Concert Schedule
Concert dates and times subject to change.
Thursday, March 30, 2023 @1:15-2 pm
La Serenissima: Music from the Republic of Venice (697–1797)
In person at St. Malachy's Church, 239 West 49th Street, Manhattan
Watch online here or on YouTube
GEMS presents
The Alba Consort
As part of The Midtown Concert Series
The Concert is free and open to the public
Saturday, December 3 @5pm
Moravian College and Trinity Episcopal Church's
YULETIDE REVELS
an annual benefit for Trinity Kitchen
presents
ALBA Consort's "A Crown of Stars" -
Medieval and Renaissance music for the Holiday Season
followed by the Yuletide Feast.
ALL WELCOME
Suggested donation: $15 to benefit Trinity Kitchen
Trinity Episcopal Church
44 East Market Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
610-867-4741
Sunday, October 30 @3pm
ALBA CONSORT presents:
Ancient Strains, Songs Foretold
Featuring the World Premiere of Reza Vali’s “Four Persian Mystic Poems”,
a song cycle for Mezzo-soprano, Oud, Lute, Harp, Guitar and Percussion
with Persian poems by Rumi, Hafez and Sepehri,
in concert with Early Music performed on period instruments from the Caucasus to the Sea -
including Persia, Armenia, Cyprus, North Africa and Iberia.
Sunday, October 30 3pm
St. John's in the Village
218 West 11th St., New York, NY, 10014
Reception in the courtyard to follow
Tickets Available online at: https://www.albaconsort.com/tickets
Tickets also at the door: Cash or check only
General Admission $30
Students with ID $15
Sunday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
4pm
EARLY MUSIC AT ST. JAMES presents
ALBA CONSORT ~ “Dancing Over the Caucasus to the Sea", with Early music from Persia, Armenia, Cyprus, Salonika, France, Italia and Spain.
Saint James Episcopal Church
119 N. Duke Street
Lancaster PA 17602
Adults: $25
Students & Children: $10
Pay by cash, check or credit card
Tickets available online and at the door.
www.saintjameslancaster.org/music-arts/early-music-at-saint-james/
September 18, 2022 Sunday @ 3pm
Post Murrow Foundation
16 Bay Rd. Brookhaven, NY 11719
ALBA Consort presents: La Serenissima
ALBA Consort serenades with song and instrumental dances
from the Maritime Republic of Venice (697-1797 AD): Sail Venice to Greece,
to Cyprus, North Africa and beyond…
This is an outdoor concert, rain or shine.
Limited seating is available, feel free to bring chairs and blankets.
Donations accepted - Suggested $40
August 27, 2022 Saturday 6pm
West 111th St. Block Association's
Morningside Heights Summer Festival of Arts & Culture presents
ALBA CONSORT - Early Music from around the Mediterranean
Featuring ballads of Cyprus, Ladino songs and selections from Cancionero de Uppsala, published in Venice (1556)
Amsterdam Avenue between 110 & 111th Sts.
FREE!
Come out as the evening cools for hot sounds of early Spain, France, Cyprus, Greece and Italy!
July 17, 2022 5pm
ALBA CONSORT's LA SERENISSIMA
Music from the Maritime Republic of Venice
In the Maritime Village of Greenport
ALBA Consort serenades with song and instrumental dances
from the Republic of Venice (697-1797 AD): Sail Venice to Greece,
to Cyprus, North Africa and beyond…
Church of the Holy Trinity, 768 Main Street, Greenport
All Welcome!
15th Century Venetian Flag
2021/2022 Season
A CROWN OF STARS!
Long Island Baroque Ensemble presents ALBA Consort
for the annual LIBE Holiday Program
Early Music celebrating the Solstice, Christmas, Chanukah, Yalda, and Holiday Cheer!
Sunday, January 9, 2022 @ 3pm
Suffern United Methodist Church
18 Parkside Dr, Suffern, NY 10901
Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @3pm
Christ Church
61 East Main St. Oyster Bay NY 11771
(please provide proof of vaccination at this venue)
Sunday, December 12 @3pm
Bellport United Methodist Church
185 South Country Rd, Bellport NY 11713
Saturday, December 18 @5pm
The Church of the Holy Trinity
768 Main Street, Greenport NY, 11944
Caroling and Banquet following Greenport concert!
(RSVP for this venue as space is limited: karena@krfilms.com)
Suggested donation: $30
Sunday, October 3 @4pm
Holy Trinity and the Long Island Baroque Ensemble present:
ALBA Consort: Over the Mountains to the Sea!
Early Music from the Caucasus Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, from Persia to Iberia
ALL WELCOME! Suggested Donation: $25
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 768 Main St. Greenport NY 11944
ALBA Consort @ ALDO'S!
Over the Mountains to the Sea: Early Music of From The Caucasus to the Atlantic
Enjoy music, wine, repast and views of
Outdoor Seating is limited, please rsvp: info@albaconsort.org
ALDO's Resaturant and Cafe Garden, 4pm
Front Street Greenport NY 11944
GEMS’ Midtown Concerts presents
ALBA Consort
Thursday, March 18, 2021 @ 1:15pm
Dancing over the Caucasus to the Sea...
Watch here, or on YouTube or Facebook
A journey of Medieval and Renaissance songs and dances from Persia, over the Caucasus Mountains to Armenia and the Mediterranean, seaward to Cyprus, Greece, Italy, France, North Africa, then through Iberia, dancing to the rhythms of the Atlantic.
Margo Andrea, mezzo-soprano, vielle Carlo Valte, oud
Jason Priset, lute, guitar Rex Benincasa, percussion, psaltery, voice
ALBA Consort specializes in early music of the Mediterranean with oud, lute, vielle, voice and percussion and has performed with New York Philharmonic’s New World Initiative; at University of Chicago Presents; University of California’s Oriental Institute; Early Music Now, Milwaukee; Academy of Early Music, Michigan; the Long Island Baroque Ensemble and for GEMS Midtown Concerts. www.albaconsort.com
1:15 – 2:00 pm
All concerts are free; no tickets or reservations are necessary.
This concert will be live streamed on GEMS website, and on YouTube and Facebook, followed by an intimate chat on Zoom.
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94474265453
Meeting ID: 944 7426 5453
2020 Season
Due to Covid 19, previously scheduled performances are canceled or postponed.
Please continue to check our site for updates. Stay well!
2019 Season
Saturday, December 7, 2019 @5pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
44 E Market St, Bethlehem, PA 18018
ALBA Consort performs YULETIDE REVELS as part of Moravian College Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
assets.moravian.edu/static/medieval/
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @7:30pm &
Sunday, October 6, 2019 3pm
LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE's 50th Anniversary Concert Series PRESENTS:
ALBA CONSORT ~ Heart of Gold : Mediterranean Melodies
Saturday, Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church:30 Brooksite Dr, Smithtown, NY 111787
Sunday, Christ Church: 61 East Main St. Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Tickets: $30 General Admission in advance, $35 at the door, $30 Seniors, $15 Students, Children Free
Purchase tickets: www.libaroque.org
Sunday, September 15, 2019 2pm
MUSIC OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
Mattituck Laurel Library
13900 Main Rd, Mattituck, NY 11952
Free and open to the public
July 8-16, 2019
AVALOCH FARM MUSIC INSTITUTE residency
Sunday, February 24, 2019 @4:00 pm
Bayard Cutting Arboretum
440 Montauk Hwy, Great River, NY 11739
Sponsored by the Islip Arts Council
Free and open to the public
Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:15pm
Midtown Concert Series
ALBA CONSORT: Renaissance Reborn
Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church,
325 Park Avenue at East 50thStreet, New York, NY
Free and open to the public
With special guest Daniel Swenberg- Lute
2018 Season
Sunday, October 14, 2018 @4pm
ALBA Consort and Friends: From the Ancient to the Modern
Early Music of the Mediterranean
And the premiere of “The Last Word” by poet Alex Skovron and composer Leonard Lehrman
Trinity Episcopal Church
1579 Northern Blvd # A, Roslyn, NY 11576
Tickets at the door: $20
$10 Students with ID, Seniors, Parishioners
Reservations: (516) 621-7925 or info@albaconsort.com
Margo Andrea Mezzo-Soprano, Vielle, Violin Carlo Valte Oud
Rex Benincasa Percussion, Hurdy Gurdy, Psaltery, Voice
and friends Omri Kochavi Guitar, Helene Williams soprano,
Leonard Lehrman piano, and Pastor Jack Whritenour, organ
July 8-16
ALBA is pleased to again partake in a residency at
AVALOCH FARM MUSIC INSTITUTE
Boscowen, New Hampshire
Thursday, January 18, 2018 1:15pm
Midtown Concert Series
ALBA CONSORT: Treasure Laden
Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church,
325 Park Avenue at East 50thStreet, New York, NY
Free and open to the public
Saturday, February 3rd @7:30pm &
Sunday, February 4th @3pm
LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Presents
ALBA Consort~The Renaissance Reborn
Music of the Era including New Work by Leonard Lehrman
Saturday, February 3, 2018 @7:30pm Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church:30 Brooksite Dr, Smithtown, NY 111787
www.libaroque.org
ALBA CONSORT - The Renaissance Reborn
French, Spanish, Italian, Sephardic and Arabic Renaissance Music
with Compositions by Leonard Lehrman for ALBA's unique instrumentation.
February 25, 2018 @2pm
East Meadow Public Library
1886 Front St.
East Meadow New York, 11554
Sunday, April 15 @4pm
2nd Annual Long Island Early Music Festival
Cathedral of the Incarnation
36 Cathedral Drive, Garden City NY 1530
$20 suggested donation
Saturday April 21 @2pm
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
Free and open to the public
2017 Season
This season, the New York Philharmonic, in celebration of its 175th Anniversary, has invited ALBA Consort to participate in its “New World Initiative” and explore interpretations of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony no. 9, “From the New World”. In “Treasure Laden”, ALBA Consort weaves iconic themes from the New World Symphonywith early Sephardic, Iberian, French, Italian, Cypriot, Armenian, and North African music - bridging the Ancient and Brave New World.
June 19-29, 2017: Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency
June 23, 2:15pm: Outreach Performance:
Havenwood/Heritage Heights, Concord, New Hampshire
Sunday, April 30th, 4pm “TREASURE LADEN”
Cathedral of the Incarnation
36 Cathedral Drive, Garden City NY 1530
Saturday, March 18, 2017 7pm
“TREASURE LADEN” ~
Melodic Gems of the Ancient and Brave New World
as part of the New York Philharmonic’s “New World Initiative”
Marc Scorca Hall, OPERA AMERICA'sNational Opera Center
330 7th Ave. 8th fl. NY NY 10001 @29th St.
Please continue to check our site for concerts, 2017
PREVIOUS 2017 PERFORMANCES
Saturday, January 28 & Sunday, January 29, 2017
Long Island Baroque Ensemble Presents: ALBA Consort
TREASURE LADEN - Melodic Gems of the Ancient and the Brave New World
http://www.newworldinitiative.com/alba-consort/
ALBA is honored to participate in the New York Philharmonic's
New World Initiative in celebration of their 175th year Anniversary.
TREASURE LADEN features Early Music of the Mediterranean and embroidered themes
of Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 For the New World.
Saturday, January 28, 7:30pm
Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church
30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown, NY 111787
Sunday, January 29, 3pm
Christ Church
61 East Main St., Oyster Bay, NY 11771
$30/$20 "in your twenties"/$15 students/Children Free
Tickets available on line: www.libaroque.org and at the door.
For more information/group reservations: 212-222-5795
2016 PERFORMANCES
Sunday, November 13, 2016 @3pm
TREASURE LADEN - Melodic Gems of the Ancient and the Brave New World
ALBA is honored to participate in the New York Philharmonic's
New World Initiative in celebration of their 175th year Anniversary.
TREASURE LADEN features Early Music of the Mediterranean and embroidered themes
of Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 For the New World.
November 13 3pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church
552 West End Ave. @87th St., New York, NY 10024
Tickets: $25/$15 students available at the door.
Email info@albaconsort.com or phone (917) 406-3194 for more information.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 @ 8pm
Salon Duet Concert with Wine and Cheese
The Bharathan Home
Margo Gezairlian Grib - voice & Christopher Morrongiello - Vihuela, Lute, Baroque Guitar
636 2nd Street, Greenport NY 11944
Space is extremely limited, please rsvp by Friday, August 26th: info@albaconsort.com
Donations are tax deductible and will fund the first Long Island Baroque Ensemble Summer Festival in Greenport, 2017
Checks can be made out to Long Island Baroque Ensemble, Inc.
Wont you be our Valentine? Sunday, February 14, 2016 @3pm
Monday, January 11, 6pm
Dances and Romances of Early Spain and France
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
Free and open to the public
Saturday, January 30 @ 8pm and Sunday, January 31 @3pm
Long Island Baroque Ensemble presents: ALBA Consort
Over the Pyrenees: Dances and Romances of Early Spain and France
with special guest singer and dancers
www.libaroque.org
Saturday, January 30, 8:00pm
Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church
30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown, NY 111787
Sunday, January 31, 3pm
Christ Church
61 East Main St., Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Tickets: $30/$25 seniors/$20 "in your twenties"/$15 students
2015 Season
Friday and Saturday, January 10 and 11, 2015
THE LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE presents ALBA Consort:
EARTHLY LOVE, DIVINE LOVE
Saturday, January 10, 2015 8:00pm
Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church
30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown, NY 111787
Sunday, January 11, 2015 3pm
Christ Church
61 East Main St., Oyster Bay, NY 11771
$25/$20 seniors/$10 students
www.longislandbaroqueensemble.com
Friday, JANUARY 30, 2015 7:30pm
Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS
Earthly Love, Divine Love
Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
5720 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
$35 / $5 students
(773) 702-8068
https://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/media/artists/alba-consort-0
Saturday, JANUARY 31, 2015 2:00–4:00 p.m.
A Musical Workshop Featuring Mediterranean Modes and Rhythms
THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE
1155 E 58th Street | Chicago, IL 60637 US
Free
Join ALBA Consort for a workshop exploring melodic and rhythmic modes of early Arabic music. The workshop takes patrons on a journey through Old Cairo to experience melodies, textures, rhythms, and poetry of this ancient world. ALBA Consort specializes in early Mediterranean music, which bridges the ancient and the new.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibit A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo, openingFebruary 17.
Thursday, March 5, 2015, 1:15pm
MIDTOWN CONCERTS
Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church
325 Park Avenue at East 51st Street, New York, NY
Free and open to the public
Dances and Romances, Early Music of Spain and France
Saturday, September 19, 2015 7pm
ALDO'S
Front Street Greenport, 11944
$60 includes Aldo's fine fare and wine
2014 Season
Sunday, September 14, 2014 2pm
Long Beach Public Library
111 W Park Ave, Long Beach, NY 11561
(516) 432-7200
Sunday, October 12, 2014 3:30pm
Music at Saint Alban's
Journey the Ancient Seas
76 St Albans Pl, Staten Island, NY
http://musicatsaintalbans.org/comingup.htm
(718) 984-6060
Jury Selected: CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA SHOWCASE
@ CMA CONFERENCE
Saturday, January 18, 2014 3pm
Weston Hotel at Times Square, Majectic Ballroom 5th Fl.
270 West 43rd St. @ 8th Ave. New York, NY
Monday, January 27, 2014 6:30pm
QUEENS LIBRARY AT FLUSHING
41-17 Main St
2013 Season
Sunday, October 6, 4pm
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Central Library, Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-230-2100
Free and Open to the Public
Sunday, September 22, 3pm
OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY CATHEDRAL
2535 Collingwood Blvd. Toledo, OH 43610
Friday and Saturday, SEPTEMBER 20 & 21
ACADEMY OF EARLY MUSIC
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Sanctuary September 20, 8pm
306 North Division Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Christ Church Cranbrook September 21 8pm
470 Church Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
http://www.academyofearlymusic.org/concerts.htm
Sunday, September 15, 4pm
BARGEMUSIC
Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.624.4924 info@bargemusic.org
Saturday, July 27, 6:30pm
"ALBA CONSORT" on CUNY-TV
http://www.cuny.tv/show/brooklyncollegepresents/PR2001404
CUNY TV is located with WNYE's NYC life (Ch 25.1) and NYC gov (25.2) as a result of the merging of technical operations between the two stations. Current cable subscribers will continue to receive CUNY TV in the five boroughs of New York City on Ch. 75 (Time Warner and Cablevision/Optimum), Ch. 77 (RCN) and Ch. 30 (Verizon). And you can watch CUNY TV shows on demand any time at www.cuny.tv.
SOHO DOJO CULTURAL CENTER Saturday, April 27, 2013, 7pm
307 East 92nd Street (just east of 2nd Ave.) 2nd Floor NYC 10128
Tickets sold at the door: $20 general admission, $15 seniors and students, children under age 15 free
Reservations: aikidonyc@gmail.com or phone 646.509.9212
(a note about this space: shoes are removed upon entry and placed on storage shelves)
MIDTOWN CONCERTS Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:15pm
St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street New York, NY
Thursdays at 1:15 pm.
Concerts last approximately 35 minutes.
www.midtownconcerts.org/
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4pm
Central Library, Dweck Center
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-230-2100
Free and Open to the Public over 6 yrs of age
EAST MEADOW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Sunday, December 23,
APAP Showcase Saturday, January 12, 2013, 7pm
5th Avenue Presbyterian Church @ 55th St.
http://www.gemsny.org/apapshowcase2013.html
Flushing, New York
(718) 661-1200
2012 Season
Early music now November 17th 5 pm., Wisconsin Lutheran College, Journey the Ancient Seas.
Bargemusic Aug. 4 2012 8 pm, a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn bridge.
Taping at Brooklyn College for CUNY-TV arts series March 22, 2012.
APAP Showcase, Saturday 7th January 2012 at 8 pm.GEMS Showcase Concert for the Annual National Conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
Andalusia: A musical documentary of the Al Ham-bra to the Arab Spring To be filmed and recorded on location in Spain, 2012 or 2013 Paul Rafferty, Film maker; Mamoun Hassan, Director
2010 Season
Long Island Baroque Ensemble with members of ALBA as guests artists
Season program: Looking East, Looking West
Christ Church, Oyster Bay, NY & St. Andrew’s Church, Smithtown,NY
Courtly Love - 14th c. Ballads of Cyprus and Songs of Guillaume DuFay
ALBA Consort with guests Rachel Begley, John Mark Roosendaal and Louise Schulman
The Church of the Heavenly Rest, 90th @ 5th Ave., NYC
2011Season
The Greene Space New York City WQXR GEMS Live! presents 2nd October 2011
Sunnyside Reform Church, Sunnyside NY November 17th 8 pm.
Greene space NYC October 2nd 4:30 pm
Church of the Heavenly Rest - Music and Arts Series
Town of Southold Concerts
2009 Season
Voyage across the Mediterranean - Medieval Music From Galicia to Armenia
The Church of the Heavenly Rest, 90th @ 5th Ave., NYC
In Harmony - Secular Music of Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Spain
Cutchogue Presbyterian Church with North Fork Reform Synagogue, Cutchogue, NY
Fons Musica - Troubadour Melodies of Medieval France, Italy and Spain
Floyd Memorial Library, Greenport, NY
Voyage across the Mediterranean - Medieval Music From Galicia to Armenia
Amagansett Free Library, Amagansett, NY