Albert Einstein said, “I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music.” The violinist Enrico Gatti is no different, with a long life of performing music, writing about music, discovering and editing unknown repertoire, and teaching the next generation. For this concert, we dream together of the 17th century in England, with chamber music of 17th-century English composers Jenkins, Simpson, Locke, Lawes, and Matteis.

ARTEK • Musical Daydreams

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church

In Bach’s last years, his attention turned to the art of counterpoint, raising his mastery to new and higher pinnacles of achievement. His vision was deteriorating and his handwriting worsened, until the final stroke that brought his life to a sudden end in the midst of composing the Art of Fugue. ARTEK pays homage to Bach’s art by performing his instrumental chamber music in the form of instrumental sonatas for violin, viola da gamba, obbligato harpsichord, and obbligato lute together with some of Bach’s profound counterpoint from The Musical Offering and The Art of Fugue. We know that Bach arranged and re-arranged much of his instrumental music, and in that spirit, we present sonatas in alternate instrumentation, as well as a sonata originally thought to be by Bach but now known to be by the lute composer Sylvius Weiss.

ARTEK • The Art of Bach

To close the Byrd Celebration, Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church will celebrate Choral Evensong with plainchant, hymns and settings from Byrd’s masterpiece of Anglican church music, The Great Service, including the monumental 10-part Magnificat. The Saint Ignatius of Antioch Choir and guests will sing the candlelight service.

Gwendolyn Toth

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Feb 8, 2025

ARTEK • Musical Daydreams · Gotham Early Music Scene

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ARTEK • The Art of Bach · Gotham Early Music Scene

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