EMA's Emerging Professional Leadership Council (EPLC) invites you to connect with your early-music community across the Americas! Mixers will be held on the last Sunday of each month 7-8pm U.S. Eastern Time. Each will include conversations with extraordinary leaders in the field of early music, virtual happy hours, and panels followed by a Q&A. Grab …
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We close the season with our signature work, Bach’s great Mass in B Minor. Among the greatest musical compositions in any tradition, Bach’s masterwork has been for countless audiences a limitless reservoir of comfort and a balm for the soul. Margot Rood, soprano; Crossley Danielle Hawn, soprano; Roger O. Isaacs, countertenor; Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass “Talking Bach,” …
Thrill to the unveiling of lost works by Christoph Graupner, an unsung German composer who was as legendary in his day as his contemporaries Bach and Telemann. Unseen for centuries, his compositions are gradually coming to light. We introduce you to his concertos, suites, and sonatas along with works by his Darmstadt court colleague Count …
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ECCO LA PRIMAVERA! Pavana Early Music Trio is delighted to return to ArtsCanisius in the stunning Montante Cultural Center, presenting an all-Italian program of Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque century music. Suzanne Fatta's early music trio Pavana is delighted to return to the stunning Byzantine Montante Cultural Center. We’re presenting an all-Italian program of early …
CD Release Concert for Ronn and Carolyn's brand new Lute & Viola Da Gamba album!!! Flamenco guitarist Brogan Woodburn will open in lounge 6-7pm Ronn and Carolyn will perform in the Main Hall at 7pm https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
A SPECIAL DINNER EVENT: It’s not completely clear if Hermann Poll (1370 – 1401) really invented the clavisimbalum, but it’s time to chase the history of this instrument, the ancestor of the harpsichord. Following treatises, paintings and music, this program includes pieces from the late 13th century Spain and France, the famous Codex Faenza and …
Performing on All Classical Portland's Thursdays @ Three program Featuring an interview and in-studio performance! https://www.allclassical.org/programs/thursdays-at-three/ https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
Four Nations with guest artists celebrate the great masters of early 18th century Paris including F. Couperin (Andrew Appel, harpsichord), Blavet (David Ross, flute), Barriere (Keiran Campbell, cello), Leclair (Chloe Fedor, violin) and Clérambault (Pascale Beaudin, soprano) with virtuoso sonatas, suites and the explosive cantata Medée, the most celebrated of mothers on the eve of …
Les Grands-French masters of the early 18th century Read More »
Seicento Baroque Ensemble Making History Concert Series with International Guest Stars & Period Instruments Seicento Baroque Ensemble, Colorado’s premier choral ensemble performing with historic instruments, presents J.S. Bach’s St. John’s Passion, May 5, 6, and 7, in Denver, Arvada, and Boulder. For the first time in Colorado, audiences will experience this monumental piece with the …
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The Glorious Mysteries By Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber A soulful journey into the heart of the baroque The Whidbey Island Music Festival presents the final concert in a three-concert series of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s complete Mystery Sonatas. The Glorious Mysteries begin with the events of Easter and the Resurrection. The capstone of …
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Special Concert! Global Connections DE INGA Y MANDINGA In-person and Virtual Delayed this season because of the pandemic, we are planning a full-length dramatic production of De Inga y Mandinga in partnership with the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. De Inga y Mandinga (roughly translated to “of Indigenous and African heritage”) is a multimedia, multidisciplinary …
Presented by Early Music Vancouver. Featured artists: The Leonids & Chor Leoni directed by Erick Lichte, Alexander Weimann, fortepiano Chor Leoni, the Leonids and Alexander Weimann on EMV’s Graf fortepiano, present a memorable and unique Schubertiad with solos, quartets and part-songs sprinkled with piano solos from Schubert’s Moment Musicaux. Jocelyn Morlock’s stunning version of An …
Chamber music by Mozart, Reicha, and Crusell for clarinet and strings on historical instruments Preconcert talk begins one half hour before the performance
The Folger Consort is excited to be joined by Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble. Kaleidoscope, directed by Arianne Abela, is recognized for presenting vocal music with artistic distinction, while celebrating racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. Like Folger Consort, the ensemble delights in performing both early and new music. For this program, Kaleidoscope’s singers will join our ensemble …
*** CD RELEASE CONCERT!!! *** Celebrating the release of Ronn and Carolyn's newest lute and viola da gamba album! https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
The Folger Consort is excited to be joined by Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble. Kaleidoscope, directed by Arianne Abela, is recognized for presenting vocal music with artistic distinction, while celebrating racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. Like Folger Consort, the ensemble delights in performing both early and new music. For this program, Kaleidoscope’s singers will join our ensemble …
Chamber music by Mozart, Reicha, and Crusell for clarinet and strings on historical instruments Preconcert talk begins one half hour before the performance
The Folger Consort is excited to be joined by Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble. Kaleidoscope, directed by Arianne Abela, is recognized for presenting vocal music with artistic distinction, while celebrating racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. Like Folger Consort, the ensemble delights in performing both early and new music. For this program, Kaleidoscope’s singers will join our ensemble …
Early Music Missouri presents "Concerto delle donne: Songs for Three Ladies," a concert of early 17th-century virtuosic vocal work for three female voices. Drawing on the late 16th-century model of the Duke of Ferrara's "musica secreta" and its famous virtuosi singers, EMMo presents three of the region's finest singers in a program of exciting Italian …
Early Music Missouri presents “Concerto delle donne: Songs for Three Ladies” Read More »
Celebrate 20 years of Salt with a tour of 17th-century London’s taverns, markets and well-appointed homes. We’ll perform music for the consort-of-six, a favored ensemble during Elizabeth I’s reign. Our program include virtuosic settings from Thomas Morley’s First Booke of Consort Lessons; a generous helping of country dance tunes; and our own arrangements of broadside …
Courtiers & Costermongers: Consorts and Songs of 17th-c. London Read More »
The Peabody Renaissance Ensemble (Mark Cudek director, Adam Pearl, choral coach) joins forces with the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and the Baltimore Baroque Band (John Moran and Risa Browder, directors) to present music and scenes from Shakespeare and excerpts from Purcell's Tempest. Joining the ensembles are Guest Artist Jeffrey Grabelle, violas da gamba and Guest Alumni …
If Music Be the Food of Love – the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble 35th Anniversary Concert Read More »
Explore the elaborate orchestral textures of the French baroque, including music that earned the orchestra a JUNO award and Grammy nomination. Following her remarkable Tafelmusik debut in 2021/22, violinist Leila Schayegh was immediately invited to return as soloist and guest director for a program devoted to sublime French baroque music. She brings “multicoloured delicacy and …
The adventurous and dynamic duo Corde à vide—violinist Jubal Fulks and harpsichordist Lorna Peters—will present “The Spirit of Improvisation,” a program of sonatas, chaconnes and preludes featuring the music of Corelli, Purcell, Bertali, Couperin and Biber. Their concert repertoire, which spans over a century of Baroque music, exemplifies the spontaneous, improvisatory character of this period, …
Happy Hour Chamber Concerts presents “The Spirit of Improvisation” Read More »
With a tip of our hat to Dave Brubeck’s famous ground-breaking hit, “Take Five,” Sarasa brings the lush sound of the cello to the fore in music arranged and written for four cellos. A wide range of eras and styles from Josquin des Prez to J.S. Bach to Beethoven to Wagner to Fauré and Brubeck …
Sarasa Presents: “Take Four! Music for Cello Quartet” Read More »
This concert is the culmination of Piffaro's residency at Philadelphia's Esperanza Arts Center, where they and tenor/lutenist Jonatan Alvarado worked with students enrolled in Artístas y Músicos Latinoamericanos (AMLA) after-school program. Piffaro and AMLA will explore the centuries-old written tradition of a melody without accompaniment and perform sacred and secular music from 16th and 17th …
Baroque Chamber Orchestra’s strings join with wind players for two virtuosic masterworks by JS Bach, powered by the rhythms of dance: Orchestral Suite No. 1 and the Oboe/Violin Concerto in C Minor. Delightful dance medleys by Rebel and Murcia round out the program to conclude an exceptional season of live Baroque music! Cynthia Miller Freivogel, …
Revel in early fiddle music on period instruments on the lawn of the Dyckman Farmhouse, built circa 1784. The violins, violone and lute of Silentwoods Collective blur the lines between fiddle music, and music of the court in their high energy and spirited program titled “Crossing the Pond” performed on the porch of the Dyckman …
Música Antigua de Albuquerque will present " Did You Hear?", a concert of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, featuring tales of composers whose personal lives were troubled by scandal and drama. Narrator Kathy Wimmer will fill us in on the details as we go. The music will be performed with voices and period …
Join us for an unforgettable evening on May 13th at 7:30 pm at Christ Church as our talented ensemble brings to life the intricate and rich sounds of French Baroque music. Our baroque musical forces include 10 singers, baroque violins, baroque flute, theorbo, organ, and harpsichord. Culminating in a stunning performance of Charpentier's Le Reniement …
Music played by the female, virtuosic musicians of Baroque Venice. Meet the women who were heard not seen. Baroque Venice’s orphanages provided extensive musical training for the girls that ended up in them. Many stayed all their lives and became the most celebrated virtuosic musicians in Europe. The women performed behind lattice screens, inviting an …
Special Concert! Global Connections PHILIP GLASS HARPSICHORD CONCERTO TICKET NOT YET ON SALE In-person and Virtual Members of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Auburn Symphony join forces to revive the Concerto for Harpsichord by Philip Glass. Premiered in Seattle by the Northwest Chamber Orchestra and harpsichord soloist Jillon Stoppels Dupree in 2002, Dupree returns to …
Mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal joins Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, renaissance lute) in a program of music from the Stuart courts. There will be songs by Dowland, Coperario, and Johnson, and instrumental fantasias and dance music by Johnson, Dowland, Sumarte and Hume. Ms. Dellal will sing “Sweet birds deprive us never” …
A Masque of Characters: an Early 17th-century English Entertainment Read More »
With a tip of our hat to Dave Brubeck’s famous ground-breaking hit, “Take Five,” Sarasa brings the lush sound of the cello to the fore in music arranged and written for four cellos. A wide range of eras and styles from Josquin des Prez to J.S. Bach to Beethoven to Wagner to Fauré and Brubeck …
Sarasa Presents: “Take Four! Music for Cello Quartet” Read More »
Music played by the female, virtuosic musicians of Baroque Venice. Meet the women who were heard not seen. Baroque Venice’s orphanages provided extensive musical training for the girls that ended up in them. Many stayed all their lives and became the most celebrated virtuosic musicians in Europe. The women performed behind lattice screens, inviting an …
Ronn McFarlane and his Renaissance folk ensemble Ayreheart will be performing on Live from the Lair, hosted by folk rock band ilyAIMY. https://www.ayreheart.com/ https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
Celebrate the flowering of spring Entre dos Álamos, “between two poplars!” This evocative phrase, the title of our concert, is from Juan Blas de Castro's setting of a lyrical fragment from Lope de Vega's novel Las fortunas de Diana. In this tale, the envious river Tagus tries to separate two lovers, just awakened by the …
Music of Renaissance Peru, Bolivia & Chile in Philadelphia, PA Read More »
**CD Release Event** Lute & Viola Da Gamba Duo, featuring Jackie Moran on percussion https://www.sixteenfrets.com/ https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
Celebrate the flowering of spring Entre dos Álamos, “between two poplars,” in charming Chestnut Hill! This evocative phrase, the title of our concert, is from Juan Blas de Castro's setting of a lyrical fragment from Lope de Vega's novel Las fortunas de Diana. In this tale, the envious river Tagus tries to separate two lovers, …
Music of Renaissance Peru, Bolivia & Chile in Chestnut Hill, PA Read More »
BLEMF 2023: Early Music Crossroads maps musical connections across Arabic regions, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Americas during the early music period, revealing deeply complex cultural relationships that emerged from centuries of conquests, occupations, and colonialization. Musicians long stood at these intersections, both in times of peace and of great conflict and oppression. Their music …
Early Music Missouri brings a concert of Italian Baroque music to the Shumei Center in Crestone, CO. “The Evolving Cello: Sonatas & Sinfonias by Italian Virtuosi” features music by the first generation of cello virtuosi, offering an entertaining and enlightening look at some of the musicians who determined the future of the cello. The performance will …
Lute & Viola Da Gamba Duo RSVP Required dessert & wine at 2:30pm, concert at 3pm https://www.sixteenfrets.com/ https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
Celebrate the flowering of spring Entre dos Álamos, “between two poplars,” at the historic and beautifully landscaped Christ Church Christiana Hundred! This evocative phrase, the title of our concert, is from Juan Blas de Castro's setting of a lyrical fragment from Lope de Vega's novel Las fortunas de Diana. In this tale, the envious river …
Music of Renaissance Peru, Bolivia & Chile in Delaware Read More »
Baroque flutist Teddie Hwang will show some of her favorite exercises and studies on the baroque flute. Most importantly, she will demonstrate how to practice with a musical approach and do away the common conception of studies as being monotonous and repetitive. Quite the contrary, they provide a great place to exercise creativity and foster …
Practicing Baroque Flute – a musical approach to etudes and exercises Read More »
Celebrate the flowering of spring Entre dos Álamos, “between two poplars,” in a rare New York appearance by Piffaro, the Renaissance Band! This evocative phrase, the title of our concert, is from Juan Blas de Castro's setting of a lyrical fragment from Lope de Vega's novel Las fortunas de Diana. In this tale, the envious …
Music of Renaissance Peru, Bolivia & Chile in NYC Read More »
Early Music Missouri brings a concert of Italian Baroque music to San Miguel Chapel. "The Evolving Cello: Sonatas & Sinfonias by Italian Virtuosi" features music by the first generation of cello virtuosi, offering an entertaining and enlightening look at some of the musicians who determined the future of the cello. The performance will feature Baroque …
Songs of Time: 700 years of Delights for the Muses Long & Away, a consort of viols Anne Legêne, Karen Burciaga, James Perretta, violas da gamba Thursday May 25, 7:30 PM St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 29 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA Suggested donation $20 Viol consort Long & Away presents an eclectic program traveling …
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Join vocal ensemble Affeccyon as they bring to life a selection of English choral music rarely, if ever, heard since the sixteenth century. Presented in conjunction with Stanford’s early modern focal group Renaissances and directed by Ph.D. student Daniel Koplitz, the performance features pre-Reformation motets and Mass movements by anonymous or lesser-known Tudor composers and …
Affeccyon performs lesser-known choral works from the ‘Gyffard’ partbooks Read More »
See and hear an early, sacred Spanish program, formed around the Victoria Missa Salve performed by Richmond's own Cathedral Schola Cantorum with Forgotten Clefs - performing on period instruments.
EMA's Emerging Professional Leadership Council (EPLC) invites you to connect with your early-music community across the Americas! Mixers will be held on the last Sunday of each month 7-8pm U.S. Eastern Time. Each will include conversations with extraordinary leaders in the field of early music, virtual happy hours, and panels followed by a Q&A. Grab …
H+H is proud to present this premiere event. Two hundred fifty years ago, European composers were writing music inspired by the Bible. At the same time, enslaved Africans in America were inventing a new art form—the spiritual—from the same texts. H+H takes you on a dramatic—and revelatory—journey exploring the shared wealth of Old and New …
Songs of Time: 700 years of Delights for the Muses Long & Away, a consort of viols Anne Legêne, Karen Burciaga, James Perretta, violas da gamba Viol consort Long & Away presents an eclectic program traveling with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” …
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Voici une occasion unique en Outaouais d’entendre, dans un décor enchanteur, un récital solo de clavecin offert par le claveciniste italien Francesco Corti. Ce claveciniste multirécompensé, de renommée internationale, présente un programme de musique allemande axé sur le parcours d’inspiration de Jean-Sébastien Bach. En effet, celui-ci voue une grande admiration à ses meilleurs devanciers allemands, …
An organ recital by Nathaniel Brown of works from the German and Dutch Renaissance and Baroque, and modern works in antique style. Featuring the premier of his transcription of Sietze de Vries' improvisation on "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme."
Semi-staged, newly arranged Music by: Antoni de Literes (1673-1747) Libretto by: José de Cañizares (1676-1750) FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2022 | 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023 | 7:30PM Arts Mission Oak Cliff Run time: 2 hour and 15 minutes including intermission Sung in Spanish with English supertitles
FINE COMPANION is a program of newly-composed settings of troubadour songs and texts, written in a dream-pop /shoegaze/ psychedelic rock style for an amplified combination of medieval and new instruments. The texts of this project were chosen by Charles Mueller (composer) and the ensemble, with a focus on troubadour lyrics that expand or refute the standard tropes of …
*No, we're not talking about the South Korean smash sensations, it's Bach, Telemann and Scarlatti time! LA's community baroque "Big Band" is exploring some of the most satisfying orchestral suites by composers who knew a thing or two about writing them. Join us for our 7th Season closer, including Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 (aka …
Los Angeles Baroque – The Other B.T.S*… Live in Concert! Read More »
Semi-staged, newly arranged Music by: Antoni de Literes (1673-1747) Libretto by: José de Cañizares (1676-1750) FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2022 | 7:30PM SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023 | 7:30PM Arts Mission Oak Cliff Run time: 2 hour and 15 minutes including intermission Sung in Spanish with English supertitles
Recent research has uncovered a treasure trove of medieval and Renaissance music by composers of diverse backgrounds -- from the first born in the New World to cloistered Italian nuns. Jouyssance will perform select works from these collections, as well as two gorgeous motets by Vicente Lusitano, the first published composers of African heritage. Our …
