6/6/2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern

Concert

Brooklyn-based medieval ensemble Alkemie finishes our NYC season with concerts in Manhattan and Brooklyn of WONDROUS BEASTS. Alkemie joins forces with composer Elliot Cole to craft new arrangements of stunning music from 14th-century Italy and 21st-century repertoire inspired by real and imaginary animals from the Tuscan bestiary. Said to be the most widely-distributed book in Europe after the Bible, the medieval bestiary, or “book of beasts,” established paths of meaning for animal references in Europe over the ensuing millennia.

Vielles, harp, recorders, percussion and voices evoke soaring birds, slithering reptiles, and creatures like the unicorn and basilisk. Serving as both mythology and Christian allegory, these fantastic visions of the animal kingdom continue to provoke the modern as well as the medieval imagination.

Setting: In-Person
All Saints Episcopal Church
230 E. 60th
New York, NY 10022

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Sian Ricketts
(phone: (929) 445-8613‬)

The program will be performed live in NYC on June 6, 2025 at All Saints Episcopal in Manhattan at 7:30 p.m.; and on June 7, 2025 at Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Brooklyn at 7:30 p.m. Both concerts will be followed by receptions with the artists. Tickets are $15-$50. Free student tickets are available with the code ALKEMIE_ED. For tickets and more information, please visit alkemie.org/wondrous-beasts.

• http://alkemie.org/wondrous-beasts

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