La Follia Austin Baroque presents “Tell Me A Story”

La Follia Austin Baroque presents “Tell Me A Story”.

Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 8pm

Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4pm

First Presbyterian Church

8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas

Free, ample, safe parking

$30 General / $25 Senior / $10 Student

Tickets available at the door via cash, check, or credit card, or pre-purchase online at www.lafollia.org

The La Follia string ensemble performs music which tells a story.  Featured are Stephen Redfield, violin, in Vivaldi’s “Winter” from the Four Seasons; Stephanie Raby, gamba, and Valerie Chaussonet, narrator, in Marais’s “Gall Bladder Operation”, and Keith Womer, harpsichord, in Bach’s “Capriccio on the departure of a dear brother”.

The Program

Telemann –  Ouverture-Suite “Burlesque de Quixotte” (The story of Don Quixote)

Bach –  Capriccio sopra la lontanza del suo fratello dilettissimo (Capriccio on the departure of a dear brother)

L. Mozart – Die Schlittenfahrt (“The sleigh ride”)

Biber –  Battalia  à 10 in D-Major  c 61 (A musical depiction of a battle)

Marais –  Suite en mi  mineur (“The gall bladder operation”)

Vivaldi – Le Quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons): “L’Inverno (Winter)”