Gibbons 400 / Scarlatti 300 Celebration
All events at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 264 West 87th Street, Manhattan
The Rev’d Dr. Andrew C. Blume ~ Rector
Dr. Gwendolyn Toth ~ Music Director
Gibbons/Scarlatti Mondays at 7 pm
30 minute concerts, followed by Compline at 8 pm
Admission Free
September 15 – Peter Sykes and Gwendolyn Toth ~ harpsichords
Keyboard duets by Gibbons, Tomkins, Carleton, Farnaby and Scronx
October 6 – Rebecca Pechefsky ~ harpsichord
Keyboard Music of Alessandro Scarlatti
October 13 – Parthenia Viol Consort
Chamber music of Orlando Gibbons
November 10 – ARTEK: Ryland Angel ~ tenor and Gwendolyn Toth ~ harpsichord
Vocal music of Orlando Gibbons and Nicholas Lanier
December 1 – ARTEK: Christina Kay ~ soprano, Loretta O’Sullivan ~ cello, and Gwendolyn Toth ~ harpsichord
Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti
December 8 – Playford Duo: Lydia Becker & Ryan Cheng ~ violins
Music by Gibbons and Playford
Concerts
Cerddorian Vocal Ensemble & Parthenia Viol Consort
Sunday, May 3 at 3 pm
O Clap Your Hands – Anthems of Orlando Gibbons & Tsoupaki
(This event has concluded.)
ARTEK
Friday, October 17 at 7 pm
A Lady at the Virginals — Gwendolyn Toth plays keyboard music of Orlando Gibbons & his contemporaries
Tickets
Polyhymnia
Saturday, October 25 at 7:30 pm
The Divine Right of Kings
Music from the Chapels Royal of James I and Charles I by Gibbons, Tomkins, & Weelkes
Tickets
ARTEK
Friday, November 14 at 7 pm & Saturday, November 15 at 7 pm
The Silver Swan: Farewell All Joys
Gibbons, The First Sett of Madrigals and Mottets of 5 parts apt for Viols and Voyces (1612).
Tickets
Church Services
All are welcome to attend
Sunday, May 3 at 10:30 am
Easter 3 Sunday
Music by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, and Robert Parsons
The Saint Ignatius Choir & Parthenia Viol Consort
(This event has concluded)
Monday, November 3 at 7 pm
All Souls
Missa pro defunctis (Requiem mass) by Alessandro Scarlatti
The Saint Ignatius Choir
Sunday, December 21 at 5 pm
Advent Solemn Choral Evensong
Music by Orlando Gibbons
The Saint Ignatius Choir & instrumentalists
The Gibbons/Scarlatti Celebration is sponsored jointly by Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church and ARTEK (The Art of the Early Keyboard, Inc.) and is funded, in part, with a grant from the Early Music Foundation (Frederick Renz, founding director).