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Baroque Concerts NYC Marian Music & More

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.

January 23, 2018
Elizabethan Lute Songs on The Classical Network

“And now, — instead of mounting barbed steeds,
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,—
He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.”

Oh Richard, Duke of Gloucester, enough with the wordplay already. You’re too clever by half. Maybe the rest of us just want to enjoy the music AS music.

On today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network, we’ll hear a program of “Lute Songs from the Elizabethan Golden Age.” Soprano Abigail Chapman and lutenist Matthew Weinman will present music by Thomas Campion, Robert Jones, Thomas Morley, and Anonymous.

It’s another Midtown Concert offered by Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS). The program was recorded on June 15 at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan.

The next Midtown Concert, “Treasure Laden,” will take place there this Thursday at 1:15 p.m. At the invitation of the New York Philharmonic, and in connection with its “New World Initiative” – which invites different interpretations of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony – the Alba Consort will weave iconic themes from the symphony with early Sephardic, Iberian, French, Italian, Cypriot, Armenian, and North African music, to bridge the ancient and “brave New World.” You’ll find a complete schedule of free lunchtime performances at midtownconcerts.org.

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.

Later, we’ll remember Philadelphia-born Anshel Brusilow. For seven years, Brusilow was concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. He was also founder of the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia and music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. His memoir, “Don’t Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy,” describes his tempestuous career with humor and pathos. Brusilow died yesterday at the age of 89.

Join me today for the lute, Brusilow, and more, from 12 to 4 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

January 16, 2018
Medieval Music on The Classical Network

This Tuesday at noon on The Classical Network, we present another gem from GEMS – Gotham Early Music Scene – as the ensemble Marginalia enlivens your lunch hour with a program of medieval French music. The broadcast will feature selections from the 13th century, including songs of the trouvères and troubadours, as well as instrumental dances. Marginalia consists of Dongmyung Ahn, rebec and vielle; Christa Patton, harp, pipe and tabor; and Peter Walker, bagpipe and voice.

Today’s program was recorded at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan. The next Midtown Concert will take place there this Thursday at 1:15 p.m., when Hollinshead & Bass (mezzo-soprano Barbara Hollinshead and lutenist and guitarist Howard Bass) will present “Time, Cruell Time!,” with music reflective of the passage of time by Thomas Campion, Robert Johnson, John Dowland, and others. You’ll find a complete schedule of free lunchtime performances at midtownconcerts.org.

In addition, GEMS presents evening concerts. Talisman Medieval (David Yardley, countertenor and harp, and Christopher Preston, tenor and harp) will present a program of medieval and newly-composed medieval-inspired music, this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th Street, Manhattan.

On Sunday at 4 p.m., Juilliard415 will present “Madness and Enchantment,” with Luigi Boccherini’s Sinfonia in D minor “From the House of the Devil,” Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Burlesque de Quixotte,” and excerpts from Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen.” Jonathan Cohen will direct, at Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street, Manhattan.

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 on these and other programs presented by GEMS, look online at gemsny.org.

Then stick around – among my featured works this afternoon, between 12 and 4 p.m. EST, will be a concerto by Anton Rubinstein and a symphony by Eduard Tubin. Rubinstein is fine, and we’re cruisin’ for some Tubin, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

January 9, 2018
Elizabethan Serenade Lunchtime Concert

Who needs a napkin, when you’re wearing a ruff? On today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network, we continue our partnership with Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) by enlivening your lunch hour with an Elizabethan serenade.

Abendmusik – New York’s Period Instrument String Band will perform consorts of William White and his contemporaries (Thomas Tomkins, William Byrd, and Orlando Gibbons). The program was recorded at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan. You’ll find a complete schedule of free lunchtime performances at midtownconcerts.org.

This Saturday at 3:30 p.m., Abendmusik will present “The Early Music Revival in Arts & Crafts London,” in conjunction with the closing day of the exhibition “John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London,” at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, 3rd Floor. The concert is free, but registration is required.

The next Midtown Concert will take place at St. Bart’s on Thursday at 1:15 p.m. The ensemble Alkemie will present “Noel Sing We: A Medieval Celebration,” inspired by Twelfth Night and Epiphany celebrations that officially mark the close of the Christmas season.

In addition, GEMS presents evening concerts, such as the one that will take place tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m., featuring Praetorius’ “Vespers.” The program will be performed by Tenet NYC (Vocal Ensemble) and friends at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th Street.

You’ll find more information about GEMS and a complete listing of events at gemsny.org.

Our afternoon will continue, then, with music by Sir Michael Tippett and Mily Balakirev, among others, between 12 and 4 p.m. EST. Settle in for a musical banquet with WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

January 2, 2018
Medieval Music on The Classical Network

On today’s Noontime Concert, we get medieval, as The Classical Network continues its partnership with Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS). Join me for a recital from the Chapel at St. Bartholomew’s Church in midtown Manhattan, performed by Drew Minter, countertenor and harp; Mark Rimple, countertenor, lute, gittern, and citole; and Marcia Young, soprano and harp.

The program will include works by Grazioso da Padova, Florentine Laudario, Francesco Landini, Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ciconia, and Paolo da Fierenze. We’ll also hear one of the great anonymous hits of the Middle Ages, “Lamento di Tristano e Rotta.” Enjoy performances by the ensemble Trefoil, beginning at 12:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

October 3, 2017

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