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St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5th Avenue
Keyboard Music From and Inspired by La Serenissima

Daniel Hyde - Organ

Daniel Hyde—Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue’s new organist and director of music—explores the hugely influential Venetian style, with works ranging from luminaries such as Giovanni Gabrieli—the organist of Venice’s venerable St. Mark’s Basilica for nearly three decades—Merula, and Vivaldi (as arranged by Bach and Walther), to 20th-century homages by Ligeti and Tippett.

Venice stands as a monument to the improbable paradise where city meets sea. The Venetian Republic—also known as La Serenissima, or “the Most Serene Republic”—reached levels of maritime supremacy, democratic progressiveness, financial prosperity, and both cultural achievement and innovation, flourishing for 1,000 years before its fall to Napoleon in 1797. Carnegie Hall salutes La Serenissima’s dazzling artistic legacy with concerts that feature vocal masterpieces and virtuoso instrumental music. The celebration also extends citywide with events at leading cultural institutions, including panel discussions, theatrical events, and art exhibitions that not only examine the rich culture of the Venetian Republic, but also the scandalous, ribald, and libertine history that the passage of time has rendered less familiar.

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Keyboard Music from and Inspired by La Serenissima


Daniel Hyde, Organist and Director of Music at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

In this “Grand Tour” of the hugely influential Venetian musical style, Organist and Director of Music Daniel Hyde performs a recital exploring works ranging from luminaries such as Giovanni Gabrieli—the organist of Venice’s venerable San Marco Basilica for nearly three decades—Merula, and Vivaldi (as arranged by J.S. Bach and J.G. Walther) to 20th-century re-imaginings by Ligeti and Tippett.

This recital is part of La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic, a citywide Carnegie Hall festival celebrating the dazzling artistic legacy of Venice with musical performances across the hall’s three stages and events at more than a dozen prestigious partner organizations that include additional musical offerings, panel discussions, readings, theatre, lectures, seminars, and art exhibitions.

"Daniel Hyde finds all the beauty and pain in this spellbinding sequence: an hour of listening that is both of the moment and utterly timeless." The Independent

Program
Music by Gabrieli, Merula, Vivaldi (arr. J.S. Bach and J. G. Walther), Ligeti and Tippett