La Bernardinia Baroque Ensemble

Italo-Britannici: Italian Expats in London of the Early 18th Century

Italo-Britannici is a musical portrait of Italian-born instrumentalist-composers such as Barsanti, Matteis, Draghi, and Cervetto who emigrated to London in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Attracted by the manifold opportunities the vibrant metropolis on the Thames had to offer, they wrote music that reflected England's - and especially London's - ever-changing musical tastes. Their music also revealed their drive to become an integral part of local culture and to contribute to its shaping. Several pieces selected for this program display the composers' intimate knowledge of the Italian style.  Another is written in the sophisticated style of the French Baroque. And others delve into the joyous possibilities of the theme and variation form of the ever-popular English Ground, Scotch humour included. Given the rich mix of musical traditions at play here, how could it be otherwise?

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 3 pm, presented by Main Line Early Music, Church of the Good Shepherd, 1116 East Lancaster Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010

Sunday, May 18, 2025, 3 pm, presented by Music at Friends,  Woodstown Monthly Meeting of Friends, 104 North Main Street,  Woodstown, NJ 08098

East and West: Folk and Baroque Music from China

Main Line Early Music presents La Bernardinia and guest erhu virtuoso, Qian Qin in a program featuring traditional Chinese melodies collected by Amiot and DuHalde  and European chamber music by Teodorico Pedrini--priest, musician, composer and missionary at the Imperial Court of China in the 18th century.

Sunday, May 5, 2024, 3 pm

Church of the Good Shepherd, 1116 East Lancaster Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010

goodshepherdrosemont.com/mainline-earlymusic

Music of Four Nations:  Chamber Music of The Eclectic Mr. Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann was an extremely prolific composer.  His chamber music alone encompasses a staggering number of works for various combinations of wind, string and keyboard instruments.  Perhaps more remarkably, he mastered and skilfully combined in his compositions the national styles of France, Poland, Italy, and blended them with the German contrapuntal idiom to forge a new German style.  Immanuel Church on the Green presents La Bernardinia Baroque Ensemble in a concert of  Telemann’s “music for a mixed taste” in solo, duo and trio combinations.  

Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7 pm, free and open to the public

Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green, 50 Market Street, New Castle, Delaware 19720

immanuelonthegreen.org

East and West: Folk and Baroque Music from China

World and Early Music at St. James presents La Bernardinia and guest erhu virtuoso, Qian Qin in a program featuring traditional Chinese melodies and music by Teodorico Pedrini--priest, musician, composer and missionary at the Imperial Court of China in the 18th century.  

 Concert Program and Video Selections

Sunday, September 24, 2023, 4:00 pm

St. James Episcopal Church, 119 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602

www.saintjameslancaster.org

L’Hexagone: French Baroque Chamber Music

Main Line Early Music presents La Bernardinia and guest violinist Edmond Chan in a program of chamber works by Leclair,  Rebel,  Hotteterre, DeMachy and Le Roux composed for violin, recorder, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.  "L'Hexagone" refers to both a nickname for France based on the shape of its borders and the multifaceted variety of its chamber music as heard in this concert's character pieces, dance movements, and chaconnes.

Sunday, May 7, 2023, 3:00,pm

Church of the Good Shepherd, 1116 East Lancaster Avenue, Rosemont, PA 19010

goodshepherdrosemont.com/mainline-earlymusic

Johann Sebastian Bach:  Originals and Transcriptions

Maurice River Music concert series presents La Bernardinia in an afternoon of chamber works by Johann Sebastian Bach.  The program includes pieces he wrote for recorder, viola da gamba, and harpsichord as well as transcriptions of some of his best known keyboard and vocal compositions.  Come experience the intimate and intricate delights of this beautiful music by the great master.

Sunday, November 20, 2022, 2:30 pm

Reservations required. Call 856-506-0580.

mauricerivermusic.com

Johann Sebastian Bach:  Originals and Transcriptions

Locktown Stone Church concert series presents La Bernardinia in an afternoon of chamber works by Johann Sebastian Bach.  The program includes pieces he wrote for recorder, viola da gamba, and harpsichord as well as transcriptions of some of his best known keyboard and vocal compositions.  Come experience the intimate and intricate delights of this beautiful music by the great master.

Sunday, October 2, 2022,  4:00 pm

Locktown Stone Church, 323 Locktown-Sergeantsville Road, Flemington, NJ 08557 

locktownstonechurch.org/concerts