New York Early Music Celebration Pro Musica Polonica 2013

Early Music Foundation and the Polish Cultural Institute New York present the New York Early Music Celebration "Pro Musica Polonica," taking place city-wide October 4-20, 2013. An EMF Service-to-the-Field project, the Celebration showcases New York\'s historically informed performance artists, ensembles and presenters. Open to the entire New York historical performance community, Celebration 2013 will feature Polish early music artists as guest performers. The festival will span more than twenty events, presented by the Morgan Library & Museum, Music Before 1800, Carnegie Hall, Church of the Epiphany, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, and others.

 

Early Music Celebration will include performances of medieval repertoire by Amy Bartram and Ensemble Peregrina*. The Renaissance period will be represented with performances by Galileo\'s Daughters, Polyhymnia (both groups will feature Polish repertoire), and the Renaissance Street Singers. 17th-century Baroque works will fill the programs by Phoenixtail (with Polish repertoire), Le Poème Harmonique, Duo Marchand, and Carolyn Sampson. Arte dei Suonatori*, Brooklyn Baroque, Il Giardino d\'Amore*, as well as the Bach-centric Holy Trinity Lutheran "Bach Vespers," and "Bach at One" by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra will feature Baroque music of the 18th Century. The classical period will be represented by Early Music New York - Frederick Renz, Director (featuring Polish orchestra repertoire). Melodeon will present a concert of pre-Civil War American music.The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center will present a seminar and master class entitled "Bach & the Polish Style," with Raymond Erickson and Szymon Paczkowski*. Performances by Magdalena Baczewska* (Polish Renaissance and Baroque music for the harpsichord) and the Janusz Prusinowski Trio* will complement the Celebration activities.

 

Early Music Foundation (EMF), named "a revered institution" by The New York Times, was founded by Frederick Renz and other members of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua, and has been in-Residence at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine since its inception in 1974. EMF\'s mission is to foster public understanding and appreciation of western culture through historically-informed performances of music and music drama from the 11th through 18th Centuries. EMF consists of the primary performing enterprise, Early Music New York, led by Frederick Renz, and a recording label, Ex cathedra Records.

Friday - October 4
7:15 PM
Janusz Prusinowski Trio*
Wild Music From The Heart Of Poland
DROM (Manhattan)
$15 in advance, $20 at the door

 

8:00 PM

Brooklyn Baroque

Johann Ludwig Krebs @ 300

$20 at the door

 

7:30 PM

Phoenixtail

Music Of The Polish Court

Suggested donation $20

 

2:00 PM

Renaissance Street Singers

Polyphonic Sacred Music A Cappella

Absolutely free. Contributions NOT accepted.

 

4:00 PM

Ensemble Peregrina*

Sacer Nidus, The Holy Nest: Polish Medieval Music

All seats are assigned, $45. $10 student tickets at the door. Subscriptions and group discounts available.

 

 

10:00 AM

Bach, Poland And The Polish Style In His Music*

Seminar & Master Class with Raymond Erickson And Szymon Paczkowski

Admission Free 
To perform in the Master Class, email raymond.erickson@qc.cuny.edu

 

12:30 PM

Amy Bartram & Christopher Preston Thompson

Songs Of Gace Brulé

Suggested donation: $5 at the door

 

7:30 PM

Arte Dei Suonatori*

G.Ph.Telemann\'s Polish Music, with Bolette Roed, recorder soloist

Tickets: $35; $25 for Members

 

1:15 PM

Melodeon

Music Before The American Civil War

Free, with $10 suggested donation

 

7:30 PM

Carolyn Sampson, soprano

All-Purcell Program

 

7:30 PM

Early Music New York - Frederick Renz, Director

POLONAISE! The Golden Age

Reserved seating $40, students $20 at the door, subscription and group discounts available.

 

8:00 PM

Polyhymnia

Music From Renaissance Poland

$25 general admission, $15 seniors and students

 

3:00 PM

Il Giardino D\'Amore*

Polonia Nell\'europa Antica. Songs Of Love, Sacred & Secular

The Church Of The Epiphany (Manhattan)

Admission Free

 

5:00 PM

Magdalena Baczewska

Early Keyboard Music Of Poland

Tickets $20; $15 KF members & students

 

 

1:00 PM

Trinity Wall Street: Bach At One

Free and open to all.

 

7:30 PM

Rebel Ensemble For Baroque Music
with Matthias Maute, recorder & flute

Rediscoveries: Rare Concerti & Sonatas By Bach\'s Contemporaries

Tickets $35 adult; $30 seniors; $15 students (25 and under, with ID; at the door only)

 

1:15 PM

Duo Marchand

Two Daughters Of This Aged Stream: Purcell\'s Sopranos

Free, with $10 suggested donation

 

8:00 PM

Galileo\'s Daughters

The Consilient Realm Of Copernicus: Revolutionary Ideas And The Music Of His Time

The Church of Notre Dame (Manhattan)

$20 at the door; $15 seniors, students And EMA Members

 

8:00 PM

Le Poème Harmonique
Combattimenti

Tickets: general admission $45, senior $3, Columbia faculty and staff $27; students/under 25 $27; Columbia students $7

 

2:00 PM

Renaissance Street Singers

Polyphonic Sacred Music A Cappella

 

5:00 PM

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Motets Of The Bach Family

Free-will offering