Three Notch'd Road

FREE PUBLIC CONCERTS

Rejoice! Exuberant early music for lute, viola da gamba, and violin
October 26 & 27, 2019

Enjoy a taste of our ninth season with guests Rebecca Landell Reed (viola da gamba) and Arash Noori (lute) alongside Artistic Director & baroque violinist Fiona Hughes. Exuberant early music for lute, viola da gamba, and violin from Italy, Spain, and Poland. This is a free event. We hope you will make a contribution to support our work.

Saturday, October 26 at 7:30pm / Holy Comforter Catholic Church, 208 E Jefferson St., Charlottesville

Sunday, October 27 at 6pm / St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2401 E Broad St., Richmond

O BEAUTY

A Baroque Christmas from Around the World
December 6-8, 2019

Three Notch'd Road celebrates Christmas with a geographically broad program from Europe and the Americas. Bass singer Peter Walker and soprano Katelyn Aungst join the instrumentalists of Three Notch'd Road for traditional folk tunes and hymns alongside works of the great High Baroque composers. From Poland's Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki to Germany's J.S. Bach, from Spain's Tomás Luis de Victoria to Mexico's Gaspar Fernández, and from England's Henry Purcell to Boston's William Billings, the Nativity of Christ has inspired music of tremendous beauty.

EVER ANCIENT, EVER NEW

Bach & Nowakowski on the Soul’s Awakening
March 6-8, 2020

Continuing our cycle of Bach cantatas, this program during Lent 2020 will feature penitential music of J.S. Bach from various sacred works, including arias from his famous Matthäus-Passion and Johannes-Passion and solo organ works. Three Notch'd Road has commissioned living American composer Mark Nowakowski’s “Quo Vadis” and will give the world premiere of this work, scored for three singers and instrumental ensemble. The text recounts a Christian tradition that when St. Peter tried to flee martyrdom, on the road of escape he saw a vision of Christ who asked, "Quo vadis/Where are you going?" which encouraged Peter's return to his duty and ultimately his own crucifixion in Rome.

ALLELUIA

Praetorius for Easter
April 24-26, 2020

In 1618, the cathedral of Magdeburg, Germany burst forth in celebration of Easter with hymns of “solemn peace and joy” by Michael Praetorius. His music combined the best of Lutheran German hymnody with the cutting-edge musical innovations of Catholic Italy in a dynamic call and response of voices and instruments. During this program, audiences are both immersed and even participate in the music of Easter Vespers at Magdeburg. Jeremy Ward, a familiar face to our audiences, will be program director for this exciting concert.

Mass in B minor

J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor
May 1, 2020

In collaboration with the Richmond Cathedral Schola Cantorum, Three Notch’d Road will be performing J.S. Bach’s monumental Mass in B minor on May 1, 2020. This is a historically-informed performance, using the instruments and techniques of the 17th century. Please visit the event page for more information. This is a FREE event at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond.