April 30, 2026 @ 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm – New England Polyphony Elisse Albian ~ sopranoElisa Sutherland ~ altoTim Eriksen ~ tenorJohn Taylor Ward ~ bassDouglas Balliett ~ New England viol In eighteenth-century New England, small towns often had their own proprietary hymn books, full of original short songs based on popular folk melodies, fiddle tunes, and the like. In its day, this […]
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April 30, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – La Gelosia Recognized for the pyrotechnic character of his vocal art, Philippe Jaroussky has also recently joined the field of orchestral conducting. With his own ensemble founded in 2002, he takes on this double role of soloist and conductor and offers a bouquet of 18th century Italian cantatas on the passionate theme of jealousy.
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April 30, 2026 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Hear renowned French keyboard artist Benjamin Alard play Bach’s vibrant, richly textured concertos – a concert where Baroque passion meets harpsichord artistry! Benjamin Alard will perform four of J.S. Bach’s Italian-style Concertos that draw on orchestral works largely by Antonio Vivaldi. Bach’s wondrous transcriptions of these works for solo harpsichord are richly textured and deeply […]
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May 1, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Join us for a three-day festival featuring the poetry and music of 14th-century Europe’s greatest poet and composer, Guillaume de Machaut (d. 1377). Our celebration of Machaut begins with a keynote talk by one of the world’s leading scholars of 14th-century music, Anne Stone (CUNY Graduate Center), performances of pieces in several of the genres represented in Machaut’s oeuvre, […]
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May 1, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Early Music Missouri makes its first foray into Baroque opera with a concert performance of Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas. The cast includes soprano Arianna Aerie as Dido, baritone Kevin Duco Warner as Aeneas and countertenor Keith Wehmeier as the Sorceress. Soloists from Early Music Missouri’s Vocal Ensemble will sing the other solo roles and […]
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