40th-Anniversary Season
2014 – 2015
CATHEDRAL FLOURISHES High Baroque
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St.
EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK proudly announces its 40th-Anniversary Season on this auspicious occasion - St. Cecilia Day (Patron Saint of Musicians). Maestro Frederick Renz conducts his baroque orchestra in festive works for natural trumpets & timpani by Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries: Georg Philip Telemann, George Frederick Handel, William Boyce.
DUTCH CHRISTMAS Age of Rembrandt
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St.
EM/NY's men's choir is joined by a consort of recorders to perform late Renaissance repertoire from the Ex cathedra Records CD, "A Dutch Christmas" (produced in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Carols and dances by Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck, Jacob van Eyck, Pierre Phalèse & Tielman Susato. Traditionally sold-out seasonal performances! Order now!
AGE OF REASON 18th-Century Enlightenment
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Central Park West at 68th St.
Classical orchestra gems by Franz Josef Haydn, featuring his "Philosopher Symphony," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - divertimenti, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - J.S. Bach's eldest son, and Charles Samuel Wesley - the English Mozart, performed at EM/NY's home base, the acoustically superb Beaux-Arts style hall in Lincoln Square.
HARMONIE UNIVERSELLE National Styles Unfurled
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Central Park West at 68th St.
Welcoming spring, EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK first chair players perform favorite 17th-century chamber works by Jean-Baptiste Lully - France, Juan Hidalgo - Spain, Henry Purcell - England, Georg Muffat - Austria, Johann Pachelbel - Germany, and Arcangelo Corelli - Italy, to illustrate blossoming national styles and a new genre - the budding concerto grosso orchestra.
This concert series is made possible in part with public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,
the New York State Council on the Arts with
the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and
the New York State Legislature, and the
generosity of EMF's Friends of Early Music.
THE VENUES:
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, (Chapel of Saint James)
Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street, New York, NY 10025
Located in Morningside Heights,
adjacent to the Columbia University campus, the Cathedral is easily reached by public transportation: Buses M4, M11, M104; Subway #1 to 110th Street & Broadway. Parking is available in nearby garages on 112th and 114th Streets.
Performances take place in the Cathedral's intimate Saint James Chapel. Our ticket table will be just outside the entrance to the Chapel. Tickets are available for purchase or pickup (Will Call) one half hour before curtain.
[Call for information regarding disability access 212-280-0330]
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Central Park West at 68th Street, New York, NY 10023
EM/NY's new, “best kept secret,” Lincoln Square performance venue —
Near Lincoln Center, the First Church of Christ, Scientist faces Central Park at 68th St. and is reached via the M72, M10 and Columbus Ave. M7 & M11 bus lines; subways B & C to 72nd at Central Park West (70th St. exit) & #1 to 66th at Broadway. Parking garages are available along W. 68th and W. 66th Streets.
[Call for information regarding disability access 212-280-0330]