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Arts At The Abbey Presents German Baroque Masters

The evening will feature music by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann

Carolina Pro Musica – German Baroque Masters
8:00 p.m. in the Abbey Basilica
Free to the public; Donations are gladly accepted.

The College’s ensemble-in-residence performs intricate works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann. Carolina Pro Musica will perform “Cantata 180″ and “The Easter Oratorio,” an obbligato keyboard sonata by Bach; trio sonata in E for two flutes and continuo by Handel; and trio in F major from “Essercizii Musici” for recorder, Viola de gamba and continuo by Telemann. Period instruments and the College’s Kingston double manual harpsichord will be used in these performances.

To reserve your spot, please register online HERE. We hope to fill the Abbey Basilica to overflowing with concertgoers.

More About Carolina Pro Musica: Carolina Pro Musica was established in 1977 to promote music before 1800 with historic instrument copies and in the performance style of the periods.  Since that time they have maintained a concert series in Charlotte, performing music from medieval times through the twentieth century. The ensemble has received grants from state and local arts councils in the Carolinas and the National Endowment for the Arts. Carolina Pro Musica has performed the American premieres of cantatas by J.A. Hasse, the rediscovered “Gloria” by Handel and a commissioned work by American composer Margaret V. Sandresky. The ensemble has toured abroad, traveling to Poland and London, where they performed at Handel’s House. They have been artists-in-residence at Belmont Abbey College since 2002.