Midtown Concerts presents Concordian Dawn
- Date
- Thu, 19 Sep 2024 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location
- St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church - The Actors' Chapel, West 49th Street, New York, NY, USA
Description
Le Roman de Fauvel
Amber Evans ~ soprano & percussion
Clifton Massey ~ countertenor
Thomas McCargar ~ baritone
Niccolo Seligmann ~ vielle & percussion
Christopher Preston Thompson ~ tenor & Medieval harp
Le Roman de Fauvel is a fourteenth-century interdisciplinary collection of poetry, music, and art, rife with political and social commentary. It tells the story of an orange-hued half-donkey/half-human named Fauvel, whose contentious rise to power unsettles a nation. In this ever-important election year, Concordian Dawn brings this storied tale back to life as a reminder of the ways both political hypocrisy and deceit have the power to poison society.
Concordian Dawn brings twelfth through fourteenth century primary source material to life for modern audiences across the country. Their “mesmerizing” (Early Music America) debut album, Fortuna Antiqua et Ultra, was released in December of 2021 to critical acclaim, and their recent collaboration with Medieval studies scholar, Sarah Kay, Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera, was released by Cornell University Press in July of 2022.
1:15–2:00 pm
Location information
St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church - The Actors' Chapel, West 49th Street, New York, NY, USA
- Street
- 239 West 49th Street
- City
- New York
- County
- New York 10019
- Country
- United States