The WolfGang will be performing at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. The Twin Cities sextet explores chamber music from the time of Beethoven and Schubert. The group’s goal is to make 18th century music as engaging, novel, and enjoyable today as it was when it was first composed.
The WolfGang, an 18th century style sextet, was founded in 1996 in the Twin Cities for the exploration of chamber music from the time of J.S. Bach’s sons up to the time of Beethoven and Schubert. The six accomplished musicians of The WolfGang—Laura Handler, Gail Olszewski, Jennifer Kalika, Marie Sorlie, Stanley King, and Paul Jacobson—have performed with celebrated historical instrument ensembles throughout the U.S. and abroad. Their goal is to make 18th century music as engaging, novel, and enjoyable today as it was when it first leaped off the barely dry manuscripts of its day.
Thanks to the North Shore Music Association, The WolfGang will perform at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. May 24.
At the heart of The WolfGang’s repertory stands the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For its performance with NSMA, the ensemble presents three of Mozart’s masterpieces: an opera, a motet for soprano and orchestra, and a fantasy for fortepiano alone.
The opera, The Magic Flute, is a transcription for chamber ensemble arranged by Johann Wendt, a contemporary of Mozart. The motet, Exsultate, Jubilate, has been newly transcribed for The WolfGang and soprano soloist by the group’s flutist, Paul Jacobson. For the premiere of this new transcription, The WolfGang is joined by Grand Marais artist Erika Ternes, a soprano and violinist.
For ticket information or more about the WolfGang, call the Music Association at (218) 387-1272.
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