Ottawa Chamber Music Society

Stephan Schardt - violin
Reinhard Goebel - violin
Karlheinz Steeb - viola
Klaus-Dieter Brandt - cello
Leon Berben - cembalo

Programme

Pavane in A major for violins, viola and continuo (1624)		Samuel Scheidt 1587–1654

Sonata in F major for violins, viola and continuo		Johann Philipp Krieger 1649–1725
	Allegro Soli Ciacona Allegro

Quartet in B-flat major for Violins, Viola and Continuo, TWV 43:B2		Georg Philipp Telemann 1681–1767
	Spirituoso Grave Allegro
I n t e r m i s s i o n

Quartet in G major for violins, viola and continuo, opus 5, no. 4		George Frideric Handel 1685–1759
	Ouverture Passacaglia Gigue Menuet

Overture No.5 in G minor for Violins, Viola and Continuo, BMV 1070		Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
	Ouverture Torneo Aria Menuet I & II Capriccio

Biography

Founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel and fellow students from the Conservatory of Music in Cologne, Musica Antiqua Köln over the ensuing three decades has achieved the pinnacle of masterful historical performance of 17th and 18th century music, appearing widely in early music centres and festivals.

In 1979, a debut concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and five concerts at the Holland Festival marked the ensemble's international breakthrough. By its 10th anniversary, the ensemble broadened its forces and for the first time made appearances as a full orchestra, establishing itself in both concerts and recordings with orchestral repertoire.

Since 1981, led by concertmaster Reinhard Goebel, the ensemble has regularly toured in the United States, made several appearances in Australia and South America, and in 1985, on occasion of the Bach tricentennial celebrations, traveled to the People’s Republic of China. Musica Antiqua Köln has received the Buxtehude Prize from the City of Lübeck, as well as awards from Siemens and the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Elected Artists of the Year by the Deutsche Phonoakademie in 1981, the ensemble's discography has garnered many coveted prizes. Heinichen's Dresden Concerti received five outstanding honours - the German Record Critics’ Award, Gramophone Award, Prix Caecilia, Echo Klassik Prize, and CD Compact Award.

Other noted recordings include collaborations with Anne Sofie von Otter, Bernarda Fink and Barbara Bonney, as well as orchestral works of Heinichen, Veracini, Quantz, Dieupart and Pisendel.

Underway are two long-term projects, one of unrecorded works by Georg Philipp Telemann, and the other, entitled Bachiana, devoted to the works of Bach's lesser-known relatives.