Her Perspective. A unique program of early modern compositions about the Biblical heroines Eve, Mary, Anne, and Esther written by women from Italy and France. Music by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Antonia Bembo, Barbara Strozzi, and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.
New England Polyphony. In eighteenth-century New England, small towns often had their own proprietary hymn books, full of original short songs based on popular folk melodies, fiddle tunes, and the like. Ruckus presents this unique American repertoire in historically-informed style including a rare presentation of the New England viol.
Earrach Come Again. Celebrate the coming of Spring with a program highlighting nature’s beauty in the British Isles. Traditional jigs, hornpipes, and reels as well as James Oswald’s rarely-heard "Airs for the Spring" feature the fiddle in all its glory.
Join Opera Essentia for a preview of “Lost in Cyprus”, the company's new distillation of Handel's Tolomeo (1728), opening Memorial Day weekend in Alphabet City.
The Barbaric Beauty explores the intersections of Georg Philipp Telemann’s works with Eastern European folk traditions, featuring pieces from the Uhrovska Collection (1730), alongside his trio sonatas and chamber music.
Music in the time of Charlemagne. Around the year 800 AD, the first notated western music appeared, and its miraculous appearance is directly linked to Charlemagne and his dream of a reformed Roman empire.
Musical Journeys Along the Historical Silk Road. This journey invites the audience along a geographical route from China via India to Italy through music from the ancient Han dynasty (200BCE–9CE) to music from the emerging Renaissance in Europe.
Passaggi di Musica ~ The Art of Ornamentation. An exploration of some of the sources of inspiration for 16th and 17th century passaggi (improvisation and embellished fancy motifs) by Dalla Casa, Rognoni, Bassano, and the Spanish composer Ortiz.
Nuestra Señora draws inspiration from a 1589 document detailing the contents of the musical collection in the Mexico City Cathedral. Join us for this thrilling insight into 16th-century North American performance practice of polyphonic repertoire.
Violas! A Rose by any other Name
The Art of the Quintet
Bel Canto Notturno
Women and English Sociability ~ Sonatas for Keyboard with Violin Accompaniment