Sunday, August 10, 2025, 5PM
Florilegium musicum Musical Flowers of the Renaissance and Baroque Untermyer Gardens Conservancy 945 North Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 Renaissance theorist Marchetto da Padua claimed his music treatise Pomerium (“The Fruit Tree,” late 14th century) contained the “flowers and fruits” of the art of music. The sensuousness of a floral bouquet similarly inspired Pierre Phalèse to publish a collection of diverse musical gems in Antwerp in 1602, which he titled the Florilegium sacrarum cantionum. Today’s program explores Renaissance and Baroque music with a relationship to nature, and the composers who sought flora’s ultimate allegorical expression: in sound. Featuring Jude Ziliak, violin James Kennerley, harpsichord Elizabeth Weinfield, viola da gamba Presented by the Minnie Untermyer Concert Series. |
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Alex Ross's beautiful meditation on our Duarte concert with Teju Cole at The Cloisters — from the February 18/25, 2019 issue of The New Yorker: "The absence of historical celebrities hardly hurt attendance... It’s tempting to describe the Sinfonias as jewel-like in construction. You could also compare them to Vermeer’s paintings, small in scale and infinite in depth... For a remarkable hour on a cold February night, their world came alive again." |
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Musician in Paris |
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Marianna Martínes (1744–1812): Classical Composer in Vienna |
Marianna Martines: Overture ("Sinfonia") in C Major
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in D Maj; K 136
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Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor; Hob 1:49
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