Chatham Baroque Ensemble with guest trumpeter Barry Baugess and guest organist Webb Wiggins will appear on Friday, January 30, at 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. The music on the program comes from a part of the Old World that many Americans casually refer to today as ‘Eastern Europe”a thorny term employed to refer to practically any country that once was part of the former Soviet bloc, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and others. Yet well before the days of the Iron Curtain, some of these regions were also closely aligned with European areas such as Austria and parts of Germany, as well as under the control of such imperial powers as the Hapsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. Each region has a unique identity and a complex history of shifting allegiances to various emperors, princes, kings, electorates, and popes. It is useful and accurate to identify the music as coming from a region such as Bohemia, Moravia, or Austria, or from a specific city such as Kromeř’, Salzburg, or Vienna.’ The program will feature music by well-known exponents of the Central European Baroque such as Froberger, Biber and Schmelzer, along with that by lesser known composers such as Gottfried Finger and Pavel Vejvanovsky. Tickets ($25 for adults, $10 for students) will be available at the door, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Contact: 310-573-7422 or visit the Music Guild’s Web site, www.stmatthews.com/musicguild.
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