Keyboard Conversations

Night Music with Sylvia Berry, fortepiano

Saturday, September 21, 2024 | 7 pm

Sylvia Berry joins Night Music, a Philadelphia-based period instrument ensemble, in a program that explores Mozart’s orchestral music in arrangements sanctioned by himself or fashioned by his student Hummel. On this intimate scale, the music’s conversational, sociable nature is especially apparent. We pair two works by Mozart (an overture and a piano concerto) with an opera overture by one of his musical heroes, Johann Christian Bach, and a work for flute, viola, and keyboard by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, a late composition with a similarly conversational style that suggests his awareness of musical developments in Vienna.

Settlement Music School
416 Queen Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147 | Map

Program
Mozart, arranged by Hummel: Overture to The Magic Flute
C.P.E Bach: Piano Quartet in A minor, Wq. 93
J.C. Bach, arranged anonymously: Overture to La Calamita de’ cuori
Mozart, arranged by Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major, K. 414

Night Music
Steven Zohn, flute & co-director / Heather Miller Lardin, double bass & co-director
Karen Dekker, violin / Aniela Eddy, violin / Amy Leonard, viola / Ellen Exner, oboe

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Keyboard Conversations

Night Music with Sylvia Berry, fortepiano

Sunday, September 22, 2024 | 3 pm

Presented by Main Line Early Music Series

Sylvia Berry joins Night Music, a Philadelphia-based period instrument ensemble, in a program that explores Mozart’s orchestral music in arrangements sanctioned by himself or fashioned by his student Hummel. On this intimate scale, the music’s conversational, sociable nature is especially apparent. We pair two works by Mozart (an overture and a piano concerto) with an opera overture by one of his musical heroes, Johann Christian Bach, and a work for flute, viola, and keyboard by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, a late composition with a similarly conversational style that suggests his awareness of musical developments in Vienna.

Church of the Good Shepherd
1116 Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 | Map

Program
Mozart, arranged by Hummel: Overture to The Magic Flute
C.P.E Bach: Piano Quartet in A minor, Wq. 93
J.C. Bach, arranged anonymously: Overture to La Calamita de’ cuori
Mozart, arranged by Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major, K. 414

Night Music
Steven Zohn, flute & co-director / Heather Miller Lardin, double bass & co-director
Karen Dekker, violin / Aniela Eddy, violin / Amy Leonard, viola / Ellen Exner, oboe

The Magic of Mozart

Saturday, November 11, 2023 | 7:30 pm

The Cape Symphony presents an all-Mozart program with Sylvia Berry as soloist in the witty and heartfelt Concerto in C major, K. 415.

Barnstable Performing Arts Center
744 West Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601 | Map

Program
Overture to The Magic Flute
Selections from 12 German Dances
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415
Symphony No. 38 “Prague”

The Magic of Mozart

Sunday, November 12, 2023 | 3:00 pm

The Cape Symphony presents an all-Mozart program with Sylvia Berry as soloist in the witty and heartfelt Concerto in C major, K. 415.

Barnstable Performing Arts Center
744 West Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601 | Map

Program
Overture to The Magic Flute
Selections from 12 German Dances
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415
Symphony No. 38 “Prague”

Two Bachs: London & Berlin
Music, Art & Patronage in the Age of Enlightenment

Followed by a Buffet of English & German Cheeses with Mulled Wine

Saturday, November 18, 2023 | 7:30 pm

Join Sylvia and Ars Antiqua for an evening of music by two of J.S. Bach’s sons - Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian – and their contemporaries. Through the music of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons, we are given a glimpse into the very different musical worlds of Berlin and London. Carl Philipp, who worked alongside his mentor Graun composed highly expressive music that still defies categorization and was perfectly suited for the intimate private concerts given by his patron, Frederick the Great. Johann Christian, who studied in Milan, composed effervescent music for London’s concert halls and opera houses that pointed the way towards the Classical era. Along with his friend Abel, he started England’s first subscription concerts. The ‘London Bach’ and the ‘Berlin Bach’ could not have been more different. Following their own paths, they created a diverse repertory, each with their own unique perspective and style.

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin
191 S Greeley Ave.
Chappaqua, NY 10514 | Map

Sylvia Berry, Fortepiano
Krista Bennion Feeney & Francis Liu, Baroque Violin
Mark Kramer, Baroque ‘Cello

Program
Carl Heinrich Graun, Trio Sonata in D Major Av:XV:23
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Sanguinius & Melancholius, Wq.161/1
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Solfeggio Wq. 117/2 & La Complaisante Wq. 117/28
Johann Christian Bach, Prestissimo, Opus 17 No. 2
Carl Friedrich Abel, Sonata for Fortepiano, Violin & ‘Cello in F Major WK 112
Johann Christian Bach, Piano Concerto, Opus 7 No. 5

The Bach Project in Ashmont Hill

Coffee Cantata and Brandenburg No. 5

Sunday, March 10 | 4:00 pm

Sylvia joins The Bach Project (an early music initiative founded by organist Andrew Sheranian) at the harpsichord for a program of delightful secular music. In Bach’s humorous Coffee Cantata, Ulysses Thomas, Elise Groves, and Andrew Bearden Brown find out how far a devoted coffee lover will go to maintain their habit! Also on this program is his thrilling 5th Brandenburg Concerto, written for flute, strings, and harpsichord solo, and a gorgeous Trio Sonata in G major.

All Saints Church
209 Ashmont Street
Boston, MA 02124 | Map

Program
Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
Coffee Cantata, BWV 211

The Bach Project in Gloucester, MA

Coffee Cantata and Brandenburg No. 5

Thursday, March 21 | 7:30 pm

Sylvia joins The Bach Project (an early music initiative founded by organist Andrew Sheranian) for a concert on Bach’s birthday! 

Ah, coffee!  … but how much would you be willing to give up for your daily cup?  In Bach’s delightful Coffee Cantata, Dana Whiteside, Elise Groves, and Andrew Bearden Brown will find out how far a devoted coffee lover will go to maintain their habit!  Also on this program of Bach’s secular music is his thrilling 5th Brandenburg Concerto, written for flute, strings, and sumptuous harpsichord solo.

Gloucester Meetinghouse
10 Church Street
Gloucester, MA 01930 | Map

Program
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
Prelude and Fugue in B minor for organ, BWV 544
Coffee Cantata, BWV 211

Bows & Hammers: Duos from the 18th Century

Music of Bologne, Boccherini, Beethoven, and Mozart

Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 3:00 pm

Intrepid violinist and founding member of A Far Cry Jae Cosmos Lee joins Sylvia Berry in a program of dazzling violin sonatas from the classical era.

First Congregational Church of Chatham (Cape Cod)
650 Main Street
Chatham, MA 02633 | Map

Program
Joseph Bologne: Sonata in G minor, Op. 1a, No. 3
Luigi Boccherini: Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 5 , No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 12, No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 296

Tickets ($25) for can be purchased at the door, and by calling the church office at (508) 945-0800.