(Boston July 27, 2021) The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate the return of the Boston arts scene with a free concert at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreations Memorial Hatch Shell on August 27, 2021, at 7:00 PM. The rain date will be August 28, 2021, at 7:00 PM at the Hatch Shell. […]
The City of Ladies tells the story of Christine de Pizan (1364 – ca.1430), a revolutionary woman who questioned the treatment of women and their role in society in her magnum opus, The Book of the City of Ladies. Servir Antico perform music contemporary to Pizan’s time including medieval works by Guillaume DuFay and Baude
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Barbara Strozzi: From Tears to Laughter explores the rich music left behind by Barbara Strozzi, one of the most important composers of Italian cantatas and baroque arias. Several sopranos, including Suzie LeBlanc, perform alongside Ensemble Constantinople who will bring their signature East meets West touch to this concert.
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A Tribute to the Hospitalières offers insight into the heroic lives of the hospitaller nuns who founded Montreal’s Hôtel-Dieu, where the concert was filmed. Marrying music with history, this tribute to them is a journey across time, weaving words from the archives of Hôtel-Dieu with the reflections of today’s nuns on the state of the
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Cozzolani Reunited showcases the music of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, one of the most skillful and expressive nun composers of 17th century Italy. Lutenist Lucas Harris painstakingly reconstructed the bass part of several of the motets that had been missing for centuries. In this concert film, Cozzolani finally gets her due and should be recognized as
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