These performances at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center are free and open to the public.

Metropolitan Orchestra at MC
and the MC Wind Ensemble
Pablo Saelzer and Vincent Patterson, conductors

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m.


College Music Department Jazz Ensemble

Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 7:30 p.m.


College Music Department World Ensemble

Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m.


College Music Department
Wind Ensemble and Flute Ensemble

Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m.


Metropolitan Orchestra at MC
and the MC Music Department Chorus
Pablo Saelzer and Vincent Patterson, conductors

Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 7:30 p.m.


Metropolitan Orchestra at MC
and the MC Wind Ensemble
Pablo Saelzer and Vincent Patterson, conductors

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m.


College Music Department World Ensemble

Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 7:30 p.m.


College Music Department
Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble

Thursday, May 6, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

College Music Concert Series



Rockville Campus

VIVALDI ON FIRE

with soloist MAGDALENA WÓR, mezzo-soprano
and Atlanta's leading early music ensemble NEW TRINITY BAROQUE (on period instruments)
directed from the harpsichord by PREDRAG GOSTA

Join us for a SCHOLARSHIP GALA CONCERT to benefit the Montgomery College Music Department, featuring Atlanta’s acclaimed New Trinity Baroque with mezzo-soprano soloist Magdalena Wór. This will be an evening of exquisite music written by one of the greatest composers of all times, Antonio Vivaldi, including the exuberant Concertos from “L’Estro Armonico,” Concertos for Strings, and Cantatas for Solo Alto “Cessate omai cessate” and “Amor hai vinto.”

  • Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, Op. 7 No. 11, from "L'Estro Armonico"
  • Trio Sonata "La Folia" for two violins and continuo
  • Cantata "Cessate omai cessate" for alto, strings and continuo
  • Concerto for 2 violins in G minor, Op. 7 No. 2, from "L'Estro Armonico"
  • Intermission
  • String Concerto in G major "alla rustica"
  • String Concerto in F major
  • Cantata "Amor hai vinto" for alto, strings and continuo
  • String Concerto in C major

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25 General Admission, $10 students