Guest performers will be Tiffany Rosenquist de la Torre, soprano, Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano, Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor, Jesse Blumberg, baritone and the Artemis Chamber Ensemble.
Maestro Rosenbaum has written about the piece, “When I listen to Bach, I am immediately transported into another realm. There is a journey towards ecstasy. What joy and amazement and upliftment I feel. However, since his level of genius and spiritual depth are totally incomprehensible to me, I am always left with a sense of powerlessness and helplessness. This doesn’t prevent me from marveling at, basking in, and loving the experience. But deep within me, I am agonizing because the experience is utterly unbearable. I will never fully understand it all.”
Tickets for the May 19 concert are $35 and $50, and will be available at the door 30 minutes before the concert. They can also be reserved by calling Gotham Early Music Scene at 212-866-0468 or by visiting http://www.gemsny.org/canticumnovum20112012.html.
For more information, call 914-763-3453‎, or go to http://www.canticumnovum.org. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.