Americas Society
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Jonathon Adams. (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)
Jonathon Adams: Wild thro’ the Woods
The Canadian baritone returns to our stage for an evening of music by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries.
Overview
On February 28, we will host this concert in person. Tickets are free. Americas Society members receive early and priority seating at the event. Contact membership@as-coa.org with any questions.
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Adams is back on our stage for an evening of music by Purcell and his contemporaries that focus on the land and water, including "‘Tis Nature’s Voice" and "O Solitude."
Program:
- The woods so wilde - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Sweeter than roses - Henry Purcell (ca. 1659-1695)
- O solitude - Purcell
- Fly swift ye hours - Purcell
- ‘Tis nature’s voice - Purcell
- What art thou? - William Croft (1678-1727)
- Incassum Lesbia rogas - Purcell
- From silent shades - Purcell
- The woods so wild - William Byrd (1540-1623)
- From rosy bow’rs - Purcell
Jonathon Adams: voice
Avi Stein: keyboards
Sarah Cunningham: viola de gamba
This concert is part of GEMAS, a project of Americas Society and Gotham Early Music Scene devoted to early music of the Americas.
About the Artist
Jonathon Adams is a Cree-Métis two-spirit baritone from amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta). They have appeared as a soloist under Masaaki Suzuki, Philippe Herreweghe, Laurence Equilbey, and Alexander Weimann, among others. They have performed with the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Washington Bach Consort, Tafelmusik, Ricercar Consort, B’Rock, Vox Luminis, the Netherlands Bach Society, and il Gardellino.
In 2021, they were named the first artist-in-residence at Early Music Vancouver. They have lectured and led workshops at the Universities of Toronto, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Alberta (Augustana), as well as Bard College, Festival Montréal Baroque, and the Juilliard School.
Adams was featured in Against the Grain Theatre’s 2020 film Messiah/Complex, in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Mea Culpa with Ballet Vlaanderen, and on Jessica McMann’s most recent album Prairie Dusk. They attended the Victoria Conservatory of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, studying with Nancy Argenta, Emma Kirkby, and Rosemary Joshua.
Funders
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The 2024-2025 series is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and Mid Atlantic Arts.
