Duo Lyra (Zoe Vandermeer, soprano and triple harp, and Hideki Yamaya, theorbo, lutes), perform the music of Monteverdi, Caccini, Luzzaschi, and others at the Connecticut Early Music Festival on June 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harkness Chapel on the campus of Connecticut College in New London, CT.
The opening concert of Early Music Vancouver's (EMV) 2023 Summer Festival. Co-produced by EMV and re:Naissance Opera Artists: Charlotte Siegel (soprano), Marisa Gold (dancer|choreographer), Debi Wong (stage director), Catalina Vicens (music director) and EMV Festival Players A seamless blend of Baroque and contemporary song and dance, this interdisciplinary performance is a powerful reclamation of the …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival Concert Marco Beasley (tenor), a leading figure in Renaissance music, joins ensemble Constantinople under the direction of Kiya Tabassian, to immerse us in the audacious, imaginative world of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings. In 1502 da Vinci drafted the plans for a bridge in Constantinople (now Istanbul) that was to span …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival Concert The ‘well temperaments’ of Bach’s day were tuning systems carefully designed to let keyboardists play in every key without re-tuning their instruments. Inspired by Bach’s famous Well-Tempered Clavier, Alexander Weimann (organ) has assembled a new collection of pieces in all twenty-four major and minor keys. This concert showcases the …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival Concert This recital by EMV’s Artist-in-Residence Catalina Vicens features songs without words on medieval organetto, virginals, harpsichord, and organ. In Medieval and Renaissance times, only courtesans or women living in exceptional circumstances, like Isabella d’Este, were permitted to sing in public. They found ways around this by playing the keyboard …
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Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival Founded and directed by Catalina Vicens, Servir Antico breathes new life into European vocal and instrumental music from the age of Renaissance Humanism. With Our City of Ladies, the ensemble continues to explore Christine de Pizan’s (1364-1430) The Book of the City of Ladies – which describes an allegorical city …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival While the concept of ‘parody’ is today associated with humor and satire, in the context of music composition, it refers to the creative process of recycling musical material. This program pays homage to Bach, showcasing an eclectic variety of Bach-inspired musical parodies. Conceived by Jessica Korotkin (cello and director) and …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival During the 17th century, women composers were most often either nuns educated in convents or the daughters of musical families such as Florence’s Caccini clan. The works presented in this concert come from both the secular and sacred worlds of 17th-century Italy, written for celebration in the cloister and private …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival A woman, with all her strengths and vulnerabilities. Timeless, not belonging to the present or the past, with no choice but to face herself. She digs through the layers of her past, present and future to reconcile herself, fragmenting herself to better consolidate all her identities. Atempor/elle is a duet …
Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival Milton in Love paints a portrait of the English poet John Milton’s sojourn through Rome where he fraternized with the Illuminati, attended opera and oratorios, and became enamored with the singing of soprano Leonora Baroni. The laments display the sensuality, ecstasy and eroticism of early Baroque Rome. Featuring Nadine Balbiesi, …
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