Swan Season: 2022-2023

Celebrating 28 Years
I
Versailles: Intrigue & Envy

Based on the letters of Madame de Sévigné,
this program combines dramatic readings
 by actors Roberta Maxwell and Paul Hecht
with music from the court of Louis XIV

Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Trinity Church in Solebury, PA
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel, Princeton, NJ


II
Anna Magdalena Bach: Her Story

A reading by Jane McKinley from her poem sequence 
based on the life of Bach's second wife
accompanied by the music of Bach
performed by Lisa Terry and Webb Wiggins

Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel, Princeton, NJ


III
Pergolesi & Bach
 The Mardi Considine Spring Concert

A memorial to those lost during the pandemic
featuring soprano Teresa Wakim
 and mezzo-soprano Kristen Dubenion-Smith
in Bach arias and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm (New time!)
Trinity Church in Solebury, PA
Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel, Princeton, NJ



IV
Swan Songs
A theatrical, musical entertainment

Music from John Dryden's lifetime

by Lully, Marais, Couperin, and Purcell

featuring acclaimed actors Roberta Maxwell and Paul Hecht

and the incomparable Julianne Baird, soprano,

with a Baroque band of oboes, bassoon, strings, lute, and harpsichord.


Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel, Princeton, NJ


Please join us!

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We look forward to seeing you in person!

Dryden's Covid Policy
The Dryden Ensemble's Board strongly urges 
audience members to wear masks during the concert
to protect those who are most vulnerable.
Thank you for being considerate.
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