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9th Season, 2024-25

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Sunday February 23, 2025​

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From Dresden with Love: Music of Resilience​

This winter, we’re bringing you warm greetings and resilience "From Dresden with Love" as we return to the green vault, first explored by LAB's Big Band in March 2023, to mine more treasures from the jewel box orchestra.

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J. David Heinichen: Overture-Suite in G Major, S. 205

J. Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D Minor, FaWW L:d4

J. David Heinichen: Concerto for Four Flutes and Strings, S. 211
J. Gottlieb Janitsch: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (II. Largo, III. Adagio)
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for the Dresden Orchestra, RV 577
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Preceded by prelude music from 3:15 pm as you enter the Sanctuary, performed by LAB's South Pasadena Consort Club and the LAB Oboe Band.

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Sunday November 17, 2024

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Pardon my French! The Music of Versailles

​​This fall, LAB is going big, we’re going bold, and we’re going French! We’ll be performing two suites on the same story, Bacchus and Ariadne, as set by O.G. French opera composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, and one of his most successful students, Marin Marais. The tale involves love, wine and a happy ending… Perfect for fall! Then we’ll look at how Telemann "does French" in one of the suites, which seems to fit perfectly with Versailles. We can marvel at how Telemann is the eternal chameleon yet manages to always pull it off with his unique style.

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​Les Hautbois du LAB: Opening Fanfare

Lully: Suite from Le Triomphe de l’amore et de Bacchus and Passacaille from Armide
Telemann: Overture-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D18
Marais: Suite from Ariane et Bacchus

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8th Season, 2023-24

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

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Bohemian Rhapsody!​

When we think of "Baroque" music, many of us think Germany, Italy, France, England… and then the list starts to trail off. This often has much more to do with modern political history and scholarship than the richness of the repertories. Thankfully, this is starting to change, and this Spring, we’re digging into delicious music by Czech composers and the patronage of the Prague Court. One of the other themes in this program is how composers processed life's challenges through music. This area of the world had suffered greatly from plague and the 30 Years’ War. And yet, Zelenka and Biber wrote pieces that would have brought these topics into a salon-type setting.

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František Ignác Antonín Tuma: Partita in D Minor

Jan Dismas Zelenka: Hipocondrie à 7 Concertanti in A Major 
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for Flute and Strings in G Major

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Battalia à 9 in D Major

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: Sinfonia in G Major

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

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High School Musicale: The Ladies of Vivaldi's Venice​

Welcome to 18th-century Carnivale season in Venice, where party-hardy nobles from all over Europe came to get down, hit the gambling tables, and take in a show, Vegas-style! One of the most coveted tickets in town was an unlikely spot just round the corner from the famous Basilica San Marco: a school for young women with one of the best orchestras in Europe, led by the "Red Priest" Antonio Vivaldi himself. We celebrate the spirit of the season, the talent of Vivaldi’s orchestra, and a composer who changed 18th-century music. 

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Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G Major, RV 149  

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The "All #1s" Concerto

Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins, RV 580 (I: Allegro · Interlude: Largo)

Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major (I: Largo)

Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major "Il Gardellino" (The Goldfinch) RV 428 (I: Allegro)
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The G Minor "Remix" Concerto

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor from "La Cetra" Op 9 (The Lyre), RV 334 (I: Allegro non molto · II: Largo) 

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 329 (III: Allegro)

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The "Tutti Flutti" Concerto

Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for Two Flutes, RV 533 (I: Allegro molto · II: Largo) 

Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for Sopranino Recorder, RV 443 (III: Allegro molto)
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Vivaldi: La Follia in D Minor, RV 63 (arranged by Marco Nason)

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Sunday, November 12, 2023

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Bath Time: Music for Matchmaking Season

Grab your finest silk coat or gown, and the latest gossip column! We're heading to the resort town of Bath, in Somerset, England. Enjoy a one-hour program that local 18th-century philanthropist Ralph Allen might have hosted: concertos by Handel, Corelli and Hellendaal; then, at the magical golden hour, selections from Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Dapper Georgian dress is encouraged, and a party with the musicians follows the concert. Join us for our 8th Season Opener!

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.2 in F Major (c.1712)

George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.1 in Bb Major (published 1734)

​Pieter Hellendaal: Concerto Grosso, Op.3 No.4 in Eb Major (published c.1758)

Henry Purcell: Instrumental selections from The Fairy Queen (1692)