2010-2011 CONCERT SEASON
The Canticum Novum SingersHarold Rosenbaum, Conductor
Come join us as we celebrate our 38th season by returning to where it all began. In 1973 The Canticum Novum Singers was established to perform early music. After 475 concerts, 65 premieres, + 100 collaborations with NYC orchestras and other ensembles, we will return to the glorious music of the Renaissance and Baroque in three concert programs at the historic St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church.
O Marvel and Mystery
Two performances:
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 2 PM
The Canticum Novum Singers and Parthenia, the dynamic consort of viols hailed by The New Yorker as “one of the brightest lights in New York’s early-music scene,” collaborate once again after a sold-out performance last Christmas. Reserve your tickets early!
Byrd, Tye, Gibbons, Ravenscroft, and others
All-Bach (1685-1750)
Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 8 PM
Choral motets and music for viola da gamba, organ, and harpsichord.
Guest Artists:
Gwendolyn Toth, organ and harpsichord
Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba
All NYC Concerts Performed at
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Episcopal Church
552 West End Avenue
(at 87th Street), NYC
Tickets: $25
Students and Seniors 65+: $15
TDF vouchers accepted.
Tickets are available at the door 30 minutes before concerts, or can be reserved by calling:
Ticket Central
(212) 279-4200
The Canticum Novum Singers at Christ Church
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 8 PM
A special presentation at Christ Church in Bronxville, NY, featuring Back, Josquin, madrigals, and more. All tickets are $15 at the door. Christ Church is located at:
17 Sagamore Rd.
Bronxville, NY 10708
Click here for directions
All-Josquin Des Prez (1445-1521)
Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 8 PM
A stunning array of chansons, motets and frottole, plus the glorious Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi, one of the most renowned examples of the soggetto cavato technique. This technique derived musical notes from the syllables of a phrase, in this case “Lascia fare mi” (Italian: “get lost”), a common phrase used by an unknown aristocrat to get people to stop pestering him with requests or complaints.
“Other musicians do with notes what they can, Josquin what he likes.” – Martin Luther
