Recorded on January 20, 2022, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, NYC

In the 17th century, Queen Christina abdicated her Swedish Lutheran throne and migrated to Rome, capital of the Catholic gilded Baroque.  She inaugurated a salon of Arcadians, a group of poets and musicians devoted to a reformed poetry and a bucolic ideal.  In her own garden, and after her death, in the gardens of great patrons, the Arcadians would gather to discuss, recite, and listen to cantatas and sonatas of Stradella, Corelli, Scarlatti and Handel.  Our January program takes you to a meeting of those Roman would-be shepherds.

Ensemble

Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Olivier Brault & Evan Few, violin
Loretta O’Sullivan, cello
Scott Pauley, lute
Andrew Appel & Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord

Program

Stradella, Corelli, Buononcini, Handel

Queen Christina was the galvanizing force behind a collection of poets and musicians called the Arcadians. With a focus on bucolic and the hearts of shepherds and shepherdesses, Stradella, Corelli, Scarlatti, and Handel enjoyed the patronage and the respect of Rome's most important patrons and poets. This program brings an evening in Roman Arcadian gardens of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

General admission tickets: $50

Performances at the Chapel of The Church of the Heavenly Rest are made possible with a generous gift from Christian Draz.