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The Bach Recital: Masterworks of J.S. Bach in Transcription
02.19.12
New Haven, CT
Douglas Kelley, viola da gamba
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Please note that this performance is by invitation only, as seating is limited. If you are interested in joining us for this event, please use the form on the contact page.

Rameau "Pièces de Clavecin en Concert" at La Grua Center
02.25.12 | 5pm
La Grua Center | Stonington, CT
Susanna Ogata, baroque violin
Douglas Kelley, viola da gamba
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Join members of Ensemble Florilège in a celebration of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) with a program featuring three Rameau's trailblazing Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts. Published in 1741, these sumptuous works are considered some of the first true keyboard trios, written with not only with a elaborate harpsichord part, but with the expressive and masterfully crafted lines for the violin and 7-string viola da gamba. Interspersed throughout the program will be a number of Rameau's sparkling solo harpsichord pieces, including the colorful favorite "Les Sauvages".

The Bach Recital: Masterworks of J.S. Bach in Transcription
01.22.12 | 3pm
Frohring Recital Hall | Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio
Douglas Kelley, viola da gamba
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Throughout his busy career as teacher, choir director, performer and composer, Bach demonstrated a keen ability to rework compositions for varying instrumentation, sometimes in an effort to present material in a new light, and sometimes as a measure of practicality and frugality. This program features a series of works inspired by Bach's own transcriptions, relying on both the creative vision of the performers as well as 18th century sources.

Rameau "Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts" at Boston College
09.28.11 | 4:30pm
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Susanna Ogata, baroque violin
Douglas Kelley, viola da gamba
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Join members of Ensemble Florilège in a 328th birthday celebration of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) with a program featuring three Rameau's trailblazing Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts. Published in 1741, these sumptuous works are considered some of the first true keyboard trios, written with not only with a elaborate harpsichord part, but with the expressive and masterfully crafted lines for the violin and 7-string viola da gamba. Interspersed throughout the program will be a number of Rameau's sparkling solo harpsichord pieces, including the colorful favorite "Les Sauvages".

"Meine Freundin, Du bist schön" - Johann Christoph Bach
06.17.11 | 3pm
Boston Early Music Fringe Festival | Radisson Hotel | Boston, MA
Hear Ensemble Florilège in a rare performance of the emotional yet restrained "Wedding Dialogue" of Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703), a master composer and J.S. Bach's uncle.
Featuring: Susanna Ogata - solo violin | Laura Gulley - violin | Laura Jeppesen, Marcy Brenner, Douglas Kelley - viola da gamba | Kristen Watson - soprano | Katherine Growdon - mezzo soprano | Scott Mello - tenor | Paul Max Tipton - baritone | Michael Sponseller - harpsichord and director

Voices from the Loft -- Sacred works of Couperin, Grandi, and Carissimi
02.09.10 | 12:15pm
King's Chapel - Boston, MA
Come hear Ensemble Florilège in Boston's historic King's Chapel on their Tuesday afternoon concert recital series. Michael Sponseller, artistic director will be joined by soprano Brenna Wells, mezzo soprano Katherine Growdon, and Catherine Liddell, theorbo.

Beautiful Pleasures
01.31.10 | 3pm
Saint Anne's-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church -Lincoln, MA, MA
The sounds of 18th Century Italian Opera come alive! Join musical director Michael Sponseller and Ensemble Florilège as they bring acclaimed Franco-Algerian soprano Malia Bendi Merad to Boston! Hear what has been called "a perfectly placed, expressive soprano" (Wall Street Journal), as she joins Florilège in stunning arias of Handel and Porpora, some rarely heard in the US.

Tickets are $25 at the door - $18 students

"Sans Frayeur" - Chamber music of Charpentier, Rameau, Clerambault, and Royer
06.12.09 | 3pm
Radisson Hotel - Boston, MA, MA
Ensemble Florilege will present an hour-long all-French program hosted by Harpsichord Clearing House, at the instrument exhibition of the Boston Early Music Festival

J.S. Bach Concertos for two, three, and four harpsichords
02.01.09 | 3pm
Saint Anne's-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church - Concord, MA

J.S. Bach Concertos for two, three, and four harpsichords
01.30.09 | 8pm
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookline, MA
Ensemble Florilège is a new Boston-based period instrument ensemble that includes some of the city's best early music practitioners who are members of ensembles such as the Handel and Haydn Society and Emmanuel Music. For these performances of J.S. Bach's sparkling and little-heard concertos for 2, 3, and 4 harpsichords, he is joined by one of Boston's favorites, fortepianist Sylvia Berry; the highly esteemed Swiss harpsichordist Ursula Dütschler; and the up-and-coming South African harpsichordist Leon Schelhase.

Début concert! Charpentier's "Les Arts Florissants"
02.22.08 | 8pm
First Church - Boston, MA
All french programme with 7 singers and instrumentalists. Works by Rameau, Clerambault, Stuck. Including a performance of Marc-Antoine Charpentier pastorale opera "Les Arts Florissants"