New York Early Music Celebration 2010

Welcome to New York Early Music Central,

a resource for early music in New York City.

 

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Department of Concerts & Lectures presents
a daylong exploration of historical music performance practices, conceived and hosted by FREDERICK RENZ, Founder of the Early Music Foundation and Director of Early Music New York.

Just as a conservator strips away layers of yellowed varnish to reveal a painting’s original vigor, perform­ers of medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and classical music apply historical conventions and practices—such as reading from original manuscripts and using period instruments—to allow musical repertory to ring true by interpreting each score as conceived by its composer. The day features lecture-demonstrations by some of New York’s most notable exponents of historically informed performance and showcases instruments from the Museum’s collection.
  Morning Session: 10:00-12:00
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“The Jigge Is Up: Dance in Shakespeare’s Time”
Featuring the NEW YORK HISTORICAL DANCE COMPANY,
Dorothy Olsson and Kaspar Mainz, Co-Directors, with Flying Forms,
instrumental ensemble

“The Art of Persuasion: A Musician’s Rhetoric”
Featuring PARTHENIA, consort of viols, with Gary Thor Wedow, lecturer, Julianne Baird, soprano, Paul Hecht, actor,
and Daniel Swenberg, theorb
  Afternoon Session: 2:00-4:00
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“From Chant to Organum:
Improvised Polyphony of the Middle Ages”
Featuring LIONHEART, vocal ensemble

“From Manuscript to Concert Hall:
Revival of Fifteenth-Century Chansons”
Featuring ASTERIA, vocal duo with lute
  Evening Session: 6:00-8:00
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“Playing by Numbers: Baroque Continuo Realized”
Featuring ARTEK, instrumental and vocal ensemble,
Gwendolyn Toth, Director

“The Flute’s Glory Days:
Traversing the Eighteenth-Century Traverso"
Featuring members of the GRAND TOUR ORCHESTRA,
Charles Brink, Director
For ticket purchase information:

http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets/

This series is made possible in part through a Consortium Grant to the Early Music Foundation
from the National Endowment for the Arts (consortium partner: Music Before 1800)
and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The event celebrates the reopening of the Andre Mertens Galleries for Musical Instruments
and will feature instruments from The Metropolitan Museum’s collection.