# American Bach Soloists at Herbst Theatre, August 7, 2021

[American Bach Soloists](https://americanbach.org/sfbachfestival/) presents _The Garden of Harmony_  
[Herbst Theatre](http://www.sfwmpac.org/herbst-theatre)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Saturday, August 7, 2021

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## Tentative Program

* William Williams • Sonata “In Imitation of Birds”
* Marco Uccellini • Aria Nona, “The hen & cuckoo make a fine concert”
* Robert Johnson • “Hark! hark! the Lark!” & “Have you seen the bright lily grow?”
* Thomas Arne • “When daisies pied”
* Anonymous • “This merry pleasant spring”
* Johann Heinrich Schmelzer • Violin Sonata “Cuckoo“
* George Frideric Handel • Organ Concerto “The Cuckoo & the Nightingale”
* Charles Avison • Concerto Grosso in D Minor after Scarlatti “The Garden of Harmony”
* José de Herrando • Sonata “The Garden of Aranjuez in Spring”
* Antonio Vivaldi • Concerto in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord (“The Nightingale”) 

## Set One

[7:00 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements from Jeffrey Thomas; pause}  
[7:07 PM] {entrance of the initial performers: Elizabeth Blumenstock, Gretchen Claassen, YuEun Gemma Kim, Corey Jamason}

### Williams: Sonata “In Imitation of Birds”

William Williams (1675–1701): Sonata “In Imitation of Birds”, No. 6 of Six Sonatas in Three Parts (1700)

01. [7:08 PM] Adagio
02. [7:09 PM] Allegro
03. [7:11 PM] Grave
04. [7:12 PM] Allegro  
[7:13 PM] {work ends; pause}

### Uccellini: Aria Nona à 3

01. [7:13 PM] Marco Uccellini (1603–1680): Aria Nona à 3: _Maritati insieme la Gallina e il Cucco fanno un bel concerto (Married together, the hen & cuckoo make a fine concert)_ from _Sonate, Arie e Correnti à due e à tre_ (1642)  
[7:16 PM] {work ends, all off; pause to reset the stage for the next segment}

### Vocal Segment

[7:18 PM] {entrance of the next performers: Elizabeth Blumenstock, Corey Jamason, Nola Richardson}

01. [7:18 PM] Robert Johnson (1583–1633): _Hark! hark! the Lark!_ (?1609), words by William Shakespeare (1564–1616), from _Cymbeline_ (1611), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied only by Corey Jamason: harpsichord.
02. [7:19 PM] Thomas Arne (1710–1778): _When daisies pied_ (1740), words by Shakespeare, from _Love's Labours Lost_ (mid 1590's), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied only by Corey Jamason.
03. [7:23 PM] Anonymous: _This merry pleasant spring_ (16th Century), from _the Turpyn Book of Lute Songs_ (ca. 1610–1615), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied by EB & CJ.
04. [7:27 PM] Robert Johnson: _Have you seen the bright lily grow?_ (1616), words by Ben Jonson (1573–1637), featuring Nola Richardson, accompanied only by Corey Jamason.  
[7:30 PM] {vocal segment ends; all off; pause to reset the stage for the next segment - swapping out the harpsichord for a very tiny organ}

### Schmelzer: Violin Sonata in A minor

01. [7:33 PM] Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1623–1680): Violin Sonata in A minor 'Cu-Cu' (1673), featuring Tekla Cunningham, Corey Jamason, and William Skeen  
[7:39 PM] {work ends; pause to set out more chairs and music stands}

### George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): Organ Concerto No.13, HWV 295

[7:42 PM] {entrance of tonight's full ensemble}

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): Organ Concerto No.13 in F major, HWV 295, featuring Corey Jamason

11. [7:42 PM] Larghetto
12. [7:44 PM] Allegro
13. [7:48 PM] Larghetto
14. [7:51 PM] Allegro  
[7:54 PM] {work ends; applause & bow, then set break!}

## Set Two

[8:11 PM] {lights down; greetings and announcements from Jeffrey Thomas; waiting}  

### Avison: Concerto Grosso No.5: The Garden of Harmony

Charles Avison (ca. 1709–1770): Concerto Grosso No.5 in D Minor after Scarlatti “The Garden of Harmony” (1744), featuring Tatiana Chulochnikova

1. [8:13 PM] Largo (source unknown)
2. [8:15 PM] Allegro (Scarlatti Kk11, transposed)
3. [8:18 PM] Andante moderato (Scarlatti Kk41)
4. [8:21 PM] Allegro (Scarlatti Kk5)  
[8:23 PM] {work ends; applause; performers off; pause to reset the stage}

### Herrando: Sonata de violín intitulada: El Jardín de Aranjuez

[8:26 PM] {performers out for this work: Corey Jamason, YuEun Gemma Kim, and William Skeen; brief JT talk & YGK demos}

José de Herrando (ca. 1720–1763): Sonata de violín intitulada: _El Jardín de Aranjuez en tiempo de Primavera, con diversos cantos de páxaros y otros animales (The Garden of Aranjuez in Spring, with various songs of birds and other animals)_ (?1754)

1. [8:29 PM] Allegro
2. [8:34 PM] Andante
3. [8:38 PM] Allegro moderato  
[8:42 PM] {work ends; applause; performers off; pause to reset the stage}

### Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, RV 335

[8:44 PM] {everybody back out for the finale}

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, _Il Rosignuolo (The Nightingale)_, RV 335 (ca. 1759), featuring Rachell Ellen Wong

1. [8:45 PM] Allegro
2. [8:49 PM] Largo
3. [8:51 PM] Allegro  
[8:54 PM] {set ends; bows and applause; all off; done!}

## Performers

[American Bach Soloists](http://americanbach.org/)

* [Jacob Ashworth](http://www.jacobashworth.com/): violin;
* [Elizabeth Blumenstock](http://www.philharmonia.org/about/orchestra/elizabeth-blumenstock/): violin;
* [Tatiana Chulochnikova](http://tatiana.world/): violin;
* Gretchen Claassen: baroque cello;
* [Tekla Cunningham](https://www.facebook.com/tekla.cunningham): violin;
* [Tomà Iliev](http://tomailiev.com/): viola;
* [Corey Jamason](http://www.sfbach.org/corey-jamason): harpsichord;
* [YuEun Gemma Kim](https://www.facebook.com/yueunkimviolin/about/): violin;
* Steven Lehning: violone;
* [Nola Richardson](https://www.nolarichardson.com/): soprano vox;
* William Skeen: baroque cello;
* Noah Strick: violin.
* Jeffrey Thomas: conductor, music director;
* [Rachell Ellen Wong](https://www.rachellwong.com/): violin.

## Notes

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[Program Notes](https://view.publitas.com/american-bach-soloists/2021-abs-summer-festival-program-book/page/1) or {{:2021:2021-08:20210807_pn.pdf|program notes}}

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