Upcoming meeting
See you in September! Until then, enjoy the summer!
Recent meetings
SATURDAY, MAY 17, AT 1:30 PM
Led by Deborah Booth, NYRG Music Director
In our final meeting of the 2024-25 season, we will finish our work for the year on the Bach chorale Vom Himmel hoch and its variation, the Browning, my dear by Stonings, and two pieces the Lullys, father and son...plus one additional piece to be announced.
To celebrate the work we have done together this season, invited family and friends will join us at the end of the meeting to enjoy an informal recital.
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.