$20
The GEMS Project
Wed., September 30, 2009 / 6:30 PM
Audio / Video
Gallery
About This Event
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Note for Ticket holders: seating is not guaranteed after 7:25 pm, so please arrive early.
Ticket Prices:
$20 per seat, general admission
Ticket holders: Seating is not guaranteed after 7:25 pm, so please arrive early.
$35 per seat, preferred seating
$120 table for four, preferred seating
$150 table for six, preferred seating
Visit here or call 212-866-0468 to purchase an entire table.
Experience the fusion of art + revelry. Critically acclaimed Gotham Early Music Scene stages its third annual series of concerts spotlighting nine of the most exciting and innovative early music groups working in New York City today. This year the concerts move downtown to Le Poisson Rouge, the celebrated new arts cabaret in Greenwich Village that has quickly become known for attracting large audiences to new music discovery.
It is the perfect environment for our setlists of 16th- through 18th-century music, as listeners at live concerts and operas at that time ate, talked, drank, and frequently sang along with the music, with abandon. Audiences of that time would be amazed to find modern listeners seated in rows, facing forward, keeping perfectly still.
The GEMS Project strikes a perfect balance, inviting music lovers of all kinds to immerse themselves in a nightlife of true substance and vitality and an atmosphere that is at once modern and timeless. That puts you closer than ever to cutting edge groups on the scene like Ensemble Viscera, East of the River, The Four Nations Ensemble, New York Baroque Dance Company and many others.
Le Poisson Rouge evokes the salons of the past, providing a modern audience with the opportunity to revel in early music with new eyes and ears.
Program
7:30 UNCOMMON TEMPERAMENT
A new group of passionate young professionals dedicated to a historically accurate, yet “wild and organic” approach to early music.
“Chamber Music of George Fredrick Handel”
"Mi Palpita il Cor" HWV 132b (oboe obbligato Italian cantata)
Trio Sonata HWV 391
8:05 CLARION MUSIC SOCIETY
Although Russia is usually associated with the great Romantic music of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff, the second half of the 18th century was also a ‘golden age’ of Russian music fostered by Catherine the Great, who reigned 1762 – 1796. This wonderful yet unknown repertoire is a specialty of Clarion’s Music Director Steven Fox, and their program includes many first editions prepared by him from manuscripts found in archives across Russia and Europe.
From the opera Yamchiki na Podstave Yevstigney, Fomin (1761-1800)
Aria - Ryetivo syerdtse
Sonata for Cembalo in C minor, Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785)
Larghetto
Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro assai
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 1, Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742-1811)
Allegro
Rondo in D Major
From the opera Le fils rival, Dmitrii Stepanovich Bortniansky (1751-1825)
Aria - Don Carlos (Act I) – Ô nuit, redouble tes ombres
Aria - Don Pedro (Act III) – En homme, j’agirais sans doute
8:40 EAST OF THE RIVER
Virtuoso recorder players Nina Stern and Daphna Mor are joined by accordionist Uri Sharlin, and Yo Yo Ma's "Silk Road Ensemble" percussionist Shane Shanahan. Their program travels from Medieval Armenian chant to 14th century Italy to a composition by the 18th century Armenian composer Sayat-Nova. This group bridges the gap between early and world music in new and exciting ways.
“Early and Traditional World Music”
Havoon, Havoon Medieval Armenian Chant
Heokiari Traditional Armenian Dance
La Manfredina 14th Century Italian
Tre Fontane 14th Century Italian
Sandansko Horo Traditional Macedonian
Belasicko Horo Traditional Bulgarian
Mé Khosg Oonim Sayat-Nova (1717-95)
Sepastia Bar Traditional Armenian
Ticket Prices:
$20 per seat, general admission
Ticket holders: Seating is not guaranteed after 7:25 pm, so please arrive early.
$35 per seat, preferred seating
$120 table for four, preferred seating
$150 table for six, preferred seating
Visit here or call 212-866-0468 to purchase an entire table.
Experience the fusion of art + revelry. Critically acclaimed Gotham Early Music Scene stages its third annual series of concerts spotlighting nine of the most exciting and innovative early music groups working in New York City today. This year the concerts move downtown to Le Poisson Rouge, the celebrated new arts cabaret in Greenwich Village that has quickly become known for attracting large audiences to new music discovery.
It is the perfect environment for our setlists of 16th- through 18th-century music, as listeners at live concerts and operas at that time ate, talked, drank, and frequently sang along with the music, with abandon. Audiences of that time would be amazed to find modern listeners seated in rows, facing forward, keeping perfectly still.
The GEMS Project strikes a perfect balance, inviting music lovers of all kinds to immerse themselves in a nightlife of true substance and vitality and an atmosphere that is at once modern and timeless. That puts you closer than ever to cutting edge groups on the scene like Ensemble Viscera, East of the River, The Four Nations Ensemble, New York Baroque Dance Company and many others.
Le Poisson Rouge evokes the salons of the past, providing a modern audience with the opportunity to revel in early music with new eyes and ears.
Program
7:30 UNCOMMON TEMPERAMENT
A new group of passionate young professionals dedicated to a historically accurate, yet “wild and organic” approach to early music.
“Chamber Music of George Fredrick Handel”
"Mi Palpita il Cor" HWV 132b (oboe obbligato Italian cantata)
Trio Sonata HWV 391
8:05 CLARION MUSIC SOCIETY
Although Russia is usually associated with the great Romantic music of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff, the second half of the 18th century was also a ‘golden age’ of Russian music fostered by Catherine the Great, who reigned 1762 – 1796. This wonderful yet unknown repertoire is a specialty of Clarion’s Music Director Steven Fox, and their program includes many first editions prepared by him from manuscripts found in archives across Russia and Europe.
From the opera Yamchiki na Podstave Yevstigney, Fomin (1761-1800)
Aria - Ryetivo syerdtse
Sonata for Cembalo in C minor, Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785)
Larghetto
Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro assai
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 1, Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742-1811)
Allegro
Rondo in D Major
From the opera Le fils rival, Dmitrii Stepanovich Bortniansky (1751-1825)
Aria - Don Carlos (Act I) – Ô nuit, redouble tes ombres
Aria - Don Pedro (Act III) – En homme, j’agirais sans doute
8:40 EAST OF THE RIVER
Virtuoso recorder players Nina Stern and Daphna Mor are joined by accordionist Uri Sharlin, and Yo Yo Ma's "Silk Road Ensemble" percussionist Shane Shanahan. Their program travels from Medieval Armenian chant to 14th century Italy to a composition by the 18th century Armenian composer Sayat-Nova. This group bridges the gap between early and world music in new and exciting ways.
“Early and Traditional World Music”
Havoon, Havoon Medieval Armenian Chant
Heokiari Traditional Armenian Dance
La Manfredina 14th Century Italian
Tre Fontane 14th Century Italian
Sandansko Horo Traditional Macedonian
Belasicko Horo Traditional Bulgarian
Mé Khosg Oonim Sayat-Nova (1717-95)
Sepastia Bar Traditional Armenian
Artists
Uncommon Temperament
Uncommon Temperament is a group of passionate young professionals
dedicated to a historically accurate, yet wild and organic approach. These
fresh-from-conservatory soloists are presenting two little operas, piles
of chamber music, a large ensemble concert, and a traveling production of
the Coffee Cantata this season.
Performers:
Ariadne Greif, soprano
Ryan Walsh, oboe
Liv Heym, violin
Raphael Fusco, harpsichord
Anneke Schaul-Yoder, cello
Artist Website
Performers:
Ariadne Greif, soprano
Ryan Walsh, oboe
Liv Heym, violin
Raphael Fusco, harpsichord
Anneke Schaul-Yoder, cello
Artist Website
East of the River
"East of the River" is a new project conceived by internationally renowned recorder players Nina Stern and Daphna Mor. The project explores haunting and virtuosic melodies from the ancient and traditional repertories of the Balkans, Armenia and the Middle east, as well as gems of the Medieval European classical repertory. The music is arranged and interpreted by musicians whose musical backgrounds include Classical, Jazz and World music. Together they create the unique blend that is "East of the River
Stern and Mor each have impressive careers as soloists and chamber music players. They have appeared as a duo with groups as varied as The New York Philharmonic and world music ensemble Pharaoh's Daughter, in venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Joe’s Pub.. In “East of the River” they collaborate with leading musicians including virtuoso composer/accordionist Uri Sharlin, and Yo Yo Ma's "Silk Road Ensemble" percussionist Shane Shanahan.
Performers:
Nina Stern, Daphna Mor, Recorders
Uri Sharlin, Accordion
Shane Shanahan, Percussion
Stern and Mor each have impressive careers as soloists and chamber music players. They have appeared as a duo with groups as varied as The New York Philharmonic and world music ensemble Pharaoh's Daughter, in venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Joe’s Pub.. In “East of the River” they collaborate with leading musicians including virtuoso composer/accordionist Uri Sharlin, and Yo Yo Ma's "Silk Road Ensemble" percussionist Shane Shanahan.
Performers:
Nina Stern, Daphna Mor, Recorders
Uri Sharlin, Accordion
Shane Shanahan, Percussion
Listen to the music here.
Clarion Music Society
“Music from the Court of Catherine the Great”
When one hears the term ‘Russian Music,’ the great Romantic music of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff tends to come to mind. However, it is little known that the second half of the 18th century was also a ‘golden age’ of Russian music, fostered by Catherine the Great (reigned 1762 – 1796). St. Petersburg, Russia’s capital, became under Catherine’s reign one of the great musical cities in all of Europe. Catherine lured to her court many of Europe’s greatest composers to serve as Music Director (or Maestro di Cappella), such as Galuppi, Cimarosa, Martin y Soler, and Raupach. These composers were engaged to write works for the Imperial Court Chapel and Theater (located in the building we now know as the Hermitage Museum) and also to train the crop of young, brilliant Russian musicians, whom Catherine’s scouts had selected from all over the Empire, from the Ukraine to Belarus.
In the past two years, Clarion has given three concerts featuring unpublished, unknown music from the court of Catherine the Great; the first was in May 2007 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the second two performances were in July 2008 at Bard College and at the Aston Magna Festival. The program for these concerts included compositions by two of Catherine’s great Italian Maestri di Cappella, Sarti and Galuppi, as well as works by three of the most brilliant native Russian 18th-century composers, Fomin, Bortniansky and Berezovsky, who began to develop an individual and distinctively Russian voice. This wonderful yet unknown repertoire is a specialty of Clarion’s Music Director Steven Fox, and the program includes many first editions prepared by him from manuscripts found in archives across Russia and Europe.
Performers - Soloists of the Clarion Music Society:
Steven Fox, music director
Marc Molomot, tenor
Owen Dalby, violin
Theresa Salomon, violin
David Miller, viola
Katie Rietman, cello
Anne Trout, double bass
Ilya Poletaev, harpsichord/fortepiano
When one hears the term ‘Russian Music,’ the great Romantic music of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninoff tends to come to mind. However, it is little known that the second half of the 18th century was also a ‘golden age’ of Russian music, fostered by Catherine the Great (reigned 1762 – 1796). St. Petersburg, Russia’s capital, became under Catherine’s reign one of the great musical cities in all of Europe. Catherine lured to her court many of Europe’s greatest composers to serve as Music Director (or Maestro di Cappella), such as Galuppi, Cimarosa, Martin y Soler, and Raupach. These composers were engaged to write works for the Imperial Court Chapel and Theater (located in the building we now know as the Hermitage Museum) and also to train the crop of young, brilliant Russian musicians, whom Catherine’s scouts had selected from all over the Empire, from the Ukraine to Belarus.
In the past two years, Clarion has given three concerts featuring unpublished, unknown music from the court of Catherine the Great; the first was in May 2007 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the second two performances were in July 2008 at Bard College and at the Aston Magna Festival. The program for these concerts included compositions by two of Catherine’s great Italian Maestri di Cappella, Sarti and Galuppi, as well as works by three of the most brilliant native Russian 18th-century composers, Fomin, Bortniansky and Berezovsky, who began to develop an individual and distinctively Russian voice. This wonderful yet unknown repertoire is a specialty of Clarion’s Music Director Steven Fox, and the program includes many first editions prepared by him from manuscripts found in archives across Russia and Europe.
Performers - Soloists of the Clarion Music Society:
Steven Fox, music director
Marc Molomot, tenor
Owen Dalby, violin
Theresa Salomon, violin
David Miller, viola
Katie Rietman, cello
Anne Trout, double bass
Ilya Poletaev, harpsichord/fortepiano
Listen to an audio clip here.