May 3, 2026 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Journey back in time with Tenet to the early days of New York as we mark America’s 250th anniversary. Tenet is teaming up with Netherlands-based Caecilia-Concert to share a musical snapshot of our country’s early roots through Dutch composers including Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, known as the “Orpheus of Amsterdam.” Program: Music from the time America […]
May 3, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Delve into the fascinating history of Franklin’s musical circles, both at home in America and in Paris at the soirées of composer Anne Brillon de Jouy. Enjoy an alluring bouquet of songs and instrumental works by Francis Hopkinson, John Antes, James Oswald, C.F. Abel, Brillon de Jouy, and Franklin himself! With soprano Emily Siar.
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May 3, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm – Juilliard students will perform Beethoven’s An die ferne geliebte and 12 Variations for cello and piano on a theme from Haendel’s “Judas Maccabaeus” and the Schubert Piano trio in Eb major, Op. 100 playing on period instruments including Juilliard’s Schanzt model fortepiano built by Barbara Wolf and their Grafendorfer fortepiano built by Rod Regier.
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May 3, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – For thirty years, the Suspicious Cheese Lords have specialized in Renaissance choral music, seeking out works which may be unknown even to audiences familiar with the genre. This concert will feature works by more well-known European composers such as Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, but also rarely-heard gems by the decidedly less familiar Elzéar Genet, Ludwig […]
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May 3, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Wrap up the weekend with a program connecting Machaut to the next generation. Late-14th-century Ars subtilior (the “more subtle art”) composers built on his work, crafting songs about mysterious, smoky speculators known as fumeurs. Enjoy projected texts and illustrations, a taste of French food & drink, and—as an extra treat—learn how to sing a virelai!
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