"The Baroque Big Band", Julie Scolnik, artistic director

Mistral’s 27th Season continues just on the heels of Thanksgiving, heralding the holiday season with a concert that once again celebrates the glorious repertoire of the Baroque era.  Like last season, this year’s performance will take place in the intimate venue of Ruggles Baptist Church in Boston/Brookline.

As always, the concerto soloists will take turns in the spotlight, including four dynamic violinists with illustrious careers in award-winning string quartets and solo careers—Sarita Kwok, Gabriela Diaz, and newcomers Rebecca Fisher, and Emma Frucht—with Mistral favorites, violist Stephanie Fong, bassist Donald Palma, artistic director and flutist Julie Scolnik, harpsichordist Ian Watson, and oboist Kemp Jernigan! Together, in various combinations of solo, double and triple concerti, they will present beguiling works by J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Handel, Marcello, and Falconieri.

“Warm and fuzzy doesn’t begin to describe the flood of love we feel when we walk out onto the stage each year,” said Scolnik. “Music lovers put aside their long lists of holiday chores to come together with friends, family, and community to escape and listen to this glorious, uplifting music!”

Gabriela Diaz, Rebecca Fischer, Emma Frucht, & Sarita Kwok, violins; Stephanie Fong, viola; Kemp Jernigan, oboe; Joshua Gordon, cello; Donald Palmer, bass; Julie Scolnik, flute; Ian Watson, harpsichord

VIVALDI Concerto for 4 violins in B minor RV 580.
S. BACH Suite # 2 for flute & strings, BWV 1067
HÄNDEL Lascia ch\’io pianga Aria from the opera Rinaldo for solo viola
VIVALDI: Concerto in D Minor for two violins & cello RV 565
ROYER L’Aimable for solo harpsichord
MARCELLO Oboe Concerto in
VIVALDI Concerto in A Minor for two violins, RV 522
FALCONIERI Ciaccona

This special concert is in honor of Maria Martell-Winthrop, a cherished friend and music lover whose life was tragically cut short.