The classical music calendar includes the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra’s first summer “Valley Vivaldi” concert and a performance by the Raleigh Ringers hand bell choir.

Established in 1982, the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra begins its 44th season showcasing five of the most prolific composers of the Baroque period.

Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra presents “Valley Vivaldi,” 7 p.m. June 28, Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown.

The concert opens with two movements from Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Violin Solo Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001” (1720). Violin soloist Inna Eyzerovich performs the “Adagio,” considered the most expressive movement, and the “Fuga,” the most brilliant and technically-demanding.

Next is George Frideric Handel’s five-movement “Trio Sonata in F, Op. 2 No. 4, HWV 389” (1730) featuring Rainer Beckmann, recorder; Simon Maurer, violin; Noelle Casella, cello, and Benjamin D’Annabale, harpsichord.

Guest contralto Robin Bier performs “Erbarme Dich” from J.S. Bach’s sacred oratorio “St. Matthew Passion.” The selection is one of the most moving passages of the “Passion” when Peter asks for mercy after he denies knowing Jesus.

After intermission, the concert continues with two pieces composed in 1692 by Henry Purcell.

“Corydon and Mopsa,” featuring vocalists Robin Bier and Graham Bier, is a comic selection from “The Fairy Queen,” a semi-opera based on William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” From “Hail, Bright Cecilia” is “Hark! hark! each Tree its silence breaks” with whimsical lyrics that create a connection between the wood used to make musical instruments and the trees from which they came.

Showcasing Antonio Vivaldi’s theatrical flair is his “Sonata for Two Violins and Continuo, Op. 1 No. 6, RV 62” (1705). The concert closes with Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Concerto in B-flat major for 2 Recorders, Strings & B.c., TWV 52:B1” (1718) in a blend of Italian and French styles.

Robin Bier has appeared with the American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Reading Choral Society and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists and is founder and co-director of the solo-voice Early Music ensemble, Les Canards Chantants.

Bier received Bachelors in voice performance and environmental studies from Oberlin College, and a Masters in solo-voice ensemble singing and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of York, England.

Graham Bier has sung with I Fagionlini, Stile Antico, The Thirteen and the Yorkshire Baroque soloists.

Bier received a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music and a Master of Arts with distinction and PhD in musicology from the University of York, England.

Bier is co-director of Les Canards Chantants, Director of Music for the Bryn Athyn Church and Music Director of the Reading Choral Society.

“Valley Vivaldi,” Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, 7 p.m. June 28, Christ Lutheran Church, 1245 Hamilton St., Allentown. Tickets: at the door, Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra office, 1524 W. Linden St., Allentown; 610-434-7811; https://www.pasinfonia.org

The Raleigh Ringers Summer Tour includes a concert at 7 p.m. June 30, First Presbyterian Church, Allentown.

“The Raleigh Ringers are currently on its summer tour making our way to Chautauqua, New York, and through our gracious co-hosts, the First Presbyterian Church of Allentown and the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Emmaus, we are very much looking forward to performing in Allentown,” says David Harris, Director of the Raleigh Ringers.

“This concert is an American sampler covering music of six different genres so there’s something for everyone: sacred, jazz, ragtime, rock ‘n roll, folk and traditional Americana.”

The group plays on the largest set of hand bell or hand bell-like instruments in the world, comprising 494 pieces of equipment, which includes more than 350 bells. Their three-octave, 37-bell set of Dutch hand bells manufactured by Petit & Friston is used to simulate the sound of tower bells.

Selected by auditions, the 17 members meet weekly for three-hour rehearsals.

Harris was introduced to hand bells in junior high school at his home church in Lock Haven, Clinton County. He rang hand bells while attending The Pennsylvania State University. After he moved to Raleigh, N.C., In 1990, he formed The Raleigh Ringers.

Harris has led more than 200 hand-bell festivals and workshops in 39 states and in England, Puerto Rico, Canada and the Caribbean.

He directs education groups sponsored by The Raleigh Ringers and Meredith College, Raleigh. N.C., where he is an adjunct professor.

Raleigh Ringers Summer Tour, 7 p.m. June 30, First Presbyterian Church, 3231 W. Tilghman St., Allentown. Tickets: at the door; https://rr.org/event/allentown-pa/

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