Tracy Richardson, harpsichord, Fran Berge, Baroque & modern violins, Donna Fournier, viola da gamba
Directions to Grace United Methodist Church
Via I-95 South: I-95 S. to Exit 7 (2nd Delaware Avenue exit). Stay in right lane, follow traffic. Turn right at Washington Street (Sheraton Suites intersection). Go 1˝ blocks, turn left into church visitors' lot. Via I-95 North: I-95 N. to Exit 7 (Delaware Avenue). At top of ramp immediately turn right onto 9th Street. Follow 9th to a left onto West Street (church will be on left). For parking, go around the block by turning left onto 10th Street, then left onto Washington Street. Go ˝ block and take final left into church visitors' lot.
Mélomanie
presents provocative pairings of early and contemporary works in
innovative chamber music collaborations with guest performers
and composers. Mélomanie’s early music programming
brings to audiences Baroque, Renaissance, and early Classical
music performed on period instruments. The ensemble’s
contemporary repertoire features world premieres of works
written especially for Mélomanie by such composers as Ingrid
Arauco, Chuck Holdeman, Sergio Roberto de Oliveira, Mark Rimple,
and Mark Hagerty, as well as works from the 20th Century. Mélomanie is: Kimberly Reighley, flutes;
Tracy Richardson, harpsichord; Fran Berge, violins; Donna Fournier, viola da gamba; and Douglas
McNames, cellos. Mélomanie has recorded works of Telemann
on Lyrichord Discs and can be heard on Playing
in the Garden: Musical Inspirations from the Winterthur
