Photography: Jolie Snavely
Join us for our exciting 2018-19 concert season!
As we continue to celebrate our 20th year, WCSE will be exploring some different music by composers in the Venetian circle in our Giovanniana! program, along with some very rare music from Vienna during the 30 Years’ War (1618-48). These two programs will be presented through two of the “First Friday Concerts” series, in which we will be featured as the 2018-19 ensemble-in-residence at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore. We are also pleased that we will be featured twice this Fall in New York City for two special concerts: Gotham Early Music Scene’s Midtown Concerts series on November 1 and a collaboration with the choir of St. Luke in the Fields on November 8, the latter program focusing on the Sacrae Symphoniae (1615) of Giovanni Gabrieli.
The most exciting venture of late has been the preparation of performing editions from original sources of the music of Giovanni Priuli and Christoph Straus, both court musicians of Ferdinand II of Hapsburg in Vienna. If you are near Baltimore on May 3rd, come witness the centerpiece to our Vienna program, the masterful “Missa Maria Concertata” by Straus, a work of exceptionally rare beauty. We will present this uniquely crafted music during our second feature concert at St. David’s.
Please watch for news about new recordings and videos we will be releasing this year via the NEWS tab or through social media (Facebook and Twitter) so you can receive the most up-to-date announcements and stay in touch with us!
The most exciting venture of late has been the preparation of performing editions from original sources of the music of Giovanni Priuli and Christoph Straus, both court musicians of Ferdinand II of Hapsburg in Vienna. If you are near Baltimore on May 3rd, come witness the centerpiece to our Vienna program, the masterful “Missa Maria Concertata” by Straus, a work of exceptionally rare beauty. We will present this uniquely crafted music during our second feature concert at St. David’s.
Please watch for news about new recordings and videos we will be releasing this year via the NEWS tab or through social media (Facebook and Twitter) so you can receive the most up-to-date announcements and stay in touch with us!