PARTHENIA | A Consort of Viols
2010-2011 Season
A RENAISSANCE SONGBOOK
Thursday, September 23 at 8pm
THE ROYALS: BAPTISM AND BALLET
Saturday, October 23 2010 at 5 pm and 8pm
Sunday, October 24 2010 at 5 pm and 8pm
COME LIFE, COME DEATH, I CARE NOT
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 8pm
O MARVEL AND MYSTERY
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 2pm
WITHIN THE LABYRINTH
Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 4pm
LES AMOURS DE MAI
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 7:30pm
THE FOUR AGES OF ELIZABETH
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8pm
See below for complete info on each concert...
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PARTHENIA is an ensemble-in-residence at Corpus Christi Church, one of New York City's premiere early music venues located in Morningside Heights. This vibrant neighborhood is home to Columbia University, Riverside Church, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Grant's Tomb, the Manhattan School of Music, as well as many cafes and restaurants.
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| Ryland Angel |
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| Christa Patton |
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| A RENAISSANCE SONGBOOK
Explore Parthenia’s 16th-century repertoire
PARTHENIA, with Ryland Angel, countertenor, and Christa Patton, harp
Presented by The GEMS Project 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 8pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
West End Avenue at 87th Street
Manhattan
Tickets: $40, $25, $15
Order here or call 212-866-0468
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THE ROYALS: BAPTISM AND BALLET
Celebrating Piffaro’s 25th Anniversary
with Piffaro, Blue Heron & The New York Historical Dance Company
Saturday & Sunday, October 23 & 24, 2010
at 5pm (Holy Trinity) & 8pm (Trinity Center)
Church of the Holy Trinity
1904 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Trinity Center
22nd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia
Tickets: $40 to $15
Order here or call 215-235-8469
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| The Western Wind |
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| COME LIFE, COME DEATH, I CARE NOT
400th anniversary of Michael East’s Third Book of Madrigals (1610)
with The Western Wind
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 8pm
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street
Manhattan
Tickets:
$25 ~ General Admission
$15 ~ Students & Seniors
Order below or call 212-866-0468
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O MARVEL AND MYSTERY
Elizabethan music for the holiday season
with The Canticum Novum Singers
Harold Rosenbaum, director
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 2pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
West End Avenue at 87th Street
Manhattan
Tickets:
$25 ~ General Admission
$15 ~ Students & Seniors
Order below or call 212-866-0468
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Excerpts from the program notes:
Byrd knew the beautiful sound of voices and viols playing an intimate music together in which all parts share equally in presenting the melodic material. In the preface to his 1588 print, Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of sadnes and pietie, the first print of secular and sacred songs in England, he wrote that some of his songs “being originally made for Instruments to expresse the harmonie, and one voice to pronounce the dittie, are now framed in all parts for voyces to sing the same.” From this we can see that whether the music had a text or not, Byrd’s compositional concept remained the same for both instrumental and vocal music — the English anthems, Latin motets and instrumental fantasies on our program all spring from the same polyphonic well.
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WITHIN THE LABYRINTH
Parthenia
A treasure chest of the viola da gamba’s unique repertoire featuring well-known and unknown musical masterpieces from across three centuries, from Josquin through Purcell to J.S. Bach.
Presented by Concerts At Christ Church Pelham.
Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 4pm
Christ Church Pelham
1415 Pelhamdale Avenue
Pelham, NY
Tickets: $30, $10
Order here or call 914-738-5515 x102
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| Julianne Baird |
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| Robert Mealy |
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| LES AMOURS DE MAI
Love songs from the age of Ronsard
with Julianne Baird, soprano, and Robert Mealy, violin
Tribute concert to Bruce Bellingham
Friday, January 28, 2011
at 7:30 pm
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Tickets: $30, $28
Order here or call 860-486-4226
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THE FOUR AGES OF ELIZABETH
A century of English music for voices & viols
with Julianne Baird, soprano and Cheryl Bensman-Rowe, soprano
In honor of Early Music America’s 25th Anniversary
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8pm
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street
Manhattan
Tickets:
$25 ~ General Admission
$15 ~ Students & Seniors
Order below or call 212-866-0468
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| Cheryl Bensman-Rowe |
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| Julianne Baird |
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Bargemusic presents
A RENAISSANCE SONGBOOK
as part of the “There and Then” Series
with
Ryland Angel, countertenor
Daniel Swenberg, lutes
An intimate collection of early English art songs, leading through aspects of Renaissance life and love. Works by Henry VIII, Holborne, Parsons, Dowland and Purcell.
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| Daniel Swenberg |
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| Sunday, June 26 at 3 pm
Bargemusic
New York City’s floating concert hall
Fulton Ferry Landing
Brooklyn, NY
Tickets:
$35 ~ Regular
$30 ~ Seniors
$15 ~ Students
Order here or call 718-624-2083
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