Faculty Artist Concert Series: The Effect of Affect

Join five Baroque music performers for a program packed full of emotion. Composition in the 17^th and 18^th centuries adhered to “The Doctrine of the Affections,” the prevailing manner of expressing stylized emotions. These were known as affections, or “affects,” such as love, anger, longing, sorrow, and joy. Works by Bach, Purcell, and others, performed on Baroque period instruments, take you on a roller coaster ride up and down the range of human feelings.

Tom Gerber, harpsichord
Steven Rickards, countertenor
Jeffrey Collier, flute
Tammy Thweatt, flute
Sophie Benn, cello