On today’s Noontime Concert on the Classical Network, members of the Queen’s Baroque Ensemble will join countertenor Ryland Angel and organist William Trafka – with special guest, countertenor Jonathan May – for another Midtown Concert presented by Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS).

The program, titled “Portraits of Mary,” will be made up of works by Johannes Schenck, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and Dietrich Buxtehude, all reflective of the Marian theme, the love between mother and child.

Trafka is director of music at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue, where free concerts are held each Thursday at 1:15 p.m. This Thursday, violinist Theresa Salomon will present a program of works by Telemann and Bach. You’ll find a complete schedule of lunchtime performances at midtownconcerts.org.

In addition, GEMS presents evening concerts. “The Keys to Heaven: Music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,” which will include Palestrina’s “Missa Tu es Petrus,” will be performed by the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields. That concert will take place this Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (just south of Christopher).

Gotham Early Music Scene is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes artists and organizations in New York City devoted to early music – music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods. For more information and GEMS’ events calendar, look online at gemsny.org.

Then, free-associating on the Marian theme, we’ll follow-up with a symphony by Meredith Willson, composer of “The Music Man,” among our featured works. We’ll do our best to remain merry, from 12 to 4 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.