NYBI launches Alchemy, a series based on the classical elements: water, air, earth, and fire. Program features a pan-European selection of works by J. S. Bach, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, George Frideric Handel, Pietro Locatelli, Georg Philip Telemann and Antonio Vivaldi.
ALCHEMY: EARTH
Noises from the Field
Barking dogs, bleating sheep, crowing roosters. Distant musettes and hurdy-gurdies played by solitary shepherds. These are noises from the field; natural, rustic sounds that bring us back to a simpler pastoral life.
Marin Marais (1656 – 1728) Suite from Alçione
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6 No.8 ‘Fatto per la Notte di Natale’
Carlo Farina (c. 1604 – 1639) Capriccio Stravagante
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) Ouverture TWV 55:F 7 - Suite à la pastorelle