The 12th annual Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival kicks off its three day run this Friday, June 9 at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. The festival has long been a great place to hear rarely performed baroque pieces, with many of the works performed making their area premieres. The theme for this year's festival is humor in music and Artistic Director Grant Cooper has unearthed some rarities, such as the 1701 Suite: The Comedy Call'd the Funeral by William Croft as well as better-known works such as Haydn's Quartet Op. 33 No. 2, known as The Joke. Of course, some listeners might feel that one of the works to be performed might have better been left buried—the cantata Iphigenia in Brooklyn, by P.D.Q. Bach. On the other hand, no one who enjoyed the highly entertaining production of P.D.Q. Bach's The Abduction of Figaro at King Concert Hall last April will want to miss this performance. Visit www.fredopera.org for more information.
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