NCMA Chamber Music: Gems from the Golden Age

Sights and Sounds on Sundays Presented by the NCMA and Raleigh Chamber Music Guild

Sunday, May 19 | 3 pm
Museum Auditorium, East Building
$10 Museum members, students
$12 Nonmembers

Frances Blaker, recorders; David Wilson, baroque violin; Barbara Krumdieck, baroque cello; William Simms, theorbo and baroque guitar; Jennifer Streeter, harpsichord

Ensemble Vermillian is prized for its vivid interpretations of baroque-era music, performed with period instruments. A recent review notes that the group’s music is “so graceful and well recorded that listening to it is nearly a visual experience.”

The ensemble has crafted a thoughtful program that offers deep insights into four masterpieces from the Museum’s collection: Bernardo Strozzi’s Portrait of a Gentleman (circa 1625), Guido Reni’s Madonna and Child (circa 1628), and Rubens and workshop’s The Bear Hunt (1639) and The Holy Family with Saint Anne (circa 1630). Strozzi in fact painted the portrait of featured composer Claudio Monteverdi.

Sights and Sounds on Sundays is funded, in part, by the City of Raleigh, based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission; and by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, with funds from the United Arts Campaign; as well as by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.