Upcoming meeting
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, AT 1:30 PM
"The Four Inheritors of Ockeghem's Glory"
Led by Susan Hellauer
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In his haunting Déploration on the Death of Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin names himself and three other stellar composers as the musical offspring of Ockeghem (c.1410-1497):
Dress yourselves in mourning clothes
Josquin, Pierson, Brumel, Compère,
And weep great tears from your eyes.
You have lost your great father.
May he rest in peace. Amen.
We will play works by these four inheritors of Ockeghem’s glory: Josquin des Prez, Pierre de la Rue, Antoine Brumel, and Loyset Compère. To keep the spirit of the Déploration in mind, we will focus on songs where the tactus is on the slow side. A slower tactus demands its own real skills and attention to the ensemble.
Recent meetings
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, AT 1:30 PM
Led by David Hurd
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David Hurd is best known as an organist, composer, choral conductor, and church musician based in New York City. Currently organist and music director at the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in midtown Manhattan, he has performed widely in North America and abroad and has won international prizes in organ playing, improvisation, and composition, including the Distinguished Composer Award from the American Guild of Organists in 2010. Dr. Hurd has transcribed and arranged extensively for recorder consort, and his original compositions for recorders range from duets to his Suite in Three Movements for Fourteen Recorders, premiered by the Recorder Orchestra of New York. Recently, his Sonata in 3 for 4 was chosen as the ARS Play-the-Recorder-Month piece for 2026. It will be featured at this March meeting.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 AT 1:30 PM
A Potpourri of Charming Performance Pieces of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras
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Led by Deborah Booth
This session will include Renaissance music by Claudin de Sermisy, Johannes Schultz, Orlando Gibbons, as well as some anonymous 16th century Italian dances. The Baroque selections are by J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel. NYRG has enjoyed these pieces at several sessions throughout this season. The music has been chosen to represent various styles of Early Music and to help the public understand our love for the recorder and its repertoire. Participants will perform these pieces at our culminating session on May 9.
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