Baroque ensemble Simphonie to perform Camerata Musica show April 23 in Richland

The Baroque ensemble Simphonie will perform April 23 as part of Camerata Musica’s latest show.

The concert starts at 8 p.m. at the Battelle auditorium on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory campus in Richland.

Simphonie includes harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor, violinist Ingrid Matthews and flutist Jeffrey Cohan.

They will perform works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

“This presentation will be a rare opportunity to hear Bach’s complete Musical Offering on period instruments,” a news release said.

Musical Offering is a collection of pieces by Bach all based on a single, complicated musical theme presented to him by Frederick the Great of Prussia in 1747.

“Within the next few weeks (after being given the theme) Bach perfected and presented to Frederick a composition which exhibits Bach’s boundless imagination and profound depth of expression in a brilliant set of canons and fugues, and a trio sonata that is without parallel in 18th Century chamber music, all based on this royal theme,” the news release said.

“According to musicologist Charles Rosen the six-part fugue is the most significant keyboard work ever written,” it said.

Camerata Musica is dedicated to presenting classical chamber music concerts in the Tri-Cities.

The group doesn’t charge admission, and instead, relies on patrons and sponsorships to keep operating.

The group’s patrons — who donate $80 or more a year — are named in the program and given priority seating before 7:45 p.m.

After that, attendees are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information, call 509-946-1175 or email nhdoran@charter.net.

This story was originally published April 21, 2016 at 1:56 PM with the headline "Baroque ensemble Simphonie to perform Camerata Musica show April 23 in Richland."