GBH Music presented A Unique Music Adventure: Rasa Quartet and Boston Baroque’s X-tet Celtic meets Classical live from the acoustically acclaimed GBH Fraser Performance Studio in Brighton. The concert featured unique performers including:
* The Rasa String Quartet
* Boston Baroque X-tet
Anthony Rudel, General Manager of GBH Music, was host and moderator of the conversation with the musicians during their performances.
Event Program
George Frideric Handel: Hornpipe from Concerto Grosso, op. 6, no. 7
Boston Baroque X-tet
Turloch O’Carolan (Arr. Ledah Finck) : Loftus Jones
Rasa String Quartet
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Menuet from Platée
Boston Baroque X-tet
Donogh Hennessy/J.S. Bach (Arr. Maura Shawn Scanlin): Inion Ni Scannlain/Minuet II
Rasa String Quartet
John Dowland: Mistresse Nichols Almand M. George Whitehead his Almand The Earle of Essex Galiard Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard
Boston Baroque X-tet
Traditional Jigs (Arr. Ledah Finck): Willie Coleman’s/Paddy Fahy’s
Rasa String Quartet
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: from Harmonia Artificioso, Partia 1 Gigue & variations Sarabande & variations
Boston Baroque X-tet
Maura Shawn Scanlin: Leaving Harvey Street (Strathspey/Reel)
Rasa String Quartet
Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in D major, Op. 50 No. 2 – Fandango
Boston Baroque X-tet and Rasa String Quartet
Finale:
Colin Jacobsen: A Short While To Be Here... (world premiere in this arrangement)
Boston Baroque X-tet and Rasa String Quartet
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