Sweet Flutes of the Baroque: A Musical Tour of Passion and Place
Cambridge, MA – Immerse yourself in the elegance and charm of the high Baroque era with Sweet Flutes of the Baroque, featuring celebrated musicians Jesse Lepkoff (traverso and recorders) and John McKean (harpsichord). The performance will take place in the intimate and acoustically superb Lindsay Chapel at First Church in Cambridge, located at 11 Garden Street.
Audiences will be transported through the refined musical landscapes of four nations, with works by Handel (Germany/England), Purcell (England), Leclair (France), Geminiani (Italy), and Loeillet (Belgium) and others. With a variety of recorder sizes and the warm, expressive tones of the Baroque flute (traverso), paired with the richly textured harpsichord, this recital promises a vibrant and historically informed interpretation of some of the 18th century’s most evocative chamber music.
Concert Title: Sweet Flutes of the Baroque
Performers: Jesse Lepkoff – traverso and recorders; John McKean – harpsichord
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Location: Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Admission: $20.00
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Lepkoff received his graduate education at the Royal Conservatory in the Netherlands with baroque flutist Wilbert Hazelzet. His many performances include appearances with The Smithsonian Chambers Players, The Musicians of Swanne Alley, The Newberry Consort, Joel Fredriksen & Ensemble Phoenix, The Arcadia Players and as a soloist with The National Symphony under the direction of Christopher Hogwood. He has appeared at many major festivals around the world including Tanglewood, Aix en Provence, Wolf Trap, BEMF, Holland Festival Oude Muziek, Utrect, Festival d’Ile de France among others. The Springfield Union News reported: “His phrasing seemed to defy the human body’s oxygen requirements, while remaining infinitely graceful and acoustically penetrating.”
John McKean is a harpsichordist and musicologist based in Boston, where he serves on the faculty of the Longy School of Music. Frequently in demand as both a soloist and continuo player, he has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America, with concert engagements bringing him to venues as far afield as the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Fondazione Cini (Venice), Museu da Música (Lisbon), St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London), Norðurljós Hall (Reykjavík, Iceland), and the Philips Collection (Washington, DC). Critically acclaimed for his “intelligent” and “precise” playing (The Washington Post) as well as his “sonorous brilliance and thrilling, dance-like energy” (Allgäuer Zeitung), Dr. McKean performs with leading American and European ensembles, including Apollo’s Fire, Emmanuel Music, the Catacoustic Consort, Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Habsburger Camerata, and has appeared with the Jacksonville, Naples, Portland (Maine), and Pittsburg symphony orchestras (among others).
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