VENETIAN SPRITZ

CONCERT & COCKTAILS

A colorful, festive, and intoxicating concert program inspired by the beauty of Venice and its iconic drink, the “Venetian spritz,” featuring masterworks of the Baroque period by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Gabrieli, and Schütz.

Saturday, May 11

7:30pm

Christ’s Church

2 Rectory St, Rye

and

Sunday, May 12

5:00pm

St. Michael’s Church

225 W 99th Street, NYC

*A spritz is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an apéritif across Italy. It consists of Prosecco, digestive bitters and soda water. The original spritz veneziano uses Select as bitters and was created in Venice in 1920.

Cocktail recipe:

• 1/3 sparkling white wine (usually Prosecco)
• 1/3 bitters (Select, Aperol or Campari)
• 1/3 sparkling or soda water

*A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. In this case, it consists of two performances, a festival of magnificent voices, string quartet, brass, and organ, under co-direction of John Cantrell and Dr. Evelyn DeGraf.

Choir recipe:

• 1/3 St. Michael’s Choir, NYC
• 1/3 Christ’s Church Choir, Rye
• 1/3 GHOSTLIGHT Chorus

$40 adult / $20 student
(Ticket includes cocktail; mocktails available)

To purchase tickets, please visit our concerts page.

Our new album is out now!
Pick it up at the concert or purchase it here.