AMUZ provides the perfect setting for this concert featuring Baroque trio sonatas. Georg Friedrich Händel and Antonio Vivaldi headline the program, with Jan Dismas Zelenka's surprisingly expressive music eagerly rediscovered. Like them, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, born in Ghent, achieved acclaim as a chamber music composer in London. The recipe for Baroque trio sonatas is simple: two melodic instruments engage in dialogue, accompanied by chord and bass instruments. Virtuosity, contrapuntal refinement, and melodic richness make these works a delight for the ears.

Chamber music: Baroque trio sonatas

AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen Antwerpen)

**Event: LAMENT by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra**

**Date & Time:** 7:30 PM, Wednesday, September 25, 2024  
**Venue:** Desautels Concert Hall, 150 Dafoe Road, UM Campus  
**Tickets:** Casual tickets go on sale June 15, 2024. Early bird packages available now.  
**Contact:** MCO Ticketline at 204-783-7377  

Join the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra for an evening of profound musical expression with the concert "LAMENT" on September 25, 2024. Under the baton of Anne Manson, with the visionary Cree-Métis baritone Jonathan Adams, flutist and composer Jessica McMann, and video artist Tyson Houseman, this performance promises to be a stirring journey through baroque and contemporary lamentations.

**Featured Works:**  
- Jessica McMann's "Lament for Small Souls"  
- Jan Dismas Zelenka's "Lamentation 1 for Holy Wednesday"  
- Jessica McMann's "For Nikâwiy"  
- Jan Dismas Zelenka's "Lamentation 2 For Maundy Thursday"  
- Jessica McMann's "Pekiwewina" and "Mountain Prairie"  
- John Adams' "The Wound Dresser"  

**Special Note:** The concert will guide the audience through discoveries, disruptions, and landscapes, leaving an indelible mark on your soul. The program is subject to change.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the melding of baroque and urgent new musical lamentations in a performance that promises to be both visionary and transformative. Secure your tickets early to ensure your place at this remarkable event.

Lament Adams, Mcmann

Desautels Concert Hall

This one-to-a-part cantata series features the Festival soloists as the vocal consort. The Trauerode, BWV 198, is a masterpiece that features funeral music that provided the backbone for the St. Mark Passion. The Lamentations of Jeremiah by Zelenka are beautifully conceived, gorgeous melodies imbued with mysticism.

Cantatas and Lamentations

All Saints' Episcopal Church

JS Bach had an extensive personal library, which provides a unique insight into what music he admired most. Two of the composers whose works he collected were Antonio Vivaldi and Jan Dismas Zelenka. While Bach never met Vivaldi in person, he clearly admired his works; he transcribed and arranged many of the Italian musician’s concertos for his own performances. Zelenka, on the other hand, was a personal friend of Bach; both had works by the other in their library and performed each others’ works. Rounding out the concert is a cantata by Caroline Shaw, the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, and a friend to many in our Chorale and Orchestra. To the Hands is inspired by the music of Buxtehude, another of Bach’s contemporaries and one who, like Vivaldi and Zelenka, was an important influence on the great master. Join us for a concert exploring some of the music Bach loved most.

Bach’s Library

Carmel Mission Basilica Museum

The legendary John Butt returns to OBF with a spin on the iconic Festival Discovery Series. The Bach historian and recording artist breaks down and examines works heard in the Dresden court during the first half of the 18th century, including pieces from Johann Georg Pisendel, Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, and the prolific Georg Philipp Telemann. The evening also features Bach’s BWV 191 - the only church cantata Bach wrote in Latin.

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Discovery: Music of the Dresden Court

Beall Concert Hall

 Introduction 45 min before the performance.


Rebel Bach Händel

Opernhaus Zürich

Music for Holy Week by the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka is one of the greatest discoveries of the Baroque repertoire. It does not need to fear comparison with Bach. Award-winning young vocal soloists and the enthusiastic Diderot Ensemble make it a real treat.

Jan Dismas Zelenka

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Lament Adams, Mcmann · Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

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