Date/Time
Date(s) - 21 Sep 2012
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location
Church of St. Luke in the Fields
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Sonnambula: Viol Concert
“Praised for its ‘warm, full sound’ (The New Yorker’s Alex Ross) and hailed as a ‘new ensemble to watch for’ (GEMS), Sonnambula presents Renaissance consort music as it should be heard: with musical sophistication and polish. Comprised of some of today’s most accomplished viol players and a prize-winning keyboardist, the New York-based ensemble has performed across the northeastern United States in its first season together, which culminated in a performance at Alice Tully Hall, still a rare spot for an early music ensemble. In 2012-13 the group will appear a The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Hispanic Society of America, and at Columbia University, and will continue its mission of bringing to light unknown music for large consorts and commissioning new work for viols. The name Sonnambula is a reference to the Fantasia, a contrapuntal form favored by Renaissance composers, and a pun on the fantastical, or dream like state, the music elicits. ”
Friday, September 21, at 8PM
Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson St. (at Grove St.), NYC
Admission: $15, www.sonnambula.org