MBM: Henry Purcell's Baroque Opera Dido & Aeneas & J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata 04.08.2018

On Sunday afternoon, April 8th 2018, the Madison Bach Musicians served up more than fresh brewed coffee. First up was comedy: the Coffee Cantata (Kaffeekantate, BWV211) of J.S. Bach, not a composer usually remembered for his sense of humor. Zimmermann's Coffee House, Leipzig -frequented by Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Zimmermann The other work composed around the time of Bach's birth almost half a century earlier is the compact chamber opera Dido & Aeneas by the brilliant and sadly short-lived English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Here are images captured before, during and at intermission along with portraits - some posed and some not of musicians, volunteers, staff and patrons of Madison Bach Musicians.
Performance held at First Unitarian Society Auditorium, Madison, Wisconsin.
Isthmus Review on April 9th by John W. Barker entitled " Triumphant Achievement" http://isthmus.com/music/triumphant-achievement/