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Come to a gala showcase featuring 6 of the finest world-class early music ensembles, produced by GEMS Live! and Nancy Carlin Associates.
GEMS Live! presents Asteria, East of the River, Repast Baroque Ensemble, and Western Wind
Nancy Carlin Associates presents Morrongiello & Young and Good Pennyworths
Admission at the door is $5. No tickets required -- Come early for the best seats
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Sunday, January 10, 2010 |
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7 pm
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Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (Chapel) |
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7 West 55th Street |
7:00 The Western Wind
7:30 Repast Baroque Ensemble
8:00 Morrongiello & Young
8:30 Asteria
9:00 Good Pennyworths
9:30 East of the River
With programs ranging from medieval to Renaissance to baroque to Balkan, this is an evening not to miss. You can hear three hours of music for the modest price of $5! Do join us for outstanding music-making in mid-town just a few steps from 6th Avenue and the New York Hilton Hotel.Click here for map and nearby restaurants.
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About the Artists
Asteria - Sylvia Rhyne, soprano and Eric Redlinger, tenor and lute. Winner of the 2004 Early Music America Competition for Medieval and Renaissance Performance, The New York Times has called their music "intimate and deeply communicative... meltingly beautiful." Asteria is known for its compelling and personal delivery of 15th century vocal and instrumental music from the courts of Burgundy, performed entirely from memory.
East of the River - A new early/world music project by internationally recognized recorder soloists Nina Stern and Daphna Mor. Mor and Stern have appeared playing as a duo with groups as varied as The New York Philharmonic and world music group Pharaoh's Daughter. In this band they collaborate with leading jazz and world musicians including virtuoso bassist Omer Avital, composer/accordionist Uri Sharlin, and Yo Yo Ma's "Silk Road Ensemble" percussionist Shane Shanahan. Their new self-titled album, produced by renowned word music producer Jamshied Sharifi, includes traditional music from the Balkans, Armenia, and Medieval Italy, arranged and interpreted by the musicians.
Good Pennyworths - This vocal quartet found their name in a line from an Elizabethan song. They sing lute songs and Renaissance ballads and enjoy adding a bit of spice and drama to the music, staged to bring out the laughter and passion. Concerts can include Christmas and Shakespearean material.
Morrongiello & Young - In poetry-rich Elizabethan England, to sing to the lute was considered a “great wonder,” bringing “grace and strength” to the poet's verse. Morrongiello and Young bring to life the flower of Elizabethan music in their programs of lute songs, fantasias and instrumental dances for lute, voice, and harp.
Repast Baroque Ensemble - Amelia Roosevelt, baroque violin - Avi Stein, harpsichord - John Mark Rosendaal, viola da gamba and baroque 'cello. Repast is a collaboration of three period-instrument virtuosi presenting vivid renditions of music of the baroque era. Repast enjoys frequent and fruitful collaborations with leading period-instrument players and vocalists in order to explore the vast and masterful repertoire of the baroque era. Founded in New York City in 2003, the baroque ensemble was a finalist in the Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition that same year.
The Western Wind - Michele Kennedy, Laura Christian, Todd Frizzell, Elliot Z. Levine, Richard Slade, and William Zukof. The Western Wind presents the special beauty and variety of a cappella--performing Medieval, Renaissance, Early American, Baroque and Romantic music as well as new works by contemporary composers, pop and jazz arrangements, and imaginative programs presenting holiday music from both Jewish and Christian traditions. The Western Wind has been acclaimed at many of the world’s finest halls--La Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro La Fenice, Rome Opera, Carnegie Hall, Tully Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art--and have collaborated with prestigious ensembles such as the Folger Consort, Hesperus and the St. Louis Symphony. The Western Wind has appeared on NBC's Today Show and can be heard annually on radio.
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