This Month's Performances at The Met Museum Include THE GRAND TOUR, TURNING MUSIC INTO GOLD and More

The Grand Tour returns; and Ensemble Caprice evokes the culture of Imperial Prague with period instruments

The Grand Tour
Wednesday, January 21 and Thursday, January 22, 8:00 p.m. in the European Paintings Galleries

The Grand Tour, which sold out both performances last season, returns with music from the British Isles for the Baroque triple harp in the Met's English galleries (Paula Fagerberg); Dutch songs and dances played on the recorders, shawms, bagpipes, and lute seen in the paintings of Bruegel, Vermeer, and Rembrandt (Ciaramella); music from 16th-century Spain in the El Greco gallery (Ensemble Viscera); and, honoring the Met's 17th-century Italian galleries, music composed for Concerto delle donne-the group of professional female singers who revolutionized the role of women in music during the late Renaissance under Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara (TENET).

Musicians/Galleries:

Ensemble Viscera/ Gallery 608
TENET/Gallery 621

Paula Fagerberg/Gallery 629

Ciaramella/Gallery 638

Tickets are $125.
Bring the Kids for $1 tickets are available for this performance.

Turning Music Into Gold
Thursday, January 29, 7:00 p.m. in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

A dazzling performance on period instruments by the renowned Ensemble Caprice. "The group's arrangements are imaginative, even powerful, and the playing is topflight." -New York Times.

Tickets start at $65.
Bring the Kids for $1 tickets are available for this performance.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague, on view November 4, 2014-February 1, 2015. The exhibition is made possible by the Placido Arango Fund and The Schiff Foundation.

For tickets, visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets or call 212-570-3949. Tickets are also available at the Great Hall Box Office, which is open Monday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Tickets include admission to the Museum on day of performance.

Prices are subject to change.
Bring the Kids!: $1 tickets for children (ages 7-16) for select performances when accompanied by an adult with a full-price ticket. For more information, visit www.metmuseum.org/tickets, call 212-570-3949, or visit the box office.

For more information about Met Museum Presents, please visit: http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets

About Met Museum Presents:
A wide-ranging series of performances and talks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art that explores contemporary issues and innovations through the lens of the Museum's exhibitions and unparalleled gallery spaces. Met Museum Presents creates a platform for curators, thought-leaders, and artists to come together and explore the Met as a generative force.

Photo Credit: TENET © Stephanie Berger