New York Baroque Incorporated (Period Instruments Orchestra)

Founded: August 2012- New York City, New York, USA

Hailed as “truly excellent” and “studded with stars in the making” (New York Times), New York Baroque Incorporated (= NYBI) is a conductorless orchestra of period instruments in New York City, bringing vital, informed, and fresh performances of a wide range of 17th and 18th-century repertoire, as well as creating a vibrant landscape for collaborations between historical performance and living composers. NYBI has collaborated with renowned soloists including Richard Egarr, Vivica Genaux, Monica Huggett, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Spoleto Festival USA. Striving to make period instruments a living art form, NYBI has premiered works by Nico Muhly, Hollis Taylor, and Huang Ruo. The orchestra also dedicates itself to bring to life unknown works of the Baroque, and has revived and presented modern-day premieres of Cavalli’s Veremonda (1652), Aliotti’s Santa Rosalia (1687) and Seckendorff’s Proserpina (1777).

In 2017, NYBI launched a partnership with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and presented the popular free weekly concert series Bach at One. Fall 2017 saw a new collaboration with The Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys as NYBI teams up with the group as their house Baroque orchestra.

NYBI’s 2017-2018 season highlights include George Frideric Handel's Messiah with Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, a program of French dance music with Baroque violist Robert Mealy at the Met Museum, and an American premiere of M Stabat Mater with Inbal Oshman Dance Group presented by Peak Performances.

NYBI [Photo 01: Matthew Murphy]

From left: NYBI players and Juilliard alums violinist Daniel Lee, cellist Ezra Seltzer, violinists Beth Wenstrom & Nanae Iwata, harpsichordist Jeffrey Grossman, bassoonist Nate Helgeson, violinist Joan Plana, flutist Christopher Matthews, violinist Tatiana Daubek, and gambist & violone player Wen Yang. (Photo 02: Matthew Murphy)

Source: New York Baroque Incorporated Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Julian Wachner

Orchestra

[BO-70] (2017, Video): BWV 170
[BO-72] (2017, Video): BWV 9
[BO-74] (2017, Video): BWV 200, BWV 150
[BO-73] (2017, Video): BWV 82, BWV 161
[BO-75] (2017, Video): BWV 245
[BO-77] (2017, Video): BWV 131
[BO-78] (2017, Video): BWV 159

Links to other Sites

New York Baroque Incorporated (Official Website)
Spotlight on Wen Yang's New York Baroque Incorporated (The Juilliard Journal)