Baroque Masters on the Uptown Arts Stroll

Highlights of the season with Bach, Telemann, and Vivaldi

For the last decade, House of Time has built a following as one of New York's most exciting and polished Baroque ensembles. Don't miss this thrilling showcase of masterpieces: transcendent Bach, ethereal Telemann, and fireworks by Vivaldi, all performed on the instruments of the time will immerse you in the soundscape of the early 18th century.

Tickets: $21 general admission, Students Free

Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 7 pm
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, 128 Pinehurst Avenue, Manhattan

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Past Concerts this Season

Vivaldi Concerto Festival

Concertos featuring guests Krista Bennion Feeney, Stephen Schultz, Aniela Eddy, Carmen Johnson-Pajaro

Don't miss our popular annual Vivaldi Concerto Fest! Our season opener is filled with the Red Priest's endlessly inventive and virtuosic works played by a star studded cast including four fabulous guest soloists: Orchestra of St. Luke's concertmaster Christa Bennion-Feeney, Philharmonia principal flutist Stephen Schultz, and recent Juilliard graduates Carmen Pajaro-Johnson, and Aniela Eddy.

Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th Street, Manhattan

Tickets: $45 general admission, $15 students

Program
Sinfonia in B Minor RV 169
Concerto in E Minor RV 278
Violin Concerto in A Minor RV 357
Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 246
Cello Concerto in G Major RV 413
Flute Concerto in G Major op 10 no 4
Concerto in F Major Tempesta di Mare RV 88

The Royal Strings

French Baroque featuring two violas da gamba, Adam Young and Matt Zucker

With a haunting tone and a range large enough to play bass lines as well as chords and treble melodies, it is a wonder the viola da gamba ever went away. At the turn of the 18th century the instrument was the favorite of French royalty, and its repertoire was perhaps the most sophisticated music of the age. Two gambas take center stage, and the splendor of the court shines through in this program of French delights featuring Matt Zucker and Adam Young on works by Marais as well as Couperin's "L'Imperiale" and his unpublished, and rarely performed "La Sultane”.

Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 7:30 pm
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, 128 Pinehurst Avenue, Manhattan

Tickets: $35 general admission, $15 students

An Ode to Music: Handel, Hendrix, and a Very Special House

Featuring Handel’s Ode to St. Cecilia with soprano Clara Rottsolk

For the last three decades of his life, Handel lived in the same house in London, where he composed a long string of masterpieces. Centuries later, in the late 1960's, the brilliant guitarist Jimi Hendrix also lived there. Baroque meets rock as we celebrate this odd coincidence with selections from "Ode to St. Cecilia", Handel's love letter to music, "Terpsichore", his love letter to dance, and a couple of songs by the man who reinvented the guitar. Is there any common ground between these very different geniuses? Come find out for yourself, as star soprano Clara Rottsolk joins House of Time to push baroque instruments in a new direction.

Tickets: $35 general admission, $15 students

Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm Due to illness, this performance has been canceled
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th Street, Manhattan

Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 3 pm
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, 128 Pinehurst Avenue, Manhattan

Bach by Candlelight I

What better way to warm up a cold winter night than the kaleidoscopic mastery of Bach performed by House of Time under soothing candlelight? Take a breather with intimate works for solo harpsichord, cello, and oboe, as well as the E major sonata for violin and harpsichord, and a trio sonata for the whole ensemble, a House of Time specialty!

Tickets: $35 general admission, $15 students

Friday, January 13, 2023 at 7:30 pm
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, 128 Pinehurst Avenue, Manhattan

Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran, Church 3 West 65th Street, Manhattan

Bach by Candlelight II

The second installment of Candlelight Bach features works from the "Well-Tempered Clavier", the sonata in G minor for oboe and harpsichord, the thrilling and beloved trio sonata in G, best known in its later reworking for viola da gamba, and the monumental Ciaccona for violin.

Tickets: $35 general admission, $15 students

Friday, February 3, 2023 at 7:30 pm
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, 128 Pinehurst Avenue, Manhattan

Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th Street, Manhattan

Angels and Demons

Angelic inspiration and demonic possession take turns driving some of the most dramatic works of the Baroque. Tartini claimed that his fiendish "Devil's Trill Sonata" was played to him by the devil himself sitting at the foot of his bed, while Biber's "Passacaglia" depicts the protection of a guardian angel. In Vivaldi's "Damnation Sonata" the oboe becomes a wayward soul dragged down to hell. Trios by Arcangelo Corelli, and Marin Marais, who "played like an angel" contrast with works by Antoine Forqueray, who "played like a demon". Don't miss House of Time's exploration of these mythic extremes in baroque music, capped by a special edition of La Folia (The Madness of Spain).

Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 West 65th Street, Manhattan

Tickets: $35 general admission, $15 students

Program
Trio Sonata Opus 4 No. 1 by Arcangelo Corelli
"Damnation Sonata" in C minor RV 53 by Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata in G minor "The Devil's Trill" by Giuseppe Tartini
Suite from "Alcyone" by Marin Marais
"Jupiter" by Antoine Forqueray
Passacaglia "The Guardian Angel" by H.I.F. von Biber
Trio Sonata Opus 1 No. 12 "La Folia" by Vivaldi