Concert | 6 World-Class Early Music Ensembles

Come to a gala showcase featuring 6 of the finest world-class early music ensembles: Asteria, East of the River, Repast Baroque Ensemble, The Western Wind, Morrongiello & Young, and Good Pennyworths. Programs range from medieval to Renaissance to baroque to Balkan.

About the Artists:

Asteria - Winner of the 2004 Early Music America Competition for Medieval and Renaissance Performance.

East of the River - A new early/world music project by internationally recognized recorder soloists Nina Stern and Daphna Mor. Mor and Stern have appeared playing as a duo with groups as varied as The New York Philharmonic and world music group Pharaoh's Daughter. In this band they collaborate with leading jazz and world musicians including virtuoso bassist Omer Avital, composer/accordionist Uri Sharlin, and Yo Yo Ma's "Silk Road Ensemble" percussionist Shane Shanahan. Their new self-titled album includes traditional music from the Balkans, Armenia, and Medieval Italy, arranged and interpreted by the musicians.

Good Pennyworths - This vocal quartet found their name in a line from an Elizabethan song. They sing lute songs and Renaissance ballads and enjoy adding a bit of spice and drama to the music, staged to bring out the laughter and passion. Concerts can include Christmas and Shakespearean material.

Morrongiello & Young - This act bring to life the flower of Elizabethan music in their programs of lute songs, fantasias and instrumental dances for lute, voice, and harp.

Repast Baroque Ensemble - A collaboration of three period-instrument virtuosi presenting vivid renditions of music of the baroque era. Repast enjoys frequent and fruitful collaborations with leading period-instrument players and vocalists in order to explore the vast and masterful repertoire of the baroque era. Founded in New York City in 2003, the baroque ensemble was a finalist in the Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition that same year.

The Western Wind - The variety of a cappella--performing Medieval, Renaissance, Early American, Baroque and Romantic music as well as new works by contemporary composers, pop and jazz arrangements, and imaginative programs presenting holiday music from both Jewish and Christian traditions. The Western Wind has been acclaimed at many of the world’s finest halls--La Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro La Fenice, Rome Opera, Carnegie Hall, Tully Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art--and have collaborated with prestigious ensembles such as the Folger Consort, Hesperus and the St. Louis Symphony.