The premier early music ensemble, Bruton Baroque, will launch a 2024-2025 season of four concerts in our parish this fall. This chamber group is independent from the church, but will use our historic space as its primary performing venue with a mission to promote the flourishing of human dignity, community, and culture through the arts in the Historic Triangle.
This first complete season will be “The Grand Tour” of music from Italy, Germany, Great Britain and France. Featuring both rare and beloved early music favorites, Bruton Baroque invites the parish and visitors to experience the joy of performances on period instruments.
Tickets are $20 per person at the door on the night of each concert or purchased in advance on the Bruton Parish website's homepage ($22 including online fee). Season ticket holders will be given reserved seats in the front, center boxes of our sanctuary.
Beginning in the country that was pivotal to the creation of the Baroque genre, the first concert will feature music ranging from Gabrieli to Monteverdi. Included in the program will be selections from one of the earliest operas, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Along with a core string quartet and keyboard, guest artist Cameron Welke will play theorbo and lute, and singers Autry Harper, Claudia Kessel and Brian Blair will be featured in the vocal selections.
The next concert will feature music from Germany, including Bach’s Oboe and Violin Concerto in C minor and his “Wedding” Cantata 202, “Weichet nur, betübte Schatten.” Featured guest artists will be William Thauer, Baroque oboist, and Lauren Clay, soprano.
Britain is the next stop, featuring strings and keyboard, including Purcell’s Incidental Music from “King Arthur” and Boyce’s Symphony No. 1 (New Year Ode).
The season closer visits repertory from France, with music from Couperin’s Les Concerts Royaux and Rameau’s Zoroastre Overture as highlights. Kelsey Andrew Schilling, performing on Baroque bassoon and recorder, will be the featured guest.
Bruton Parish’s rich 350-year history creates the ideal environment to enjoy this music as it might have been performed during Colonial days — or before! Please plan to join us for a musical experience that is quintessentially Williamsburg.
To purchase tickets, please click here.
If you have any questions, contact Rebecca Davy at
bdavy@brutonparish.org.
Please note that restrooms for the public are not available in the church.
Click here to view the second concert's tour poster.
