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March 7, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Viola d’Amore was an instrument unique in timbre and resonance that evoked special emotions in operas and cantatas of the finest Baroque composers. With no uniform tuning or construction, surviving examples use anywhere from four to seven strings, with as many as 21 “sympathetic strings.” Two distinct versions of the instrument existed, one with […]

March 7, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Apollo’s Fire visits the palace of Louis XIV – the Sun King, who was known to dress as our muse Apollo. The gorgeous music of Lully, Marais, and Rameau shows the orchestra at its finest. Flutes, oboes, and theorbos join the strings in the sumptuous program full of the majesty of 17th-century France.

March 7, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – In memoriam Graham Bobby (1960-2026) Pre-Concert Lecture 6:30 pm – Dr. Lynette Bowring Amid the religious upheaval of the Anglican Reformation—when such readings no longer had an official liturgical context—settings of The Lamentations of Jeremiah were often performed privately in homes. These texts saw renewed interest among underground recusant Catholics, who are believed to have […]

March 8, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – MOUNTAINSIDE BAROQUE RETURNS TO THE REANAISSANCE ON MARCH 8 WITH ‘THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD’ Welcome spring and enjoy the splendors of the Renaissance with ‘The Field of the Cloth of Gold,’ a Mountainside Baroque concert on Sunday, March 8 in Cumberland, Maryland. The 4pm concert will be preceded at 3:30pm by a […]

March 8, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Apollo’s Fire visits the palace of Louis XIV – the Sun King, who was known to dress as our muse Apollo. The gorgeous music of Lully, Marais, and Rameau shows the orchestra at its finest. Flutes, oboes, and theorbos join the strings in the sumptuous program full of the majesty of 17th-century France.