Bacchanalia Baroque Ensemble
2024 Season
NYC Concerts
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 3:00 PM
St. Patrick's Day - Music for an Art Opening
Buunni Coffee
4961 Broadway (btwn Isham and 207th St)
New York, NY 10034
Free
Join us for an informal reading of Baroque and Renaissance masterworks at the Spring Portrait Show, an exhibition of works by local NYC photographers from the neighborhood. Director and flutist Laura Thompson joins special guest Ryan Closs on baroque guitar..
bacchanalia baroque ensemble
Bacchanalia is an early music group devoted to spirited interpretations of baroque, classical, and modern music on period instruments. Featuring repertoire for winds and strings, Bacchanalia expands or contracts to accommodate their repertoire.
Formed by flutist and director Laura Thompson, Bacchanalia gave their debut performance at the Boston Early Music Festival in 2002, and has been heard at numerous venues in the New York area and beyond ever since.
Dedicated to bringing early music to a wider audience, Bacchanalia hosts performances at non-traditional venues, library story-time readings, school presentations, and outdoor community events in addition to hosting a traditional evening concert series in NYC.
The group is named after the mythic festivals held in ancient Greece celebrating Bacchus, the god of wine, revelry, and fun, and reflects the determination of its members to combine musicological research with a fresh and unrestricted approach to music.