Thursday, June 14 at 8pm | New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall

Grammy-nominated
BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
directed by Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs

with guest artists
Ellen Hargis & Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano; Colin Balzer &
Aaron Sheehan, tenor

Music of Rameau and Eccles: Suite from Nais and Judgment of Paris

Scintillating storm scenes, rollicking Rigaudons, swaggering contredances, dreamy airs, majestic entrees for the Gods, and a battle between Jupiter, Neptune, and Titan on Mount Olympus highlight this program of brilliant Baroque orchestral music. This unforgettable program of the exciting music features scenes from Rameau’s operas together with a rare performance of one of Baroque England’s greatest dramatic works, John Eccles’ Judgment of Paris, in which Juno, Pallas, and Venus vie for the golden apple in a delightful beauty pageant set to music as ravishing and sensuous as the goddesses themselves. Celebrate with the gods at our musical banquet!

Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Cynthia Roberts, Milos Valent, Julie Andrijeski & Dagmar Valentová, violins
David Douglass, Daniel Elyar, Karina Schmitz, Laura Jeppesen, Pat Jordan & Jenny Stirling, viola
Phoebe Carrai, Brent Wissick, Sarah Frieberg & David Morris, basse de violon
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, theorbo & Baroque guitar
Erin Headley, viola da gamba
Jay Elfenbein, double bass
Kristian Bezuidenhout & Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Colin St. Martin & Kathryn Roth, Baroque flute
Gonzalo X. Ruiz & Washington McClain, Baroque oboe
Kathryn Montoya, haute-contre d’hautbois
Debra Nagy, taille d’hautbois
Marilyn Boenau & Domonic Teresi, bassoon
John Thiessen, Alexander Bonus, Paul Perfetti & Norman Engel, trumpet
Marie-Ange Petit, percussion