2012 - 2013 Season Events
From our Director
Welcome to ARTEK's 27th season of New York City concerts! 
SACRED JEWELS OF THE BAROQUE SERIES
Laudate Dominum: Music from Monteverdi's Selva Morale
Friday, October 12, 2012 at 8 PM
St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
552 West End Avenue at 87th Street, New York City
ARTEK presents selections from Selva Morale (Venice, 1641) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), including the superb Magnificat Primo and Laudate Dominum Secondo for double choir, along with spectacular solos, duets, and trios.
Laura Heimes, soprano;Sarah Chalfy, soprano;
Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano;
Ryland Angel, countertenor;
David Vanderwal, tenor; Philip Anderson, tenor;
Charles Weaver, baritone; Peter Becker, bass.
With strings & basso continuo, directed by
Gwendolyn Toth.
Tickets: $40 for each concert, $20 rear seating ($10 off for students & seniors)
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San Govanni Battista by Alessandro Stradella
Two performances:
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 8 PM
Lecture at 7 pm by Barbara Hanning (CUNY)
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 8 PM
Lecture at 7 pm by Carolyn Gianturco (Univ. di Pisa)
Italian Academy at Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City
Considered by many to be the greatest masterpiece by Italian baroque composer Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), ARTEK presents the dramatic oratorio San Giovanni Battista (Rome, 1675). The timeless biblical drama of Salome, St. John the Baptist, and Herod with superb singers and instrumentalists.
Herodias (Salome) - Laura Heimes
Herodias the mother - Barbara Hollinshead
St. John the Baptist - Ryland Angel
Councillor - Philip Anderson
Herod - Peter Becker
Directed by Gwendolyn Toth; chamber orchestra of strings & basso continuo, Enrico Gatti, violin leader.
Tickets: $40 for each concert, $20 rear seating ($10 off for students & seniors)
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Purchase tickets for both programs for $75, regular seating only ($15 off for students & seniors)
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THE ART OF THE EARLY KEYBOARD SERIES
The Art of the Early Keyboard Series is dedicated
to the memory of ARTEK founding director Elizabeth H. Guiher
Scheidemann to Bach: The Baroque Organ
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 8 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
3 West 65th Street, New York City
Gwendolyn Toth plays music by Heinrich Scheidemann (c.1595-1663), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722), Georg Böhm (1661-1733), and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) on the Paul Fritts baroque organ,
op. 16, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The concert celebrates Ms. Toth’s new CD, Music on the Arp Schnitger organ in Noordbroek. CDs will be available for purchase at the concert at a special discounted rate.
Tickets: $25 general admission ($10 off for students & seniors)
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 Mozartian Masterpieces
Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 8 PM
Immanuel Lutheran Church
122 East 88th Street, New York City
A glorious concert of works for period instrument orchestra and soloists by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), whose music never fails to enchant us. ARTEK’s holiday season concert will include Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165; Concerto #21 for piano in C major, K. 467; Concerto #7 for two pianos in F major, K. 242; Symphony #40 in G minor, K. 550. Soloists include Sarah Chalfy, soprano; Dongsok Shin and Gwendolyn Toth, fortepianos. The ARTEK Orchestra, Cynthia Freivogel, leader; Gwendolyn Toth, conductor.
Tickets: $25 general admission ($10 off for students & seniors)
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Potpourri: Music for Guitar and Fortepiano
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 8 PM
Immanuel Lutheran Church
122 East 88th Street, New York City
Daniel Swenberg, period early-19th-century guitar, and Gwendolyn  Toth, fortepiano perform an intimate concert in the manner of a European salon evening. Music by Ferdinand Carulli (1770-1841), Mauro Giulini (1781-1829), Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), and
Jan August Vitàsek (1770-1839).
Tickets: $25 for each concert, all seats ($10 off for students & seniors)
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Purchase tickets for all three evenings for $60 ($30 off for students & seniors)
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