ARTEK
2012-2013 Concert Season
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JEWELS OF THE BAROQUE WITH THE ARTEK SINGERS
Laudate Dominum: Music from Monteverdi's Selva Morale, Venice, 1641
Friday, October 12, 2012 at 8 pm
San Giovanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella
Thursday, April 18 at 8 pm
Saturday, April 20 at 8 pm
THE ART OF THE EARLY KEYBOARD SERIES
Scheidemann to Bach: The Baroque Organ
Thursday, September 27 at 8 pm
Mozartian Masterpieces
Saturday, December 29 at 8 pm
Potpourri: Music for Guitar and Fortepiano
Thursday, February 28 at 8 pm
ADDITIONAL METRO AREA CONCERT
I'll Never See the Stars Again
Saturday, October 20 at 8 pm
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JEWELS OF THE BAROQUE WITH THE ARTEK SINGERS
Tickets to single concerts:
$40 Regular, $20 Rear
Students and seniors - $30 Regular, $10 Rear
Subscribe to both concerts (Oct 12, and choice of April 18 or 20):
$75 regular seats
Students and seniors $55 regular
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Laudate Dominum:
Music from Monteverdi's Selva Morale, Venice, 1641
Friday, October 12 at 8 pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
552 West End Avenue at West 87th Street
Manhattan
Selva Morale, 1641 by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Magnificat Primo and Laudate Dominum Secondo for double choir; solos, duets, trios
| Performers: Laura Heimes, soprano; Sarah Chalfy, soprano; Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; David Vanderwal, tenor; Philip Anderson, tenor; Charles Weaver, baritone; Peter Beck, bass-baritone; Daniel Swenberg, theorbo; Gwendolyn Toth, organ and harpsichord; Vita Wallace, violin; Theresa Salomon, violin; Marka Young, viola; Jessica Troy, viola; Motomi Igarashi, violone and lirone
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San Giovanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella
Stradella's greatest masterpiece
2 performances!
Thursday, April 18 at 8 pm
Saturday, April 20 at 8 pm
Italian Academy at Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue (at West 118th Street)
Manhattan
Pre-Concert lecture on both evenings at 7 pm
| Performers: Herodias la figlia (Salome) - Laura Heimes, soprano; Herodias la madre - Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano; San Giovanni Battista - Ryland Angel, countertenor; Councillor - Philip Anderson, tenor; Herod - Peter Becker, bass-baritone; Gwendolyn Toth, conductor and harpsichord; Daniel Swenberg, theorbo; Charles Weaver, theorbo; Christa Patton, harp; Enrico Gatti, violin leader and solo violin 1; Theresa Salomon,solo violin 2; Agnes Kallay, solo cello; string ensemble (violins, viola, violone)
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Friday, October 12 at 8 pm
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Single tickets to
Thursday, April 18 at 8 pm
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Single tickets to
Saturday, April 20 at 8 pm
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Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30.
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(October 12, and choice of April 18 or 20)
Regular Seating only
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THE ART OF THE EARLY KEYBOARD SERIES
Tickets for single concerts
$25 General Admission
$15 Students & Seniors
Subscribe to all 3 concerts (Sept. 27, Dec. 29, Feb. 28)
$60 General Admission
$30 Students & Seniors
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Scheidemann to Bach: The Baroque Organ
Gwendolyn Toth, organ
Thursday, September 27 at 8 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Entrance on Central Park West at the corner of West 65th Street
Manhattan
Performed on the Paul Fritts 2-manual organ, op. 16, 1994 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
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Featuring music by Heinrich Scheidemann (c.1595-1663), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722), Georg Böhm (1661-1733), and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - as featured on Ms. Toth's new CD, Music on the Arp Schnitger organ in Noordbroek.
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Mozartian Masterpieces
Saturday, December 29 at 8 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Sarah Chalfy, soprano soloist; Dongsok Shin, fortepiano soloist; Gwendolyn Toth, fortepiano soloist; The ARTEK Orchestra, Cynthia Freivogel, concertmaster; Gwendolyn Toth, conductor
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Music for chamber orchestra and soloists by the 18th-century composer whose works never fail to enchant us, no matter how many times we have heard them. Including one rarely heard concerto for two pianos, Mozart's own arrangement of his concerto originally written for three pianos.
The keyboards for the concertos will be 1) an antique Austrian fortepiano from approximately 1785, maker probably Karl Benedict; and 2) a replica of Mozart's own Walter fortepiano, built by Philip Belt.
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Potpourri: Music for Guitar and Fortepiano
Thursday, February 28 at 8 pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
Daniel Swenberg, period early-19th-century guitar
Gwendolyn Toth, fortepiano
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An intimate concert of music for the guitar and early piano, in the manner of a European salon concert.
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Single tickets to
Thursday, September 27 at 8 pm
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Single tickets to
Saturday, December 29 at 8 pm
$25 General Admission
$15 Students & Seniors
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Single tickets to
Thursday, February 28 at 8 pm
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Tickets will be available at the door starting at 7:30 pm.
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Subscribe to all 3 concerts
September 27, December 29, February 28
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ADDITIONAL METRO AREA CONCERT
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ARTEK's theater show on the Peak Performances Series at Montclair University I'll Never See the Stars AgainSaturday, October 20 at 8 pmPresented by Peak Performances Kasser Theater, Montclair, NJ Tickets: $15 Available only through the Peak Performance online or by phone (973) 655-5112
| Led by director Gwendolyn Toth, the musicians of ARTEK have built a reputation for the vitality of their spirited performances of baroque music. In I’ll Never See the Stars Again, the lush music of Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries is re-imagined as a theater piece staged by Martin Platt, founding artistic director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. A group of Italian refugees expresses the comedy of love and the despair of betrayal in a series of vignettes performed by seven singers and five instrumentalists. I’ll Never See the Stars Again proves that, in life, the journey is just as important as the destination.
"ARTEK provides a stark reminder of just how rich and passionate, as well as achingly sad, Monteverdi’s music can be.” – The Stage (UK)
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About ARTEK:
Audiences love ARTEK concerts for their compelling musical settings of beautiful poetry and infectious dance rhythms that infuse the performances with vitality and spirit. Founded by director Gwendolyn Toth in 1986, ARTEK's singers and instrumentalists are all recognized virtuosos with a love for the early baroque music that is ARTEK's signature repertoire. ARTEK has toured extensively to American and European festivals and with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and has mounted staged performances of early baroque operas and its own musical theater show, I'll Never See the Stars Again, set to music of Monteverdi. Visit www.artekearlymusic.org for more information on ARTEK.
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