Parthenia Viols

Date
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 4:00 pm

Description

Jonathan Richards and Ryland Angel

TOMB SONNETS

Parthenia Viols, Ryland Angel
with Jonathan Richards ~ actor

Premiered by Parthenia in 2018, Martin Kennedy’s “Tomb Sonnets” sets historic texts by Petrarch (1304–1374), John Keats (1795–1821), and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) to transcendent music for countertenor and viol consort. Featuring countertenor Ryland Angel and actor Jonathan Richards, Tomb Sonnets will explore enduring themes of death, loss, and burial through works by Kennedy, Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612), Jacques Arcadelt (1507–1568), Phillipe Verdelot (ca. 1470–before 1552), and Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643).

Join the artists after the program for Cocktails from the Crypt.

St. John's in the Village
218 West 11th Street, Manhattan

Saturday, February 24 at 4 pm

Tickets (General Admission by section):
Front Section ~ $40
General ~ $25
General reduced ~ $10

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GEMS is a non-profit corporation that supports and promotes the artists and organizations in New York devoted to early music — playing repertoire from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods.