Musicians of the Old Post Road

• Comment: Seems to be a lot of cherry-picking of select sentences from the news coverage, and a lot of reliance on the ensemble website. And if performances are "notable", you need to demonstrate they've been noticed. Boston Globe has its articles available online since the 1990's so it should be possible to base the article on these sources, rather than what the author of this article would like to promote. Sionk (talk) 14:03, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

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--Fboyd25 (talk) 20:20, 21 July 2014 (UTC)--Fboyd25 (talk) 15:32, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Musicians of the Old Post Road (MOPR) is a chamber music ensemble based in the Boston area that specializes in period instrument performance. The ensemble often performs "rediscovered" works from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. The ensemble, founded by Artistic Directors Suzanne Stumpf and Daniel Ryan, performs in historical buildings along the Boston Old Post Road, which was a trade and travel route between Boston and New York from the late 17th through mid-19th centuries. MOPR's repertoire spans these dates. The group has produced seven CDs, toured throughout Europe and North America, and received numerous awards, including the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society in 1998.

Notable Performances and Collaborations

MOPR has toured both within the US and internationally. US appearances include the Boston Early Music Festival Concert Series, and the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. International appearances include performances at the Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, Germany, and El Museo Regional in Cuauhnáhuac, Mexico.

MOPR has collaborated with La Fontegara of Mexico, Schola Cantorum of Boston, and Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano.

The ensemble was also commissioned to build a program to accompany an exhibit at the MIT Museum. In 2006, the ensemble was featured on Boston's WCVB television’s Chronicle program about the history of the old Boston Post Road.

Rediscovered Works and Programming

The ensemble frequently performs lesser-known, rediscovered works. In a 2008 interview, Stumpf stated ¨We enjoy finding works not often selected for performance and combining it with interesting ways to present it to our audience.¨ The ensemble presents these rediscovered works within contextualized programs.

Discography

• Roman Handel: Works by the young Handel and his colleagues at the court of Benedetto Pamphili, including world premiere recordings of cantatas by Lulier and Bononcini, along with a flute concerto by Gasparini. With soprano Kristen Watson. – Centaur Records, 2012
• Feliz Navidad: Christmas from Spain and New Spain: Festive villancicos, cantatas, and instrumental works from Baroque Spain, Catalonia, and Mexico by Ripa, Iribarren, Cabanilles, Soler, Salazar, Jerusalem, and others. – Meridian, 2009
• Telemann Twelve Fantasias and Other Works, with Aldo Abreu, recorder: Aldo Abreu performs Georg Philipp Telemann’s fantasias for solo recorder and Telemann’s Concerto in E Minor for traverso and recorder with Suzanne Stumpf and Musicians of the Old Post Road. – Bressan Records, 2009
• Telemann and Bodinus Quartets: Lively and expressive quartets by two masters of the genre. – Meridian, 2004
• Galant with an Attitude: Music of Juan and José Pla: Passionate trio sonatas and a concerto by two forgotten masters. – Meridian Records, 2000
• Trios and Scottish Song Settings of J.N. Hummel: Featuring the world-premiere recording of Hummel’s Scottish Song Settings. – Meridian (1999). The ensemble won the 1998 Noah Greenberg Award for this recording.
• The Virtuoso Double Bass: Chamber works by Haydn, Vanhal, Sperger, and Mannl with obbligato bass. – Titanic Records, 1994

Members

The ensemble is composed of five core members: Suzanne Stumpf, flute, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, and Marcia Cassidy, viola.

External Links

Musicians of the Old Post Road
Youtube of Musicians of the Old Post Road