– ARCHIVE –
2015 - 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Arts & Letters from our Founding Fathers
with Grant Herreid
Entertainment in Colonial America
with historical readings, music, and dance featuring
in collaboration with
New York Baroque Dance Company's Touchstone Project
Jay Heritage Center, 210 Old Post Road, Rye NY
Friday, June 24, 2016 at SIXpm
Clementi & Co.
A program of sonatas for Piano-Forte with Accompaniments for Violin
works by J.C. Bach, Luigi Boccherini
and Muzio Clementi
with Dongsok Shin, performing on an original Longman Clementi & Co. fortepiano, manufactured in London, ca.1800
150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY
Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 8:00pm
Haydn's Creation
Christopher Shepard, conductor
with the Masterwork String Quintet
Drew University, Concert Hall. Madison, NJ
guest leader
Music of the Baroque
Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers
Jane Glover, conductor
St. Michael's Church (Old town) Chicago, IL (4/1)
Divine Word Chapel, Northbrook, IL (4/2, 4/3)
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 4:00 pm
Arts & Letters from our Founding Fathers
with Grant Herreid
Entertainment in Colonial America, with historical readings, music, and dance
featuring dancers Caroline Copeland & Matthew Ting
in collaboration with New York Baroque Dance Company's Touchstone Project
Jay Heritage Center
210 Old Post Road, Rye NY
Saturday, April 16, 2016, 8:00pm
Ars Antiqua Mark Kramer, viola da gamba, and director
with Jörg-Michael Schwarz, Karen Marie Marmer, violins
and Dongsok Albert Shin, harpsichord
Heather Johnson, mezzo soprano
Thursday, April 28, 2016, 8:00pm
Resurrection – Music of Heirich Schütz
The Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 8:00pm
Sacred Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. I-V)
with Daniel Swenberg, theorbo & Dongsok Shin, organ
David Shuler, organ solist, playing works of Muffat
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Saturday, December 20, 2015 at 7:30pm
Handel's Messiah
Masterwork Chorus, Christopher Shepard, conductor
principal second violin
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 8:00pm
A French Baroque Christmas
The Choir of St. Luke in the Fields, David Shuler, director
music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Concertmaster
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Friday, October 9, 2015 at SIXpm
An Evening at Home with our Founding Fathers
with Dongsok Shin, forte-piano
featuring dancers Caroline Copeland & Matthew Ting
in collaboration with New York Baroque Dance Company's Touchstone Project
with readings from letters and other writings from Colonial America
150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY
Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 8pm
American Classical Orchestra
with Jiayan Sun, forte-piano soloist
Beethoven "Emporer" concerto, and Symphony No. 7
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
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2014 - 2015
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 8pm
American Classical Orchestra
Thirtieth Anniversary Concert
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 8:00pm
Masterwork Chorus, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 8:00pm
Masterwork Chorus, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Ridge Performing Arts Center
268 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 7:15pm
Monteverdi's “Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda”
string leader
National Gallery of Art Chamber Players, Richard Stone, director
National Gallery of Art
Sixth Street & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8:00pm
The Dessoff Choirs, Christopher Shepard, director
The Church of the Holy Trinity
316 East 88th Street, NYC
Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 8:00pm
Handel's Esther
Concertmaster
The Choir of The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Friday & Saturday, March 27 & 28, at 8:00pm
Women of Myth Unleashed/The Seven Deadly Sins
Louis Nicolas Clérembault's Médée (1710)
with Christine Brandes, soprano
Patricia Beaman, dancer/choreographer
CFA Theater
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Good Friday, April 3, 2015 at 7:30pm
Sonatas VI-X, from the "Mystery Sonatas" of H.I.F. Biber
with Daniel Swenberg, theorbo & Dongsok Shin, chamber organ
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Saturday & Sunday, April 25 & 26, 2015, at 3:00pm
Yale Baroque Opera Project, Grant Herreid, music director
Cavalli's Erismena Yale Baroque Opera Project
string leader
University Theater, Yale, New Haven, CT
Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA, Andrew Megill, director
Cantata 92, "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn"
& from Biber's Mystery Sonatas, No XIII, The Pentecost
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 8pm
American Classical Orchestra
with Myron Lutzke, cello soloist
Haydn concerto, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 1:15pm
Skid Rococo
From Pastoral Idylls to Hangovers
with Brett Umlauf, soprano
Daniel Swenberg, Baroque guitar & Baroque lute
Anneke Schaul-Yoder, Baroque cello
Late Rococo music from France and Sweden. The Greek and Nordic goddesses of Love and the god of wine were at the center of Carl Bellman's sublime and subversive poetry and his cult of Bacchus.
The Chapel at St. Bartholomew's Church
325 Park Avenue, NYC
Thursday, May 30, 2014 at 8pm
Empire Viols, guest artist
"Island Music", English Tunes of Summer
Works of Lawes, Matteis, and Jenkins
Second Presbyterian Church,
96th Street, and Central Park West, NYC
on the island of Manhattan
Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with Fuma Sacra
J.S. Bach Cantata 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"
Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 5pm
Music at Our Savior's Atonement (MOSA)
XIV_LOUIS_XV Chamber Music and Dance from 18th century France
with Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba, Arthur Haas, harpsichord, and Baroque dancers Caroline Copeland and Carlos Fittante
Music composed for the entertainment of Louis XIV and Louis XV, Kings of France. Works by Lully, Couperin, Clérambault, and Rameau, with reconstructions of 18th century choreography for the stage performed by Baroque dancers in full costume.
Our Savior's Atonement , 178 Bennett Avenue, at 189th Street, NYC
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 7pm, Psalms of David
Music of Gabrieli, Monteverdi, and Salomone Rossi Hebreo
Choir of St. Igantius Loyola
St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue at 84th Street, NYC
Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 8pm
Passion Music: Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri, and music of Schütz
The Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
The Church of St Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, NYC
Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 3:00pm
The Political Muse: A Musical History of the Forming of Our Nation
Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Road
Rye, NY 10580
Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 8:00pm
MASTERWORK CHORUS
Andrew Megill, conductor
J.S. Bach St. John Passion
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA
Andrew Megill, director
Cantata 105, "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht"
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 3:00pm
John Jay's Night at the Opera English:
French and American 18th Century Entertainments
Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY
Saturday, February 1, 2014
with BALAM Dance Theater
Fandango Fantasie with dancer Carlos Fittante
Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ
Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA
Andrew Megill, director
Cantata 12, "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
2013
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Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 8:00pm
Masterwork Chorus
Handel's Messiah
Andrew Megill, conductor
Ridge Performing Arts Center
268 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 8:00pm
Masterwork Chorus
Handel's Messiah
Andrew Megill, conductor
Carnegie Hall
57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA, Andrew Megill, director
Cantata 61, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
& from Biber's Mystery Sonatas, Nos. I & II
Annunciation & Visitation
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 7:00pm
The Cathedral of All Saints Chorus of Men & Boys
Handel's Messiah
Woodrow Bynum, director
The Cathedral of All Saints
62 South Swan Street, Albany, NY
Friday, December 6, 2013 at SIXpm
Bach & Brew (beer & wine will be served)
Sonatas for Piano-Forte with Accompaniments for Violin
music published in London, ca.1800 including works by J.C. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and Muzio Clementi
with Dongsok Shin, performing on a Longman Clementi & Co. fortepiano, manufactured in London, ca.1800
King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY
Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 8:00pm
A Baroque Christmas in Rome
Alessandro Scarlatti's “Messa per il Santissimo Natale”
string leader
The Choir of The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 6:30pm
***cancelled due to Government shut-down***
Rescheduled: May 21, 2014
Monteverdi's “Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda”
string leader
National Gallery of Art Chamber Players
Grant Herreid, director
Lectures in the East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
Music in the West Garden Court
National Gallery of Art
Sixth Street & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
Thursday & Saturday, August 15 & 17, 2013
at 7:00pm
L'incoronazione di Poppea of Claudio Monteverdi
String Leader and Baroque Violin coach
Aspen Music Festival/Aspen Opera Theater
Jane Glover, conductor
320 East Hyman Avenue, Aspen CO
Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 7:30pm
TELEMANN IN PARIS
–chamber music from the salons of 1730's Paris –
with Immanuel Davis, traverso
Motomi Igarashi, gamba, Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
Georg Phillip Telemann's “Paris Quartets” Nos. 3 & 10
& sonatas for violin and for flute by Jean-Marie Leclair
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA
J.S. Bach, Cantata No. 196 “Der Herr denket an uns”
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA
J.S. Bach, Cantata No. 4 “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
& H.I.F. Biber, Mystery Sonata No. X, “The Crucifixion”
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Friday, March 15, 2013, Gala Opening Night, 7:30pm
March 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 2013, at 8:00pm
string leader
Neal Goran & Grant Herreid, music directors
The Box, 189 Chrystie Street, NYC
2012
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Thursday, March 14, 2012 at 8:00pm
Georg Philipp Telemann's St. Luke Passion (1748)
Concertmaster
The Choir of The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA
J.S. Bach, Cantata No. 46 “Schauet doch und sehet”
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 2:00pm
MASTERWORK CHORUS, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
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Sunday, December 22, 2012 at 8:00pm
MASTERWORK CHORUS, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
Drew University, Madison, NJ
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 8:00pm
The Cathedral of All Saints Chorus of Men & Boys
Woodrow Bynum, director
Handel's Messiah
62 South Swan Street, Albany, NY
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Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 4:00pm
TELEMANN IN PARIS
with Immanuel Davis, traverso
Motomi Igarashi, gamba, Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
“Paris Quartets” Nos. 3 & 7, Fantasie for solo violin No. 7,
& other works of Georg Philipp Telemann
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
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Monday, October 1 & 3, 2012 at 8:00pm
GOTHAM CHAMBER OPERA'S Orientale
with COMPANY XIV
string leader
Neal Goran & Grant Herreid, music directors
Austin McCormick, stage director & choreographer
Monteverdi's “Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda”
(le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 12:30pm
Bach on Thursdays with FUMA SACRA
J.S. Bach, Cantata No. 39 “Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot”
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ
PAST SEASONS
2011 – 2012
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 4:00pm
CD Release Concert - selections from
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's “Rosary Sonatas”
Leah Gale Nelson, baroque violin
Daniel Swenberg, theorbo, and Dongsok Shin, organ
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
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October 27, 28, 29, 2011 at 7:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
99 Chambers Street, NYC
Biber's violin sonatas (1681), nos. 2 & 6
& the Passagalia from the “Rosary Sonatas”
“With the help of good musicians, Mr. Týnek's work breathes ....”
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Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 3:00pm
Drew University, Madison, NJ
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 8:00pm
Carnegie Hall, NYC
Handel's Messiah
Principal Second Violin
Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Andrew Megill, conductor
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 6:00pm
The Grumbling Hive OR It's the Economy, Stupid!
a modern-day ballad opera
Mr. Jones & the Engines of Destruction
Daniel Swenberg
with Paul Hecht, Nell Snaidas and Geoffrey Silver
29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, NYC
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 8:00pm
Vespers in Venice - Music of Monteverdi
Concertmaster
The Choir of The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:00pm
J.S. Bach's St. John Passion
The Cathedral of All Saints, Choir of Men & Boys
Woodrow Bynum, director
The Cathedral of All Saints, South Swan & Elk Streets, Albany, NY
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 7:30pm
J.S. Bach's Magnificat & Easter Oratorio
St. Bartholomew's Choir
with an orchestra of period instruments
William Trafka, director
325 Park Avenue, NYC
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 12:30pm
Mythic Treasures: Old and New-Entertainment for the Gods
with BALAM Dance Theatre, Carlos Fittante, director
Biber's Passacaglia
Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY
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Tuesday & Wednesday, May 15, 16, 2012, at 8pm
Scenes from the Operas of Claudio Monteverdi
The New York Continuo Collective
Grant Herreid, Charles Weaver, Paul Shipper, directors
with the Continuo Collective String Band, dir. LGN
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 308 W. 46th Street, NYC
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Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 11:15am service
Pentecost
Biber's Rosary Sonata No. XIII, The Descent of the Holy Spirit
with Daniel Swenberg & Dongsok Shin
The Oratory Church of St. Boniface
Willoughby and Duffield Streets, Brooklyn, NY
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7:30pm
BACH & FATHERS, music of CPE, JSB, and Telemann
with Immanuel Davis, baroque flute
Käthe Jarka, baroque cello
Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba, Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, NYC
2010 – 2011
Sunday, November 21, 2010
REBEL Baroque Orchestra
with the Westchester Oratorio Society
Handel's Messiah
Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco
605 Millwood Road, Mt. Kisco, NY
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Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 1:00pm
Principal Second Violin
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
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Monday, February 21, 2011 at 8:00pm
Kantorei Choir of the Westminster Choir College
Andrew Megill, Director
Music of J.S. Bach: Lutheran Mass in G minor BWV 235
Canata 147, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”
Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ
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Thursday, April 14, 2011, at 8:00pm
Concertmaster
Choir of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, David Shuler, director
St. Matthew Passion (1769) – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(North American Premiere)
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
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Sunday, May 22, 2011, at 2:00pm
Concertmaster
The Basilica Chamber Orchestra
with The Basilica Choir, Teri Larson, conductor
Sacred Music from the 18th Century
Vivaldi Gloria and works of W. A. Mozart including
Laudate Dominum, Ave Verum, Veni Sancte Spiritus, and the rarely heard Venite populi
The Basilica of Saint Mary
16th Street & Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
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Sunday, June 12, 2011, at 8:00pm
Fuma Sacra Baroque Orchestra
with Fuma Sacra, Andrew Megill, conductor
St. John Passion – J.S. Bach
Princeton Presbyterian Church
345 Meadow Road Princeton, NJ
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Saturday, August 13, 2011, at 7:30pm
Solo Recital
with Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
Violin & Keyboard: The Early Years
Music of Castello, Marini, Corelli, Couperin & J.S. Bach
selections from the Biber “Mystery Sonatas”
Newburyport Chamber Music Festival
St. Paul's Church, 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA
2009 – 2010
Saturday & Sunday, November 14 & 15
Principal Second Violin
Crescendo Choir & Orchestra, Christine Gevert, director
Music of Telemann
Oratorio: “Jauchze, Sing und Jubiliere” & Cantata “Singet dem Herrn”
Saturday at 7:30pm – First Congregational Church, 251 Main St., Great Barrington MA
Sunday at 4:00pm – Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd, Lakeville, CT
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Saturday, December 19 & 23 at 8:00pm
Principal Second Violin
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
12/19 at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, Morristown, NJ
12/23 at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
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January 31 at 2:00pm
*FOLIA
Entertainments of the 17th & 18th centuries
An Hour of Music & Dance from the Court of Louis XIV
with Dongsok Shin, harpsichord & Richard Savino, baroque guitar
and baroque dancers Patricia Beaman & Carlos Fittante
Maplewood Public Library concert series
459 Maywood Avenue, Maplewood, NJ
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February 7, 2010 at 5:30pm
*FOLIA
Entertainments of the 17th & 18th centuries
An Hour of Music & Dance from the Court of Louis XIV
with Arthur Haas, harpsichord & Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba
and baroque dancers Patricia Beaman & Carlos Fittante
Music at Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church (MOSA)
178 Bennett Avenue, NYC
*FOLIA productions may be recreated for your entertainment.
Send an email to info@leahgalenelson.com for details.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 8:00pm
Concertmaster – Orchestra II
with Fuma Sacra Baroque Orchestra
Westminster Kantorei & Fuma Sacra, Andrew Megill, conductor
St. Matthew Passion – J.S. Bach
Westminster Choir College, Bristol Chapel, Princeton, NJ
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 6:15pm
Solo Recital
The Sorrowful Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. VI-X)
with Dongsok Shin, organ & Daniel Swenberg, theorbo
The Church of Saint Agnes, Rush-Hour Concert Series
143 East 43rd Street, btwn Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC
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Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 8:00pm
Concertmaster
Choir of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, David Shuler, director
Vespers of 1610 – Claudio Monteverdi
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, between Christopher & Grove Streets, NYC
2008 – 2009
Sunday, October 26, 2008, at 5:00pm
Concertmaster
Musica Viva, Wally Klauss, director
Music of J.S. Bach
Cantata 150, “Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich” - Lutheran Mass in A Major -
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor
All Souls Church, Lexington Avenue at 80th Street, NYC
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Saturday, December 18 & 21, 2008, at 8:00pm (also at 2pm on the 21st)
Principal Second Violin
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
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Thursday, March 5, 2009, at 8:00pm
shared concert with the Choir of the Church of St. Luke in the FIelds
The Sorrowful Mysteries & Lenten motets
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. VI-X)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ
and the St. Luke's Choir, David Shuler, director
The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street at Grove, NYC
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Sunday, March 8, 2009, at 2:00pm
Solo Recital
The Sorrowful Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. VI-X)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ and harpsichord
The Basilica of Saint Mary -- followed by Lenten Vespers at 3:00pm
Hennepin Avenue btwn 16th & 17th Streets, Minneapolis
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Sunday, March 21, 2009, at 6:30pm
Concertmaster
Ensemble Sebastian
with the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, director
St. Matthew Passion, J.S. Bach
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
3045 Chicago Avenue South,Minneapolis
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at 6:15pm
shared concert with the Choir of the Church of St. Agnes, Andrew Mills, director
The Sorrowful Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. VI-X)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ
The Church of Saint Agnes, Rush-Hour Concert Series
143 East 43rd Street, btwn Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC
2007 – 2008
Sunday, September 16, 2007, at 3:00pm
Guest Concertmaster
Crescendo Baroque Orchestra, Christine Gevert, director
Music Mountain Water Benefit Concert
Handel's Watermusick, complete
Music Mountain, Falls Village, CT
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Sunday, October 7, 2007, at 3:00pm
Solo Recital
The Joyful Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. I-V)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ and harpsichord
St. Joseph Chapel Recital Series, The Basilica of Saint Mary
Hennepin Avenue btwn 16th & 17th Streets, Minneapolis, MN
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Friday, December 2, 2007, 7:30pm
Concertmaster
The Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral
Handel's Messiah
Christ Church Cathedral
166 Market Street, Lexington, KY
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Saturday, December 22, 2007, 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Principal Second Violin
Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Megill, conductor
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie Hall
57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
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Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 8 pm
Concertmaster
The Hanoverian Ensemble
Christ Church Greenwich Choir of Men and Boys
Handel's Messiah
Christ Church Greenwich
254 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT
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Sunday, February 17, 2008, at 1:30pm
St. Joseph Chapel Recital Series
with the Rose Ensemble
A concert of early sacred music including selections from
the Sorrowful Mysteries -- “Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber
“The Agony in the Garden” and “The Crucifixion” (Nos. VI & X)
with Dongsok Shin, organ
The Basilica of Saint Mary, undercroft
Hennepin Avenue btwn 16th & 17th Streets, Minneapolis, MN
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 3:45pm
Chamber Music Concert
University of Minnesota Faculty Recital
Immanuel Davis, baroque flute (UofM flute professor)
J.S. Bach's “A Musical Offering”
with Julie Elhard, viola da gamba,
and Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall, University of Minnesota
2106 4th Street South, Minneapolis, MN
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Thursday, February 28, 2008, 8:00pm
Concertmaster
with the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Music of the Mexican Baroque
Liturgical works and villancicos by Manuel de Zumaya
The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street at Grove, NYC
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 6:00pm
Concertmaster & soloist
with the Choir of the Church of Saint Agnes
Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
The program including selections from the “Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber
“The Annunciation” and “The Crucifixion” (Nos. I & X)
The Church of Saint Agnes, Rush-Hour Concert Series
143 East 43rd Street, btwn Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC
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Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 8:00pm
Solo Recital
The Glorious Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. XI-XV)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ
with the Choir of the Church of Saint Luke in the Fields singing Pachelbel and Schmelzer
The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street at Grove, NYC
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Sunday, May 11, 2008, at 1:30pm
St. Paul Chapel Recital Series
The Glorious Mysteries
“Mystery Sonatas” of H.I.F. Biber, (Nos. XI-XV)
with Jennifer Griesbach, organ
The Basilica of Saint Mary, undercroft
Hennepin Avenue btwn 16th & 17th Streets, Minneapolis, MN
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Saturday, June 14, at 4:30pm
Concertmaster and soloist
Ensemble Sebastian
Second Annual “Bach-Tage”
All Bach Concert – including Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
with guest soloists Immanuel Davis, flute, and Layton James, harpsichord
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
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Sunday, June 15, 2008, at 4:00pm
Concertmaster
Ensemble Sebastian
Second Annual “Bach-Tage”
Evening Prayer with Cantatas 22 & 23 of J.S. Bach
David Cherwien, cantor and organist, Kathy Romey, conductor
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
3045 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
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– UPCOMING –
Tuesday & Thursday, December 6 & 8, 2016 at 7:30pm
Handel's Messiah
Concert Royal with The St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
Daniel Hyde, conductor
(James Richman, director/Concert Royal)
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, NYC
Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 7:30pm
Handel's Messiah
Kent Trittle, conductor
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
Friday, December 23, 2016 at 8:00pm
Handel's Messiah
principal second violin
Christopher Shepard, conductor
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC
Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 8:00pm
The Splendor of the North German Baroque
Soloists from the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Leader
Music of Buxtehude, Bruhns, and Tunder
with David Shuler, organist
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 8:00pm
Music from the 17th century Salzburg Court
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Leader
with Parthenia, a consort of viols
H.I.F. Biber: Requiem in F Minor and Mass in B Flat Major
David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC
Good Friday, April 14, 2017
Sonatas VI-X, from the "Mystery Sonatas" of H.I.F. Biber
Time & place TBA
Mother's Day, Sunday, May 14, 2017
Sonatas XI-XV, from the "Mystery Sonatas" of H.I.F. Biber
Time & place TBA
"Much of the pleasure of this performance was in the myriad hues, tang and timbral combinations — the astringent bite and virtuosity of the excellent first violinist Leah Gale Nelson, the woody recorders, imposing theorbo and mellow cornettos and sackbuts."
with Chicago's Music of the Baroque
Jane Glover, conductor
– Chicago Classical Review, 4/16 –
– PAST HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON –
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 8:00pm
Bach Cantatas
American Classical Orchestra Chorus & Soloists
Es wartet alles auf dich
BWV 187 (opening chorus)
Christ lag in Todesbanden
BWV 4
Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland
BWV 62 (opening chorus)
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
BWV 131
Sinfonia from Ich habe meine Zuversicht
BWV 188
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
BWV 150
Mein Seel erhebt den Herren
BWV 10 (opening chorus)
Tom Crawford, conductor
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
87th Street and West End Ave, NYC
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 8:00pm
Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"
accompanying:
Lisa Rautenberg, Cynthia Roberts,
Jörg-Michael Schwartz & Judson Griffin
Tom Crawford, conductor
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NYC
Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 8:00pm
Vivaldi in Venice
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Concertmaster
Dixit Dominus (RV 595)
Introduzione et Gloria (RV 288)
In furore iustissimae irae (RV 626)
David Shuler, director
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, NYC