PIGMENT:
Prussian Blue

September 18, 19, & 20, 2026

In 1704, an accidental discovery during an experiment in Berlin produced the world’s first synthetic pigment. While attempting to create a red pigment, color maker Johann Jacob Diesbach instead produced a vivid, deep blue unlike anything the world had seen before. Marketed as “Berlin Blue” and later known as “Prussian Blue,” the color became one of the most sought-after pigments in Europe. Prussian Blue traces this first synthetic pigment through the intertwined worlds of music, science, and commerce, including the exchange between Berlin and London after Diesbach’s monopoly was broken in 1724 by a British chemist, allowing the pigment to spread rapidly throughout Europe. Music by Graun, Handel, Schaffrath, Pepusch, Quantz, J.C. Bach, and C.P.E Bach.

Natalie Rose Kress, violin
Sarah Stone, cello
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

Friday, September 18 at 7:30 pm
Queens

Saturday, September 19 at 3 pm
Brooklyn Heights

Sunday, September 20 at 3 pm
Upper West Side

REVOLUTION:
Red, White, and Blue

November 6, 7, & 8, 2026

In honor of America’s Semiquincentennial and the 2026 Midterm Elections, Repast tells the connected story of the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. Red, White, & Blue unfurls in three thematic sections: Red represents patriotism, sacrifice, and the fervor of resistance; White evokes liberation, abolitionism, and the pursuit of equality; and Blue embodies justice, perseverance, and collective hope. Music and texts by William Billings, Francis Johnson, Michael Fortune, Nelly Custis, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Belinda Sutton, William Steffe, and Julia Ward Howe. With soprano Sonya Headlam, violinist Shelby Yamin, and oboist Gaia Saetermoe-Howard.

Sonya Headlam, soprano
Gaia Saetermoe-Howard, oboe and recorder
Natalie Rose Kress and Shelby Yamin, violins
Sarah Stone, viola da gamba
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

Friday, November 6 at 7:30 pm
Queens

Saturday, November 7 at 3 pm
Brooklyn Heights

Sunday, November 8 at 3 pm
Upper West Side

CHIAROSCURO:
Finding Light in Darkness

February 5, 6, & 7, 2027

Chiaroscuro is a study in contrasts, a painting technique that uses light to define an object when balanced against shadow. Occurring at the darkest time of the year, this program is a meditation on the transformative power of light through brilliant music by 17th-century female composers across Italy, including Barbara Strozzi, Vittoria Aleotti, Claudia Francesca Rusca, Caterina Assandra, Claudia Sessa, and Francesca Caccini. Projected paintings highlighting contemporary women artists, including Orsola Maddalena Caccia, Fede Galizia, and Elisabetta Sirani, interweave themes of transcendence, faith, and beauty among longing, sorrow, and mortality. With soprano Elisse Albian and violinist Rebecca Scout Nelson.

Elisse Albian, soprano
Natalie Rose Kress and Rebecca Scout Nelson, violins
Sarah Stone, cello
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord

Friday, February 6 at 7:30 pm
Queens

Saturday, February 7 at 3 pm
Brooklyn Heights

Sunday, February 8 at 3 pm
Upper West Side

BROWNING:
Her Leaves Be Green

April 23, 24, & 25, 2027

Inspired by the 17th-century tune known by the name ‘Browning, Madame’ or ‘The Leaves be Green,’ Repast creates an ode to springtime set in the lush, verdant countryside. From vivid scenes of county fairs to quiet woodland reflections, Her Leaves be Green revels in the wonders of nature as spring unfolds, evoking a sound world filled with birdsong, shepherds, and country dances. With a visual backdrop of pastoral watercolors from 17th-century Dutch artist Gesina ter Borch, Repast invites you to wander through the ‘Woods so Wild’ with music by Ravenscroft, Byrd, Farnaby, Woodcock, and Dowland. With lutenist Adam Cockerham. 

Natalie Rose Kress, violin
Sarah Stone, cello
Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
Gabe Shuford, harpsichord
Adam Cockerham, lute

Friday, April 23 at 7:30 pm
Queens

Saturday, April 24 at 3 pm
Brooklyn Heights

Sunday, April 25 at 3 pm
Upper West Side