Italy in the 18th Century – Chamber Music Concert #1

Stadtmuseum Pforzheim

Visit to the Vesperkirche: Italy in the 18th century – Chamber music concert

Pforzheim Town Church (Evangelical)

The marimba is a beautiful, fascinating instrument that doesn’t always get the spotlight,  but in this concerto by the contemporary American composer Kevin Puts, we get to hear it in all its glory. The concert opens with Nancy Galbraith’s Midnight Stirring, another work that shows just how refreshing contemporary composition can be when a composer  embraces a straightforward American sound.  The second half of this concert takes us back to the classics, with music by the little known Italian composer Nicola Porpora (Haydn’s teacher) and the great Wolfgang  Amadeus Mozart writing at the height of his powers.

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Mozart & Marimba

Sedona Performing Arts Center

Nicola Porpora was one of the most brilliant and influential musical figures of the Baroque period. A rival of Handel, and teacher of the great castrato Farinelli, Porpora was a prolific and dramatically gifted composer of opera. We are excited to bring this important work to American audiences for the first time.

Polifemo

UC San Diego Park & Market

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Cordelia Mutter is a student of Norman Fischer. 

Cordelia Mutter, Cello

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Formed in Paris in 2015, Le Consort is an early music ensemble dedicated to the quintessential chamber music genre that reigned supreme in the Baroque era: the trio sonata. Made up of two violins, a cello and a harpsichord, the ensemble’s diverse repertoire includes trio sonatas from Italy, France, Germany and England, which represent the essence of Baroque chamber music., Le Consort’s Music in the Park Series program highlights the works of well-known composers who helped define the genre, such as J.S Bach, Georg Phillipe Telemann and Francesco Geminiani, as well as those whose works remain unknown and often unpublished, such as Giorgio Gentili, Nicola Porpora, and Michel-Pignolet de Montéclair.

Le Consort

Saint Anthony Park United Church of Christ

Please save the date for the Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City’s 60th Anniversary Gala on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at Libby Gardner Concert Hall. The evening will include a catered dinner, auction, and unforgettable performance featuring one of Europe’s leading Baroque ensembles, LE CONSORT. All proceeds from our 60th Anniversary Gala support the work of the Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City.

Nicola Porpora

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 15, 2026

Le Consort · Schubert Club

Mar 24, 2026

60TH ANNIVERSARY GALA with LE CONSORT · Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City

Past events

Feb 7, 2026

Italy in the 18th Century – Chamber Music Concert #1 · Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

Feb 6, 2026

Visit to the Vesperkirche: Italy in the 18th century – Chamber music concert · Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim

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