“Once again, we have a wonderful mix of music offerings for our patrons and this time we have two works by Antonio Vivaldi to really underscore our name of ‘Winter Vivaldi,’” says Simon Maurer, Concertmaster of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra (PSO).

The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra presents “Winter Vivaldi,” 3 p.m. Feb. 1, Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown.

Says Maurer, “The concert starts with ‘La Musica Notturno delle Strade de Madrid’ [‘The Night Music of the Streets of Madrid’], a raucous, energetic piece by composer Luigi Boccherini.”

Italian-born Boccherini (1743-1805) moved to Madrid in 1768 after touring with long-term professional collaborator and touring partner Italian violinist Filippo Manfredi (1735-1793). Boccherini then entered the service of the Infante of Spain Don Luis de Borbon as cellist and composer.

“If Madrid at the time of Boccherini was anything like it is today, it was a town that comes to life at night with food, music, wine and merrymaking, even past midnight,” Maurer says, adding, “Judging from the music, it indeed seemed to be the case.”

Next is Georg Friedrich Händel’s beautiful and intimate “Violin Sonata, Op. 1 No. 13,” featuring violinist Inna Eyzerovich and harpsichordist Benjamin D’Annibale.

Says Maurer, “Händel liked the fourth movement so much that he used it in later compositions for larger ensembles.”

Guest vocalist Robin Terrill Bier is featured in Vivaldi’s “Amor, hai vinto” (“Love, you have conquered”), a dramatic Italian cantata of unrequited love, a tale of love’s power over the heart.

Vivaldi’s “Violin Concerto in E minor,” RV 278, opens the concert’s second half, featuring concertmaster Maurer.

“Many of Vivaldi’s violin concerti are light and happy. This one, much like the aria, has unusual emotional depth,” Maurer says.

The concert closes with Father Seán Duggan’s performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Keyboard Concerto in D minor No. 1,” BWV 1052, marking Duggan’s 21st year as “Winter Vivaldi” soloist.

“This concerto is the best-known and most frequently performed solo keyboard concerto by Bach, one of seven, eight if an incomplete one is counted,” says Duggan.

“It has become something of a tradition for ‘Valley Vivaldi’ to include a different Bach keyboard concerto every winter. Over the past twenty-years, the cycle of Bach’s keyboard concertos has been traversed twice. The present performance initiates the third go-around,” Duggan says.

Robin Terrill Bier is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music with advanced degrees from the University of York, England. Her solo appearances include J.S. Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio,” BWV 248, with the Baroque Collective and East Sussex Choir, and Bach’s “St. John Passion” at the York Early Music Festival. Bier co-directs the vocal chamber ensembles Bright Cecilia and Les Canards.

Fr. Seán Duggan, Order of Saint Benedict, pianist, is a monk of St. Joseph Abbey, Covington, La. He received a Bachelor of Music from Loyola University, a Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, La.

Prior to joining the Benedictine order, he was pianist and Assistant Chorus Master for the Pittsburgh Opera Company. Duggan has performed with the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, American Chamber Orchestra and the Shanghai String Quartet.

“Winter Vivaldi,” Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, 3 p.m. Feb. 1, Christ Lutheran Church, 1245 Hamilton St., Allentown. Tickets: PSO office, 1524 W. Linden St., Allentown; 610-434-7811; https://www.pasinfonia.org

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