Fallbrook Music Society presents Camarada in 'Smokin' Baroque'

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Music Society continues its 43rd annual concert season with old friends and new instruments. "Smokin' Baroque" features a local ensemble, Camarada, performing period repertoire on the rarely heard "clavier." The concert is free and "on demand" beginning Jan. 31 at http://FallbrookMusicSociety.org.

"We strive to keep our virtual concerts fresh and innovative. Being able to feature the clavier makes this concert quite unique," Ann Murray, executive director, said.

Well known to Fallbrook music circles is Beth Ross Buckley, executive director of Camarada's, who has a wide network of extraordinary talented local musicians from which she draws her ensembles. Buckley served as principal flute of the former San Diego Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Nova and performs regularly for Broadway San Diego.

Joining her are Dr. David Buckley on violin and Yao Zhou on cello. Buckley is employed by the Radiology Medical Group. He is also an experienced chamber musician and is currently co-concertmaster of the La Jolla Symphony.

Zhou is tenured principal cello for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and a faculty member at San Diego State University. He is one of the founding members of the award-winning Great Wall String Quartet, and in 2013, he was honored as one of China's Ten Extraordinary Cellists of the Generation.

What makes this program especially unique is Dana Burnett on the clavier. A traditional baroque instrument, the clavier is a stringed keyboard and arguably spawned the modern-day piano.

Small and easily portable, the clavier was regarded as a central keyboard instrument for practicing, teaching, composing and performing during the 16th and 17th centuries. Thousands of scores were written specifically for the instrument, including Johann Sebastian Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier," one of the most notable collections of music written for all 24 major and minor keys.

The Jan. 31 program features works from Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, CPE Bach and the lesser known Quantz, who was both a flute maker and composer.

"If you love traditional classical music, you can't miss this concert. It showcases the strength of Baroque-era music and why it has stood the test of time," Murray said.

The concert can be viewed beginning Jan. 31, at http://FallbrookMusicSociety.org. More information is available by calling the Music Society at 760-451-8644.

Submitted by Fallbrook Music Society.