Upcoming meeting
SATURDAY, MAY 17, AT 1:30 PM
In our final meeting of the 2024-25 season led by our Music Director Deborah Booth, we will finish our work on the Bach chorale and variation Vom Himmel hoch, the Browning, my dear by Stonings, and the Air and Bourée by Lully, plus one new piece to be announced! To celebrate the work we have done together over the course of the year, invited family and friends will join us at the end of the meeting to enjoy an intimate recital of these compositions.
Recent meetings
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, AT 1:30 PM
"Theme and Variations" led by Lewis Baratz
The concept of theme and variations was an important musical device during the Renaissance and Baroques eras. Working with a newly invented melody, an existing melody, an underlying harmonic progression or repeating bass line, or even a bit of plainchant, composers could create entirely new musical works. Vom Himmel hoch, the Cavallero, and Browning are perfect examples of how a pre-existing tune becomes the structure of a new piece. Canzona La Belivacqua and La Sguizzerotta are fine examples of imitative counterpoint, where new themes continuously appear and are immediately presented in all voices, while the Pavane La Venissienne is built on the ostinato bass pattern known as the passamezzo antico.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, AT 1:30 PM
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​NYRG welcomes back Dr. David Hurd, Organist and Music Director at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, to lead our March session. Dr. Hurd is widely recognized as one of the foremost church musicians and concert organists in the country, with a long list of awards, prizes, honors and achievements to his credit. From 1976 to 2016, he worked at The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City, first as Director of Chapel Music and later also as Professor of Church Music and Organist.
