Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble will present three performances in Staunton, Greenwood and Keswick to celebrate Mozart’s birthday this weekend.
The performance is titled “Clarinet Quintet: Mozart’s Viennese Heritage.”
Performances include:
- Friday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. – Trinity Episcopal Church, 214 W. Beverley St., Staunton
- Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. – Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 7599 Rockfish Gap (Rt. 250 West), Greenwood
- Sunday, Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. – Grace Episcopal Church, 5607 Gordonsville Rd., Keswick
The artist’s include:
- Fiona Hughes, Artistic Director, violin
- Dominic Giardino, historical clarinet
- Aisslinn Nosky, violin
- Natalie Kress, viola
- Benjamin Wyatt, cello
The performance will feature one of Mozart’s great masterpieces: the Clarinet Quintet, K.581 (1789). The program will also include other works of Viennese origin and a string quartet by Josef Haydn, played on Classical period instruments with gut strings and transitional bows of a design just prior to modern instruments. Violinist Aisslinn Nosky is featured along with historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino.
Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble offers little-know music of the baroque and well-known favorites.
Doors open 30 minutes before each performance.
Tickets are available online or at the door. Tickets are $30 each. Youth and students have free admission.
For more information, call (434) 409-3424.
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Crystal Graham
