Artistic Director Jeffrey Grossman and Founding Director Daniel Lee explore music of Bach and his contemporaries against live oil painting by visual artist Kristina Libby.
Guest Artist: Kristina Libby
Kristina Libby (b. 1984, Damariscotta Maine) is an artist based in New York City. Her work is an ongoing investigation into the profound experience of being human. Through sculpture, design, public art and fine art, she utilizes surprise, whimsy and disconnections to cultivate a sense of curiosity and playfulness.
Through an expanding universe of known and imagined experiences, the work draws on science, history, anthropology, biology and technology to create speculative futures and alternative memories. Her work has been discussed and reviewed in the New York Times, Washington Post, NY Post, NY Magazine, NBC, ABC, FOX amongst many others. Notably, her public art series “The Floral Heart Project” was cited as the catalyst for the introduction of COVID-19 memorial legislation in both the US Congress and with the US Congress of Mayors. Her pieces have been featured at the Arizona Historical Society Museum, One Community Museum, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
She holds a B.A. from Dalhousie University and a M.A. from the University of Denver. She currently resides in NYC where she is also a writer and technology executive. (lightvlight.com; IG: @lightvslight)
Program
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
Sonata no. 5 in A minor (Paris, 1707) for violin and continuo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
French Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817 (Köthen, c. 1722–5) for harpsichord: Allemande, Courante, Sarabande
Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (Köthen, 1720) for violin: Gavotte en Rondeau
French Suite: Polonaise
Partita: Bourrée, Gigue
French Suite: Menuet
Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–99)
Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 1a (Paris, c. 1770) for violin and harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata no. 2 in D major, BWV 1028 (before 1741) for viola da gamba and harpsichord
François Francœur (1698–1787)
Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 1 (Paris, 1720) for violin and continuo
Performers
Jeffrey Grossman
harpsichord
Daniel Lee
violin
Caroline Nicolas
viola da gamba
Daniel S. Lee, violin
Caroline Nicolas, viola da gamba
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord
with special guest Kristina Libby, painter
Safety and COVID-19
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