As the Boston Early Music Festival rolls into town, CNE's Alan McLellan explores the music the BEMF Orchestra has played since the Festival's inception in the 1980s.
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On the program:
George Frideric Handel: Sinfornia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
BEMF Orchestra; Trevor Pinnock, cond.
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for mandolin, RV 425
Paul O'Dette, mandolin; BEMF Chamber Ensemble; Paul O'Dette & Robert Mealy, co-directors
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Overture in G minor, FWV K: g2
BEMF Chamber Ensemble; Paul O'Dette & Robert Mealy, co-directors
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble: Paul O’Dette and Robert Mealy, directors; Sandra Miller, baroque flute; Robert Mealy baroque violin; Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord
J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from BWV 249 for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, bassoon, strings, and continuo
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Robert Mealy, concertmaster/director
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto in E-flat major for harpsichord and piano, Wq. 47
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord; Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano; The BEMF Ariadne Baroque Orchestra; Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, co-directors
George Frideric Handel: Suite in F major, from Water Music
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
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