May’s Foothills Musisc Club meeting May 10 was hosted by Carole Bartol. President Jeanette Shackelford presided over a short business meeting before all went “broke for B’roque.” Baroque music was created during the years of 1600 through 1750.
To begin the program, Mimi Child Traxler played all three movements of J.S. Bach’s “Sonata in G Minor, S. 1020.” The piece is meant for piano and flute; however, in this case, Traxler’s piano stood alone.
A trio of alto recorder, soprano recorder and bassoon, played by Elaine Jenkins, Jeanette Comer and Karen Molnar respectively, entertained with Jean Baptiste Lully’s “Que la Gloire a Jamais le Couronne” from “Le Temple de la Paix” and “Quel Coeur Sauvage icy ne s’engage” from “Alceste.” The trio also performed “Pipes Are Sweet on Summer’s Day,” from John Dryden’s demi-opera “King Arthur” by Henry Purcell, and “Bourree” from “The Water Music” by George Frederic Handel.
Soprano Elaine Jenkins, accompanied by Mimi Child Traxler on piano, entertained with the humorous “Peruckenstuck” (S.4F) from “The Civilian Barber” by P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele). Jenkins was not in need of a “hairpiece” to perform this any better.
Chairperson of the day, Karen Molnar, who earlier mentioned that baroque music was a favorite of hers, proved it by ending the program performing four movements on her bassoon, from two different editions, of J. F. Fasch’s “Sonata in C-major” for bassoon and basso continuo. Carole Bartol accompanied on the piano.
The Foothills Music Club will resume meeting in October.
– article submitted
by Ellen Harvey Zipf