PRO MUSICA RARA
Individual tickets available from
Towson University Box Office
410.704.27887 during business hours
General admission $30; Students $10
Season subscriptions (four concerts) $110
available directly from Pro Musica Rara 410.728.2820 or online using Paypal
2011-2012 Season
At Towson Center for the Arts
Sundays at 3:30 PM
Pre-concert talks at 2:30
October 9
Dancing with Bach
With Catherine Turocy, director of the New York Baroque Dance Company, and dancer Meggi Sweeney Smith.
J.S. Bach’s dances, such as the Minuet, Sarabande, Bourée, etc. vividly brought to life with historical steps. With music from Bach’s Partitas and Suites for solo instruments played by Cynthia Roberts, violin, and Allen Whear, cello.
November 6
Jane Austen’s Songbook
With Julianne Baird, soprano.
Music played an essential role in Austen’s life, as it did in the lives of her literary heroines. Songs and chamber music from the great author’s personal collection, as heard in the salons of Regency England.
Allen Whear, cello and Eva Mengelkoch, fortepiano
March 11
The Legacy of Mozart
With Christoph Hammer, fortepiano; Cynthia Roberts, violin.
Brilliant duo sonatas by Beethoven, Mozart, and others.
Mozart’s masterpieces for violin and piano inspired many worthy rivals and successors.
April 29
Piano Espressivo
With Eva Mengelkoch, fortepiano, and The Pro Musica Rara Classical Quartet: Greg Mulligan, Ivan Stefanovic, violin; Sharon Pineo Myer, viola; Allen Whear, cello
The Viennese fortepiano at its height boasted a range of color and expression which enabled it to blend beautifully with strings or to stand apart as a concerto instrument. Mozart: Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 415; Boccherini: Piano Quintet “Dedicated to the French Nation.”