The 20th anniversary year of the Gallery Concert Series will continue with the Jan. 17 presentation by the Venturi Winds of Guelph.
This program will feature four centuries of chamber music.
The series takes place six times a year at the Wellington County Museum and Archives at 2pm on Sundays, with tickets at affordable prices for the whole family available at the door.
The concerts are made possible through the non-profit organization: the Gallery Music Group, in partnership with the Wellington County Museum and Archives, and many talented musicians who donate their live performances to the series.
Included in the coming program of the Venturi Winds will be one of the Opus 56 Quintets – N.o 2 in g minor – by Franz Danzi. He did much to promote the “standard” instrumentation of wind quintets. There will also be a transcription of a work by Telemann – the Overture to Suite.
The variety of the program is typical of the series, making its audience appeal broad and interesting.
A blend of classical music with contemporary jazz, written for wind quintet will follow, with the first movement, Three by Four, from Blues au Vent by Don Haddad.
In contrast the romantic work for quintet by Paul Taffanel will be performed. Works from chamber groups are rare for the Romantic period. Marianne Bodrug, soprano, Peter Bald, piano, and Greg Stroh, flute, will provide an interlude, consisting of pieces by Bach, such as Sheep May Safely Graze and a portion of the Kaffe-Kantate.
