Dryden Ensemble Announces 2022-23 Swan Season In Princeton

PRINCETON, NJ — The Dryden Ensemble recently announced its upcoming “Swan Season,” celebrating 28 years of music making.

The season will include a three-concert series and one special event at the Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel, and two concerts at Trinity Episcopal Church, at Solebury, Pennsylvania.

Princeton-based Dryden Ensemble specializes in performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments.

On Nov. 12 and 13, the ensemble will present “Versailles: Intrigue & Envy” featuring actors Roberta Maxwell and Paul Hecht in dramatic readings based on the letters of Madame de Sévigné. Musicians will perform chamber music from the court of Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marin Marais, Louis and François Couperin, and others, for violin, oboe, viola da gamba, lute, and harpsichord.

Continuing with the series, a memorial concert - “Pergolesi & Bach,”- to those who died during the pandemic, will be held on March 25 and 26. The program will feature soprano Teresa Wakim and mezzo-soprano Kristen Dubenion-Smith in works by J. S. Bach and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.

On April 16, 2023, the ensemble will conclude its season with special theatrical entertainment. Details of the program will be announced at a later date.

General admission tickets are $25 per concert, patron tickets are $40, and student tickets are free with a valid ID. Subscriptions and single tickets are available at www.drydenensemble.org.

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