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Alethea Pace bends downwards, with both arms outstretched against a cloudy, blue sky
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Alethea Pace: between wave and water | Civic Practice Partnership 2023–2025
During her CPP artist residency, Alethea Pace collaborated alongside her community to reclaim the history of the Enslaved African Burial Ground in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx.
March 27
Singers and musicians, all dressed in black, in performance in the Fuentidueña Chapel
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Johannes Ockeghem: Missa prolationum (The Clarion Choir and Orchestra) | MetLiveArts
To celebrate Johannes Ockeghem's six hundredth birthday, New York's own Clarion Choir and Orchestra took to The Met Cloisters with a five-hour marathon of his music.
March 24
A quartet of musicians in performance on a dark stage
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Gershwin: Lullaby for String Quartet (Catalyst Quartet) | MetLiveArts
Enjoy the Gemünder quartet’s unique voices with George Gershwin’s peaceful Lullaby for String Quartet.
February 3
Shadowy image of a nun, wearing a habit with her midriff exposed. Thick paint strokes in yellow and gray frame the figure, and the entire composition is set against a background of deep red.
The Abiding Influence of Sor Juana
A new opera at The Met Cloisters reinterprets the Mexican writer’s magnum opus.
Emery Kerekes
January 23
An audience watches a choir onstage in the Fuentidueña Chapel
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Johannes Ockeghem: Sanctus and Benedictus from “Missa cuiusvis toni” | MetLiveArts
Enjoy these movements from Ockeghem's “Missa cuiusvis toni,” performed by the Clarion Choir and Orchestra.
December 9, 2024
A figure shrouded in a royal blue, silky fabric with silver attachments in performance in the Petrie Sculpture Court
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Tsedaye Makonnen—Astral Sea: The Need for Collective Refuge | MetLiveArts
Tsedaye Makonnen and several collaborators activated textiles with "The Need for Collective Refuge," a new site-specific performance that journeyed through the history of the Byzantine Era's African diaspora.
November 18, 2024
Gavin Creel singing at the piano, wearing a black hat and shirt against a black background.
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Gavin Creel: Walk On Through | MetLiveArts
Gavin Creel spent countless hours in the Museum‘s galleries, falling in love with the collection and finding inspiration for a brand-new theater piece.
November 12, 2024
Johnny Gandelsman plays the violin against the cinderblock walls of the Fuentidueña Chapel
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J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major | MetLiveArts
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 3 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
November 4, 2024
Johnny Gandelsman leans into a violin in performance at The Met Cloisters. He wears a black shirt.
Sounds of America
Four years after This is America took its first steps, Gandelsman brings the full anthology to the American Wing’s galleries.
Emery Kerekes
November 1, 2024
Johnny Gandelsman playing the violin against a blue lit background.
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J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major | MetLiveArts
Violinist Johnny Gandelsman performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 6 as part of a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
October 28, 2024