Masters of the Baroque: Telemann, Bach and Vivaldi

Baroque music forms the major portion of the classic music from the 17th century. Key composers include Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann and the likes. The Baroque period saw the creation of tonality, an approach to writing music in which a song or piece is written in a particular key; this kind of arrangement has continued to be used in almost all Western popular music.

Kalani Consort, which consists of Leah Morse, the violinist, who is working toward a doctorate degree in clinical psychology at UH; Dr. Sean O'Harrow, the violist, the new Director of Honolulu Museum of Art; Dr. Robert Littman, the cellist, a professor in Classics Department at UH; Dr. Steve Miller, the harpsichordist, who has retired from his medical profession; and Michael Nassir, the harpsichordist, teaches astronomy at UH. They will perform five pieces by Telemann, Vivaldi, and Bach. Detailed program is available in the library.