Program: #23-41 Air Date: Oct 09, 2023
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While we have heard many performances from this great concert series in the past, this time we hear from the founder herself, Louise Basbas, as she guides us through some of her favorite programs over the many decades.
NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the Music Before 1800 concert series featuring the founder and long-time director Louise Basbas. For complete information: https://mb1800.org/.
MB1800, a NYC institution, 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 a uniquely satisfying experience.
Louise Basbas is the founder and director of the series. The New Yorker praised MB1800, calling it “the essential series.” 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.
48 Years of MB1800 RECORDINGS — three eras of concerts
1975–1990
- Les Filles de Sainte Colombe Suite in C major — Johann Jacob Froberger
- Pomerium Ave verum corpus — Orlande de Lassus
- Sequentia Benedicamus domino — Codex Calixtinue - Santiago de Compestela, 13th c.
1991–2005
- Anonymous 4 Carol: Nowel syng we both al and som — English, 15th Century
- Hilliard Ensemble Alas, alas is my chief Song — Walter Frye
- Trio Sonnerie (Monica Hugett et al) — Musical Offering — Johann Sebastian Bach
- Canon perpetuus
- IV. Allegro, Sonata sopr’il Soggetto Reale
- Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord – Fantasia – John Munday (The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
2006–2023
- Blue Heron — Ave maris stella — Guillaume Du Fay
- Breathtaking (Bruce Dickey and Hanna Blažikovà) — Regina coeli Laetare à 3, Maurizio Cazzati
- Paul O’Dette, lute — Ricercar (26), Marco dall’Aquila
- Quicksilver — Sonata decimaquarta — Giovanni Battista Fontana
Composer Info
Johann Jacob Froberger, Orlande de Lassus, Santiago de Compestela, Walter Frye, Johann Sebastian Bach, Guillaume Du Fay, Maurizio Cazzati, Marco dall’Aquila, Giovanni Battista Fontana.