Midtown Concerts

An @earlymusicscene production, hosting FREE weekly concerts featuring leading early musicians on period instruments. Thursdays, 1:15pm at St. Malachy's Church.

[Midtown Concerts @MidtownConcerts]

Philippe Leroy performs masterpieces for harpsichord by Froberger, J.S. Bach, and W.F. Bach. Enjoy the live performance on YouTube.

https://t.co/1NM4sS71bQ #earlymusicnyc #earlymusic #baroque

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The Chivalrous Crickets herald the spring and upcoming May Day celebrations with songs, ballads, and tunes from the British Isles, Irish, and American folk and early music.

https://t.co/ElKXUx4L6W #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc

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Pascal Valois Guitariste shares the spontaneity and virtuosity of the early romantic guitar, which inspired a frenzy among contemporary listeners, in his program, Guitaromanie.

https://t.co/qRnRUQtZK8 #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc

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Caroline Nicolas and Jeffrey Grossman perform works for viola da gamba and harpsichord by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach as well solo pieces by Dietrich Buxtehude and Friedrich Abel.

Caroline Nicolas ~ viola da gamba
Jeffrey Grossman ~ harpsichord

https://t.co/kzjANpipXA #earlymusic

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Eurasia Consort brings us Music of the Buddhist Paradise with their program of Tang Dynasty dance and music.

Tomoko Sugawara ~ kugo & harp
Rex Benincasa ~ hokyo, glockenspiel & ha
Ling Tang ~ dance

https://t.co/YqruajEZaq #earlymusicnyc #earlymusic

[Access Arts Live @AccessArtsLive]

Thurs 20 Mar Midtown Concerts livestreams Edson Scheid as he embarks on playing all of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo. 1:15 PM EDT 10:15 AM PDT 18:15 CET
https://t.co/Fvm2Xr58hR

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This week: Bach’s Sonata III, including the famous C Major fugue, and Partita III
https://t.co/hBLYRYeCYc

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Edson Scheid performs Violin Sonata III and Partita III in the first leg of his journey through Bach's works for unaccompanied violin.

Edson Scheid ~ violin

https://t.co/TpCri1S25h #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc

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House of Time generously performs J. S. Bach's A Musical Offering replete with commentary and analysis.

https://t.co/x7kXjwwnxR

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Assai Ad Libitum follows the fates of several composers during the upheaval of the French Revolution and the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Enjoy music by Pierre Louis Hus-Desforges, Hélène de Montgeroult & Ignaz Joseph Pleyel.

https://t.co/dF1nCfeQnb #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc

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Alba Consort tugs at the heart strings with music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque eras in their program, The Plucked Rose ~ Songs of Love and Loss.

https://t.co/9Ngf2Yql7g

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Violinist @EmmanuelCoppey performs Bach's Second Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003 and the Second Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 with is captivating Ciaccona.

https://t.co/i7Xn3Axgi5 #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc #baroque

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The Baltimore Consort offers a feast for the ears in their program, 'The Food of Love ~ Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare.' Enjoy Elizabethan flavors from Thomas Morley, Robert Jones, John Dowland, Antony Holbone & more.
https://t.co/R8FEGTCcBG #earlymusicnyc #earlymusic

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Duo Cok & Verschuren take us on a European Grand Tour with music by Telemann, Handel, Bach, and Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763).

Kathryn Cok ~ harpsichord
Wouter Verschuren ~ bassoon

https://t.co/cHe7zRVZpb #earlymusicnyc #earlymusic

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Concentus performs various sonatas by Giuseppe and Giovanni Battista Sammartini—two leading oboists and composers of the Baroque and emerging Classical styles.

https://t.co/o578tLc20S #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc

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Les Bergers shepard us through an 18th-century Parisian winter with works for hurdy-gurdy, musette and strings. Enjoy two Christmas symphonies by Michel Corrette and a selection of seasonal works by Esprit Phillipe Chédeville.

https://t.co/S8AmpS97n9 #earlymusic #earlymusicnyc

[BALAM Dance Theatre @BALAMDance]

#FlashbackFriday Inma Heredia @InmaHeredia6 portrayed the role of Isabella in BALAM Dance Theatre’s 2019 Gotham Early Music Scene's @earlymusicscene @MidtownConcerts, Period Works by and about Women.

Photo credit: Paul Ross

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The Lost Mode finds answers in the stars with a program centered on Medieval chants and early polyphony involving "Stella" — the image of the Star. Additionally, enjoy dances from the 13th - 15th centuries & a panoply of instruments.

https://t.co/OZMDeZKcvz #earlymusic #medieval

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As The Crow Flies celebrates 400 years of the Dutch presence in New York with music from the Dutch Golden Age. Enjoy music by Sweelinck, Schuyt, van Wichel, and more.

https://t.co/556jE86Xgy #earlymusic #earlymusicny

[Dutch Culture USA @DutchCultureUSA]

Go see As The Crow Flies: The Pearl Earring - Music of the Dutch Golden Age on November 14 🎻

📅 November 14, 2024
🕐 1:15–2:00 PM
📍 St. Malachy's Church, Manhattan

[Access Arts Live @AccessArtsLive]

Early music lovers enjoy this day, October 31st, as Gotham Early Music Scene livestreams for you free of charge a Baroque experience of all the corners of the human heart played by top people in this field, longtime colleagues Rita Lilly, Clea Galhano, and Peter Sykes. John Paval has more in the video. Subscribe to ACCESS Arts Live to get these reminders of shows you will not want to miss:

Midtown Concerts: Baroque songs and music
Thurs 31 Oct 1:15pm EDT 10:15 AM PDT 18:15 CET
https://t.co/WkRmRQQKih
(free of charge)
Program Notes:
https://t.co/GFyfesZ2Li

J.S. Bach - Seele deine Spezereien, from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
J.S. Bach - Höchster, was ich habe, from Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39
G.P. Telemann - Sonata 1 in G minor from Sonata Metodiche, TWV 41:g3 (1681–1767)
Purcell - The Plaint from The Fairy Queen, Z.629
J.S. Bach - Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E-flat Major, BWV 998
G.P. Telemann - Seele, lerne dich erkennen

#GothamEarlyMusicScene #RitaLilly #CleaGalhano #PeterSykes #MidtownConcerts: #Baroquemusic #Bach #Telemann #Purcell #livestream #accessartslive #johnpaval