Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John's Concert
The Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s, led by Music Director Edward Markward, will present the fifth concert of its season on Sunday, June 5, at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington.
The concert opens with Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto No. 8 in A Minor for 2 Violins featuring Wendy Rios and Cami Sylvia as violin soloists. The concerto is one of several compositions in Vivald’s Opus 3 known as “The Harmonious Fancy,” a collection of 12 concertos, written for solo violin or groups of violins with small orchestra. The collection helped to establish the “concerto form.”
Wendy Rios is a graduate of RI College and was a three time recipient of the Bicho Family Memorial Scholarship. Ms. Rios has been a performer and teacher in Rhode Island for more than thirty years and maintains an active private studio with more than 30 students. Currently, Wendy is Concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s and is a member of the teaching staff at Community String Project.
Cami Sylvia received a Bachelor of Music Performance degree and a minor in Rhetoric and Writing from RI College and a Master of Music degree and an Artist Diploma from SUNY Purchase Conservatory. While at the Conservatory, Ms. Sylvia won the 2017 Concerto Competition and made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 at Weill Recital Hall through Larchmont Music Academy.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, the “Eroica,” was composed mainly in 1803-1804. It embodies an ethical or spiritual quest of gigantic proportions. The subtitle, “Sinfonia Eroica” was intended to celebrate Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Beethoven initially admired as a liberalizing leader. However, when in 1804, he heard that Napoleon had crowned himself emperor, he tore the title page containing the name “Bonaparte” from the score in a fit of rage. The hero thereafter celebrated in the “Eroica” became an ideal rather than an actual human being. The symphony shocked its first audiences by setting a new symphonic template for future composers to emulate and provides one of the most exciting musical journeys ever written.
COBSJ will adhere to all CDC and RI Department of Health regulations and recommendations for safely convening a concert during the Covid-19 pandemic. All audience members will are required to wear masks and show proof of being fully vaccinated including a booster shot, if eligible.
The concert is free, donations are welcome.
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