Tears of the Muses Trio
photo: Kent Underwood

The Teares of the Muses, a consort of viols, is a versatile New York University performing arts ensemble directed by Margaret Panofsky, the well-known professional viol player and renowned teacher. Made up of proficient musicians from the student body, faculty, and N.Y.U. community, the Teares of the Muses is a part of the Faculty of Arts and Science Music Department Collegium Musicum Viol Program.

The Teares of the Muses performs elegant and lively renaissance and baroque repertory for viols, often adding favorite guest artists to expand the compass of its concerts. It delights in reviving great music which has all but vanished in the present day.

The Teares of the Muses presents its concerts at both New York University, St. Bartholomew's Church and at St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where it has been in residence since 2007. The Teares of the Muses Trio, an offshoot of the main group, has played at art galleries, for benefits, and for FIGMENT, the summer arts festival on Governors Island, N.Y.

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Ein Lämmlein: 17th-century German Passion Music
Album Cover, Ein Laemmlein -- The Sacrificial Lamb, Josefa de Ayala, Portuguese, ca. 1670-1684, detail. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

NEW CD by The Teares of the Muses!
Release Date, October 12

Margaret Panofsky, Director
Kathleen Cantrell and Campbell Rightmyer, Sopranos
Morwaread Farbood, Organ

Ein Lämmlein: 17th-Century German Passion Music commemorates Holy Week and Good Friday with two works by the remarkable composer, Samuel Capricornus. It contains his lament O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid, the five-movement meditation Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld der Welt, instrumental chorale settings and dances, and Franz Tunder's mournful An Wasserflüßen Babylon.

Selected excerpts:

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