BaroQue Across the River - Elegance and Extravagance

Brooklyn, New York-based early music ensemble BaroQue Across the River will perform “Elegance & Extravagance: Cantatas and Solos from France & Italy” on December 3-4, 2010 in New York City. The December 3 concert will be held at 7:30pm at Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, 110 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn (718.643.4608); The December 4, 8:00pm concert will be held at Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, in Manhattan (914.633.0758). Tickets are $20.00 (suggested donation) at door for both concerts.

Two rival styles dominated European music in the late 17th – early 18th Century — the delicate and demure French style favored elegant melodies in contrast to the more passionate, virtuosic and extravagant style of Italian music. In “Elegance & Extravagance: Cantatas and Solos from France & Italy” BaroQue Across the River offers selections of this exuberant contrast with music by Rameau, Clérambault, Scarlatti, Couperin, and Vivaldi.
(Thanks to Peter McDowell Arts for help with this post.)

GALA POST HOLIDAY CONCERT- Baroque Across the River Participates

Start the year off with an amazing Early Music concert. Here is the information:
SUNDAY, January 4, 2009 at 3PM
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WHO: Gala Post-Holiday Concert! (Adesso Early Music, Alta Wind Band, Anime Barq., ARTEK, Baroque Across the River, Bklyn Barq., Callisto Ascending, Ens. Breve, Ens. Viscera, Glissando Duo, Infiorare, My Lord Chamberlain's Consort, NY Continuo Collective, Parthenia, Sinfonia Praetorius)
WHAT: Gala Multi-Group Post-Holiday Concert - Over 60 musicians and 15 ensembles performing in a Gala concert of early music. Each ensemble will perform a short selection in addition to large group opening and closing pieces.
WHERE: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th St. at Lexington Ave., New York, NY
PRESENTED BY: Immanuel Lutheran Church, ARTEK, Gotham Early Music Scene
ADMISSION: Free; Donations accepted
CONTACT: www.midtownconcerts.org
WEB: http://www.gemsny.org

Thanks to our friend, Michael Sanita, at Polyphony.com (www.polyphony.com) who keeps a list of the best concerts in Early Music held each month in New York City. He does all of us a great service in furthering the cause of Early Music. Thanks, Michael.

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