Published 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month to over 6,300 subscribers. ♦ Naomi Morse, Editor
Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc., New York, New York ♦ May 3, 2012
In This Issue
♦ What's New
♦ Of Special Interest
♦ Event Listings
♦ The Western Wind
♦ Pomerium
♦ Opera Feroce
♦ Polyhymnia
♦ PHOENIXtail
♦ East of the River
♦ Canby Singers
♦ Sonnambula
♦ Rebecca Pechefsky
♦ Canticum Novum
♦ The Queen's Chamber Band
♦ Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Season Finale
♦ Lisa Terry and Angela Yeung
♦ Voices of Ascension
♦ operamission
♦ Musica Nuova
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 .jpg "A-Musical-Feast_2012-03-21_Reception spread(72dpi 4in)") Save the Date! GEMS' Fifth Anniversary Gala will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012, following Sinfonia New York's performance of "The Art & Ecstasy of the Chaconne." See a video excerpt here. Board member Jacqueline Algon will be catering the event; see the photo at right for an example of her elegant reception spread. More details and ticket information will be available soon. Watch this space and the fifth anniversary page on our website to stay informed. Come celebrate with us! |
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Another bursting Notes on the Scene to keep you all busy through the end of the spring-- get your fill before the summer lull! Many established ensembles will be performing their end of season shows-- Parthenia and Western Wind, both on May 5, Pomerium on May 6, East of the River on May 13, Canticum Novum with Bach's B Minor Mass on May 19, and Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Season Finale on May 20. And a few new groups to watch for-- PHOENIXtail on May 13 and Sonnambula on May 16. |
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 The Western WindShakespeare in Love Songs from the plays, including Renaissance music, romantic and contemporary settings and three world premieres Saturday, May 5 at 8 pm Tickets: $20-$225 Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (just south of Christopher Street), Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Pomerium_cloisters angle(4in)") Music Before 1800 presentsPomerium A Garden of Music: Highlights of Pomerium’s 40 Seasons Alexander Blachly, director Sunday, May 6 at 4 pm Tickets: $10-$45 ($10 student rush tickets at the door) Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Opera Feroce_AmorAndPsyche(4in)") Opera FeroceAmor & Psyche A fast-paced and whimsical pasticcio opera, staged and set to the music of Handel, Dowland, Porpora, and others Monday, May 7 at 7:30 pm Admission: pay what you can at the door (All proceeds benefit What a Neighborhood!) Hostelling International New York, 891 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 103rd Street), Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Polyhymnia_2010(cropped 4.5in)") PolyhymniaByrd in Flight: Latin Motets & English Anthems John Bradley, director Saturday, May 12 at 8 pm Tickets: $15-$25 Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue at West 87th Street, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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 PHOENIXtailAyres and Sonatas of England Music of Purcell, Matteis, Handel, Corelli, and others Beth Wenstrom, baroque violin Priscilla Smith, baroque oboe and recorders Ezra Seltzer, baroque cello Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord Sunday, May 13 at 3 pm Tickets: $15 suggested donation Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th  St. (at Central Park West), ManhattanClick here for full details |
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.jpg "east of the river_no omer(72dpi x 3.5in)") The Olive Branch Music Festival presentsEast of the River Levantera Nina Stern and Daphna Mor, woodwinds; Shane Shanahan, percussion; Uri Sharlin, accordion & shruti box with guest Jesse Alexander Kotansky, violin Sunday, May 13 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $15 cover/free glass of wine Community Synagogue/Max D. Raiskin Center, 325 E. Sixth Street (between 1st Ave. and 2nd Ave.), Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Canby Singers_dufay meets binchois(3.5in)") Canby SingersSheila Schonbrun, director Transformations: Guillaume Dufay and His Predecessors A concert to honor founder E. T. Canby on the 100th anniversary of his birth Sunday, May 13 at 4 pm Tickets: $10 Church of St. Charles Borromeo, 21 Sidney Place, Brooklyn Saturday, May 19 at 8 pm Tickets: $15-$20 Reception to follow concert Church of St. Joseph, 365 6th Avenue (at Waverly Place), Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Sonnambula_credit Shan Jayakumar") Sonnambula Viol ConsortSplendors of the Spanish Renaissance: Music from the Court of Philip II with guest Esteban La Rotta, lute and vihuela Wednesday, May 16 at 8 pm Tickets: $10 Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St. (just south of Christopher Street), Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "RebeccaPechefsky_YB French double(4in)") Music at Morris-Jumel presentsRebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord Music by F. Couperin, J. L. Krebs, and M. Janello Including Couperin's rarely played 12th Ordre, and two New York premieres-- Krebs's E-flat Partita, and Janello's Six Harpsichord Miniatures Saturday, May 19 at 4 pm Tickets: $20-$25 Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, Manhattan Click here for full details or call 212-923-8008 Reservations required |
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Please note corrected venue Canticum Novum SingersBach: Mass in B Minor Harold Rosenbaum, conductor Tiffany Rosenquist de la Torre, soprano Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor Jesse Blumberg, baritone and the Artemis Chamber Ensemble Saturday, May 19 at 8 pm Tickets: $35-$50 The Church of Saint Jean Baptiste, 184 East 76th Street, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "BachGemsNY_2012-5-19(4in)") The Queen’s Chamber Bandwith guest Shawn Mlynek, tenor BACHJUXTAPOSED:// New Music for The Band Fugal works by Bach with world premieres of works by Christopher Lyndon-Gee, George Quincy & David Shohl Saturday, May 19 at 8 pm Tickets: $10-$25 First Moravian Church, East 30th Street & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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 Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Season FinaleJulianne Baird, soprano The Musical World of Benjamin Franklin “National Artistic Treasure” Julianne Baird brings Ben Franklin's musical world to life in this program of music and readings. Sunday, May 20 at 4 pm Tickets: $15-$25 Celebrate with a post-concert three-course repast with the performers ($100; RSVP by May 10) The Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Terry_Yeung_credit Tom Warren 2010(4in)") Early Music at Saint Peter's Church series presentsLisa Terry, viola da gamba & Angela Yeung, baroque cello Due Bassi: Virtuosic Baroque Duets for Violoncello and Viola da Gamba Duets and arrangements for two bass instruments from the 18th century, featuring works by Boismortier, Rameau, Corelli, Mondoville, Geminiani and more Tuesday, May 22 at 8 pm Tickets: $10-$15 Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave at East 54th Street, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Voices of Ascension_Choir and orchestra") Voices of AscensionMasters of the Renaissance: The Netherlands School Works by Dufay, Busnois, Ockeghem, Josquin, Isaac, Lassus, and others Dennis Keene, conductor Tuesday, May 22 at 8 pm Tickets: $10-$65 The Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street, Manhattan Click here for full details or call 212-358-7060 |
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 operamissionHandel’s first opera, ALMIRA, Königin von Castilien A North American professional stage premiere Jennifer Peterson, conductor Jeff Caldwell, stage director Saturday, May 26, Tuesday, May 29, and Thursday, May 31 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $30-$60 The Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street (just east of 5th Avenue), Manhattan Click here for full details |
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.jpg "Musica Nuova_ballotext") Musica NuovaMonteverdi's Il Ballo delle Ingrate (The Dance of the Ungrateful Women) With a new pastiche of Monteverdi songs and English dialogue, created by Grant Herreid and Lawrence Rosenwald Sunday, June 3 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:30) Tickets: $20 (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, Manhattan Click here for full details |
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Other Upcoming Events... (click on the date for more info)
Thursday, May 3 at 8 pm - Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, organ, The Church of the Ascension, NYC |
