BAROQUE & BEYOND

2nd Annual Baroque Music Festival


February 15 – 23, 2008

In collaboration with the Houston Camerata Ventepane
Barrett Sills, Artistic Director
17 internationally-acclaimed artists converge for a week of baroque concerts and recitals in the heart of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15-23

Exhibition: The Marvel of Strings
Sponsored by the Escuela de Lauderia, Queretaro
Monday to Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Bella Artes, Entrance Free.







FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15

Conference: Keyboard Wizardry
Juan Luis Garcia Orozco,
Master harpischord builder 12:00 Noon
Place: Bella Artes, Entrance: Free













Monday, February 18

12:00 Noon CONCERT at Posada de San Francisco
Artist: Claudine Gomez, harpsichord
Program: Nuances, Inflections, and Fancy

1:00 PM Post-matinee Lunch service begins

Program Feb 18th "Nuances, Inflections, and Fancy"




 



Monday, February 18

7.00 PM The Hyder House
The Noble Cello
Interactive performance of Italian Baroque music
Barrett Sills, cello, and Sebastian Knebel, harpsichord for Patrons and Season ticket holders only/wine reception follows  


Program: “The Noble Cello”


 

 


Tuesday, February 19


12:00 Noon La Puertecita Boutique Hotel
“Dances of the French Baroque Theater”,
Film: and Demo
Artists: Dr. Yvonne Kendall, musicologist and Barrett Sills, cello
2:00 PM Post-presentation Lunch service begins


Program
“Dances of the French Baroque Theater



 



Tuesday, February 19


7:00 PM The Toller Cranston Gallery
Voice & Viol at the Royal Court
The Houston Camerata Ventapane
Wine reception follows

Program: "Voice & Viol at the Royal Court"


 

 

 

 




Wednesday, February 20

12.00 Noon Casa Grau
Italian Songs and Arias
Artists: Ana Treviño, soprano, and Miguel Cicero, harpsichord

Program:"Baroque & Beyond"



 


Wednesday, February 20


5:00 PM St. Paul’s Church

Theorba & instruments d'amore
The Capella Guanajuatensis (Misha Rovinski, viola de gamba, Cuauhtémoc Trejo, Baroque flute, Jose Suarez, harpsichord, Joyce Alper, baroque oboe, and William Baurer, Baroque viola &viola d'amore





 

 


Thursday February 21


12:00 Noon Instituto Allende
Music for Kings
Artists: Eloy Cruz, theorbo, Cuauhtémoc Trejo and Vincent Touzet, Baroque flute



Program:"Music for Kings"






Thursday February 21

7:00 PM Rancho La Loma
Rustic Italian Evening
Artist: The Camerata Ventapane





Program: "Rustic Italian Evening"

 

 


Friday, February 22



7:00 PM Atotonilco Sanctuary
From Bach to Boccherini
Camerata Ventapane and special guests


 






 

 


Friday, February 22



8:30 PM GALA DINNER!
At Hacienda Atotonilco

Silent Auction

















Saturday February 23


12:00 Noon Bellas Artes
Music at the Dresden Court
Sebastian Knebel, harpsichord
FAMILY RECITAL
Free admission
Program "Music at the Dresden Court"





Saturday, February 23


8:30 PM Santa Clara Church, Queretaro
Encore Concert/Dinner and Shuttle
Artists: Camerata Ventepane

Program "Encore!"


 


 


*Venues and artists are subject to change without notice