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2010 - 2011 Series Midtown Concerts:
September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010
| December 2010 | January 2011
February 2011
| March 2011 | April 2011
| May 2011
September 2010 
SEPTEMBER 8
Anima: Music of the Spanish Baroque
The concert explores the rich, rhythmically complex and evocative music of the Spanish Baroque including tonos humanos (secular songs) by
Hidalgo, Serqueira and Durón, plus two solutions to the enigmatic canons of Juan del Vado.
Anima (Beth Anne Hatton, soprano; Vita Wallace, baroque violin; Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba;
Christa Patton, harp) specializes in music for small ensemble and voice from the Baroque and late Renaissance, played on period instruments. The players have performed with period instrument
ensembles throughout the US and internationally. Anima's engaging, intimate programs blend music and poetry with exemplary musicianship, making virtuosity approachable – playful, expressive and
provocative.
 SEPTEMBER 15
Grenser Trio: 18th-Century Music for Clarinet, Cello, and Fortepiano
A program of chamber music by Beethoven and Haydn, as well
as a movement from an early clarinet sonata by Johann Baptist Vanhal.
The Grenser Trio (Ed Matthew, classical clarinet; Carlene
Stober, cello; Dongsok Shin, fortepiano) explores classical and early romantic chamber music on historical instruments. Audiences have heard the Trio at The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, SUNY Stony Brook, Midtown Concerts, Times Center, St. Francis College, Holy Trinity Church, Interchurch Center, and Morris-Jumel Mansion.
SEPTEMBER 22
Gwendolyn Toth: Music of the French Baroque
ARTEK director Gwendolyn Toth plays harpsichord music by Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Renowned harpsichordist Gwendolyn Toth is the founder and director of ARTEK.
SEPTEMBER 29
Ensemble Solaire: French Baroque Vocal Music
The trio performs French Baroque masterpieces, including the humorous cantata Amour piqué par une abeille by Louis-Nicholas Clérambault.
Ensemble Solaire is an group dedicated to historically informed performance of Baroque music. The
young artists, active both as soloists and chamber musicians, bring fresh and exciting approach to
Early Music. Ensemble Solaire has appeared on prominent concert series and venues, such as Boston Early Music Festival Fringe, The New York Early Music Series, Midtown Concerts, Trinity Church's
Concerts at One, Amherst Early Music Festival, NY Historical Society and others. The members of the ensemble are Sofia Dimitrova, Soprano, Zheng Jenny Huang, harpsichord and James Waldo, viola da
gamba.
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