (b. 1943)
Passacaglia for Solo CelloHeinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
The Seventh Healing Song of John Joseph (Blue) for Flute & TapeJames DeMars (b. 1952)
Sonata in F Major for Recorder, Viola da Gamba & Basso ContinuoGeorg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata for Recorder & HarpsichordLiduino Pitombeira (b. 1962)


Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Mélomanie January Performance
with special guest Rainer Beckmann, recorder.
Mélomanie's season continues at Grace United Methodist Church, 900 Washington Street, Wilmington.
Tickets are $20 or $15 for students & seniors; youth through age 15 admitted free. To order, call 302.764.6338.

Sonata in C Major for Flute & RecorderJohann Quantz (1697-1773)
Blue Mosque for Bass RecorderJacques Bank (b. 1943)
Passacaglia for Solo CelloHeinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
The Seventh Healing Song of John Joseph (Blue) for Flute & TapeJames DeMars (b. 1952)
Sonata in F Major for Recorder, Viola da Gamba & Basso ContinuoGeorg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata for Recorder & HarpsichordLiduino Pitombeira (b. 1962)


Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Mélomanie March Performance
with special guest Linda Kistler, violin.
Mélomanie's March performance at Grace United Methodist Church, 900 Washington Street in Wilmington, features the World Premiere of Mélomanique (2008) by composer Chuck Holdeman, as featured on the Winterthur CD, Playing in the Garden: Musical Inspirations from the Winterthur Garden.
This CD available for purchase directly from Mélomanie or at Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Tickets are $20 or $15 for students & seniors; youth through age 15 admitted free. To order, call 302.764.6338.

Mélomanique (2008) WORLD PREMIEREChuck Holdeman (b. 1946)
Sonate à la MaresienneMarin Marais (1656-1728)
La Parnasse ou L’Apothéose de CorelliFrançois Couperin (1668-1733)
Deux InterludesJacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Sonate for Three Treble InstrumentsJoseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)


Friday, May 01, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Mélomanie Performance at Settlement Music School
with special guests Eve Friedman, flute & Roberto Pace, composer.
Features the World Premiere of Fantasie Mélomanie (2009) by composer Roberto Pace.
Special preview of the ensemble's May performance at Settlement Music School's Mary Louise Curtis Branch, 416 Queen Street in Philadelphia. Freewill donation at door.

Fantasie Mélomanie (2009) World PremiereRoberto Pace (b. 1960)
PassacagliaHeinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Trio Sonata for Two FlutesJakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722-1794)
Trois Rivières (2006)Mark Hagerty (b. 1953)


Saturday, May 02, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Mélomanie May Performance
with special guests Eve Friedman, flute & Roberto Pace, composer.
This performance, at Grace United Methodist Church, 900 Washington Street in Wilmington, features the World Premiere of Fantasie Mélomanie (2009) by composer Roberto Pace.
Tickets are $20 or $15 for students & seniors; youth through age 15 admitted free. To order, call 302.764.6338.

Fantasie Mélomanie (2009) World PremiereRoberto Pace (b. 1960)
PassacagliaHeinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Trio Sonata for Two FlutesJakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722-1794)
Trois Rivières (2006)Mark Hagerty (b. 1953)


Friday, June 05, 2009 at 8:00pm
Mélomanie & Pacem in Terris presents...A Concert for Peace
A fundraising event to benefit Mélomanie & Pacem in Terris, in conjunction with the SOWETO Festival, Grace Church, 900 Washington Street, Wilmington, Delaware.

Tickets $20, $15 for students & seniors, and concert-goers under 15 are free. To order, call 302.764.6338.

Performers: Fran Berge, violin; Donna Fournier, viola da gamba; Douglas McNames, cello; Kimberly Reighley, flute; Tracy Richardson, harpsichord; with special guests Chris Braddock, mandolin & guitar and Gerardo Razumney, percussion.

Pluck for mandolin & harpsichord (2009)Chris Braddock
Alla Raga (from Suite No. 3 for solo harpsichord)Mark Hagerty
Paris Quartet in A MajorGeorg Philipp Telemann
Impressões Aracatis for flute and violinLiduino Pitombeira
Suite for in D Minor for Solo CelloJ.S. Bach
Three RecercadaDiego Ortiz
L’Histoire du Tango for flute and guitar Astor Piazzolla

 
Last updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Programs/artists are subject to change

 
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