Dancing Back in Time with the Newberry Consort

By Kristina Powers, 17 April 2012

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Reviewed at University of Chicago: Assembly Hall, International House, Chicago on 13 April 2012

Newberry Consort

Paige Whitley-Bauguess, Dancer

Thomas Baird, Dancer

David Douglass, Viola da Gamba, Violin

Ellen Hargis, Soprano

Brandi Berry, Violin

Debra Nagy, Recorder, Oboe

Jeremy David Ward, Cello

Mark Shuldiner, Harpsichord

Old acquaintance not forgotten: Newberry Consort in Chicago presents Burns

Kristina Powers, 26th January

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot...” Each New Year’s Day, thousands of people join in traditional chorus to this hallowed strain, yet very few are aware of the origin of these beloved lyrics – the pen of Robert Burns.

****1

French Baroque Magic at the Haymarket Opera

Kristina Powers, 24th February

Orpheus and Euridice – A timeless Greek myth forever ingrained into the classical music repertoire. Since the very beginnings of operatic history, this heartbreaking and beautiful tale has endured numerous adaptions.

*****

A Blast from the Past

Kristina Powers, 10th September

“Who were these people? How did they think? What would it be like to experience life in their time and gain full insight into their musical minds?” These are some of the main questions I ask when doing research to aid my understanding of historically informed performance in 17th and 18th-century Baroque music.

*****

Breath and soul: Bach’s eloquent oboe at the Seattle Bach Festival

Thomas May, 9th November

In ‘The Eloquent Oboe’, Tekla Cunningham and colleagues draw out the quiet drama in solo Bach cantatas – where the oboe’s sigh becomes the soul’s own speech.

****1

TENET: Portraits in Song, Renaissance Italy from Ciconia to Petrucci

Amanda Keil, 3rd February

To accompany the exhibition “The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini,” the early music ensemble TENET held court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a lovely concert of musical portraits from the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

***11

Breath and soul: Bach’s eloquent oboe at the Seattle Bach Festival

Thomas May, 9th November

In ‘The Eloquent Oboe’, Tekla Cunningham and colleagues draw out the quiet drama in solo Bach cantatas – where the oboe’s sigh becomes the soul’s own speech.

****1

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Kristina Powers

Kristina is a Liberal Arts major at Lewis University in Illinois and an experienced musician with a passion for historically informed performance practice. A violinist since the age of six, she plays several instruments, sings soprano, is continuing her musical education and performs at local venues.