In the Fields in Frost and Snow Presented by: Renaissance & Baroque Society Flutist Chris Norman and violinist David Greenberg present a musical celebration of winter drawn from Canada's Maritime heritage rooted in the traditions of the British Isles interwoven with works by CPE Bach, Telemann, and Tartini. Date: 12/06/2009 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map Newberry Consort: Arcadia Revisted Presented by: Renaissance & Baroque Society In the wake of fires, famine, war, and royal beheadings, Londoners sought solace in the utopian pastoral fantasy they called Arcadia. The beautiful music of William Lawes, Nicholas Lanier, John Wilson. and Henry Purcell spun stories of mythological drama and frolicking comedy that entertained nobles and commoner alike. Date: 01/23/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map Axelrod Quartet: Fugues Presented by: Renaissance & Baroque Society Seduce your "immortal beloved" with the sensuous interplay of of subject and counter subject in three different takes on the fugue, originating with Bach's The Art of Fugue and leading to quartets by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Date: 02/18/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map Musica Pacifica: Dancing in the Isles Presented by: Renaissance & Baroque Society With rousing Baroque folk and dance music from Scotland, Ireland, and England, this program includes arrangements of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes, dance suite from English theater, Jacobean masque music, sonatas by Oswald, McGibbon, Matteis, Veracini, and Purcell's famous "Three Parts upon a Ground." Date: 03/20/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map Ensemble Masques: Musical Fencing School Presented by: Renaissance & Baroque Society En garde! Touché! Plié! A rousing evening of dance and fight music. This vibrant Montrèal-based ensemble takes you on a tour of Europe with pieces by Purcell, Vivaldi, JCF Bach, Rameau; and more to the point, Schmeltzer's "Fechtschule" (fencing school). Date: 04/17/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map