January 21, 2002

Contact:

Sarah Ray

802-443-5794

sray@middlebury.edu

Posted: January 21, 2001

MIDDLEBURY,

VT- Baroque music fans will delight at the upcoming

visit to Middlebury College of virtuoso violinist Andrew

Manze and fellow chamber musician Richard Egarr playing

harpsichord. The duo will perform at 7:30 p.m., Thursday,

Jan. 31, in the Concert Hall of the Center for the Arts on

South Main Street (Route 30).

Manze

and Egarr, who have performed and recorded together over the

years, will present an evening program featuring works by

Bach, Handel, Corelli and Pandolfi.

Manze’s

talent ranges from soloist to chamber musician to orchestral

director. He frequently appears as a guest conductor with

orchestras across Europe. Audiences in more than 30

countries in Europe, America, and the Middle and Far East

have enjoyed his violin performances that feature a

repertoire of selections from 1610 to 1830.

The

Dallas Morning News has called him “the current lion

among baroque fiddlers” and The New Yorker described

him simply as “a ferocious period

violinist.”

Manze

is a tutor and director of the European Union Baroque

Orchestra and associate director of the Academy of Ancient

Music. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and

visiting professor at London’s Royal College of

Music.

Richard

Egarr is known for his versatility and as a master of

historical keyboards. He performs as a harpsichord soloist,

a chamber musician and a conductor. As a director, his

credits range from operas such as Bach’s “Matthew

Passion” to a baroque circus he led in 1998 for the

Festival Ile de France and the Paris Conservatory. He enjoys

playing at a variety of music festivals in Europe and he has

received accolades for tours of the United States and

Japan.

In

addition to extensive solo recordings and those with other

artists, Manze and Egarr have recorded together for Harmonia

Mundi. Their performance of the complete sonatas of Pandolfi

was the winner in the baroque instrumental category in the

2000 Gramophone Awards.

There

is a special note to Egarr’s performance in Middlebury:

He will be playing a French double-manual harpsichord after

Hemsch crafted by Robert Hicks of nearby Lincoln.

The

concert is sponsored by the Middlebury College Performing

Arts Series.

Tickets

for the performance are $10 for general admission and $8 for

seniors. For tickets or information, call the College box

office at 802-443-6433.