Elinor Frey and Accademia de’ Dissonanti

Event Description

Elinor Frey is a leading American-Canadian cellist, gambist, and researcher. She has performed throughout the Americas and in Europe in recital and with numerous chamber ensembles and orchestras such as Rosa Barocca, Constantinople, Les idées heureuses, Il Gardellino, Tafelmusik, and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra.

Elinor Frey’s albums on the Belgian label Passacaille and Canadian label Analekta—many of which are world premiere recordings—include Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco Cello Sonatas, winner of a Diapason d’Or, and Early Italian Cello Concertos, winner of the 2023 JUNO Award for Small Ensemble Classical Album of the Year. This program will include music by C. P. E. Bach and Vivaldi, and will also feature a performance by Mélisande McNabney of the C. P. E. Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor on the Moira Hudgin harpsichord.