Dear Friends in NY,
I hope to see you tonight at this performance.
--Lana

The Queen's Chamber Band plays Bach!

Johann Sebastian Bach's 323rd Birthday coincides with Good Friday ,
so our annual celebration comes a little late this year.
Organist/conductor Claudia Dumschat leads her Transfiguration Choir of
Men & Boys, the Camerata, The Queen's Chamber Band and soloists in
Bach's cantata , Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben?(BWV 8).
Countertenor Marshall Coid takes a solo turn with two selections from
the notebook compiled by Bach's second wife Anna Magdalena. Violinist
Robert Zubrycki and 'cellist Peter Seidenberg join harpsichordist
Elaine Comparone for the Sonata in F minor for Violin and Obbligato
Harpsichord (BWV 1018). The versatile Dr. Dumschat turns to the
magnificent Arnold Schwartz Memorial Organ for a performance of the
Passacaglia & Thema Fugatum in C minor (BWV 581). Elaine Comparone
plays The Concerto in the Italian Style (BWV 971) on her Frank Hubbard
Franco-Flemish harpsichord. Finally, The Queen's Chamber Band
assembles for a performance of the rarely played Concerto in F Major
for Harpsichord, Winds & Strings (BWV 1057), Bach's own alternate
version of his Fourth Brandenburg Concerto in G Major. In the latter
work, Bach assigns the florid solo part to a violin while in the F
Major version, the harpsichord emerges as soloist.

The Church of the Transfiguration, known nationwide as The Little
Church Around the Corner", is located at One East 29th Street between
Fifth and Madison Avenues in New York City.

Tickets: $25; Seniors & Students: $15

(Available at the door from 7 PM on the evening of the performance.)

For Prime Seating, purchase tickets in advance by mail:

Harpsichord Unlimited, 215 West 98th Street, Suite 2A, New York, NY 10025

Information: 212-280-1086