Name: Midtown Concerts: Lyra Way
Start: 2026-02-12T13:15:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-12T14:00:00-05:00
Location: St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church - The Actors' Chapel

The Lyra Way of viol playing, playing accompaniment and melody in turns, is complemented by solo dances and duets.
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Niccolo Seligmann & Lisa Terry ~ lyra viols
Yumiko Niimi & Carlos Fittante ~ dancers

Lyra Way performs repertoire for two bass viols played “lyra way” by 17th-century English composers Tobias Hume, Thomas Ford, and Alfonso Ferrabosco II. Each player provides chordal accompaniment or melody in turn, creating exquisite polyphony. Artists from the BALAM Dance Theatre, Carlos Fittante and Yumiko Niimi, will interpret the dance pieces as solos and duets, exploring their own polyphony.

is currently the most widely-heard medieval fiddler in the world, performing with Alkemie, The Broken Consort, Concordian Dawn, Eya, Hesperus, and Wherligig. is a member of Parthenia Viol Consort and is principal cellist of Tempesta di Mare. Yumiko Niimi is a principal dancer with and Carlos Fittante is Artistic Director of BALAM Dance Theatre.