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November 30 ~ Koester and Figg
Dynasties: Two Families, Four Hands. Our apologies to anyone who tried to live stream the concert live! We had technical difficulties with the internet and the stream went down. The good news is that the recorded concert is now online in full. WATCH IT HERE View the program Elliot Figg ~ harpsi...December 7 ~ In Nomine Ensemble
New Sounds, Old Notes. Watch online here or on YouTube Jimmy Drancsak ~ violin Mei Stone ~ flute & recorder Morgan Davison ~ bassoon Hanbyeol Lee ~ harpsichord Spanning almost one hundred years, this repertoire comprises four national, compositional, and musical styles, which enve...December 14 ~ Artis Wodehouse ~ harmoniumist
Music in the 19th century American Parlor: The Melodeon and Cottage Organ. Watch online here or on YouTube Artis Wodehouse ~ harmoniumist 1864 American Melodeon, 1870 American Cottage Organ Lost in the mists of history, the most common keyboard to be found in 19th century parlors was ...December 21 ~ Concordian Dawn
Veni, Redemptor Gencium. Watch online here or on YouTube Amber Evans ~ soprano and percussionDavid Dickey ~ countertenor and windsClifton Massey ~ countertenor and medieval organThomas McCargar ~ baritone and percussionNiccolo Seligmann ~ vielle and multi-instrumentalistChristopher Pre...December 28 ~ Nathan Whittaker & Nathaniel Chase
The Odd Couple: Lindley and Dragonetti. Watch online here or on YouTube Nathan Whittaker ~ celloNathaniel Chase ~ bass Robert Lindley and Domenico Dragonetti were stars of the Opera in London from 1792 to 1846, but they weren’t singers, or even the conductors. The gregarious Yorkshi...January–June 2024 ConcertsFull details coming soon January 4, 2024Angelica Women's Chamber ChoirA Battle of the Sexes: Italian Composers from 1300 to 1800 January 11, 2024Members of La forza delle stelle | Baroque OrchestraUne femme | due donne | a woman January 18, 2024Emericus EnsembleTonos y canciones January 25, ...
Past Concerts This Season...
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September 14 ~ Edson Scheid
On Paganini's Trail... H.W. Ernst and more. Watch online here View the program Edson Scheid ~ period violin Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst was considered to be the successor of legendary violin virtuoso Nicolò Paganini. This program showcases Ernst’s incredible works for solo violin, which are...September 21 ~ Gwendolyn Toth & Audrey Fernandez-Fraser
Found in a Flea Market: The Carlo G Manuscript. Watch online here View the program Gwendolyn Toth ~ harpsichordAudrey Fernandez-Fraser ~ soprano This recently-discovered manuscript gives a glimpse into early ornamentation notated with rarely-seen specificity in an array of songs for voice...September 28 ~ American Classical Orchestra
La musica notturna di Madrid. Watch online here View the program Adam Cockerham ~ Romantic guitarJessica Park & Edson Scheid ~ violinsDavid Cerutti ~ viola Myron Lutzke & David Bakamjian ~ violoncellosThomas Crawford ~ harpsichord Romantic guitarist Adam Cockerham joins ACO string...October 5 ~ Vox Fidelis
Byrd 400 ~ Mass for Five Voices. Watch online here View the program Timothy Smith ~ director and tenorMarisa Curcio & Carey Hackett ~ sopranosCandice Helfand-Rogers & Gloria Kierniesky ~ altosSam Denler ~ tenorLes Anders & Erik Potteiger ~ basses A celebration of the genius of...October 12 ~ Brooklyn Baroque
Music from 18th-Century Paris. Watch online here View the program Melanie Williams ~ flute Theresa Salomon ~ violin David Bakamjian ~ violoncello Rebecca Pechefsky ~ harpsichord In his autobiography, Telemann recounts his visit to Paris and names the musicians who played his music. This c...October 19 ~ The Walton Waites
L’Arte di Suonare. Watch online here View the program Cléa Galhano ~ recorder Joseph Jones ~ dulcian Donald Livingston ~ harpsichord Early 17th Century Sonatas (literally "the sounding of instruments") were integral to the flowering of the Baroque aesthetic. A new instrumental st...October 26 ~ Collectio Musicorum
Music from the First Folio. Watch online here View the program Jeff S. Dailey ~ director & recorder Chad Kranak, Alex Longnecker & Christopher Preston Thompson ~ tenors Christopher Morrongiello ~ lute Patricia Ann Neely ~ viola da gamba 202...November 2 ~ Aaron Goler and Friends
The Gebauer Hour. Watch online here View the program Aaron Goler, Morgan Davison & Ezra Gans ~ bassoons Kelsey Burnham ~ flute Elise Bonhivert ~ clarinet Rachel Nierenberg ~ horn François-René Gebauer (1773–1845) was a Parisian bassoonist and composer. Hi...November 9 ~ Roberts and Sykes Duo
A Conversation with Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord. Watch the full concert online here View the program Cynthia Roberts ~ violin Peter Sykes ~ harpsichord J.S. Bach’s G Major Sonata is full of joy and lyrical energy and is contrasted with the C minor Sonata with its passionate...November 16 ~ Night Music
Telemann the Godfather. Watch online here View the program Leon Schelhase ~ harpsichord Geoffrey Burgess ~ oboe Karen Dekker ~ violin & viola Steven Zohn ~ flute Eve Miller ~ violoncello When Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote in 1775 that Telemann "raised me out of the baptismal font," ...November 16 @ 3:30pm ~ Gwendolyn Toth & Audrey Fernandez-Fraser
Found in a Flea Market: The Carlo G Manuscript. Watch online here View the program Gwendolyn Toth ~ harpsichord Audrey Fernandez-Fraser ~ soprano This recently-discovered manuscript gives a glimpse into early ornamentation notated with rarely-seen specificity in an array of son...
Watch the full concert with Cynthia Roberts & Peter Sykes from 11/9/23
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Welcome to the largest and most diverse series of free chamber music concerts in the nation, comprising weekly performances by over 40 different professional ensembles & artists.
The twenty-sixth season of Midtown Concerts began on September 14, 2023 and will run until June 13, 2024.
Concerts are Thursdays at 1:15pm. In-person and live streamed from St. Malachy's Church in NYC (map).
Watch live from home here, or on YouTube
Or watch past concerts on-demand on YouTube.
The Midtown Concerts series provides exceptional and interactive musical experiences to our audiences. Offering 40+ distinctive FREE weekly concerts, our series aims to nurture local artists at all stages of their careers and to contribute to the enhancement of a more vibrant early music community. We are proud to provide performance opportunities for over 200 artists, featuring local, national, and internationally acclaimed groups, and serving over 3,000 audience members each year. Each program features unique historically informed repertoire on period instruments. Our ultimate goal is to offer a meaningful contribution to New York’s cultural tapestry, making rarely heard music accessible to all and enriching the musical lives of the members of our community. We are proud to offer the greatest number and most diverse free concerts in the city, and we hope to continue reaching new audience members every week.