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2020

Notes on the Scene 8/6/20

Notes on the Scene 7/30/20

Notes on the Scene 7/16/20

Notes on the Scene 7/2/20

Notes on the Scene 6/18/20

6/8/20: Thursday: Midtown Concerts livestream with Satono Norizuki

Notes on the Scene 6/4/20

Notes on the Scene 5/21/20

Notes on the Scene 5/7/20

5/5/20: Thursday: Midtown Concerts livestream with Jonathan Salamon

4/21/20: Thursday: Midtown Concerts livestream with Christopher Preston Thompson

Notes on the Scene 4/16/20

Notes on the Scene 4/2/20

The first #StayHome edition-- Notes on the Scene 3/26/20

3/22/20: Relief Fund for early musicians

Notes on the Scene 3/19/20

3/16/20: Coronavirus update; and Midtown Concerts livestream on Thursday

3/10/20: CD Release from Karim Sulayman and Yi-heng Yang

Notes on the Scene 3/5/20

3/3/20: Polyhymnia: Music of Christopher Tye (c. 1505 – c. 1572/3)

2/28/20: "Opera Lafayette is celebrating its silver anniversary in style."

2/27/20: Ars Longa de la Habana: Baroque Music from Cuba and the New World

2/25/20: Monteverdi’s ravishing Marian Vespers at the Park Avenue Armory

Notes on the Scene 02/20/2020

Notes on the Scene 2/6/20

Notes on the Scene 1/30/20

Notes on the Scene 1/16/20

1/14/20: American Classical Orchestra – “Like As The Hart” - February 1st at Alice Tully Hall

1/9/20: Repast with Modern Times: The Birth of Public Music

Notes on the Scene 1/2/20

1/1/20: This Saturday, for cognoscenti... Alana Youssefian

 

2019

Notes on the Scene 6/20/19    Corrected obituaries here

6/13/19: GEMAS presents 'From Latin to Quechua'

Notes on the Scene 6/6/19

Notes on the Scene 5/30/19

Notes on the Scene 5/16/19

5/10/19: Madrigal Madness returns with ARTEK and guest artists

5/9/19: Melius Consort debuts with "Virtuosic Handel"

5/8/19: 'The Many Sounds of Rigoletto' with Collectio Musicorum

5/6/19: NY Virtuoso Singers and Canticum Novum Singers in two concerts!

Notes on the Scene 5/2/19

4/30/19: Stradella’s 'La Susanna' with Opera Lafayette and Heartbeat Opera

4/25/19: Polyhymnia: Flemish Influence in Northern Italy

4/23/19: Clarion at the Met: Guerrero's 'Missa de la Batalla Escoutez'

Notes on the Scene 4/18/19

4/10/19: Anglica Antiqua Celebrates the Choristers of Flight

Notes on the Scene 4/4/19

4/3/19: The Lotz Trio performs Mozart's Horns This Mother’s Day

3/27/19: American Premiere: The Acts of Moses in the Desert with the Academy of Sacred Drama

3/26/19: Want to See a French Opera? Need a Laugh? Join Opera Lafayette for Bonsoir Voisin!

3/22/19: Le Roman de Fauvel with Concordian Dawn

Notes on the Scene 3/21/19

Notes on the Scene 3/7/19

2/28/19: Recorder virtuoso Daphna Mor performs Baroque favorites

Notes on the Scene 2/21/19

2/19/19: Polyhymnia: Music of the English Reformation

2/8/19: Torchsongs Transformed with the baroque virtuosi of Les Délices

Notes on the Scene 2/7/19

2/5/19: Handel’s 'Radamisto' with Opera Lafayette

Notes on the Scene 1/31/19

1/24/19: Sonnambula at The Met Museum

Notes on the Scene 1/17/19

Notes on the Scene 1/3/19

 

2018

Notes on the Scene 12/20/18

12/18/18: The Clarion Choir performs Rachmaninoff's Vespers

12/17/18: TENET’s Green Mountain Project Mini-Fest

Notes on the Scene 12/6/18

Notes on the Scene 11/29/18

Notes on the Scene 11/15/18

11/8/18: Polyhymnia: Music for Charles V and Philip II on Nov 17

Notes on the Scene 11/1/18

10/30/18: Sonnambula at The Met Museum

10/25/19: Corónica with 'An Empire of Silver and Gold' on Nov 5Corónica with 'An Empire of Silver and Gold' on Nov 5

10/24/18: A modern premiere with Opera Lafayette

Notes on the Scene 10/18/18

 10/17/19: Pomerium with 'Strange and Wonderful Motets

10/16/18: TENET at The Met Museum

10/11/18: Bach Vespers Announces 51st Season

10/8/18: Free concert with Collectio Musicorum on Friday

Notes on the Scene 10/4/18

Notes on the Scene 9/20/18

9/10/18: Announcing the Year of Moses with the Academy of Sacred Drama

 Notes on the Scene 9/6/18

8/30/18: Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW III

8/23/18: Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW II

8/16/18: Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW I

Notes on the Scene 8/2/18

Notes on the Scene 7/19/18

Notes on the Scene 7/5/18

Notes on the Scene 6/21/18

Notes on the Scene 6/7/18

 Notes on the Scene 5/31/18

5/21/18: Clarion celebrates 60 years THIS WEDNESDAY!

Notes on the Scene 5/17/18

5/11/18: ARTEK Spring mini-festival

Notes on the Scene 5/3/18

4/26/18: 'Dufay and Friends' - Free concert with Collectio Musicorum4/26/18: 'Dufay and Friends' - Free concert with Collectio Musicorum

Notes on the Scene 4/19/18

CORRECTION: Arne Project, Notes on the Scene 4/6/18

Notes on the Scene 4/5/18

Notes on the Scene 3/29/18

3/28/18: 'Dufay and Friends' with Collectio Musicorum in Staten Island

3/28/18: Two special free concerts with ARTEK this week

Notes on the Scene 3/15/18

3/13/18: Dramatic Ancient Poetry with Collectio Musicorum

3/7/18: Bach the innovator? Find out tomorrow with ARTEK!

Notes on the Scene 3/1/18

2/27/18: Judith Defeats a Tyrant: A Story from Sacred Drama

Notes on the Scene 2/15/18

2/13/18: Organ Inauguration Festival at St. Paul's Chapel

2/8/18: From Cuba: Ars Longa returns to New York

Notes on the Scene 2/1/18

Notes on the Scene 1/18/18

1/16/18: Lincoln Center: Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Concerto Köln

1/11/18: Opera Lafayette pairs baroque opera and kuchipudi dance

Notes on the Scene 1/4/18

 

2017

12/27/17: ARTEK with Rosenmüller Vespers on Friday

Notes on the Scene 12/21/17

12/19/17: ARTEK with Rosenmüller | The Clarion Choir on New Year's

12/17/17: LAST CHANCE Invitation to a Grand Evening

Notes on the Scene 12/7/17

12/7/17: NYBI at The Met Museum on December 20

Notes on the Scene 11/30/17

Notes on the Scene 11/16/17

11/10/17: Your Invitation to a Grand Evening

Notes on the Scene 11/2/17

10/24/17: Special gifts for you tomorrow

Notes on the Scene 10/19/17

10/12/17: Primarily Pipelare with Collectio Musicorum Festival Chorus

GEMS 10th Anniversary News + Event Listings 10/11/17

Notes on the Scene 10/5/17

9/28/17: Opera Lafayette: An Evening of Monteverdi

Correction! Notes on the Scene 9/21/17

9/26/18: ARTEK Season Tickets For Sale

Notes on the Scene 9/21/17

9/12/17: Midtown Concerts 2017-2018 Season

Sounds of the Reformation with Collectio Musicorum

Notes on the Scene 9/7/17

8/31/17: Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW III

8/24/17: Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW II

8/17/17: Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW INotes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW I

Notes on the Scene 8/3/17

Notes on the Scene 7/20/17

Notes on the Scene 7/6/17

Notes on the Scene SPECIAL 6/29/17

Notes on the Scene 6/15/17

Notes on the Scene 6/1/17

Notes on the Scene 5/18/17

5/12/17: Opera Lafayette: Rameau's 'Les Indes Galantes'

5/11/17: Bach Sonatas & Partitas at Carnegie Hall

5/9/17: Czeck beer vs Thomas Jefferson's music; Mozart vs Brahms

Notes on the Scene 5/4/17

4/25/17: Sequentia sings Pagan songs from Monks

4/24/17: Wagner's Early Music with Collectio Musicorum

Notes on the Scene 4/20/17

4/12/17: Pomerium at The Cloisters THIS SATURDAY!

Notes on the Scene 4/6/17

3/27/17: House of Time performs Mozart in Vienna

3/22/17: Apollo's Fire THIS FRIDAY: An Appalachian Gathering

Notes on the Scene 3/16/17

3/13/17: Apollo's Fire Returns to NYC with an Appalachian Gathering

Notes on the Scene 3/2/17

2/21/17: Ars Longa from Cuba makes its NYC Debut

2/20/17: Opera Lafayette is the Talk of the Towns

Notes on the Scene 2/16/17

2/10/17: The Father of Opera and His Jewish Coeval at The Met Museum

2/9/17: Opera Lafayette with a Modern Premiere

2/9/17: The Magic Flute with CLARION -- POLYHYMNIA sings Andrea Gabrieli

Notes on the Scene 2/2/17

1/26/17: Pomerium singers play 'Musical Games of the Renaissance'

Notes on the Scene 1/19/17

Notes on the Scene 1/5/17

 

2016

Notes on the Scene 12/15/16

 

ADDENDUM: Season Preview 3  

Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW PART 3  

Notes on the Scene 9/15/16

Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW PART 2  

Notes on the Scene SEASON PREVIEW  

Notes on the Scene 8/4/16

House of Time Announces Their 2016-2017 Season!

Notes on the Scene 7/21/16

UPDATE: Notes on the Scene 7/7/16

Notes on the Scene 7/7/16

Notes on the Scene 6/16/16

Notes on the Scene 6/2/16

Ensemble Amarillis performs La Double Coquette - June 4 & 5

House of Time performs The Father, The Son, and the Godfather: JS Bach, CPE Bach, and Telemann

Notes on the Scene 5/19/16

ARTEK Madrigal Cafe May 19-22

Notes on the Scene 5/5/16

Friday 4/29: Clarion Choir at the Metropolitan Museum

TONIGHT: Shakespeare Songs with Suzie LeBlanc

Notes on the Scene 4/21/16

Notes on the Scene 4/7/16 

TENET performs Monteverdi's Madrigals of War and Love

Jory Vinikour at The Met plus FREE concert this Sunday

Blue Heron & Dark Horse Consort: Cantores y Ministriles 

Notes on the Scene 3/17/16

House of Time performs Transalpine Journey: Scarlatti, Biber, and Vivaldi

Notes on the Scene 3/3/16

THIS SUNDAY! Galileo's Daughters & The Cat's Paw at The Cloisters

Apollo's Fire performs Bach's St. John Passion on March 12

Cellist Beiliang Zhu plays Bach on the Music Before 1800 series

Notes on the Scene 2/18/16

Pomerium at The Cloisters with Musical Games of the Renaissance

Music Before 1800 presents Kenneth Weiss & Lina Tur Bonet

Notes on the Scene 2/4/16

Amuse Singers: Byrd's Mass for Three Voices

Notes on the Scene 1/21/16

Two unusual concerts

Colorful New Website

 

2015

Notes on the Scene 12/17/15

Juilliard415 and the Choir of Corpus Christi Church at Music Before 1800

Notes on the Scene 12/3/15

Anachronism Sunday returns!

A French Medieval Masterpiece

A French Medieval Masterpiece

Notes on the Scene 11/19/15

Play of Daniel 15% Discount on Tickets! 

Notes on the Scene 11/5/15

Notes on the Scene 10/15/15

The Argentinian-Italian Bach, Domenico Zipoli

Notes on the Scene 10/1/15

Notes on the Scene 9/17/15

Come out with the stars this Sunday

Our Online Auction Fundraiser is LIVE!

Important Reminder: Benefit on September 20

Notes on the Scene 9/3/15

Notes on the Scene 8/20/15

Notes on the Scene 8/6/15

September 2015 Silent Auction - Call to Donate Items

Opera Lafayette Season Subscriptions!

Notes on the Scene 7/16/15

Amherst Early Music Festival: July Concert Series

Notes on the Scene 7/2/15

Notes on the Scene 6/18/15

Notes on the Scene 6/4/15

Notes on the Scene 5/21/15

Notes on the Scene 5/7/15

3 Special Events

Pomerium: The Age of Shakespeare & The Tudor Queens / Tallis, Byrd, Purcell

Parthenia: Music & Poetry and ARTEK: Baroque Love Songs

Notes on the Scene 4/16/15

Introducing 'Sultana - Sephardic Music from Morocco, Turkey & the Balkans'

Juilliard415 & Anonymous 4 at Music Before 1800

Notes on the Scene 4/2/15

Notes on the Scene 3/19/15

NY Polyphony & Wayward Sisters at Music Before 1800

Parthenia: HARP & VIOLS and St. Ignatius Loyola Choir: PASSION--Sacrifice and Surrender

Notes on the Scene 3/5/15

Beethoven Pastorale this Monday

Christmas & Spring Programs and more!

Notes on the Scene 2/19/15

Trinity Choir at Carnegie & Blue Heron at Music Before 1800

Notes on the Scene 2/5/15

Notes on the Scene 1/29/15

Notes on the Scene 1/23/15

Notes on the Scene 1/22/15

Notes on the Scene 01/15/15

Notes on the Scene 1/1/15

If J.S. Bach had written SALSA...

The Writing is on the Wall

 

2014

Notes on the Scene 12/18/14

Before MESSIAH

El Mundo this Sunday at Music Before 1800

Notes on the Scene 12/4/14

ANACHRONISTIC SUNDAY

Notes on the Scene 11/20/14

GEMS Live! Artists & Programs 2015-2016

Notes on the Scene 11/6/14

This Saturday - The dark side of baroque music with ARTEK

Clarion Society Rachmaninoff & Steinberg

Notes on the Scene 10/16/14

October 9, Celebrate with Opera Lafayette

Notes on the Scene 10/2/14

Notes on the Scene 9/18/14

Notes on the Scene 9/4/14

Notes on the Scene 8/21/14

Notes on the Scene 8/21/14

Notes on the Scene 8/7/14

Notes on the Scene 7/17/14

Notes on the Scene 7/3/14

Notes on the Scene 6/19/14

Notes on the Scene 6/5/14

Notes on the Scene 5/15/14

Notes on the Scene 5/1/14

Notes on the Scene 4/17/14

Notes on the Scene 4/3/14

Notes on the Scene 3/20/14

Notes on the Scene 3/6/14

Notes on the Scene 2/20/14

Notes on the Scene 2/6/14

Notes on the Scene 1/16/14

Notes on the Scene 1/2/14

 

2013

Notes on the Scene 12/19/13

Notes on the Scene 12/5/13

Notes on the Scene 11/21/13

Notes on the Scene 11/7/13

Notes on the Scene 10/17/13

Notes on the Scene 10/4/13 EXTRA

Notes on the Scene 10/3/13

Notes on the Scene 9/19/13

Notes on the Scene 9/5/13

Notes on the Scene 8/15/13

Notes on the Scene 8/1/13

Notes on the Scene 7/18/13

Notes on the Scene 7/4/13

Notes on the Scene 6/20/13

Notes on the Scene 6/6/13

Notes on the Scene 5/16/13

Notes on the Scene 5/2/13

Notes on the Scene 4/18/13

Notes on the Scene 4/4/13

Notes on the Scene 3/21/13

Notes on the Scene 3/7/13

Notes on the Scene 2/21/13

Notes on the Scene 2/7/13

Notes on the Scene 1/17/13

SPECIAL Notes on the Scene 1/10/13

Notes on the Scene 1/3/13

 

2012

SPECIAL Notes on the Scene 12/28/12

Notes on the Scene 12/20/12

Notes on the Scene 12/6/12

SPECIAL Notes on the Scene 11/28/12

Notes on the Scene 11/15/12

Notes on the Scene 11/1/12

SPECIAL Notes on the Scene 10/25/12

Notes on the Scene 10/18/12

SPECIAL Notes on the Scene 10/16/12

Notes on the Scene 10/4/12

Notes on the Scene 9/20/12

Notes on the Scene 9/6/12

Notes on the Scene 8/16/12

Notes on the Scene 8/2/12

Notes on the Scene 7/19/12

Notes on the Scene 7/5/12

Notes on the Scene 6/21/12

Notes on the Scene 6/7/12

Notes on the Scene 5/17/12

Notes on the Scene 5/3/12

Notes on the Scene 4/19/12

Notes on the Scene 4/5/12

SPECIAL Notes on the Scene 3/20/12

Notes on the Scene 3/15/12

Notes on the Scene 3/1/12

Notes on the Scene 2/16/12

Notes on the Scene 2/2/12

Notes on the Scene 1/19/12

Notes on the Scene 1/5/12

 

21 Mar
Midtown Concerts presents Passeri Quartet
Date Thu, 21 Mar 2024 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Passeri Quartet

Dedication

William Copeland ~ violin 
Alyssa Campbell ~ violin 
Joseph Lorang ~ viola 
Clara Abel ~

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22 Mar
House of Time
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 7:30 pm
Brooke Bloom Riverside

A Poisonous Affair
Confessions of a Royal Mistress starring Brooke Bloom

Hailed by The New York...

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23 Mar
House of Time
Sat, 23 Mar 2024 7:30 pm
Brooke Bloom Riverside

A Poisonous Affair
Confessions of a Royal Mistress starring Brooke Bloom

Hailed by The New York...

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28 Mar
Midtown Concerts presents Theotokos
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
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Marenzio: Salve Regina

Elisse Albian ~ soprano 
Raha Mirzadegan ~ soprano 
Elisa Sutherland ~ alto 

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4 Apr
Midtown Concerts presents Jonathan Salamon
Thu, 4 Apr 2024 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
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Beyond the Canon: Pachelbel's Keyboard Music on Harpsichord

Jonathan Salamon ~ harpsichord

Johann Pachelbel

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