This is going to be a very special event, planned just for us. This is a unique and special chamber concert created to celebrate Lisbon’s famous Young-Cobleigh Tavern later known as the Cobleigh Manse and benefit the Lisbon Area Historical Society Museum. The AD HOC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE of FLUTE, CELLO, VIOLA, VIOLIN, & VOICE with Abigail Adams, Susan Ferré, Charley Lang, Chris Nourse, Ed Ryan & Kate Vachon will play at the Lisbon Area Historical Society Museum starting at 4pm and will feature pieces by Handel, Mozart and Haydn, along with music sung at Lisbon’s famous Cobleigh Manse from early 19th century music books, ending with a William Billings canon, dating from the late 1700s. ADMISSION IS BY DONATION. Program as follows:
George Frederic Handel Suite for 2 violins and ‘cello
1685-1756 Tempo di Marcia. Largo. Gavotte Allegro. Musette. Andante. Allegro moderato.
[From the Cobleigh Manse] The Watchman from The Sabbath Bell, 1856 published by Mason Brothers, NY. George Root, Ed.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
1756-1791 Allegro. Adagio. Rondo.
Patriotic Hymn The Pilgrim Fathers from The Modern Harp, 1847 published by Mason Brothers, NY. George Root, Ed.
Franz Joseph Haydn Divertimento for 2 violins and ‘cello
1732-1809 Allegro moderato. Andante. FinaleVivace.
William Billings Wake Every Breath
1746-1800 Canon of Six in One with a Ground
AD HOC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Abigail Adams, soprano
Susan Ferré, soprano
Kate Vachon, flute
Chris Nourse, violin
Ed Ryan, tenor, violin and viola
Charles Lang, Baroque violoncello