Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) presents
Thursday, May 1, 2025 1:15 pm
St Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel in New York City Live Streamed to YouTube
Arnie Tanimoto & Friends
TwilightinParis
Arnie Tanimoto ~ pardessus and bass viol Nicholas Kleinman ~ bass viol Kerry Heimann ~ harpsichord
Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 5, No. 4
Adagio
Allegro ma non troppo
Sarabanda: Largo
Ciaccona
Dix-septième Ordre in E minor LaSuperbeoulaForqueray
Pièces de viole in D Major
Prélude
Allemande*
Plaine
Le Tact*
La Polonaise*
*From versions found in the Villeneuve manuscript
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697‒1764)
François Couperin (1668‒1733)
Marin Marais (1656‒1728)
Midtown Concerts are produced by Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc., and are made possible with support from St. Malachy’s Church–The Actors’ Chapel, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural affairs in partnership with the City Council; the Howard Gilman Foundation; and by generous donations from audience members.
Gotham Early Music Scene, 340 Riverside Drive, Suite 1A, New York, NY 10025 (212) 866-0468m’a
Robby Meese, Midtown Concerts Manager Kevin Devine, Midtown Concerts Assistant Manager Toby Tadman-Little, Program Editor Paul Arents, House Manager Christina Britton Conroy, Announcer Live stream crew: Gene Murrow, Murat Eyuboglu, Dennis Cembalo and Christina Britton Conroy Naomi Morse, Director of Marketing John Thiessen, Executive Director Harpsichord kindly provided by Rebecca Pechefsky
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The death of Louis XIV marks a watershed moment in French history as the nation’s cultural center shifted away from the courts of Versailles to Parisian salons. During the Régence and on through Louis XV’s reign, the French nobility reveled in a world of decadence, reflected in the evolving musical tastes that gave way to the rise of the pardessus de viole and the decline of the bass viol. This program explores the realm of 18th-century France through the reimagined works of Marin Marais found in the Villeneuve manuscript and the Italianate flare of Jean-Marie Leclair – all reflecting the twilight years of both the Ancien Régime and the viol in France.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Gold medalist and first-ever American laureate of the International Bach-Abel Competition (2018), Arnie Tanimoto has established himself as one of the foremost viol players in the United States. He has performed and recorded in venues across North America and Europe with the likes of Barthold Kuijken, Enrico Gatti, the Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble, and the Smithsonian Consort of Viols. In 2017 he was awarded with a Frank Huntington Beebe Fund Fellowship and subsequently finished his studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. His principal teachers include Paolo Pandolfo, Sarah Cunningham, Christel Thielmann, and Catharina Meints. Arnie is a core member of Mountainside Baroque and a founding member of the Academy of Sacred Drama. Alongside harpist Parker Ramsay, he co-directs A Golden Wire. As a teacher Arnie is on faculty at Princeton University. He also regularly teaches at the Mountainside Baroque Summer Academy and the Viola da Gamba Society Conclave.
Nicholas Kleinman, originally from Long Island, New York, has spent the last six years studying and living in Europe. After studying violone at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, he moved to Austria to study viola da gamba at the Universität Mozarteum. He is a founding member and resident musicologist, contrabassist, and viola da gambist of the Salzburg-based ensemble The Van Swietens. He was recently a co-recipient of the Mozarteum Ensemble Scholarship with the ensemble “Il Gioismo’’ for his musicological work focused on the Salzburg-associated composers Michael Haydn and Sigismund Neukomm. Currently, Nicholas is eagerly preparing a virtual lecture with the Viola da Gamba Society of America on unaccompanied fugal works for the viola da gamba.
Harpsichordist Kerry Heimann earned his doctoral degree in harpsichord and early music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a minor in choral conducting and literature. A widely sought-after accompanist, conductor, and collaborator, Kerry has played at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Kennedy Center and at festivals throughout Europe and North America including the Spoleto Festival and the Festival de Lanaudière. He helped found the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana and regularly performs with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem. In addition, Kerry serves as Operations Manager for Princeton University Concerts and as Director of Music and Organist for Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Trenton, NJ.
Next Week: Magdalena SongsofIrelandandScotland
