Music Before 1800, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, has spent the last four decades delving into the arcane, the nearly forgotten, the masterful and the frankly bizarre, in an ongoing effort to present New York City with the best in "early music."
This season, they stretch the definition of that genre to its breaking point, with concerts of early Viennese music, French lute music, English motets, music of the American civil war and music of the Mexican Baroque, including a Mass composed in colonial Los Angeles.
And then the Wayward Sisters come to town, with a program entitled "The Naughty List: Music by Braggarts, Hotheads, Curmudgeons and Snobs." Prepare to be regaled by music of the bad boys of the early Baroque: Matthew Locke, Tarquinio Merula, William Brade, Nicola Matteis and Dario Castello.
It's all part of MB 1800's 40th Anniversary season, under the direction of founder Louise Basbas. For a complete schedule of events, please visit mb1800.org.
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