New York holiday concert visits Eugene.Byline: The Register-Guard New York's Aulos Ensemble and soprano Julianne Baird will present "A Baroque Christmas" as part of the Chamber Music Series at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 1, in Beall Concert Hall at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave. Reserved seat tickets range from $12 to $27 through the Hult Center (682-5000) or the Erb Memorial Union (346-4363). UO Professor Robert Hurwitz will give a free pre-concert talk at 3:30 p.m. "A Baroque Christmas" features traditional carols, instrumental noels, cantatas and arias by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Corrette and others in an Old World holiday setting. Now an essential part of New York's holiday celebrations, the Aulos Ensemble presents a Baroque Christmas concert annually in the Medieval Sculpture Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The New York Times has reported, "If it has to be just one Christmas concert, this is it!" The popularity of Aulos Ensemble's New York holiday performances has led to seasonal tours throughout the country and a "Baroque Christmas" recording on the MHS/Musicalmasters label, now offered through the Metropolitan Museum catalog. Baird studied at the Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music: see Rochester, Univ. of. and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. She has a Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford University and has taught at Princeton, New England Conservatory and the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . She is currently on the faculty of Rutgers University. Baird has appeared with major symphonies, including the New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall and has long been considered one of the best orchestras in the world. , Cleveland Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , under such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Christopher Hogwood and Trevor Pinnock. In addition to radio and television appearances, she has more than 60 recordings, and is particularly known for her performances of early music. Formed in 1973 by five graduates of the Juilliard School, the Juilliard School, The (j  l`yärd), in New York City; school of music, drama, and dance; coeducational; est. Aulos
Ensemble was at the forefront of the "original instrument"
performance movement.
In addition to its touring schedule, the ensemble has its own concert series in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The ensemble has performed with harpsichordists Pinnock and Albert Fuller, violinists Jaap Schroeder and Stanley Richie, cellist Anner Byslma, oboist Michel Piguet and vocalists Jan de Gaetani, Bethany Beardslee, Charles Bressler and Dawn Upshaw. The Aulos Ensemble's first recording, released on the Musical Heritage Society label in 1981, received the Critic's Choice award from High Fidelity/Musical America magazine. Since then, the Aulos Ensemble has released more than a dozen CDs on the MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. label, including two-CD sets of Bach, G.F. Handel and Vivaldi and the complete Essercizi Musici of Georg Philipp Telemann Noun 1. Georg Philipp Telemann - German baroque composer (1681-1767) Telemann on five discs. The Aulos Ensemble can also be heard frequently on National Public Radio. CAPTION(S): The Aulos Ensemble's Christmas concert in New York became so popular that the group decided to tour. |
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