Piccolo Spoleto’s Early Music Series is produced by music department chair Steve Rosenberg, and most performances feature faculty, students and alumni. All performances are held at 3:00 p.m. at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church (53 Meeting St.). Tickets are $16 per event and can be purchased by calling (866) 811-4111 or at http://www.piccolospoleto.com/?cat=34.
EARLY MUSIC SERIES: Bach Cello Suites 1-3
On May 29, cello superstar and College of Charleston professor Natalia Khoma performs suites 1-3—with Suites 4-6 being performed in week two of the festival. Not to be missed.
EARLY MUSIC SERIES: Bach Cello Suites 4-6
On June 3,Professor Natalia Khoma performs Bach’s Cello Suites 4-6. The wonderful acoustics of First Scots combined with the virtuosity of Natalia Khoma make this a memorable afternoon of music.
EARLY MUSIC SERIES: Old Time Banjo Ballads
On June 4, Music Professor Steve Rosenberg plays old time banjo and sings the old ballads that made their way to our shores from the British Isles. Songs and stories about love, death, and the human condition that eventually develop into our popular and folk music, but whose roots come from the Renaissance.
EARLY MUSIC SERIES: Music with Friends
(A Co-Presentation of the Early Music Series and Spotlight Concert Series)
On June 6, charming works inspired by nature will be performed, including The Swan (Saint-Saens), The Common Loon (Rossi), Song of the Bachman’s Warbler (Carter) as well as Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata. Steve Rosenberg, Andrew Waldo, Mary Waldo, recorders; James Waldo, solo cello; Alyona Waldo, piano; Julia Harlow, harpsichord; Ellen Dressler Moryl, continuo cello.
