Name: Science Fiction: The New Music of the Spheres | Brooklyn Heights
Start: 2025-11-23T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-23T18:00:00-05:00
Location: First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn

Science Fiction: The New Music of the Spheres | Brooklyn Heights

Repast has been described as “a graceful, energetic ensemble” by the The New York Times, which also cited the ensemble’s “vital performances” and “robust” playing.Since 2004, Repast has presented a concert series in New York City that engages audiences with innovative, thematic programs of great music, both known and unknown, from the Baroque period. Repast, meaning a meal or a feast, plays on the idea that a concert should be delicious and satisfying. The core ensemble of period instruments includes violin, cello, bassoon and harpsichord, and is regularly augmented with additional musicians to perform a wider variety of repertoire.The central focus of the ensemble is to provide New York City audiences with thrilling programs of chamber music from the Baroque period in its concert series, with performances in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Repast has appeared at venues across the country, including the Miller Theatre, the Getty Center (Los Angeles), Bargemusic, Miami Bach Society, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Peak Performances. The ensemble also enjoys collaborating with performing artists in other fields, such as their recent performances of Purcell’s “Chacony” with the Richard Alston Dance Group.Repast’s musicians are committed educators and have presented workshops and lecture-demonstrations at the College of William and Mary, Columbia University, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Baruch College, and NYU’s School of Continuing Education.The ensemble’s first CD is aired frequently on radio stations nationally. A new recording of their own chamber arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations was released in 2019.

Repast Baroque Ensemble

Ensemble Ipse and Repast Baroque explore themes of novelty and innovation spanning from the 16th century to the present day.

First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn

Commencing with a love-sick cry to the stars in Monteverdi’s madrigal Sfogava con stelle, this collaboration between new music group Ensemble Ipse and early music group Repast Baroque explores themes of novelty and innovation from the 16th-century philosophy of the Music of the Spheres to Science Fiction and technology of our modern age. Performed on modern and historical instruments, this program elicits colorful timbral possibilities resulting from various combinations of tunings and temperaments. World premieres by composers Judith Berkson, Molly Herron, Max Giteck Duykers, Joseph Di Ponio, and Stephanie Griffin are featured alongside works by Monteverdi and Castello.Performers:Repast Baroque Natalie Rose Kress, baroque violin Sarah Stone, viola da gamba Stephanie Corwin, baroque bassoon Gabe Shuford, harpsichordEnsemble Ipse Margaret Lancaster, flutes Christa Van Alstine, clarinets Alex Shiozaki, violin Stephanie Griffin, viola Caleb van der Swaagh, cello Geoffrey Burleson, piano Colleen Bernstein, percussion Matt Ward, conductorMax Duykers and Joseph Di Ponio, directors

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Science Fiction: The New Music of the Spheres | Brooklyn Heights

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