BACH'S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 & TELEMANN'S TAFELMUSIK I

MIDWINTER BAROQUE DAYDREAM

FEATURING BACH’S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 & TELEMANN’S TAFELMUSIK I

Sunday, February 2 at 4 p.m.
First Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City

This concert was part of Bach in Baltimore’s 2018-2019 Season. View the full season in our Archives.

PROGRAM SUMMARY

FULL PROGRAM:

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Telemann’s Tafelmusik I: Ouverture in E minor
Vivaldi’s Concerto for two flutes
Bach’s Concerto for two harpsichords

FEATURED MUSICIANS:

Kimberly Valerio, flute
Anita Thesen, flute
Bozena Jedrzejczak Brown, harpsichord
Wayne L. Wold, harpsichord

GUEST QUARTET:

Please welcome the Güde String Quartet, part of the Performance Academy for Strings at Peabody Preparatory under the direction of
Christian Tremblay. They will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E Minor, Op 44, No. 2, Allegro assai appassionato.

Musicians:
Anne-Marie Wnek, violin
Miyabi Henriksen, violin
Martin Rojas, viola
Jennifer Park, cello

PROGRAM DETAILS

The Baroque period ushered into being some of the greatest instrumental music of all time—intricate, robust, and innovative sounds that lift the soul, unburden the mind, and burst with joy. Our Midwinter Baroque Daydream concert offers you an afternoon escape from winter’s chill with the best of the best, including Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, which will be paired with Telemann’s masterpiece Tafelmusik I: Ouverture in E minor. We conclude the afternoon with a pair of pairs: Bach’s unique Concerto for two harpsichords and Vivaldi’s Concerto for two flutes.

Tickets: $25 Regular / $27 Door

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

Bozena Brown, harpsichord

Bozena Jedrzejczak Brown holds a master’s degree from The Peabody Institute and earned an individualized master’s degree at Northern Illinois University. She received a bachelor’s in music theory from The Frederic Chopin Music University in Poland. She teaches harpsichord and rudiments of figured bass at The Baltimore School for the Arts and is a faculty member at Garrison Forest School. Ms. Brown freelances as a continuo player on harpsichord and chamber organ and has performed with many groups in the Mid-Atlantic region including Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Washington’s Camerata among others.

Kimberly Valerio, flute

Flutist Kimberly Valerio’s sound has been described as having “sparkle and verve” by the Baltimore Sun, “gorgeous sound”, “sweet purity” by the Capital Gazette, and “graceful elegance” by the Severna Park Voice. She hold a bachelors in flute performance from the Peabody Institute where she studied with Mark Sparks. Her principal teachers have included Mary Louise Poor, Bonnie Lake, Donald Peck, and Walfrid Kujala. In addition, she has performed in master classes with Carol Wincenc, Robert Willoughby, Donald Peck and was a featured performer in the James Galway Masterclass at the National Flute Association‘s 1997 Chicago convention.

She has been awarded first place honors in many competitions including the Chicago Flute Society, the Liberty Freemont Concert Society, the Society of American Musicians, Chicago’s Musical Arts, and the Elmhurst Symphony Young Artist Competition. Ms. Valerio’s past teaching appointments include St. Mary’s College, Salisbury State University, Anne Arundel Community College, and Peabody Preparatory.

She has been playing principal flute with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra since 2004 and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra since 1998. She has performed with the Saint Louis Symphony throughout 2002-2004, Baltimore Symphony, Washington National Opera, National Philharmonic, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, Spoleto Festival Orchestra U.S.A., Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, South Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra.

Anita Thesen, flute

Anita Thesen, flute, received her Masters and Doctoral degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, where she was awarded the Britten Johnson Memorial Flute Prize. An active musician in the Baltimore area, she performed on flute and piccolo with the Concert Artists of Baltimore for over twenty years. She has also performed with many other ensembles including the Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Opera Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Maryland Symphony, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Lancaster Symphony, the Chesapeake Orchestra, the Bach Concert Series and the Moscow Ballet. She won first place in the National Flute Association Orchestral Competition, and was a top prize winner in the Flute Society of Washington Young Artist Competition. Dr. Thesen teaches flute and music history full-time at Morgan State University; she also teaches flute and chamber music through the Peabody Preparatory.

Wayne L. Wold, harpsichord

Wayne L. Wold is a professor, college organist, and chair of the Music Department at Hood College in Frederick, MD. He is the director of Music Ministry at First Lutheran Church in Ellicott City, MD. An active composer, author, performer, church musician, and clinician, Wold holds a DMA from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA; a MSM from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH; and a B.Mus from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. He earned the certification of AAGO (Associate of the American Guild of Organists) and received the “Alumnus of Excellence Award” in 2015 from Shenandoah Conservatory. He is editor and frequent author of a monthly column entitled “Musicians on the Side” in The American Organist. Wold is the author of three books, numerous articles, and dozens of anthem and hymn texts. His published compositions number over 300 and include works for organ, adult and children’s choirs, and various instrumental ensembles, plus a children’s musical and psalm settings and hymn tunes that appear in numerous hymnals in the U.S. and Australia. He served on the editorial committee for the hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship. He has presented numerous recitals and improvised hymn festivals across the U.S. and in Europe. Mr. Wold has performed as harpsichordist with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Hood Chamber Players, the National String Sinfonia, the Frederick Symphony Orchestra, and Bach in Baltimore. He is an active member of both the Baltimore and Central Maryland Chapters of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), a member and past regional president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM), and a member of The Hymn Society in the U.S. and Canada. He has led workshops for all three organizations.

Güde String Quartet

The Güde String Quartet was formed at Peabody Preparatory in the Performance Academy for Strings, a program that fosters the development of serious young musicians and supports their chamber music growth and aspirations. The members of the quartet have all individually been recognized in regional and national competitions on their instruments, and have developed a wonderful string quartet sound and energy. Their chamber music coach at Peabody is Dr. Daniel Levitov, well-known cellist and pedagogue in the Baltimore area.