Blood, Booze & Betrayal — Metropolis Ensemble

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

BLOOD, BOOZE & BETRAYAL: MUSIC FOR AN EXTREMELY BROKEN CONSORT

Murder ballads, riddle tunes, and other lurid and gruesome pastimes featuring Fiona Gillespie, Paul Morton of Chivalrous Crickets, with Loren Ludwig of Acronym and Sian Ricketts & Tracy Cowart of Alkemie

Metropolis Ensemble is actively monitoring the novel coronavirus/COVID-19. The health and safety of artists, volunteers, and staff is our greatest concern and we wish to be responsible partners in community health. This concert is currently postponed.

1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY 10011
7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Tickets: $15 general / $10 students (free for members, RSVP required)

In March 2020, with the support of Early Music America and the Metropolis Ensemble, Alkemie launches “Alkemie & Friends” – a series of informal, musically experimental, and multi-sensory concerts. These concerts are designed to take advantage of the sonic possibilities that emerge amidst collaborators in adjacent musical fields.

"Blood, Booze, and Betrayal" presents some of the more lurid stories of the English-speaking Atlantic from medieval times to the present, featuring murder ballads from early American and England, medieval and folk tunes, and newly-composed songs by Paul Morton, all played and sung on early and folk instruments.

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

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TRACY COWART / MEZZO-SOPRANO

Tracy Cowart has been praised by the New York Times as “the real attraction” with a voice that is “light and lithe,” Tracy has performed with Apollo’s Fire, Musica Pacifica, Musica Sacra, Opera Lafayette, the Newberry Consort, Rose of the Compass, Tenet, the Vox Vocal Ensemble… READ MORE

FIONA GILLESPIE / SOPRANO

Fiona Gillespie is a folk and classical singer, song-writer, and Irish whistle player based in New York. Her band with her sister Genevieve and Paul Morton, the Chivalrous Crickets, specializes in roots music from America, the British Isles, and Celtic nations. Comprised of both folk… READ MORE

LOREJ LUDWIG / VIOLA DE GAMBA

Loren Ludwig is a scholar/performer based in Baltimore, MD. He studied viola da gamba at Oberlin Conservatory and completed his Ph.D. in musicology at the University of Virginia in 2011. As a music historian, he researches what he terms “polyphonic intimacy,” the idea… READ MORE

PAUL HOLMES MORTON / BAROQUE GUITAR/THEORBO

Lutenist, theorbist, banjoist, guitarist, lyricist, composer, arranger, historical archeologist, soloist, chamber musician; the music of Paul Holmes Morton is defined less by genre than by a fascination with history, a cultivation of creativity, and a belief that music once born does… READ MORE

SIAN RICKETTS / VOICE/RECORDERS/DOUÇAINES

Sian Ricketts enjoys a multi-faceted career as a singer and a period woodwinds specialist, performing performs medieval, Renaissance and baroque chamber music and orchestral repertoire with ensembles around the US, including Piffaro, Apollo’s Fire, and… READ MORE