EUGENE–The University of Oregon Museum of Art will host a 17th-century Italian music concert featuring world-famous baroque violinist Jaap Schroder at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28.

His performance will be part of the free MusEvenings! weekly program at the art museum, 1430 Johnson Lane.

Schroder will perform late 17th-century Italian compositions for violin and continuo by Corelli, Jacchini, Torelli, Perti and others. Joining him for a performance of 17th-century trios and quartets by Legrenzi, Scarani and other composers will be UO faculty members Marc Vanscheeuwijck, baroque cello and violin; Katherine Lucktenberg, violin; and Steve Pologe, cello.

One of the pioneers of the baroque violin in Europe, Schroder–long with harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, flutist Frans Bruggen and cellist Anner Bylsma–launched a baroque and classical music revival in The Netherlands that quickly expanded to Belgium, Germany and the rest of Europe. His chamber orchestra, Concerto Amsterdam, and his string quartet, Quartetto Esterhazy, set the tone for all other period-instrument ensembles as early as the 1960s.

Vanscheeuwijck directs the UO School of Music’s Collegium Musicum, while Pologe is cellist with the Oregon String Quartet and the Pacific Trio. Before joining the UO music faculty in 1993, Lucktenberg was concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony for 11 seasons.

The Museum of Art, accessible to people with disabilities, is open from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Suggested admission is $3, except on Wednesdays when the MusEvenings! program offers free programming, refreshments and extended viewing hours for current exhibitions from 5—8 p.m. Museum members, students, UO employees and children are admitted free.

For more information, browse http://uoma.uoregon.edu or call (541) 346-3027.

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