Marble is the new black, on today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network.

The violin duo of Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, collectively known as Black Marble, will perform a program titled “Opera for Two,” consisting of works by Jean-Marie Leclair, William Shield, Emanuele Barbella, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Schwarz and Marmer are co-directors of the popular Baroque ensemble REBEL (pronounced Re-BEL), named for French master Jean-Féry Rebel. “Black Marble” is an amalgam of the performers’ last names (Schwarz is German for “black,” and Marmer is Dutch for “marble”). The duo appears courtesy of the Midtown Concerts series presented by Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS).

The concert was recorded on September 21, 2017, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan, where free concerts are held every Thursday at 1:15 p.m. This Thursday, Les Soûls d’amour will present a program titled “Love and War,” exploring the many ways in which the trials of war and travails of love intersect and collide. You’ll find a complete schedule of lunchtime performances at midtownconcerts.org.

In addition, GEMS presents evening concerts. The Boston-based Lorelei Ensemble will perform music spanning the centuries from the Medieval Era to contemporary Americana, this Friday at 7:30 p.m., at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (just south of Christopher).

The Ensemble Origo and UConn Collegium Musicum will perform a program of sacred Bach cantatas, this Saturday at 8, at Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, 152 West 66th Street.

And the Bach Choir of Holy Trinity and Bach Orchestra will perform on Sunday afternoon at 5, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th Street.

Gotham Early Music Scene is a non-profit corporation 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.

It’s a concert for all the marbles, with winners guaranteed, this Tuesday at 12:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

Rebel: Ensemble for Baroque Music