99.5 ALL CLASSICAL FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 19th at 11:30 AM and event concludes at 6 PM
Tickets are general admission:
WGBH Member ticket $10; Non-Members $20 (Click to purchase tickets)

Come celebrate 99.5 All Classical’s new place in the cultural life of New England! It’s a classical music experience unlike any other: demonstrations, displays, and performances all designed to put you at the center of the music.

A rare chance to hear instrumental and vocal music, including several world premieres, by three 18th-century composers: Maria Teresa Agnesi, Maddalena Lombardini, and Anna Bon. Some historians refer to the 18th century as the “Age of Women.” This was especially true in the Austrian Lombardy, which exhibited progressive and enlightened views on women and society. A good example is Maria Teresa Agnesi, a native of Milan who found patronage and an appreciative audience in Lombardy (and elsewhere in Europe). Agnesi’s patrons included Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, whose father, Leopold I, was one of Mozart’s patrons. Similarly, Anna Bon enjoyed the patronage of another prominent German woman, Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia. The third featured composer, Maddalena Lombardini, left her native Italy in order to find musical success elsewhere in Europe as a composer and performer. The works on this program range from delightful pastoral arias to the more typical Italian drama of unrequited love, interspersed with instrumental music.

Friends of Chamber Music in Troy, New York
Sunday October 17, 4:00 PM
Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School in Troy, New York
285 Pawling Avenue (Route 66) in Troy, NY.