A concert to lift your spirits and fire up your imagination!

This program will enchant you with storytelling in narrative chamber works by three Baroque masters. Antonio Vivaldi tantalizes and surprises with a haunted soundscape  in his Night Concerto for flute and strings. François Couperin’s Apotheosis of Corelli is his self-invented mythological tale of the ascension of his musical idol Corelli to the top of Mount Parnasus. The work is a trio sonata for violins and continuo with narration (read in English) preceding each movement.

The concert closes with Part I of Francesco Geminiani’s rarely-performed epic composition The Enchanted Forest. This work for chamber orchestra in the form of a concerto grosso depicts the defense of a dark, wooded forest by a sorcerer and witches.

Saturday, March 8, 4pm: First Parish, Wayland and livestreamed
Sunday, March 9, 4pm: Old South Church, Boston

Venue and Parking information

First Parish in Wayland

www.uuwayland.org
225 Boston Post Rd, Wayland, MA 01778
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Located at the intersection of Routes 20 and 27/126. Limited free parking is available at the church and additional parking is available across Route 27 at the Town Offices.

Old South Church

www.oldsouth.org
645 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116
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Located near the intersection of Dartmouth Street and Boylston Street, near the Boston Public Library and the Prudential Center. The nearest subway stop is the Copley Square Station on The Green Line. On-street parking is available with meters in effect until 8 pm, or free on Sundays. Parking for $10 is available at the Back Bay Garage; you can pick up a coupon at our ticketing desk after the concert. Additional parking garages are located at the Prudential Center and at 100 Clarendon Street.