Leah Gale Nelson violin/baroque violin

In Concert

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For previous season highlights see the ARCHIVE

2023


Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 1:15 PM

Melissa Fogarty and Friends — Love on the Brink

unrestrained chamber cantatas from the court of Louis XIV, celebrating the stories of two powerful mythological women

sadly recorded without proper balances for the fantastic instrumental writing

presented & recorded by Gothem Eary Music Scene, (GEMS)

Midtown Concerts

St. Malachy’s Church, 239 West 49th Street, NYC

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Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Pergolesi Rediscovered

Choir of St. Luke in the Fields

Concertmaster, with Baroque in the Fields: an orchestra of period instruments

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Mass in D Major

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson Street, NYC

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Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Christmas with the Bach Family

Choir of St. Luke in the Fields

Concertmaster, with Baroque in the Fields: an orchestra of period instruments

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata 91 (Gelobet seist du)

C.P.E. Bach's Magnificat (Berlin version)

Johann Ludwig Bach, Uns ist ein Kind geboren

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson Street, NYC

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Handel's Messiah

Musica Sacra

Kent Tritle, conductor

Carnegie Hall

57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC

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COMING UP:


Thursday, April 3, 2025, 7:30 PM

Handel in Italy

Choir of St. Luke in the Fields

Concertmaster

Dixit Dominus, HMV 232

Laudate pueri, HMV 237

& Corelli's Concerto grosso Op. 6, No. 7

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson Street, NYC

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June 16-21, 2025

2025 Northwestern Bach Academy

Andrew Megill, conductor

Northwestern University

Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Evanston, IL

Faculty

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2024 recent highlights -


Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM

A French Baroque Christmas

Choir of St. Luke in the Fields

Concertmaster

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's

In Nativitatem Domini, H.416

a set of Noëls & Messe de Minuit (‘Midnight Mass’)

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson Street, NYC

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Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Stormy Weather: Tempests, Shipwrecks & Nature’s Fury

music of Handel, Veracini, Rameau, Purcell & Vivaldi & more

Ars Antiqua

with Jörg-Michael Schwarz

dedicated to the memory of

Karen Marie Marmer

Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

191 S Greeley Ave, Chappaqua, NY

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Friday, October 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Musique Macabre

A concert for All Hallow's Eve. Music of Leclair, Tartini, Telemann, Bach, and "The Sultry Dance of Death".

King Manor Museum

150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY

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2024


Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 7:30 PM

Bach's Mass in B Minor

American Classical Orchestra

Thomas Crawford, Music Director & Conductor

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC

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April 26 & 28, 2024

Purcell's Dido & Aeneas

string leader & coach

Grant Herreid, Music Director

Toni Dorfman, Stage Director

Yale Baroque Opera Project

University Theatre

222 York St, New Haven, CT

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Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Vespers in Venice

Choir of St. Luke in the Fields

Concertmaster

Selections from Monteverdi's anthology of 1641

Selva morale e spirituale

with Baroque in the Fields: an orchestra of period instruments

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson Street, NYC

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June 17-22, 2024

2024 Northwestern Bach Academy

Andrew Megill, conductor

Northwestern University

Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Evanston, IL

Faculty

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For previous season highlights see the ARCHIVE