Name: Midtown Concerts • Koester & Figg
Start: 2025-05-22T13:15:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-22T14:00:00-04:00
Location: St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel

Midtown Concerts • Koester & Figg

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Skeletons of the Opera

Elliot Figg and Caitlyn Koester ~ harpsichord

Famously described as “two skeletons [being amorous] on a tin roof”, the harpsichord has at times been undersold for its dramatic capabilities. Koester & Figg tell another tale… keyboard opera transcriptions begin alongside the earliest operas. Baroque opera finds a continuous history with modern historically-informed transcriptions. Koester & Figg blend historical transcriptions with their own for a program that moves the skeletons from the rooftop into the opera house.

Harpsichordists Elliot Figg and Caitlyn Koester met in New York City in 2019. Sharing a love of opera scores, double-continuo, and modern arrangements of historical music, they strive to show audiences what excites them about the sonic possibilities of their instrument. After much time spent workshopping their individual projects together, they made their duo debut in 2023 with concerts through GEMS and Berkshire Bach Society.

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Date Thursday, May 22, 2025Time 1:15 PMVenue St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapellocation/directions 239 West 49th Street, New York, NY Price Free

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In person:

St. Malachy’s Church, 239 West 49th Street, Manhattan
Thursdays, 1:15–2:00 pm

All concerts are free.
No tickets or reservations are necessary.

Venue is fully accessible. For patrons with walkers and wheelchairs, there is an elevator from street level, or there are ten steps from street level to the sanctuary level. There is an elevator from street level or sanctuary level to restrooms on the basement level.

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