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		SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2003 — 3:00 PM
		Town Hall — 1119 Eighth Avenue

		FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963) Suite Française HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) Suite from Abdelazer UNICO WILHELM VAN WASSENAER (1692-1766) Concerto Armonico in B-flat major — Intermission — JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Ich liebe den Höchsten von Ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174 ORCHESTRA SEATTLE SEATTLE CHAMBER SINGERS George Shangrow conductor Familiar tunes abound in the four delightful works that comprise this program, although the pieces themselves will likely be new to many listeners. Poulenc's witty Suite Française, commissioned for a 1935 play, draws on music written by Claude Gervaise, a 16th cenutry French musician. Purcell's suite, also composed as incidental music, includes a Rondeau that was made famous nearly 300 years later when Benjamin Britten borrowed its tune for A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Wassenaer's concerto armonico was long attributed to Pergolesi — in fact, Stravinsky was under that assumption when he appropriated the final movement for use in his ballet Pulcinella. Finally, the sinfonia of Bach's Cantata No. 174 is a reworking of the opening movement to the third Brandenburg, with oboes doubling the violins and newly composed parts for two horns!		Program notes: Francis Poulenc Henry Purcell U. W. Wassenaer J. S. Bach Artist profiles: George Shangrow Venue information: Town Hall 2002-2003 season: Next concert Previous concert