Past Performance Archive
Below is a list of Parthenia’s past performances.
CALEIDOSCÓPIO! Unsung voices from Portugal
Rose of the Compass & Parthenia Viol Consort
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, Nina Stern & Raymond Nagem, music directors
Come to sunny Portugal for an exploration of rarely heard works, including the remarkable 13th century female-voiced Cantigas de Amigo, symphonies of the converso Jewish heiress Isabella Duarte, as well as sacred and secular works of the 16th century composer by Vicente Lusitano.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan
A RELIQUARY FOR WILLIAM BLAKE
Music for countertenor, viols and recorder by American composer, Will Ayton.
Parthenia Viol Consort with Cody Bowers, countertenor
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, Manhattan
Webcast Archive available 6/10 thru 6/30
Concert Program
Pre-Concert Event
Meet composer Will Ayton, hosted by Tea Arts & Culture
Friday May 6, 2022 at 5:30 pm
Laughlin Hall at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
Please join Parthenia and Will Ayton, composer of A RELIQUARY FOR WILLIAM BLAKE, for an intimate hour-long conversation hosted by Wenting Zhang of Tea Arts & Culture. Tea will be served.
Seating is limited and RSVP is required. Register by email here.
Tea Arts & Culture is a non-profit organization committed to creating connections through tea. We organize community events, educational workshops, and collaborations with artists from various art disciplines, cultures, and generations to hold the space and time needed for conversation, reflection, connection, and collaboration.
Will Ayton was born in 1948 in Jingyuan, Kansu province, China, of missionary parents. He has spent most of his professional years as a professor of music at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, as well as directing and performing with various ensembles (viola da gamba) and stealing as much time as possible for composing.
This concert was part of our 2021-2022 NYC Concert Series
WEBINAR – Open rehearsal and meet the artists
UPON REFLECTION: An Opera in Ten Images
– a chamber opera for soprano, viol consort, recorders, and electronic sound, with music by Frances White and libretto and images by Wendy Steiner
Parthenia Viol Consort, Lawrence Lipnik, recorders, with Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
This concert is made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Restart NY: Rapid Live Performance Grant.
This concert was part of our 2021-2022 NYC Concert Series
HOUSE OF HABSBURG (Tucson, AZ)
A wealth of riches for viol quartet from the magnificent Habsburg musical dynasty.
Arizona Early Music Society, Tucson, Arizona
Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
2331 E. Adams Street
Tucson, AZ
HOUSE OF HABSBURG
A wealth of riches for viol quartet from the magnificent Habsburg musical dynasty.
Parthenia Viol Consort
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, Manhattan
This concert is made possible with a regrant from Gotham Early Music Scene from the federal program, Shuttered Venue Operators Grant.
Webcast 3/11 @7:30pm ET
Archive available 3/11 thru 3/25
Concert Program
Pre-Concert Talk by Art Conservator Kenneth Bé
In this behind-the-scenes look at viola da gamba player Kenneth Bé’s other life as Head of Paintings Conservation at the Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Kenneth shows us details of several paintings from the time of the Habsburg Empire.
Watch Kenneth Bé Video
This concert was part of our 2021-2022 NYC Concert Series
ITALIA MIA (Milwaukee, WI)
Extraordinary Venetian repertoire for viols and voice from the Renaissance.
Parthenia Viol Consort with Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Early Music Now Concert Series
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
ITALIA MIA
Sumptuous Venetian repertoire for viols and voice from the Renaissance.
Parthenia Viol Consort with Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, Manhattan
This concert is made possible with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Restart NY: Rapid Live Performance Grant.
Webcast 11/26 @7:30pm ET
Archive available 11/26 thru 12/9
Download the concert program: Parthenia Italia Mia Program NYC
This concert was part of our 2021-2022 NYC Concert Series
Coprario’s Italian Madrigals and Consorts: “It is time to die”
Brent Wissick, viol, with special guests Parthenia Viol Consort, David Morris, viol, and singers from the UNC faculty and N.C. Triangle
Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
WEBINAR: The Making of Donne Songs Without Words
A Choreographic Work for Viol Quartet and Baroque Harp
by Eleonor Sandresky
Parthenia Viol Consort, Eleonor Sandresky, composer, Christa Patton, harp
with Paul Hecht, actor, and Melissa Sanchez, Professor of English at U. Penn.
Parthenia and guests discuss the conception, composition and performance of Sandresky’s 2014 work, John Donne Songs Without Words, commissioned by Parthenia with a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. We will explore our love of Donne’s poetry, the guiding aesthetic for this work, and talk about learning to use body movements while playing our instruments, and show videos of the 2015 premier.
Watch with us on May 13, and join in the conversation! This program will be archived through May 23.
This concert was part of our 2020-2021 NYC Concert Series
WEBCAST: A Reliquary for William Blake
Parthenia’s planned webcast of ‘A Reliquary for William Blake” with countertenor Daniel Moody, scheduled for Thursday, Feb 25th, 2021 at 7:30pm ET, has been postponed to a future concert season when we can be with you in person.
In the meantime, we warmly invite you to join us for a free online event exploring related William Blake material, co-presented with the Morgan Library & Museum.
This concert was part of our 2020-2021 NYC Concert Series