Buxtehude's Daughter

Should anyone be in the Albany, NY area this Sunday, I am playing an irreverent cantata called "Buxtehude's Daughter."  Here is a sample of our first rehearsal:

http://youtu.be/rGlUKxUhPIM

Byron Nilsson and Amy Prothro bring their cabaret show, “Song to Amuse,” to the very brink of the classical-music world with a special concert at 2 PM Sunday, October 5, at the First Unitarian Universalist Society, 405 Washington Ave, Albany.

 

They’re performing an irreverent cantata Byron wrote (with music by Tom Savoy) titled “Buxtehude’s Daughter,” that gives a fanciful and funny version of what might have taken place when the young J.S. Bach traveled to Lübeck to interview for an organist’s job, succeeding the great Dietrich Buxtehude. The kicker: he would have had to marry Buxtehude’s daughter to get the gig, and she didn’t appeal to him. Not a word of the piece is true. It’s doubtful the daughter sang a blues number. The spirit of it turned out to be more P.D.Q. Bach than J.S.

 

This will be performed in collaboration with members of the Musicians of Ma’alwyck, giving the cantata far more legitimacy than it deserves, but Byron and Amy also will sing some of their favorite cabaret-show selections, including songs by Bernstein, Sondheim, Gershwin, Flanders & Swann, and even Roger Miller, all with Malcolm Kogut at the piano

 

And there will be a post-performance champagne dessert buffet to help erase the memory of what you’ll have just endured. It’s an afternoon not to be missed and a great way to support Musicians of Ma'alwyck. Tickets are $35 per person and available at 518/377-3623 or www.musiciansofmaalwyck.org (under Songs to Amuse).

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–Malcolm.