2018–2019 season
Ensemble-in-Residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore
Saturday, June 1, 2019 • 3 PM With guests, Piffaro: The Renaissance Band The Met Cloisters Rarely heard live, Praetorius's dances from Terpsichore, named for the Greek muse of the dance, display uncommon composition. This landmark program brings together the nation's leading interpreters of Renaissance repertoire for an evening of unforgettable phantasmagoric splendor. |
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Sounding the Dutch Baroque
Friday, May 10 • 6 pm Friday, May 10 • 7 pm The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, NYC Galleries 963–965 (Robert Lehman Wing, court level) These two in-gallery concerts will highlight the exceptional music created and performed in the early modern Low Countries. From Dutch compositions with Continental influence, to English and French works known via the print trade, the Renaissance ensemble will create sonic portraits of musical life infused with the conceits of Dutch and Flemish painting. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met. Both concerts are Free with Museum admission. |
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675), Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662, oil on canvas © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Dancers’ Delight: Michael Praetorius’ Terpsichore
with Piffaro: The Renaissance Band Friday, March 15, 2019 at 7:30PM Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 23 S 38th St, Philadelphia Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 7:30PM Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill 8855 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 3:00PM Christ Church Christiana Hundred 505 Buck Road, Wilmington |
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Leonora Duarte: Converso in Antwerp
Saturday, February 2, 2019 • 7 PM With guest, photographer and writer Teju Cole The Met Cloisters Sonnambula teams up with acclaimed author and photographer Teju Cole in a dynamic performance of music, spoken word, and images that celebrates the work of Leonora Duarte, the only known woman composer of viol music in the 17th century. |
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Spanish Christmas at The Met Cloisters
Sunday, December 23, 2018 • 1 PM and 3 PM With guest, lutenist Esteban La Rotta The Met Cloisters Celebrate Christmas with a program of intimate Canciones (popular tunes with poetic texts), joyful Villancicos (songs with rustic themes), and virtuosic instrumental pieces, drawn in large part from the Cancionero Musical de Palacio, a manuscript found at the Royal Palace of Madrid which exemplifies the Golden Age of Spanish Renaissance music. |
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Sound and the City:
Street Cries from Renaissance London Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 3 PM With guest singers Molly Quinn (soprano), Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek (mezzo), Ryland Angel (alto), Mischa Bouvier (bass), and Sonnambula's James Kennerley (tenor) The Met Cloisters Hot codlings, hot! Ha' ye any old bellows or trays to mend? The chaos and cacophony of the busy city inspired some of the most innovative composers in Renaissance London. Hear Orlando Gibbons's famous Cries of London — from the night watchman announcing the 3 o'clock hour to the closing of the market at the end of the day — in the urban oasis of The Met Cloisters. |
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Purcell and Byrd: Fantasias for Viol Consort
Friday, October 5, 2018 • 8 PM With guest, soprano Elise Groves St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookline, MA Presented by the Henry Purcell Society of Boston |
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¡Zarzuela! Theater Music of the Spanish Baroque
Sunday, June 10, 2018 • 7 PM With guests, soprano Camille Zamora and lutenist Arash Noori St. David's Episcopal Church, San Antonio, TX Rarely heard works by Durón, Hidalgo and Lliteres. Opening concert of the national conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians. |
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