NYS Baroque has announced its 31st concert season, five concerts exploring the variety, beauty, and excitement of early music, from medieval Italian madrigals to songs of Clara Schumann, secular and sacred, the intimate to the operatic. The season combines the innovative programming and stellar artists for which NYS Baroque, central New York's oldest early music organization, is known.
Concerts take place at 7:30 p.m., with pre-concert talks at 6:45 in each location, and a post-concert reception. In Syracuse, the venue is the First Unitarian Universalist Society, 109 Waring Road. In Ithaca, the venue is the First Unitarian Society, 306 N. Aurora Street. 7:30. Note that the December 13 and 14 concerts will have different venues: St. Paul's in Syracuse on December 13, and First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca on December 14.
The season is as follows:
2019-2020 31st season
Fridays in Syracuse, Saturdays in Ithaca
Viol3
September 20/21, 2019
Music for viola da gamba to the power of 3
David Morris, Beiliang Zhu, Lisa Terry, viola da gamba
Leon Schelhase, harpsichord; Deborah Fox, theorbo
French, German, and English viol music
A Baroque Noel
December 13/14, 2019
Charpentier’s beloved Messe de Minuit, French popular Noels, and more music by Vivaldi and others.
Paul O’Dette, director
Syracuse: St. Paul’s Cathedral
Ithaca: First Presbyterian Church
“Nevertheless, she persisted”
January 31/February 1, 2020
Music of strong women
Laura Heimes, soprano, with chamber ensemble
Music by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Antonia Bembo, George Frideric Handel and more.
The Panther and the Rose
March 13/14, 2020
Italian medieval music by Landini, Ciconia, and others
Andrew Rader, countertenor, Jonas Budris, tenor; Dongmyung Ahn, vielle; Christa Patton, harp and recorder; Deborah Fox, medieval lute
Diderot Quartet with Jesse Blumberg
May 15/16, 2020
Haydn & Mendelssohn quartets plus song arrangements of Clara Schumann & Fanny Mendelssohn
Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Johanna Novom, Adriane Post, violins; Kyle Miller, viola; Paul Dwyer, cello
Tickets on sale now at nysbaroque.com
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