Viola da Gamba Concert Calendar for Greater New York City
Spring/ Summer 2024

Sunday, March 24 at 3 pm
Chloe Holgate & Katherine Wessinger, sopranos: Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres & works by Purcell & CozzolaniMadison Avenue Presbyterian Church,
921 Madison Avenue at East 73rd Street, Manhattan
CA Palm Sunday program featuring French Baroque master François Couperin's exquisite and expressive Leçons de Ténèbres, based on texts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and intended to be sung during Holy Week. Also on the program are Chriara Margarita Cozzolani's duet O Dulcis Jesu, and two solo vocal works by Henry Purcell: the dramatic Blessed Virgin's Expostulation and poignant Evening Hymn. Accompanied by Adam Young ~ viola da gamba, and Andrew Henderson ~ harpsichord. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the door.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 8 pm
A Golden Wire: In the Court of the King - Music of Bach and Marais
33 Bleecker Street, New York City
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Parker Ramsay, harp and harpsichord
Zürcher Gallery
Admission $20 (Cash/Venmo)

Saturday, April 6 at 3 pm     
Ensemble BREVE: The Magic of the High Baroque
St. John's in the Village, 218 West 11th Street, ManhattanChamber music of J.S. Bach, G.P. Telemann, and G.F. Handel with Deborah Booth ~ recorder & traverso, Stephen Rapp ~ harpsichord, Lisa Terry ~ viola da gamba, and Jeremy Rhizor ~ violin. Ensemble BREVE was inaugurated in 1985 in New York City as a group offering unique programs of music from many eras on period instruments, in historically informed style. BREVE refers to the essence of great music making — its heartbeat. A breve symbol originally defined the tactus (pulse) or a single beat. BREVE has toured the United States, Mexico, and Europe.
Tickets: $25 at the door or in advance via Zelle (646) 596–4880 (Deborah Booth).

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 7:00 pm
Parthenia Viols, with Christopher Morrongiello, lute: Italia mia
The Italian Academy at Columbia University
Library, 3rd floor
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Italia Mia features a lavish selection of music from the Italian Renaissance for viol consort and lute. Join Parthenia, performing on a consort of viols from the 16th century, with lutenist Christopher Morrongiello in the library at Columbia’s Italian Academy for an intimate performance of works by 16th-century Italy’s most prominent composers.
Admission free

Sunday, April 14, 2024, at 4:00 pm
Constantinople & Accademia del Piacere: From Seville to Isfahan
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street, Manhattan
MB1800 is proud to feature a special collaboration with Persian setar master Kiya Tabassian and his renowned Constantinople ensemble, with Fahmi Alqhai, one of the great virtuosos of the viola da gamba, and his Accademia del Piacere, the leading ensemble of early Spanish music. Together they embark on a musical tour through Iberia, Persia, and Central Asia, unearthing rarely heard music notable for its sumptuous color and exceptionally rich beauty.
Tickets: $5–$60

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 1:15-2:00 pm
Nova Practica: The American Baroque
St. Malachy's Church
239 West 49th Street, Manhattan
Rafa Prendergast ~ violin; Charlie Reed ~ viola da gamba;Nicola Canzano ~ harpsichord. Baroque music is in vogue again! Nuova Pratica presents an afternoon of Baroque chamber music carefully composed by its members. This particular concert, our first on the Midtown Concerts series, will feature newly written trio sonatas in Baroque style by Nicola Canzano, sinfonias by Nathan Mondry, as well as music by Charlie Reed, Rebecca Nelson, and Ryan Cheng.
Admission free.

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 1:15-2:00 pm
Partimenti: From Court to Country
St. Malachy's Church
239 West 49th Street, Manhattan
Adrienne Lotto ~ soprano Rhianna Cockrell ~ mezzo soprano Corey Shotwell ~ tenor Christopher Talbot ~ baritone Jonathan Luik ~ viola da gamba Adam Cockerham ~ lute and theorbo. From Court to Country will explore threads of connection between courtly and pastoral music in France, Italy, and England from the late Medieval to the early Baroque. Ranging from shepherdly love songs to sorrowful lamentations, this program highlights a growing complexity of polyphony, colorful text expression, and harmonic depth in music from the 13th through the 17th centuries.
Admission free

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 7:30 pm
Abendmusik: War and Peace Music in the Time of the  Thirty Years' War 1618-1648
Church of St. Luke in the Field
487 Hudson Street, Manhattan
With Vita Wallace, violin; Claire Smith Bermingham, violin; Lawrence Lipnik, tenor viol; Dan McCarthy, tenor viol; Patricia Ann Neely, bass viol. Featuring the music of Schein, Scheidt, Schutz, Hammerschmidt, Schultz, and Rosenmuller.
$25 General Admission; $10 Students and Seniors