Midtown Concerts: A Golden Wire

Parker Ramsay ~ harpsichord & harp
Arnie Tanimoto, Tommy Fields, Lucine Musaelian, Ryan Cheng & Charlie Reed ~ viols

Bach and the Seicento is a chamber music program that explores the rich contrapuntal lineage connecting Johann Sebastian Bach to his early Baroque predecessors. Centered around Frescobaldi’s Fiori Musicali, the program vacillates between Bach’s masterworks — The Art of Fugue, The Musical Offering, The Well-Tempered Clavier, and even the whimsical Quodlibet from the Goldberg Variations — and earlier polyphonic gems by Frescobaldi, Froberger, Palestrina, and Purcell.

is a period instrument ensemble based in New York City. Founded in 2019, it is co-directed by gambist Arnie Tanimoto and harpist Parker Ramsay. Specializing in early modern music from France and England, A Golden Wire performs across the United States to present programs of underperformed and undiscovered repertoire.

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