Join us Sunday, April 10th from 2-4 p.m. for Tales About the Tellers. This event features a rare visit inside a few of the cemetery’s great mausoleums. The tour starts at 4947 West Florissant Avenue and costs $10, which will be donated to the Greater St. Louis Book Fair. RSVP to dana@stlmediaflashpoint.com.
To watch a video about this event click here.
To watch a video about this event click here.
Bellefontaine Cemetery cordially invites you to a concert of Baroque music on Saturday, April 9th, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., with the instrumental group Sprezzatura performing on period instruments.
Featured will be the talented and exciting harpsichordist Bethany Cencer from New York City. The historic Hotchkiss Chapel at Bellefontaine Cemetery has lively and intimate acoustics well suited for her solos of pieces by Frescobaldi and both Scarlattis which will include Domenico Scarlatti’s Cat’s Fugue. Ms Cencer will be performing on a recently built harpsichord based on Neapolitan models. In other Baroque works by Marcello, Philidor and Quantz, she will be joined by Sprezzatura members, Paul Thompson and Alex Shaffer on baroque flutes and recorder, and Sara Edgerton featured on baroque cello. The flutists will also offer a Telemann duet for baroque flutes. (Founded by Cencer and Thompson in 2009, Sprezzatura’s Italian name derives from Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier – published in 1528 — where it refers to “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort.”)
The performance will be followed by a wine and cheese reception with an Italian flair and an opportunity to visit with the musicians and their instruments.
Tickets are $20 per person and available by phone at 314-381-0750 or in person at the cemetery office. There are a limited number of tickets, so reserve yours soon!
Featured will be the talented and exciting harpsichordist Bethany Cencer from New York City. The historic Hotchkiss Chapel at Bellefontaine Cemetery has lively and intimate acoustics well suited for her solos of pieces by Frescobaldi and both Scarlattis which will include Domenico Scarlatti’s Cat’s Fugue. Ms Cencer will be performing on a recently built harpsichord based on Neapolitan models. In other Baroque works by Marcello, Philidor and Quantz, she will be joined by Sprezzatura members, Paul Thompson and Alex Shaffer on baroque flutes and recorder, and Sara Edgerton featured on baroque cello. The flutists will also offer a Telemann duet for baroque flutes. (Founded by Cencer and Thompson in 2009, Sprezzatura’s Italian name derives from Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier – published in 1528 — where it refers to “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort.”)
The performance will be followed by a wine and cheese reception with an Italian flair and an opportunity to visit with the musicians and their instruments.
Tickets are $20 per person and available by phone at 314-381-0750 or in person at the cemetery office. There are a limited number of tickets, so reserve yours soon!