Quicksilver | Founder's Day Concert

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM

Quicksilver
Photo credit: Teresa Tam

Coolidge Auditorium

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(tickets available 09/11/2019, beginning at 10 AM)

Robert Mealy and Julie Andrijeski, violins and directors
Dominic Teresi, dulcian
Avi Stein, harpsichord, organ
Greg Ingles, sackbut
with guest John Lenti, theorbo and baroque guitar

J.S. Bach was very much aware of his musical heritage, especially of those German composers who had come before him.  Quicksilver's program explores the extraordinarily inventive 17th-century music that influenced Bach's development. From Northern Germany, the elaborate inventions of masters like Dieterich Buxtehude and the highly imaginative Weckmann caught Bach's imagination and prompted him to make his epic hike to Lübeck.  From Southern Germany, Quicksilver investigates the ingenious chamber music of J.J. Fux as well as the elegant French-influenced dance music of Johann Pachelbel and the virtuosic inventions of Johann Schmeltzer and H.I.F. von Biber. And from Leipzig itself we will hear from the eloquent Johann Rosenmüller — a man who would have been Bach's predecessor at the Thomaskirche had he not had to flee the city due to persecution.

“Quicksilver signifies something unpredictable and swiftly responsive. It’s the perfect name for an ensemble that revels in music of the highest quality – and that demands exceptional instrumental skills.” (Gramophone)