An English Soiree: music for slide trumpet & soprano, 6/24/2016

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The Berry Collective presents:

Mister Harper and Ms Novello: An English Soirée

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Featuring soprano Sarah Moyer 

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& historical trumpeter Christopher Belluscio

On Friday, June 24, at 7:30 pm The Berry Collective (Sylvia Berry and friends) will perform at St. James Episcopal Church.
This highly unusual program celebrates two 19th century virtuosos: trumpeter Thomas Harper Sr. and soprano Clara Novello. Harper was famous for playing the slide trumpet and Cornopean, and Novello was one of the most internationally acclaimed singers of her day. She and Harper (as well as Harper’s son) often performed together, dazzling audiences with double cadenzas in works written for them, as well as favorites such as “Let the Bright Seraphim.”
This concert will feature three historical instruments: Belluscio’s English slide trumpet (Westminster, 1840), his Cornopean (London, 1850) and Berry’s piano, a grand built by John Broadwood and Son in 1806. This concert is also being presented by Cornet Conspiracy, a group of historical brass instrument collectors that meets annually. The program is slated to include:
  • Three Parlour Ballads (Sir Henry Bishop)
  • Four Movements for Trumpet and Piano (John Norton)
  • Mermaid’s Song (Joseph Haydn)
  • Recollection (Haydn)
  • Sailor’s Song (Haydn)
  • Thine Forever, for soprano and slide trumpet (Bishop)
  • Finale from Piano Sonata in E-flat, Hob. XVI: 52 (Haydn)
  • Ave Maria (Franz Schubert)
  • Let the Bright Seraphim (G.F. Handel)Sarah Moyer, soprano

Friday, June 24, 2016 – 7:30pm
St. James Episcopal Church
1170 Broadway
Somerville , MA 02144
Admission to this concert is by donation.
Concertgoers are encouraged (not required!) to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to Helping Hand Food Pantry., a mission of St. James, Cambridge, that we are happy to help support.

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