Midtown Concerts presents Mr. Jones & the Engines of Destruction
Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (EDT)
St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church – The Actors' Chapel,
New York,
NY,
United States
Online and in-person
Free
- Daniel Swenberg, English guittar & archlute
- Andrew Rutherford, English guitar
- Leah Gale Nelson, baroque violin
- Marcia Young, soprano
Francesco Geminiani
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Selected works
Johann Christian Bach — Selected works
Rudolf Straube — Selected works
James Oswald — Selected works
Johann Christian Bach — Selected works
Rudolf Straube — Selected works
James Oswald — Selected works
The English guittar (2 ts, like the cittern) was wildly popular in Georgian England. Its popularity spread throughout the British Empire and into the United States. Its brilliant flowering was brief, however, disappearing by 1800. Rather than a proper guitar, it was a 6-string instrument strung with brass. The leading composers of Georgian England all offered music for the guittar: Geminiani, J.C. Bach, R. Straube, and James Oswald. This concert offers a survey of some of this delightful and rare chamber music: Scottish and English duets and songs and Italian arias.
About Daniel Swenberg, English guittar & archlute
About Leah Gale Nelson, baroque violin
About Marcia Young, soprano
St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church – The Actors' Chapel
239 W 49th StNew York, NY 10019
United States