Festivals

The 2024 Festival weaves together the golden threads of Beverley's remarkable history alongside a host of concerts and workshops presented within some of the UK's most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings. Opening the Festival we welcome the acclaimed young instrumental group from Spain - El Gran Teatro del Mundo - with guests over the weekend including the […]

Join iSing Silicon Valley—World Champions at the 2023 World Choir Games in Seoul, South Korea—as they sing Antonio Vivaldi’s iconic and celebratory Gloria, performed by an elite treble choir as it would have been done in Venice. Coupled with selections from their newest album, “Love & Light” (five stars, BBC Music Magazine), this will be […]

The sweet nature of the viol enchanted the court of Henry VIII. From there, the viol became the instrument of choice across England over the next century, from noble manors to humbler households. In particular, the viol seemed perfectly matched to the human voice. Superstar soprano Amanda Forsythe joins Voice of the Viol for an […]

In 1321, the great poet Dante Alighieri died. At the exact same time, Philippe de Vitry and Johannes de Muris published their treatises on music. Their proclamations about an ars nova heralded the start of a remarkable century of musical creativity. This program—featuring the remarkable medieval ensemble La Fonte Musica in their American debut—showcases the […]

In this concert, Alkemie performs 13th-century trouvère songs, dances, and motets—the majority of which have never before been recorded, and several of which were transcribed by the ensemble from their original manuscripts. Continuing the tradition of the troubadours, the trouvères of Northern France wrote some of the most captivating vocal music of the 13th century. […]

In the 18th century, women-led salons were places of cultural ferment. In these half-public, half-private events, salonnières provided a safe harbor for aesthetic experimentation, as well as a place to showcase their own talents. In Paris, Anne-Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824) presided over a remarkable salon from the late 1760s up until the […]

Many early music lovers are familiar with the travails of harpsichord transport and tuning. Arranging all of this for one harpsichord is difficult enough, not to mention two, three, or four harpsichords. This salon event features the two extant works in the Baroque repertoire for four harpsichords: Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous arrangement (in A minor) […]

Antonio Zacara da Teramo (ca. 1360–1416) was one of the great composers bridging the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Prolific and widely copied, his compositions are in a variety of styles, registers, and forms. “Enigma Fortuna” is an invitation to discover the great vitality and eccentricity of his music, presented by one of his present-day […]