7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 students & seniors
Tickets available at the door, online at www.gemsny.org/sebastians20122013.html or call 212-866-0468.
Program:
Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata in A, Op. 5, No. 9
Sonata in G minor, Op. 3, No. 11
J. S. Bach
Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
H. I. F. Biber
The Crowning with the Thorns from The Rosary Sonatas
The Crucifixion from The Rosary Sonatas
Partita I in D minor from Harmonia Artificioso-Ariosa: diversi mode accordata (1696)
Performers:
Daniel Lee, violin
Alexander Woods, violin
Ezra Seltzer, cello
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord
About the ensemble:
Praised for their “well-thought-out articulation and phrasing” (Early Music Review) and “elegant string playing… immaculate in tuning and balance” (Early Music Today), the Sebastians specialize in music of the Baroque and Classical eras and newly commissioned works for period instruments. They recently won the Audience Prize at the 2012 Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition. They were also finalists in the 2011 Y