Café Zimmermann returns with a festive program celebrating J.S. Bach’s 340th birthday—on his actual birthday!—and Women’s History Month. Our celebrated musicians include violinist Anna Griffis, cellist Cora Swenson Lee, and harpsichordist Jason Moy, who will perform works by Bach, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Anna Bon di Venezia, Vivaldi, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, and Jean-Philippe Rameau. Join us for great music, complimentary wine and coffee, and birthday cake!

Free admission. No tickets are required, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite in A Major for Violin & Harpsichord, BWV 1025 (excerpts)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Cello Sonata in B-flat Major, RV 47

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)
Violin Sonata in G Major

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
La Boucon, from Deuxième Pièce de Clavecin en Concert

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772)
Pièce de Clavecin en Sonate in G Major, Op. 3 Nr. 5

Anna Bon di Venezia (1738-1767)
Sonata in C major, Op. 1 Nr. 1

Music had once connected the lives of the great Baroque composers and performers through mutual admiration and friendship, much in the same way it will be bringing together five dear friends, nearly three centuries later, for a spirited afternoon of chamber music. Join us in one of Chicago’s most historic churches for this rousing program of works by Handel, Rameau, and others featuring soprano Hannah De Priest, violinists Shelby Yamin and Emily Nebel, cellist Ana Kim, and harpsichordist Jason Moy.

This program is sponsored by Margaret and Bob McCamant.

Hannah De Priest, soprano
Shelby Yamin, violin
Emily Nebel, violin
Ana Kim, cello
Jason J. Moy, harpsichord

Harpsichordist Jason Moy and violinist Kangwon Lee Kim, Assistant Artistic Director and Concertmaster of the Madison Bach Musicians, embark on their two-year exploration of J.S. Bach’s complete works for violin and harpsichord with this performance of the Sonatas in B Minor, A Major, and C Minor for Harpsichord and Violin, BWV 1014, 1015, and 1017, and the Sonata in E minor for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1023. 

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015
Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017
Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1023

Kangwon Lee Kim, violin
Jason J. Moy, harpsichord