Throughout the 2019-20 season, TENET Vocal Artists draw inspiration from the city whose musical offerings are a mainstay of the preëminent early music ensemble’s programming: Venice. Season highlights include a celebration of Barbara Strozzi, Venice’s most acclaimed female composer of the baroque era; the Italianate music of German composer Heinrich Schütz who studied in Venice, and works by Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi – two of “The Serene Republic’s” most renowned composers. Continuing a long-standing commitment to the spirit of collaboration, TENET Vocal Artists pair with instrumental ensemble New York Baroque Incorporated for a holiday performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and performances with Montréal-based Ensemble Caprice. Capping the season is TENET Vocal Artists’ most ambitious presentation to date: the Green Mountain Project’s final performances of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 in New York City and, bringing the work home, in Venice.

Reminiscing on the Green Mountain Project, TENET Vocal Artists’ Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf remarks, “It is with a mixture of joy and sadness that we offer our Green Mountain Project finale in January 2020. It has been a highlight in my life and work for a decade, and most of the artists involved have been with the project since the first performance in January 2010. I can’t imagine a better way to bid farewell than bringing the project to Venice, and we are looking forward to being close to the work’s origins. In addition, throughout the 2019-2020 season, collaborating with fellow musicians is at the heart of TENET Vocal Artists’ work and this year brings two exciting new partnerships with New York Baroque Incorporated and Ensemble Caprice. We are thrilled to share the stage with them as the season unfolds.”

TENET Vocal Artists open their season with two performances on Saturday, October 26, 2019, of “Strozzi @ 400”, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Strozzi, Venice’s most celebrated female composer of the Baroque era. Strozzi @ 400 honors music written by, for, and about women in 17th-century Italy and features three of TENET Vocal Artists’ leading ladies – sopranos Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, and mezzo-soprano Virginia Warnken Kelsey – singers who have long specialized in Strozzi’s dramatic cantatas. The program is a partial reprise of The Secret Lover from TENET Vocal Artists’ 2017 sold-out appearance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, and their release on AVIE Records of the same name.

Celebrating the holiday season, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 18 and 19, 2019, TENET Vocal Artists team with New York Baroque Incorporated for a performance of J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Richard Egarr directing from the harpsichord. Not frequently heard in New York City, four of the Oratorio’s six cantatas – with much of the memorable musical material borrowed by the composer from his own Passions – will feature a group of 12 vocal soloists.

Ringing in the New Year, TENET Vocal Artists’ Green Mountain Project (GMP) – “a treasured staple in New York” (The New York Times) – will present its final and most ambitious staging of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, marking the 410th anniversary of the work’s publication. Performances take place in New York City on Thursday and Friday, January 2 and 3, 2020, before the cast – which includes the early brass ensemble Dark Horse Consort and an extended complement of instrumentalists – travels to Venice, Monteverdi’s final resting place, for performances paying tribute to the musicians, audiences and patrons who have combined to make GMP a success for over a decade. In addition to the musical offerings, members joining a specially organized Patron Tour will be treated to other Venetian cultural attractions including visits to venerable architectural sites and local wineries.

TENET Vocal Artists’ tradition of presenting music composed for Lent and Holy Week continues with their annual TENEbrae concert on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This season’s focus is the music of Heinrich Schütz, including his funeral music Musikalische Exequien – thought to be the first German language requiem – and several of his motets. The music of the German-born Schütz has an Italian flair inspired by his years of studying in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli. This year’s TENEbrae performance is a collaboration with Dark Horse Consort.

TENET Vocal Artists’ season finale features a unique collaborative exchange. Following performances in June 2019, when TENET’s virtuosi singers travel to Montréal, Québec and serve as soloists in a program of works by Monteverdi, and in Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat with Ensemble Caprice, on Saturday, May 9, 2020, Ensemble Caprice joins TENET Vocal Artists in New York City for a French baroque program, featuring Les plaisirs de Versailles by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The performance of this one-act opera reprises TENET Vocal Artists’ acclaimed 2018 performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Further collaborations and appearances enhance TENET Vocal Artists’ 2019-2020 main series. On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at the Skaneateles Festival based in New York state’s Finger Lakes region, violinist Hilary Hahn directs a program of works by J. S. Bach including his popular cantatas “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” and “Sheep May Safely Graze.” On Saturday, October 12, 2019, the vocalists appear on the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Early Music Now series with a program entitled “The Sounds of Time: Songs of the Trouvères,” which explores the many aspects of love as perceived by French composers of the 12th and 13th centuries.

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TENET VOCAL ARTISTS
2019-2020 SEASON SERIES

Saturday, October 26, 2019 – 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Strozzi @ 400
Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677)
Le tre Grazie à Venere (The Three Graces of Venus)
L’Amante segreto (The Secret Lover)
L’Eraclito amoroso (The Philosopher)
L’Astratto (The Distracted)
Program will include other songs by Strozzi and instrumental works by her contemporaries

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn sopranos
Virginia Warnken Kelsey mezzo-soprano
with
Adam Cockerham and Hank Heijink theorbos
Jeffrey Grossman harpsichord

House of the Redeemer (Fabbri Mansion)
7 East 95th Street (at Fifth Avenue)
New York, New York 10128
https://houseoftheredeemer.org/

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 – 8:00 pm
Thursday, December 19, 2019 – 8:00 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Netter, Nola Richardson sopranos
Tim Keeler, Kate Maroney, Elisa Sutherland altos
Andrew Fuchs, Gene Stenger tenors
Michael Maliakel, Paul Max Tipton, Jonathan Woody basses
with
New York Baroque Incorporated
and
Richard Egarr keyboards and music director

Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
869 Lexington Avenue (at 66th Street)
New York, New York 10065
http://www.svsc.info/

GREEN MOUNTAIN PROJECT
NEW YORK CITY AND VENICE, ITALY

Thursday, January 2, 2020 – 7:00 pm
Friday, January 3, 2020 – 7:00 pm
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) Vespers of 1610

Church of St. Jean Baptiste
184 East 76th Street (at Lexington Avenue)
New York, New York 10021
http://stjeanbaptisteny.org/

Monday, January 6, 2020
Stile Antico, Stile Modern
Dark Horse Consort

Chiesa di San Rocco
Venice, Italy

Tuesday, January 7, 2020
UNO + ONE: Italia Nostra
Solos and duets by Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries
TENET Vocal Artists

Scuola di San Rocco
Venice, Italy

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Green Mountain Project Finale
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) Vespers of 1610

Bascilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Venice, Italy

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn sopranos
Virginia Warnken Kelsey, Clara Osowski altos
Jason McStoots, James Reese, Aaron Sheehan, Sumner Thompson tenors
Mischa Bouvier, Steven Hrycelak basses
Julie Andrijeski, Dongmyung Ahn violins
Daniel Elyar, Jessica Troy violas
Ezra Selzer cello
Anne Trout violone
Hank Heijink, Daniel Swenberg, Charles Weaver theorbos
Jeffrey Grossman organ
with
Dark Horse Consort
Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl cornetti
Greg Ingles, Mack Ramsey, Erik Schmalz sackbuts

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT TENET VOCAL ARTISTS’ PATRON TOUR TO VENICE, PLEASE VISIT https://tenet.nyc/patron-tour

TENEbrae
Saturday, March 21, 2020 – 7:00 pm
Heinrich Schütz (1615 – 1672) Musikalische Exequien

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn sopranos
Tim Keeler countertenor
Donald Meineke, James Reese tenors
Enrico Lagasca bass
Hank Heijink theorbo
Jeffrey Grossman organ
with
Dark Horse Consort
Kiri Tollaksen cornetti
Greg Ingles, Mack Ramsey, Erik Schmalz sackbuts

Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street (between Christopher and Barrow Streets)
New York, New York 10014
https://stlukeinthefields.org/

Saturday, May 9, 2020
Time and venue tbc
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704) Les Plaisirs de Versailles

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf, soprano and director
Abigail Lenox Hayes soprano
Virginia Warnken Kelsey mezzo-soprano
Kate Maroney mezzo-soprano
Marc Molomot tenor
Anicet Castel bass
Jeffrey Grossman harpsichord
and
Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute director

OTHER PERFORMANCES BY TENET IN 2019-2020

Thursday, June 20, 2019 – 7:00 pm
Sprezzatura veneziana
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Gloria in D Major, RV 589
Magnificat, RV 610

Ensemble Caprice with guests TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn sopranos
Tim Keeler alto
Gene Stenger tenor
Anicet Castel bass

Madonna della Difesa Church
6800 Henri Julien Avenue
Montréal, Québec H2S 2V4, Canada

Saturday, June 22, 2019 – 2:00 pm
Amore e Guerra I: Madrigali Intimi for Voices and Harp
Music by Monteverdi

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn sopranos
with
David Greenberg, Davide Monti violins
Michel Angers theorbo
Maria Cleary harp

6666 St-Ubain
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Saturday, June 22, 2019 – 5:00 pm
Amore e Guerra II

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn sopranos
Tim Keeler alto
Gene Stenger tenor
Anicet Castel bass
with
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Andrew McAnerney director
Antoine Malette-Chénier, Maria Cleary harpists
Michel Angers theorbo
with
Consort des Voix Humaines

Madonna della Difesa Church
6800 Henri Julien Avenue
Montréal, Québec H2S 2V4, Canada

Saturday, August 10, 2019 – 8:00 pm
Bach under the Stars with Hilary Hahn violin and director
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Cantata No. 147, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Cantata No. 208, “Sheep May Safely Graze”
Also on the program:
Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041

Skaneateles Festival
Robinson Pavillion
Anyela’s Vineyards
2433 West Lake Road
Skaneateles, New York 13152
http://www.skanfest.org/concert.cfm?cid=364

Saturday, October 12, 2019 – 5:00 pm
The Sounds of Time: Songs of the Trouvères

TENET Vocal Artists
Jolle Greenleaf soprano
Virginia Warnken Kelsey mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler tenor
Robert Mealy and Shira Kammen vielles
Debra Nagy winds
Charles Weaver medieval lute

Early Music Now
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
914 East Knapp Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
http://www.stpaulsmilwaukee.org/

All program information correct at time of distribution though subject to change