Early Music New York Returns With Free Concert | Saturday, October 30

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

47th ANNIVERSARY SEASON – 2021-2022

A FAMILY AFFAIR

The Haydns and the Mozarts

 

EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK ~ FREDERICK RENZ, Director

 

Saturday, October 30 at 7:30 PM

First Church of Christ, Scientist • 77 Central Park West, at 68th Street, NYC

 

  ~ Free Concert to Thank EM/NY’s Loyal Subscribers and Patrons ~

 

Early Music New York (EM/NY) will celebrate its return to live performance with a free concert, a gesture of thanks to its loyal subscribers and patrons. A classical orchestra of 19 players will perform a program entitled “A Family Affair,” with works by Mozart, Haydn, Mozart and Haydn – brothers, in the case of the Haydns; and father and son (the Mozarts). The performance will take place Saturday, October 30 at 7:30 PM at the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Manhattan’s Lincoln Square neighborhood.

 

“Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have come to epitomize music’s classical era, but many other composers – including others named Haydn and Mozart! – made valuable contributions to the repertoire,” states Frederick Renz, Director of EM/NY. “Hearing an early Mozart symphony alongside a mature work by Michael Haydn – who knew both Mozarts in Salzburg well before his brother Joseph befriended Wolfgang in Vienna – provides a fascinating perspective on how all these composers, operating in the same orbit, developed distinct musical identities.”

 

Concert Information

 

 

A FAMILY AFFAIR

The Haydns and the Mozarts

 

Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 7:30 pm

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 77 Central Park West, at 68^th Street, NYC

 

Program to include

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) – Sinfonia No. 1 in E-Flat major, K. 16 (1768)

J. Michael Haydn (1737 – 1806) – Sinfonia No. 25 in G major (1784)

J. G. Leopold Mozart (1719 – 1787) – Sinfonia in B-Flat major (1775)

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) – Sinfonia No. 74 in E-Flat major (c.1780)

 

(program subject to change)

 

 

 

Early Music New York ~ Frederick Renz, Director

 

 

~ TICKETS ~

Free of Charge

• Seating reservations are first-come, first-served, and may be subject to capacity controls.
• Reservations must be made in advance, by phone (212-280-0330) or e-mail (reservations@earlymusicny.org), by Wednesday, October 27 at 5 pm.
• Limit of two tickets per reservation.

 

 

Early Music New York’s 47^th subscription season will continue with the following events:

 

ANGELI ANGLICUS – Christesmas in Anglia

Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Saturday, December 25, 2021 (Christmas Day) at 2:00 pm & 5:00 pm

Sunday, December 26, 2021 (Boxing Day) at 2:00 pm & 5:00 pm

Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, at 112^th Street, NYC

 

BACH COUSINS – Luminous Dynasty

Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 7:30 pm

First Church of Christ, Scientist

 

TELEMANN À LA POLONAISE – From Folk to Formal

Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7:30 pm

First Church of Christ, Scientist

 

For information & tickets: https://www.earlymusicny.org/

 

 

About the Artists

 

FREDERICK RENZ – DIRECTOR

Frederick Renz, Founder/Director of the Early Music Foundation, is internationally acclaimed for his work as a conductor, producer, director, performer and scholar, presenting music and music drama from the eleventh through the eighteenth centuries. He has received commissions from the Spoleto Festival, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, individual grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and been awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the State University of New York. Detailed bio available on request

EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK / EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION

Celebrating its forty-seventh season, Early Music New York reaps international acclaim for vibrant and provocative performances of historically informed repertoire from the medieval through the classical eras. Early Music Foundation (EMF), a not-for-profit organization founded in 1974, is Artist-in-Residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City.  Under the leadership of Frederick Renz, EMF’s mission is to foster public understanding and appreciation of music and music drama from the eleventh through the eighteenth centuries.  EMF presents the historical performance ensemble and orchestra  EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK – FREDERICK RENZ, DIRECTOR; operates the recording label Ex cathedra Records; and administers a service to the field project, “New York Early Music Central” (NYEMC), sponsoring/managing city-wide festivals serving the NYC historically-informed artist community.

ABOUT THE VENUE

The First Church of Christ, Scientist is located in the heart of the Lincoln Square neighborhood, within the landmark Central Park West Historic District. Designed by Frederick R. Comstock, the copper-domed Beaux-Arts-style edifice dates from the turn of the 20th century, when it was built and originally dedicated as the Second Church of Christ, Scientist. About its square-proportioned auditorium, NYC-Arts says, “With raked seating, First Church of Christ, Scientist’s ambient and acoustical clarity is an ideal venue for chamber and orchestra performance.”

 

 

 

For additional information, photos/graphic images and interview requests, contact:

Daniel Guss, Public Relations:

pr@EarlyMusicNY.org, phone 212-749-6600

Website: www.EarlyMusicNY.org

 

 

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