La Fiocco, the Bucks County-based baroque music ensemble, continues its 2022-2023 season March 11 and 12, with “The Fiddler’s Dance,” a program of folk tunes and dance music from the Baroque Era to Colonial America.
The concert traces the development of courtly and folk music of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, from the court of James I of England (James VI of Scotland), to the ducal court of Mantua, to the violinists of Louis XIV’s Versailles, and of Restoration England. The concert’s final destination is Colonial and Federal America, including visits with the African-American fiddlers who descended from Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the circle of Monticello.
The musicians performing on period instruments are Nadir Aslam, baroque violin; Nathan Bishop, baroque violin and nyckelharpa; Donna Fournier, viola da gamba; Paul Holmes Morton, lute, theorbo, baroque guitar, and banjo; Benjamin T. Berman, harpsichord and tenor; and Lewis R. Baratz, recorder, tin whistle, bodhràn, mountain dulcimer, and harpsichord.
Performances of “The Fiddler’s Dance” will take place at Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, N.J., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, and at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $10 for students, free for ages 12 and below. Tickets are available at the door with cash or check, or in advance online at lafiocco.org. Masks are recommended.
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