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Directed by Preethi de Silva


Fall 2019

Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

Boston Court Performing Arts Center
70 North Mentor Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106

EXHILARATING BAROQUE CANTATAS, ARIAS, AND SONATAS

Music of
Bach, Handel, and Telemann
J.S. BACH
Arias for a solo voice with obbligato instruments from the cantatas
Schwingt Euch empor, BWV 36                                              
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56                          
Erhalt uns Herr, bei Deinem Wort, BWV 126                         

GEORG FRIEDERICH HÄNDEL
Arias with an obbligato instrument
In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209                                

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Trio Sonata in E-flat for oboe and obbligato harpsichord

Cantatas for a solo voice with an obbligato instrument
Die Hoffnung ist mein Leben                                                    


Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68
Es wartet alles auf dich, BWV 187



Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206





“Ich schaue bloß auf Gottes Güte” (Harmonischer Gottesdienst)
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Andrea Zomorodian
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William Skeen
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Alex Haynes-Pilon
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Preethi de Silva
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John Buffett
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Janet Worsley-Strauss
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Lot Demeyer
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Andrea Zomorodian, soprano
John Buffett, baritone
Lot Demeyer, baroque oboe
Janet Worsley-Strauss, baroque violin
William Skeen, baroque violoncello and violoncello piccolo
Alex Haynes-Pilon, violoncello continuo
Preethi de Silva, harpsichord, artistic director
TICKETS
General admission: Adults: $30
Seniors, members of SCEMS, EMA, AMS, and Friends of Con Gioia: $25
Students and children: $12   ​
Buy Tickets Now
Tickets (to be held at the door) available online after October 1, 2019 by clicking on the button above
or by mailing a check with e-mail address or phone number before October 30, 2019 to Con Gioia,
900 East Harrison Avenue, C-21, Pomona, CA 91767. For further information, call 909.624.0638

Spring 2019

Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

958 Lincoln Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90403

C.P.E. Bach and Mozart Redux

Preethi de Silva, fortepianist, Artistic Director of Con Gioia
performing on a copy of an eighteenth-century Viennese fortepiano will present a recital of music by these two great masters of keyboard music, with introductory remarks on the chosen works.
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Program

Selections from
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Six Collections of Sonatas, Rondos, and Fantasias for Keyboard (from Wq. 55, 58, 59, and 61) and
the “Hamlet” Fantasia

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Modulating Fantasia, Rondo in A minor, K. 511 and
Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Suggested Donations:
Adults: $25
Friends of Con Gioia: $20; Seniors; and members of SCEMS, EMA, and AMS: $20 and
Students and children: $12
Concert Donations
SPECIAL OFFER
         Those making a donation via the Internet or by mail before March 21 will receive a CD of
         Preethi de Silva’s recording of some of the keyboard works by C. P. E. Bach, which may be
         collected at the box office on March 24.
Tickets (to be held at the door) available online after February 15, 2019 at
www.congioia.org or by mailing a check and e-mail address or phone number before March 20, 2019 to: 
Con Gioia, 900 East Harrison Avenue, C-21, Pomona CA. 91767. For further information, call 909.624.0638

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