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Winter Oasis.

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Relic webAniela Eddy ~ violin and viola
Toma Iliev ~ violin and viola
Natalie Rose Kress ~ violin and viola
Kako Miura ~ violin and viola
Rebecca Nelson ~ violin and viola
Georgeanne Banker ~ bassoon
Cullen O’Neil ~ cello
Sue Yelanjian ~ double bass
Menglin Gao ~ theorbo
Cameron Welke ~ Baroque guitar and theorbo
Robert Warner ~ harpsichord and viola

Winter Oasis leans heavily on the mysterious and austere power of German Baroque music to explore the external darkness and internal warmth we experience at the heart of winter. The music weaves through a series of querulous, bleak, and stir-crazy episodes toward an oasis of celestial solace, before coming to a fiery finish in Vivaldi’s beloved Concerto for Four Violins.

Relic is a period chamber orchestra founded in 2022 by six Juilliard graduates with the mission to bring live performances of early music to communities in every corner of the country (and the world!). Currently in its very first season, Relic has quickly built a reputation for its intimate, dramatic, cutting-edge performances of both well-loved and lesser-known masterworks of the Baroque era. Recent and upcoming engagements include appearances at Electric Earth Concerts (New Hampshire) and Live! at 10th & G (Washington, DC), as well as performance and educational residencies at Western Michigan University, the University of Maryland, and Temple University (Pennsylvania).

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1:15–2:00 pm
All concerts are free; no tickets or reservations are necessary.

In person at St. Malachy's Church, 239 West 49th Street, Manhattan

Live stream details: You can watch it on your computer in any of two places by clicking on the name you wish: our website or YouTube.

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.