New York Early Music Celebration
2024 marks both the 50th anniversary of the Early Music Foundation,
and the 20th anniversary of the first New York Early Music Celebration.
An EMF Service-to-the-Field project, this festival is designed to showcase New York’s
historically informed performance artists, ensembles and presenters.
In 2004, EMF organized a city-wide early music celebration that spawned sixty-plus events. In 2007, the number of participants grew to more than ninety. In 2010, EMF together with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Concerts & Lectures and Musical Instruments Departments combined resources to co-produce a day-long Early Music Festival.
In 2013, the festival concept was enhanced by introducing a national theme, Pro Musica Polonica, with select foreign guests. The 2015 festival’s national theme was titled El Nuevo Mundo, showcasing music and ensembles from Latin America and Iberia; and the 2017 festival was titled The Low Countries, featuring music and guest artists from Flanders and Holland. Ex Borealis (2019) focused on repertoire from the Nordic and Baltic regions, not often heard in New York, and included artists and ensembles from those areas.
The Eighth New York Early Music Celebration will be observed throughout the month of October.
OCTOBER 1-31, 2024
EMF thanks the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
for its generous support of the 2024
New York Early Music Celebration.
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The following events are included in the Eighth New York Early Music Celebration:
Thu, Oct 31St. Malachy's ChurchOct 31, 2024, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PMSt. Malachy's Church, 239 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019, USAThe Soul Awaits Midtown Concerts sponsors lunchtime performances of music of the 18th century and earlier.
Wed, Oct 30The University Club of New YorkOct 30, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMThe University Club of New York, 1 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USAChamber works of Schubert & Beethoven
Sun, Oct 27Holy TrinityOct 27, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:15 PMHoly Trinity, 3 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023, USAAustin Philemon, conductor
Sun, Oct 27Corpus Christ ChurchOct 27, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMCorpus Christ Church, 529 W 121st St, New York, NY 10027, USALionel Meunier has created a new Baroque companion to Johannes Brahms’ seminal masterpiece. Brahms loved the Lutheran church music of the late Renaissance and Baroque. Many of the Biblical texts he chose for his Deutsches Requiem had already been set by these composers.
Sun, Oct 27The Ella Baker SchoolOct 27, 2024, 9:30 AM – 4:45 PMThe Ella Baker School, 317 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, USAA workshop dedicated to recorder players! Directed by Valerie Horst and Wendy Powers
Sat, Oct 26First Church of Christ, ScientistOct 26, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMFirst Church of Christ, Scientist, 10 W 68th St, New York, NY 10023, USA2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding by Frederick Renz of the Early Music Foundation (EMF) and its performance arm, Early Music New York. This year is also the 20th anniversary of the first citywide New York Early Music Celebration.
Sat, Oct 26Christ CongregationOct 26, 2024, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PMChrist Congregation, 50 Walnut Ln, Princeton, NJ 08540, USAWorks by Purcell, Blow, Lully, Couperin, Rameau and Vivaldi with members of BALAM Dance Theatre
Sat, Oct 26Shrine of St. Francis CabriniOct 26, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PMShrine of St. Francis Cabrini, 701 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10040, USAPerformance of Renaissance choral music led by Richard Porterfield of Hapsburg Court Composers Heinrich Finck, Heinrich Isaac and their follower/students Thomas Stoltzer and Ludwig Senfl.- Sat, Oct 26The Ella Baker SchoolOct 26, 2024, 9:30 AM – 4:45 PMThe Ella Baker School, 317 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, USAA workshop dedicated to recorder players! Directed by Valerie Horst and Wendy Powers
Thu, Oct 24Church of St. Luke in the FieldsOct 24, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMChurch of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USAMotets by the sixteenth century nun Raphaella Aleotti G.P. da Palestrina – Missa Confitebor tibi (á8)- Thu, Oct 24St. Malachy's ChurchOct 24, 2024, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PMSt. Malachy's Church, 239 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019, USABach's Star Pupil Meets a Bohemian Virtuoso Works of Krebs and Benda Midtown Concerts sponsors lunchtime performances of music of the 18th century and earlier.
Sun, Oct 20St. James the LessOct 20, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PMSt. James the Less, 10 Church Ln, Scarsdale, NY 10583, USA
Sun, Oct 20Paul HallOct 20, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMPaul Hall, 155 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023, USA18th c. British Music Laurence Cummings, guest conductor
Sun, Oct 20Location is TBDOct 20, 2024, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PMLocation is TBDPolyphonic sacred music from late 15th century to early 17th, a cappella.- Sat, Oct 19St. Vincent Ferrer ChurchOct 19, 2024, 7:45 PM – 10:00 PMSt. Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
Fri, Oct 18Columbia University's St. Paul's ChapelOct 18, 2024, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PMColumbia University's St. Paul's Chapel, 1160 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USACurated by Grant Herreid with Piffaro, The Renaissance Band Exploring love and death through the most influential poet of the Italian Renaissance.
Fri, Oct 18First Church of Christ, ScientistOct 18, 2024, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PMFirst Church of Christ, Scientist, 10 W 68th St, New York, NY 10023, USAMusic from the Carmina Burana Manuscript- Thu, Oct 17St. Malachy's ChurchOct 17, 2024, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PMSt. Malachy's Church, 239 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019, USAWorks of Dowland, Caccini, Strozzi and Hume, and Armenian folk music. Midtown Concerts sponsors lunchtime performances of music of the 18th century and earlier.
Wed, Oct 16St. Paul's ChapelOct 16, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PMSt. Paul's Chapel, 209 Broadway, New York, NY 10007, USACantatas Operatic excerpts from two cantatas