Get a taste of the good life on today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network.

“La Bella Vita: Hidden Gems of Baroque Italy” presages a renaissance of GEMS’ Midtown Concerts series. The free lunchtime programs are presented on Thursdays at 1:15 p.m., at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan.

This afternoon’s broadcast will feature DuoSeraphim – soprano Sarah Hawkey and gambist Niccolo Seligmann – in works by Claudio Monteverdi, Diego Ortiz, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Barbara Strozzi. The concert was originally presented on December 28, 2017.

The 2018-2019 season of Midtown Concerts will commence this Thursday with a program of 16th and 17th century music for voice and viol, performed by the duo Lyracle.

Today’s concert broadcast is made possible in part by Gotham Early Music Scene, or GEMS. GEMS 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 about the St. Bart’s concerts and other GEMS’ events, look online at gemsny.org.

Then linger in the Mediterranean a while longer with guitarist John McLaughlin’s “Mediterranean Concerto” and other works. Life is good, from 12 to 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.