Great Lakes Consort

Grab your traveling companion and join the Great Lakes Consort for a tour across Europe at the turn of the 18th Century. No passport is needed to enjoy this lively concert featuring trumpet, oboes, cello and harpsichord. We will take you on a trip through France, Belgium, Italy, England and Germany, bringing you a variety of music of the era and sharing fascinating stories about the careers and inspirations of the composers. Well-known works and rarely heard gems of the early 1700s will be performed by the Great Lakes Consort Baroque Ensemble:

• Lynne Marie Flegg and Kristin Reynolds, oboes
• Mark Flegg, trumpet
• Nadine Deleury, cello
• Angelina Pashmakova, harpsichord

Featured pieces on this program include:

• the Rondeau by Jean-Joseph Mouret, a work made famous as the theme to “Masterpiece Theater”
• Tomaso Albinoni’s Concerto a Cinque, Opus 9 No. 9 for Two Oboes and Continuo
• Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach
• Oboe Duets written by Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant
• Henry Purcell’s Sonata in D for Trumpet and Continuo
• the beautiful Oboe Sonata in e Minor by Francesco Geminiani
• an exciting Concerto for Trumpet, Two Oboes and Continuo by Georg Phillipp Telemann

The concert will take place at the historic Player’s Playhouse in Detroit. Tickets are $15 at the door, or $12 if purchased in advance. High School and younger student tickets are FREE!! For more information, contact Mark Flegg or visit the website for the Fine Arts Society of Detroit.

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