Music Before 1800 presents Juilliard415 & Jonathan Cohen, 1/14

NYC's longest-running early music series Music Before 1800 continues its 43rd season on Sunday, January 14 at 4PM at Corpus Christi Church with Juilliard415, the school's "superb period-instrument ensemble" (New York Times), and charismatic harpsichordist and conductor Jonathan Cohen. The program explores the Baroque fascination with the connected realms of madness and enchantment.

Perhaps because early modern culture was so highly hierarchical, 17th- and 18th-century composers found these eruptions of disorder (when things weren't as they seemed) as fertile ground for musical invention. This program explores how some very different composers used these themes to create strange and wonderful works to delight and astonish their listeners.

With Cohen, the ensemble will highlight the diabolical in Boccherini's Sinfonia in D Minor, "La Casa del Diavolo," the madness in Telemann's Ouverture, "Burlesque de Quixotte," and the enchantment in excerpts from Purcell's The Fairy Queen. The extraordinary students of Juilliard415 offer yet more madness with pieces by Durante and Corelli.

JUILLIARD415 & Jonathan Cohen
Madness & Enchantment
Sunday, January 14, 4PM
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street
Tickets: $10-50
212-666-9266 / www.mb1800.org