Sonnambula

fans might remember Elizabeth Weinfield's appearance on our Jewish Diaspora episode. As a faculty member of Juilliard, Elizabeth has organized a fantastic conference titled Women in Art and Music: An Early Modern Global Conference. It kicks off TODAY and includes a lecture and performance of Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen's music by SE's Associate Producer Shelby Yamin and also includes a performance by Elizabeth's group Sonnambula. If you're not in NYC, you can tune in via their livestream. Congratulations, Elizabeth and all the featured scholars and performers!

Learn more and get access to the livestream here: https://www.juilliard.edu/women-art-and-music-early-modern-global-conference

Fireworks today for the legendary William Byrd! On this day 400 years ago, Byrd passed leaving a life and legacy of lasting import. His music lives on as a testament to his genius, influence, and his contributions to culture — a lasting mark in English history. Requiesce in pace, William Byrd, and thank you for the beauty. ✨ . . .
Image caption: The Cantus part of William Byrd’s motet ‘Memento Domine’. MS. Tenbury 341, fol. 5r. Tenbury Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford

✨ Shoutout to Nora Fisher for designing the most amazing wardrobe for our 2018-2019 Cloisters residency! Your attention to detail and creativity really brought our vision to life. We couldn't have done it without you! Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication that year.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Discover the captivating beauty of Francesca Caccini's "Lasciatemi qui solo," a powerful and emotional work that showcases the incredible talents of one of the most celebrated composers of the Baroque era. With its haunting melodies and poignant lyrics, this stunning piece is a testament to the enduring power of music to move and inspire. Enjoy this gorgeous rendition by Nola Richardson and James Kennerley: http://ow.ly/meXk50NM1uH


This performance was presented in conjunction with the Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800, and was made possible through a generous grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

Delighted that our National Gallery of Art program will stream tonight at 9pm EST on "Front Row," WETA Washington, DC. Tune in live via the link in our bio! 🦋

✨ Join us on WED 11/30 @7 in NYC for Highest and Curious Musicke: The Tudors ✨ Tickets available at the door and at: https://gemsny.org/events/sonnambula

"Your Viols were invented for these kind of Musickes, which may bee compared with the highest and curious musicke in the world." So wrote English composer Tobias Hume in his preface to the "Poeticall Musicke," a collection of 16th-century works for mixed consort, to extoll the virtues of instrumental composition in lieu of the voice, still a relatively new phenomenon in Elizabethan England. This program features some of the more experimental works of the period written with instruments in mind, alongside some of our favorites from the repertory. ✨

Lace and Music is a wrap. It was a beautiful project to co-design with fellow artist-in-residence, Elena Araoz, exploring the aesthetic dimensions of lace through the lenses of history, gender, and labor, realized, of course, through music. Along the way, some incredible discoveries were made, most notably, Lacemaking songs, called "Tells," which were sung by female laborers—simple pieces that betray the harsh conditions and long hours faced by many women and children lacemakers. Hardly any music survives, so alongside Purcell's Knotting Song (a piece of art song that plays with the Tells’ repetitive use of rhyme and rhythm), Nola set some surviving texts to tunes of her own, accompanied by the inimitable Kevin Payne. Caroline Nicolas, Dan McCarthy, Jude Ziliak and Elizabeth Weinfield played Jenkins, so as to highlight patterns of permutations bound together by related thematic material—as in many of the examples of intricate lace throughout the exhibition. We sadly missed our Amy, home sick with Covid (!) but really happy to have Dan step in at the last minute: his new tenor viola created a gorgeous rich sound that was perfect in the Lully dances and blended exquisitely in the Jenkins. Go see the exhibition, on view at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery until Jan. 1.

Calling all baroque opera lovers! Tomorrow evening we will premiere excerpts from Alessandro Melani's L'Empio Punito (1669) following a lecture by Luca Della Libera , who has just published the edition of the work. Responses by Giuseppe Gerbino and Elizabeth Weinfield. Link in bio. Music gorgeously performed by Jude Ziliak Jeremy Rhizor Matt Zucker Nola Richardson Heather Petrie

A wonderful evening playing music from the time of the Tudors The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York! Delighted to celebrate the landmark exhibition curated by Adam Eaker and Lizzie Cleland at a dinner for the Chairman's Council.

Hi friends! Here is a preview of our Fall Season. We're delighted to be collaborating this year with New York University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bard Graduate Center, and excitingly, we'll make our debut at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. We start tomorrow with Jude Ziliak's solo recital of the music of Westhoff at Columbia University.

2022-2023 Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

✨ We're in great company today on Performance Today with The King's Singers, ROCO and the Seattle Chamber Music Society — have a listen to some of our Duarte and Jacquet de La Guerre at the link below or via your local public radio channel ✨

http://ow.ly/fHss50JOUY7

**HOUR 1**

Leonora Duarte: Sinfonias Nos. 4 & 5
Sonnambula
Album: Leonora Duarte: The Complete Works
Centaur CEN 3685

Eric Whitacre: The Stolen Child
The King's Singers and The University of Georgia Hodgson Singers; Daniel Bara, Conductor of Hodgson Singers
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonate pour le Violon et pour le Clavecin No.3 in F
Sonnambula
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY

Claude Debussy, arr. Marlijn Helder: La Mer
ROCO
ROCO, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX

**HOUR 2**

Claudio Grafulla: Washington Grays
United States Marine Band; Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conductor

James Syler: Love Among the Ruins (2016)
Staff Sergeant Sarah Hart, viola; United States Marine Band; Capt. Ryan J. Nowlin, conductor
United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA

Kenneth Fuchs: Bass Trombone Concerto
George Curran, bass trombone; Hanako Yamagata Greenberg, piano
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, New York, NY

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP. 164
Lorna McGhee, flute; Piers Lane, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Photo by Tatiana Daubek Photography

SONNAMBULA A Renaissance ensemble that brings to light unknown music for various combinations of early instruments with the lush sound of the viol at the core.

Our special project with the Detroit Institute of Arts is finally launching this Thursday—join us for a gorgeous concert of works by Italian women composers from the time of Artemisia Gentileschi. Shot here in New York, this program is supported by a generous grant from the Kress Samuel H Foundation

Image: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her Maidservant, 1625, Detroit Institute of Arts.

http://www.sonnambula.org/dia-by-her-hand.html

Selfie with Armor! February at The Met

Tenth Anniversary Concert! Friday at 7 on the UWS! See you there 😊 Music of Paola Massarenghi, Settimia and Francesca Caccini, Lawes, Farina, Duarte, Dumont, Malvezzi, and many others.

First Church
10 West 68th Street NYC 7PM

It was incredible to be back at the Met, the first time since the pandemic. But none of us could have predicted how moved we would be by the experience of sharing this moment with an audience and with one another. There is no place like the ! Thank you, !

Hi friends! Join us FRI & SAT (Feb 25 & 26) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, our first live concerts since the start of the pandemic. We'll play three 25-minute sets between 5:30-8:30pm in the Robert Lehman Court. Free with Museum admission; vax/masks required. See you there! (These concerts will not be live-streamed OR archived.)

PROGRAM
Bransle de la Torche, no. 15, Terpsichore Dances | Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
There Were Three Ravens | Thomas Ravenscroft (1582–1633)
Pavin and Gallyard | Innocenzio Albarti (1535–1615)
If Ye Love Me | Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
Chaconne des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequin, from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670 Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Souviens-toi du larcin, from Orphée, 1686) | Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme | Lully
Mi querer tanto vos quiere—Enríquez de Valderrábano (1500–1557)


SONNAMBULA
Jude Ziliak, violin
Chiara Stauffer, violin (guest)
Amy Domingues, viols
Elizabeth Weinfield, viols/direction
Caroline Nicolas, viols (guest)
James Kennerley, tenor

https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/date-night-at-the-met

Date Night at The Met It’s Date Night at The Met! Bring a friend or special someone (or yourself!) for an evening of art, live music, and more within the hundreds of galleries and soaring spaces of the Museum.

✨ Announcing our 2022 Season✨

Join Sonnambula at the juncture of two special moments: our return to the New York City stage following COVID-19, and to celebrate the occasion of our tenth anniversary together as an ensemble. ✨ This year marks our return to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York a special anniversary concert with Gotham Early Music Scene and our debut collaboration with the Detroit Institute of Arts. ✨ We look forward to reuniting with you, our devoted audience, whom we have missed so much over these last two years—and to celebrating the joy of live performance together. Read more at: http://ow.ly/QrPU50HwqIP

Thank You For Supporting Sonnambula
✨ Your Gift Is Invaluable ✨
http://www.sonnambula.org/donate.html

Mark Your Calendars — and Join Us in 2022
for our Tenth Anniversary Season

Thursday Afternoon
January 27, 2022, 1PM
Online with The Detroit Institute of Arts
Celebrating the Exhibition
"By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and
Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800"
a conversation with
Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Curator
Elizabeth Weinfield, Sonnambula

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Friday and Saturday Evenings
February 25 and 26, 2022, 5–8PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Robert Lehman Court
1000 Fifth Avenue, NYC
Free with Museum Admission
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination/booster and masks required
This will be our first live concert since the start of the pandemic.

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Friday Evening
March 11, 2022, 7PM
Tenth Anniversary Concert
First Church of Christ Scientist
10 W 68th St (at Central Park West), NYC
Tickets $30 (Students $10)
Concert funded by Gotham Early Music Scene and a grant for Shuttered Venues
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination/booster and masks required

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Thursday Afternoon
March 31, 2022, 1PM
Online with The Detroit Institute of Arts
Celebrating the Exhibition
"By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and
Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800"
Featuring Sonnambula in Concert

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Our website will be updated soon with more details

SONNAMBULA
Elizabeth Weinfield, Artistic Director/Viols
Jude Ziliak, Violin
Toma Iliev, Violin
Amy Domingues, Viols
James Kennerley, Harpsichord/Tenor

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Happy & Healthy New Year to All.

Yours,
Elizabeth, Jude, Amy, Toma, and James