Overture

Pre-Concert Conversations

Three Cellists Walk Into the Hall…

PBO cellist and Music Librarian William Skeen, conductor Jonathan Cohen, and soloist Keiran Campbell take the stage 45 minutes before each concert for an in-depth chat about the historical cello and the program’s wild repertoire; join them to learn “something new”!

Performance at a Glance

Something Old, Something New, Something Mad

If anything unites the music played in this concert—beyond its common provenance in 18th-century Europe (with a guest spot from one 21st-century Australian)—it’s the idea of a community of musicians. Locatelli, Handel, Mozart, Geminiani, Vivaldi and Bach junior all travelled Europe exchanging ideas, influences and even tunes. When they weren’t travelling themselves, the burgeoning publishing industry was ensuring their music was. The very idea of a community of musicians gave rise to the Concerto Grosso—a particular form of orchestral piece in which the soloists are also the ensemble; in which exchange, conversation and sharing are as important as demonstrating individual skill. Grosso scores were pioneered by a composer who binds together much of this concerto’s music, Arcangelo Corelli. He may not be on the playbill, but we will hear from Corelli himself today…eventually.

Paul Stanhope

NOV 10–14

Keiran Campbell

Something Old, Something New, Something Mad

Jonathan Cohen

LOCATELLI Concerto Grosso in E-flat major, Op. 7, No. 6, Il pianto d’Arianna JS BACH Contrapunctus Nos. 1 and 4 from The Art of Fugue HANDEL Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6, No. 4 MOZART Fugue No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 405 (after Bach’s BWV 876) VIVALDI Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156 JS BACH Contrapunctus No. 7 from The Art of Fugue CPE BACH Concerto for Violoncello in A major, Wq.172 JS BACH Contrapunctus No. 9 from The Art of Fugue PAUL STANHOPE Giving Ground *world premiere* GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D minor, H.143, La Folia

Jonathan Cohen, conductor Keiran Campbell, violoncello