Early music for modern audiences

Celebrating our 22nd season of world-class performances

Early music for modern audiences

Celebrating our 22nd season of world-class performances

Our 22nd season, 2026-2027! 

Tickets on sale soon!

Paris

October 4, 2026
@ 4 pm ET

A hub of musical activity in the early 18th century, Paris inspired and supported composers such as Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Georg Phillip Telemann, Boismortier, and Couperin. In private salons and in court, audiences mingled with musicians and heard the latest in musical styles. Pre-concert talk at 3:15pm


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Sweet Harmony

November 15, 2026
@ 4 pm ET

The art and variety of the duet, in music by Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Handel, Purcell, Buxtehude, and American colonial composers Timothy Swan and John Antes Pre-concert talk at 3:15


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Isabella’s Circle

February 21, 2027
@ 4 pm ET

The vision of Isabella d’Este, cultural and political influencer and patroness of the arts in renaissance Mantua. Music of Ockeghem, Cara, Tromboncino, and more.


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Musical Landscapes Across the Americas

April 11, 2027
@ 4 pm ET

Incantare and Pegasus Early Music present a program of music for singers, violins, lutes, trombones, and organ from the Spanish Americas and beyond. With Florida as its starting point, this concert expands to Spanish territories throughout the Americas, including sonorous polyphony, upbeat villancicos, and stately dances from Mexico, France, Guatemala, Peru, and the Iberian Peninsula.


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Bach & the Edge of Order

May 2, 2027
@ 4 pm ET

Featuring the dazzling freedom of Bach’s keyboard toccatas, performed alongside works by Buxtehude and Frescobaldi that inspired and shaped the form. This solo harpsichord program explores the drama, variety, and improvisatory spirit of the stylus fantasticus. Harpsichordist Leon Schelhase brings these Baroque masterpieces to life with artistry that speaks across centuries.


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All concerts take place in the lovely Sanctuary located within the bustling Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, NY 14614. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Free parking is available in the lot across the street. The church is ADA accessible.

Check out our YouTube channel to watch our concerts!

Talented New Artists

Pegasus Rising, our concert series featuring young up-and-coming virtuosos of the early music world. Casual, cool, accessible, free!

In Memoriam: Suzanne Gouvernet

Suzanne was well-known in Rochester for her generous patronage of many arts organizations and her dedication to our community’s health and vitality. She was the best kind of patron, showing up to everything, making connections, introducing other people to the arts groups and events she supported. She came to a Pegasus concert and discovered she liked early music. One day she said to me, “Let’s do a baroque opera!”, propelling us into a new facet of our mission. We will miss her vibrancy, her keen perceptions, and her energy for the things she loved. Pegasus was lucky to have known her.
–Deborah Fox

Thank you!

Your support truly keeps us in business. We are so grateful.

 

 

Pegasus Early Music group

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