We are honored to announce that we’ve received a grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs’s FY2025 Cultural Development Fund (CDF), which will help support our mission of presenting innovative programming by outstanding international, national and local early music groups, as we look forward to our 51st season. In these times, we're very grateful to be among the 1,078 organizations receiving over $59 million through the CDF – the largest-ever city allocation for the program, awarded as part of a partnership between the NYC Mayor’s Office and the City Council. To read more about this year’s CDF awards, visit: nyc.gov/culture #nyculture (fb)

Last December, we presented the US premiere of "Letters to a Young Poet" in collaboration with The Poetry Society of New York. It was a real highlight of our 50th anniversary season – a fully staged Concert Theatre Works production celebrating Rilke’s seminal work, combined with Ravel and Debussy’s masterful string quartets performed by the Diderot String Quartet. A short excerpt from the production is now up on the MB1800 YouTube channel! Watch via the link below – and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more MB1800 moments. https://youtu.be/2BQAjVGwHJU 📸 of Bill Barclay as Rilke by Patrick Young © Britten Pears Arts (fb)