The Teutonic Spirit... with a touch of Italian & French Esprit

AROW initiated a new repertoire for 2006/07. The orchestra delved into the German musical Genius. Under Director Geisler & Co-director Hryciw, members developed a program that opened up yet another months long, in-depth playing experience that engaged, fascinated and educated AROW players, and led to several concert performances in the spring, 2007.

The orchestra and its small ensembles played works by well known German baroque composers – Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Scheidt, Altenburg – and then added touches of Italian & French influences to season the German fare. The program opened ears and hearts to beauty, novelty and humor. AROW players had an exciting experience in learning this repertoire, then performing it in its spring concerts in Los Gatos, Albany, Nevada City, and Davis.

• Ein Feste Burg, Intrada XII
  Michael Altenburg (1584-1640)

• Concert in A Mintor
  George Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

• Canzona
  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

• A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

• Das Glaut Zu Speyer (Bell Ringing at Speyer)
  Ludwig Senfl (1486-1543)

• Nachbar Roland (Canzon on English folk song, “O Neighbor Roland”)
  Scheidt

• Two Madrigals:
  • Das Herz Tut Mir Aufspringen (My Heart with Love Is Springing)
    Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
  • Ein Hennlein Weiss (A Little White Hen)
    Antonio Scandello (1517-1791)

• Mozart Medley
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1736-1791)
  • Menuett
    Arr. for recorders by Sven Berger
  • The Mozart Polka
    Arr. by Richard Geisler from a clarinet duet by Georg F. Fuchs (1753-1821) using themes from The Magic Flute

• Beggars' Canon
  Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)