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Repast Baroque Ensemble Returns Wednesday with “Music for a While”

This Wednesday evening, May 31, the Repast Baroque Ensemble will return to Brooklyn Heghts to present “Music for a While: a Composer Portrait of Henry Purcell” (the June 1 performance is in Manhattan). [T]his program portrays the “divine genius” of Henry Purcell. Although he only lived to age 36, Purcell’s creative output was breathtaking. Repast […]

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Bargemusic This Weekend

This Friday evening, June 17, at 8:00 Bargemisic presents the Sirius Quartet (photo) performing a concert of contemporary works, including one by quartet member and composer Gregor Huebner, and an arrangement of his of a piece by the 17th century Englisn composer Henry Purcell. They will also play works by Jeremy Harman, Fung Chern Hwei, […]

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