Sinfonia New York was created by two longtime mainstays of the city's longtime period-instrument activity: Christine Gummere, a cellist, and Sandra Miller, the doyenne of the Baroque flute in the U.S. Their plan is for the Sinfonia to be run cooperatively by its musicians, along the lines of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in the U.S. and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Great Britain (and, for that matter, the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics).
The inaugural concert of Sinfonia New York, conducted by John Scott, begins at 8 p.m. this evening at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues). Tickets, priced at $35, $25 and $10, are available from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com, 1-212-840-2824). Balcony seats are available for free; to reserve, call Gotham Early Music Scene at 1-212-866-0468. More information is available at www.gemsny.org.
