Music Before 1800 proudly announces its 39th season. MB1800 is a NYC institution, and is the city’s longest-running series devoted exclusively to early music. Since the series’ inception, concerts have been presented at Corpus Christi Church in Morningside Heights, giving audiences an uniquely satisfying experience. This season boasts ensembles from the UK, Switzerland, Canada, and USA; performing diverse repertoire from Tallis and Dowland, to Charpentier’s Actéon, to medieval English Christmas music, and culminating with a celebration of Jean-Phillippe Rameau on the 250th anniversary of his death.
Sundays @ Corpus Christ Church
10/6/13 Ensemble Peregrina
10/27/13 Pomerium
11/10/13 Fretwork
12/15/13 Anonymous 4
1/26/14 Choir of Corpus Christi Church
2/9/14 Quicksilver
3/2/14 Mala Punica
4/13/14 Juilliard415
5/4/14 Masques
MB1800 @ Kosciuszko Foundation
4/3/14 New York Baroque Inc.
4/23/14 Kenneth Weiss
MUSIC BEFORE 1800
Louise Basbas is the founder and director of Music Before 1800. The New Yorker praised MB1800, calling it “the essential series.” Steve Smith of Time Out New York remarked: “The resonant acoustics of Corpus Christi Church will deliver you into your own personal solitude…. Few other venues can claim this fusion of strong programming and quality auditory surroundings.”
Music Before 1800 is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. MB1800 is also supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
