36 Seasons of Early Music
in the Finger Lakes and Central New York

Our 2024-2025 concert series

Upcoming Performances

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

The iconic masterpiece, performed here for the first time in ten years! Paul O’Dette conducts twenty-five brilliant NYS Baroque musicians, including singers, trombones, cornettos, strings, and theorbos.

Pre-concert talk by Paul O'Dette at 6:45pm

Suggested parking in Syracuse: The Fayette Street Garage, Galleries Parking Lot,...

April 4, 2025 7:30 pm
Plymouth Congregational Church - 232, East Onondaga Street, Syracuse, New York, 13202 | Google Map
April 5, 2025 7:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church - 315, North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, New York, 14850 | Google Map
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Marches & Minuets

Music at the French court and opera around 1700. Experience the unforgettable sounds of the rustic outdoor oboe band and the softer recorder music of the inner chambers.

May 9, 2025 7:30 pm
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church - 5299, Jamesville Road, Syracuse, New York, 13214 | Google Map
May 10, 2025 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church - 309, Highland Road, Ithaca, New York, 14850 | Google Map
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Earlier This Season

Curiouser & Curiouser

Julie Andrijeski, violin and quinton, presents a musical cabinet of curiosities with her Wonder Chamber Project, exploring unusual music and musical instruments. Music for the little-known quinton and violin by Lonati, Biber, Barrière, and more. With Sarah Stone, viola da gamba; Naomi Gregory, harpsichord; Deborah Fox, theorbo.

February 21/22, 2025
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Knight Music

Presenting the Philadelphia-based chamber ensemble Night Music, directed by Heather Miller Lardin (NYS Baroque’s former Artistic Director!) and Steven Zohn, in a special program of music of the high baroque, including Telemann’s rollicking Don Quixote suite, a Quantz flute concerto, and Bach’s beloved Triple Concerto for flute, violin, and harpsichord.

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October 25/26, 2024
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The Secret Music

The Secret Music

Late 16th century music from the courts of northern Italy, written expressly for special groups of women singers, the concerto delle donne. These trios of women were all the rage, with virtuosic music written expressly for them, some of the first women professional musicians. Music by Luzzaschi, Marenzio, Francesca Caccini,...

September 27/28, 2024
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Buxtehude in Syracuse

Experience Buxtehude, Bach and Rosenmüller with NYS Baroque

NYS Baroque teams up with soprano Andréa Walker, baritone Jean-Bernard Cerin, and the Syracuse University Hendricks Chapel Choir and University Singers for vocal and instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Sunday, March 2, 2025,...

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Relive past performances

NYS Baroque and Pegasus Early Music present Triumph Now with Joy and Mirth Laura Heimes, soprano Daniel Swenberg, Michael Leopold, Deborah Fox, lutes Recorded live in concert September 19, 2021 Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY Pegasusearlymusic.org NYSBaroque.com Come again, sweet love John Dowland (1563-1626) Earl of Essex Galliard (4:41) Coranto (6:28) Now hath Flora (8:24) Thomas Campion (1567-1620) Bring away this sacred tree (10:30) Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666) Triumph now with joy and mirth (12:20) Thomas Giles (fl. late 16th c.) Ballets (13:39) Nicolas Vallet (1583-1642) Allons aux noces (15:06) Un jour de la semaine (16:05) Madonna mia pieta (Lassus) (17:42) Emanuel Adriansen (1554-1604) Als ick u vinde (19:45) O Vilanella (21:41) Liquide Perle (Marenzio) (23:25) Giovanni Antonio Terzi (1580-1620) Canzone di Corregio (27:34) Villanella: Gia risi del mio mal (32:09) Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651) Amarilli, mia bella (36:10) Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) About the performers Soprano Laura Heimes is widely regarded as an artist of great versatility, with repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. She has collaborated with many of the leading figures in early music, including Andrew Lawrence King, Voices of Music, Tempesta di Mare, Pegasus, The King’s Noyse, Paul O’Dette, Chatham Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, Brandywine Baroque, ARTEK, and Piffaro. She has been heard at the Boston, Berkeley, Connecticut, Miami and Indianapolis Early Music Festivals, at the Oregon, Philadelphia and Carmel Bach Festivals, and with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. A native of Rochester NY, Ms. Heimes has recorded for Dorian, Pro Gloria Musicae, Plectra Music, Sonabilis, Albany, Avian and Zefiro records. Daniel Swenberg plays a wide variety of lutes and guitars: baroque, renaissance, classical/romantic—small, medium, and large. In the before-times, Daniel schlepped instruments throughout North America and Europe to play with myriad ensembles. These days, he attempts maintain a reserve of sanity with quarantine projects which delve into rarely performed repertoires such Les Accords Nouveaux and other commercially dubious areas. He is on faculty at Juilliard’s Historical Performance program. Daniel received awards from the Belgian American Educational Foundation (2000) for a study of 18th century chamber music for the lute, and a Fulbright Scholarship (1997) to study in Bremen, Germany. His programing integrates and emphasizes music with the history, sciences, economics, politics, and broader culture of its time. Michael Leopold holds both an undergraduate degree in music and a master’s degree in historical plucked instruments from American Universities as well as a degree in lute and theorbo from L’Istituto di Musica Antica of the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan, Italy. Originally from Northern California and after living in Milan, Italy for 16 years and Canada for 5 years, he now resides in the United States. He has performed both as a soloist and as an accompanist throughout Europe, Australia, Japan, South America, and North America. He can be heard in recordings on the Stradivarius, Glossa, Naïve, Linn, Avie, Centaur and Naxos labels. Deborah Fox is a lutenist with a span of repertoire ranging from medieval to baroque music, as a soloist, chamber music player, and baroque opera continuo. She has performed with major early music ensembles and festivals from Newfoundland to Australia. She graduated from Smith College, and received the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Early Music at London’s Guildhall School. She is the founder and director of Pegasus Early Music in Rochester, NY, and the director of NYS Baroque in Ithaca and Syracuse, NY.
NYS Baroque presents Triumph Now with Joy and Mirth
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NYS Baroque presents Triumph Now with Joy and Mirth

NYS Baroque and Pegasus Early Music present Diderot String Quartet with Jesse Blumberg, baritone recorded live in concert May 22, 2022 Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY Adriane Post and Johanna Novom, violin Kyle Miller, viola Paul Dwyer, cello Jesse Blumberg, baritone Program Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805-1847) (arr. Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti): Die Mainacht, Op. 9/No. 6 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Quartet Op. 20, No. 2 Moderato Capriccio. Adagio - Cantabile Minuet. Allegretto - Trio Fuga a 4 soggetti. Allegro Clara Schumann (1819-1896) arr. Lanzilotti: Der Mond kommt still gegangen, Op. 13, No. 4 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) arr. Lanzilotti: An eine Äolsharfe, Op. 19, No. 5 Clara Schumann arr. Lanzilotti: Liebeszauber, Op.13, No. 3 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) arr. Dana Haynes: Frage, Op. 9, No. 1 Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in a minor, Op. 13 Adagio - Allegro vivace Adagio non lento Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto Presto - Adagio non lento Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Meine Rose, Op. 90, No. 2
Diderot String Quartet & Jesse Blumberg, baritone
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Diderot String Quartet & Jesse Blumberg, baritone

NYS Baroque presents Reginald Mobley, countertenor with Boel Gidholm, violin Caroline Giassi, oboe and recorder Christopher Haritatos, cello Deborah Fox, theorbo Naomi Gregory, harpsichord Music of Purcell, Handel, and Sancho. performed March 25 and 26 in Syracuse and Ithaca; recorded live in concert March 27, 2022 Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY Program: Henry Purcell (1659–1695): Strike the Viol ‘Tis Nature’s Voice How blest is the Isle George Frederic Handel (1685–1759): Trio Sonata, op. 2 #5, HWV 390 Larghetto Allegro Adagio Allegro Handel: Cantata: Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132c Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780): Sweetest Bard Bushy Park Minuet 4th The Complaint: Take oh Take Air Le Vieux Garcon Friendship source of joy We are thrilled to present this remarkable singer and Handel specialist in a fascinating and varied program with music of Purcell, Handel, and Ignatius Sancho. Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) is perhaps the least well-known composer on our program, though all have significant connections to England. Born into slavery in the British colonies, Sancho later went to England where he eventually gained his freedom and became a noted abolitionist, writer, composer, and shopkeeper. Noted for his “shimmering voice” (BachTrack), American countertenor Reginald Mobley is highly sought after for the baroque, classical and modern repertoire. In March 2020, he became the first ever programming consultant for the Handel & Haydn Society following several years of leading H+H in his community engaging Every Voice concerts. He holds the position of Visiting Artist for Diversity Outreach with the Baroque ensemble Apollo’s Fire. His career takes him around the world for concerts, opera, and recordings. www.nysbaroque.com
NYS Baroque presents Reginald Mobley, countertenor
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NYS Baroque presents Reginald Mobley, countertenor

NYS Baroque and Pegasus Early Music present A Grand Sound Glorious German and Italian 17th century music for voices and trombones Music of Buxtehude, Schütz, Rosenmüller, and more. recorded live in concert May 1, 2022 Laura Heimes, soprano; Andrew Fuchs, tenor; Andrew Padgett, bass Liza Malamut, Ben David Aronson, Garrett Lahr, sackbuts Julie Andrijeski, Boel Gidholm, violins Patricia Ann Neely, viola da gamba Michael Beattie, organ Deborah Fox, theorbo Sonata 21 Giovanni Battista Buonamente (1595-1642) Sentite bella musica (3:00) Ignatio Donati (1670-1638) Lieber Herr Gott (5:48) Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684) Sonata 6 (9:25) Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680) O quam tu pulchra es (17:27) Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) Sonata 28 (21:45) Johann Vierdanck (1605-1646) Laetare Syon (24:26) Gasparo Casati (1610-1641) Sonata 13, Book 2 (29:23) Dario Castello (1602-1631) Ein Tag in deine Vorhöfen (37:40) Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684) Gott sei mir gnädig (43:28) Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611-1675) Sonata Ottava (48:52) Giovanni Battista Fontana (1595-1642) Herr wenn ich (56:04) Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Ihr Heiligen lobsinget (1:00:03) Tobias Michael (1592-1657)
NYS Baroque presents A Grand Sound
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NYS Baroque presents A Grand Sound

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