Parthenia Viol Consort in Concert on October 6 at Manhattan's Church of St. Luke in the Fields

Parthenia, New York's premiere viol consort, will be in concert on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 8:00 PMperforming King James and His Bible: Royal and Devotional Music from the Stuart and Tudor Courts at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street in Manhattan.

Parthenia and guest bass-baritone Dashon Burton paint a musical portrait of King James I before and after the publication of his great English Bible in 1611. The music on this program represents the entire court music staff of King James I's "private music," showcasing works for viols and voice by Orlando Gibbons, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, Thomas Lupo, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes and John Coprario, along with instrumental works by their brilliant colleague, John Jenkins.

Parthenia and Dashon Burton will depart from the 17th century/Jacobean era to perform a 21st-century setting of a Biblical text by composer Tawnie Olson. Olson's setting of John Hare's poem "Thorns" is a work that traces a particular strand in the narrative tapestry of salvation history.

Tickets are $40 and $25. For more information, call 212-866-0468 or visit http://www.parthenia.org.

Dashon Burton is much in demand as a soloist in oratorio and opera across the U.S. He has been praised for his "nobility and rich tone," (The New York Times) and his "enormous, thrilling voice seemingly capable ... [of] raising the dead;" (Wall Street Journal). Visit him at http://www.dashonburton.com/.

Parthenia is a dynamic quartet of viols which animates ancient and contemporary repertoires with a ravishing sound and a remarkable sense of ensemble. Parthenia is presented in concerts and festivals across America including Bargemusic, Music Before 1800, Maverick Concerts, The Rockport Chamber Music Festival, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Miller Theatre and the Yale Center for British Art, and in Europe at the Regensburg Tage Alter Musik. The ensemble produces its own concert series in NYC, collaborating regularly with the world's foremost early music specialists including Piffaro, Julianne Baird, Paul O'Dette, Blue Heron and ARTEK. Parthenia actively commissions and premieres works by today's composers including Eleonor Sandresky, Richard Einhorn, Phil Kline, Frances White, Max Lifchitz, Will Ayton, Nicholas Patterson and Kristin Norderval. Parthenia records on the MSR Classics label, and is represented by GEMS Live artists management.

Parthenia is Beverly Au, Lawrence Lipnik, Rosamund Morley and Lisa Terry. Visit them at http://www.parthenia.org.

Parthenia's concert season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Parthenia is a sponsored organization of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and is a member of Early Music America and Chamber Music America.