Since its first stones rose in the 1540's Iglesia Santa Bárbara has survived attacks by Francis Drake, earthquakes and hurricanes. Its surrounding walls and canons helped protect the Colonial City. María Teresa Ruiz de Catrain tells the story of the Santa Bárbara barrio, home to the builders of the Colonial City and baptismal site of Juan Pablo Duarte. 

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Two years after Johann Sebastian Bach met the Margrave of Brandenburg he sent him the Brandenburg Concertos. A collection of six works featuring the primary instruments of the Baroque Era, they were one of the great summits in the history of music.  This charla by John Thomas Dodson explores the rest of the story.

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Ramiro Cómpres, Percussion

Claudia Reyes, Vibraphone

Ramsés Cid, Violin

Juan Carlos Martínez, Clarinet

Elioenai Medina, Piano Accompaniment

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Begin with a private tour personally led by Juan Gilberto Nuñez, the guiding force behind the newly-restored Iglesia Santa Bárbara. This experience is followed by a program from Bach to Piazzola performed by a new generation of talented  musicians representing the best of the Dominican Republic.

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A post-concert brindis follows in the Santa Bárbara Plaza.

Hailed for their "energy and sparkle in Bach" by The Boston Musical Intelligencer, the Handel and Haydn Society is Boston's premier period instrument ensemble specializing in music from the Baroque and Classical Eras.

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On this exclusive appearance in the Dominican Republic, Handel and Haydn Society will perform all six of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos over two evenings in Iglesia Regina Angelorum, built at the same time that Bach sent his manuscript to the Margrave of Brandenburg.

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A post-concert brindis follows at Quinta Dominica.

Hailed for their "energy and sparkle in Bach" by The Boston Musical Intelligencer, the Handel and Haydn Society is Boston's premier period instrument ensemble specializing in music from the Baroque and Classical Eras.

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On this exclusive appearance in the Dominican Republic, Handel and Haydn Societywill perform all six of Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concertos over two evenings in Iglesia Regina Angelorum, built at the same time that Bach sent his manuscript to the Margrave of Brandenburg.

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A post-concert brindis follows at La Casona.