Name: Midtown Concerts • Dan McCarthy
Start: 2026-09-17T13:15:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-17T14:00:00-04:00
Location: St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel

Midtown Concerts • Dan McCarthy

Violas! A Rose by any other Name

Dan McCarthy ~ viola, tenor viola, viola d’amore
Nicholas Canzano ~ harpsichord

There are many “Violas” in the Baroque era. Yet sadly for a host of reasons they are not often played and the true variety of the era is not represented. Music for tenor violas is mistakenly played on smaller altos and inferior muted violins play music meant for the viola d’amore. Come and see what historical performance could be!

Multi-instrumentalist Dan McCarthy is sought after as an expert performer of instruments that are sadly and conspicuously absent from the field of historical performance in the United States. He has been featured on the tenor viola and viola d’amore with Washington Bach Consort, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Clarion Music Society, ARTEK, Bethlehem Bach, Bach Vespers, and many other ensembles.

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Midtown Concerts • Dan McCarthy

Date Thursday, September 17, 2026Time 1:15 PMVenue St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapellocation/directions 239 West 49th Street, New York, NY Price Free

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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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