Performance Calendar
Parthenia is excited to announce new concerts added for our 2024-2025 season!
Solemn Choral Evensong: Choir of Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church with Parthenia Viol Consort
Parthenia joins the choir of Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church for Solemn Choral Evensong with music of William Mundy (c. 1529–1591) — Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from the “Excellent Service for Means” and anthems. Gwendolyn Toth ~ music director, Kristina Boerger & Jenna Takach ~ sopranos, Richard Pittsinger, Garrett Eucker, Martin Schreiner, Ryland Angel & Bennett Mahler ~ tenors, Philip Cheah, Matthew Cramer & Peter Becker ~ basses. Reception following.
Sunday, December 22 at 5 pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 87th Street at West End Avenue, Manhattan
Free
Continental Connections
The English viol consort music that we know and love so much was influenced by many continental musical fashions. Throughout the 16th and early 17th century, court composers and musicians, traveling in the entourage of their respective courts, interacted with their foreign counterparts. Some English and European composers traveled to look for work abroad to escape religious persecution at home. In this workshop we will explore the musical connections that flowed in both directions—from European countries to England and back again. These explorations will include Franco-Flemish music in England at the court of Henry VIII, Spanish influences at Mary Tudor’s court, the love of Italian music in Elizabethan England, and Danish and German connections with England when Anne of Denmark, the wife of James I, was the Queen.
Guest artist: Caroline Nicolas, treble viol
Sunday, January 26th at 4pm
The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, United States
$45 Premium section // Pay what you will general admission (suggested $25)
This concert is part of our 2024-2025 NYC Concert Season
Newburgh Chamber Music: Continental Connections
Parthenia Viol Consort reprises its Continental Connections concert program at the Newburgh Chamber Music Series.
Before the concert you are invited to join in a demonstration and hands-on class with Parthenia: have a mini-lesson on your own instrument, or a try out a provided Gamba instrument.
Sunday, March 30th at 3pm
St. George’s Episcopal Church
105 Grand Street, Newburgh NY
Les Amours de Mai
Our spring concert features French Renaissance songs and dances marked by grace, balance and a wonderful sense of lightness, especially the song settings of poetry of Pierre de Ronsard by such composers as Claude le Jeune, Guillaume Costeley, Claude Goudimel, Eustache du Caurroy and others.
Parthenia, performing on a consort of viols in the style of those used in the 16th century, is joined by soprano Sherezade Panthaki and Renaissance lutenist Christopher Morrongiello.
Sunday, April 27th at 4pm
The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, United States
$45 Premium section // Pay what you will general admission (suggested $25)
This concert is part of our 2024-2025 NYC Concert Season
O Clap Your Hands! with Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble
Parthenia Viol Consort joins Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble for a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Orlando Gibbons, featuring a world premiere for voices and viols by Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki.
Sunday, May 4 at 3pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
552 West End Avenue (Corner of West 87th Street) New York, NY 10024