More Baroque To Come

When John Carter first heard the New England Baroque Soloists, he persuaded them to play four concerts in the summer of 2006 at St. John’s Church in Salisbury. The Northwest Music Association is dedicated to bringing these concerts — and others — to the public free. It was the NMA that sponsored last spring’s successful free performances of “Peter and the Wolf.�

    This summer’s first concert on July 22 by this group was lovely:  a Bach trio sonata; a concerto for horn, oboe and violin by the now little-known German composer, J.J. Quantz; and an Italian piece by Allessandro Stradella.  

   But the highlights were an organ voluntary and — certainly the greatest piece on the program — the opening and ending movements of Bach’s first solo suite for the cello.  Brief but deeply moving.

   You can join a usually packed house on Wednesday, Aug. 5 and 12 at St. John’s Church in Salisbury.  Concerts are at 5 p.m., last about an hour and are free.

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