Upcoming meeting
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, AT 1:30 PM
Led by Sian Ricketts
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NYRG is thrilled to welcome a new instructor for our first session of the new year: Sian Ricketts! Ms. Ricketts enjoys a multi-faceted career as a period woodwinds specialist, singer, and medieval pedagogue. A core member of Piffaro and Alkemie, she also performs and records medieval, Renaissance, and baroque chamber music with ensembles including Trobár, Makaris, Theotokos, Science Ficta, and Apollo’s Fire. Sian has served on the faculties of Fordham University, Amherst Early Music Festival, and Pinewoods, and she loves teaching courses on early monophony as well as medieval and Renaissance polyphony.
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Recent meetings
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, AT 1:30 PM
Led by Deborah Booth
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For the first half of our meeting, we will revisit the music that I introduced in September. These are the pieces that I will use to choose from for our May performance for friends and family. I am resending that PDF of music and my notes. The second half of our session will include seasonal pieces which are holiday favorites of mine. Some of these are quite challenging so I advise taking a look in advance!
Make We Joy, Anonymous, 15th century
In Dulci Jubilo by J. S. Bach
Veni, veni Emmanuel, arr. by F. von Huene
Maoz Tzur by Hugo Chaim Adler / Benedetto Marcello
Noche de Paz by Franz Gruber
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:30 PM
The Wittenberg Nightingale: Martin Luther & Music
Led by Wendy Powers
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​Few figures have had as large an influence on music history as theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546), the founder of the Lutheran church. His love of music, particularly that of Josquin and Senfl, led to the Lutheran church adopting music as a congregational tool, without which we would have had no Lutheran works by Praetorius, Schütz, or Bach. Luther was also adamant that the young should have music education. In our meeting, we will explore chorales, contemporaneous chorale arrangements, works by Walther and others, including publications of Georg Rhau. Why should the devil have all the good tunes?
