Date/Time
Date(s) - 15 Apr 2016
8:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Christ and St Stephen's Church
Category(ies) No Categories
Collectio Musicorum
Music of Medieval Germany
Date: Friday, April 15, 2016
Time: 8 pm
Location: Christ and St. Stephen’s Church
120 West 69th Street
New York, NY 10023
Cross Street: Between Broadway and Columbus Avenue
Subway/Bus: #1 train to 66th Street station
#2/3 trains to 72nd Street station
B/C trains to 72nd Street station
M5, M7, M104, M11, M20, M10, M66, or M72 buses
Tickets: Admission is free
Details online at http://collectio-musicorum-upcoming.blogspot.com/2016/03/music-of-medieval-germany.html
Description:
The musicians of Collectio Musicorum will perform a free concert of music from medieval Germany on Friday, April 15th at 8 PM at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church.
Featured will be music by several Minnersinger, including songs by the historical Tannhaueser, as well as the ballad on which Richard Wagner based his opera. Also on the program will be music by the German nun and mystic Hildegard of Bingen, the Austrian composer known only as The Monk of Salzburg, the composer/writer/politician Oswald von Wolkenstein, and selections from the Carmina Burana manuscript.
The poems from the 13th century manuscript Carmina Burana are best known from Carl Orff’s 20th century cantata. We will perform several selections from this collection, including some that were later set to music by Orff. The finale of the program will be the expansive sequence “Olim Sudor Herculis,” a remarkably complex piece of music telling of the labors of Hercules.
About the ensemble:
Collectio Musicorum (“Collection of Music”) is an ensemble devoted to giving the best possible performances of music from the earliest of times. While realizing it is not possible to replicate medieval performances with complete accuracy, the ensemble strives to achieve a reasonable reproduction of the sounds and performance practice of the Middle Ages by examining all available evidence—codicological, organological, linguistic, iconographic, etc. This musicological approach is combined with the highest possible level of musicianship to present historically informed concerts that are both scholarly and entertaining. Collectio also strives to resurrect music that, although written about, is rarely, if ever, performed.
Music Director Jeff Dailey studied musicology and theatre history at NYU, where he received his PhD in 2002. He is an active instrumentalist, musicologist, conductor, and stage director. His publications include studies of medieval and Renaissance music and theatre, Eugene O’Neill, Beowulf, Donizetti, and Gilbert and Sullivan. He has been president of the Greater New York Chapter of the American Musicological Society since 2008.