June 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Said to be the most widely-distributed book in Europe after the Bible, the medieval bestiary, or “book of beasts,” established paths of meaning for animal references in Europe over the ensuing millennia. With WONDROUS BEASTS, Alkemie joins forces with composer Elliot Cole to craft new arrangements of stunning music from 14th-century Italy and newly-composed repertoire […]
Alkemie presents “Wondrous Beasts” Read More »
June 9, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am – MONDAY, JUNE 910am SaSa (Salomé Sandoval, voice & Renaissance lute). The Queen’s Favorites. Solos and songs by John Dowland, Frances Cutting, and Laudon Schuett, with historical narration about characters in the court of Elizabeth I and James I. Texts and art will be projected onto a screen. The Guild Room, Fourth Floor, Old South Church. […]
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June 10, 2025 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – TUESDAY, JUNE 10 11:30am SaSa (Salomé Sandoval, voice, Baroque guitar & archlute). La Cecchina. Featuring works by Italian composer Francesca Caccini (1587–1645). Goethe-Institut Boston. $20 (5$ discount to LSA members). 919-943-5804; salome_sandoval2003@yahoo.com; www.sasasounds.com
June 10, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Songs and stories of powerful Kings, both good and bad, abound in the Middle Ages. “May he reign forever!” sings the crowd, but the monarch’s power is limited: by his fallible judgement, his formidable adversaries, his love of power, and his own, precarious mortality. These ancient songs, in Latin, German, Galician, Old English, and French, […]
A Gallery of Kings: Uses and Abuses of Power ca. 1300 Read More »
June 11, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am – Presented by EMA and BEMF As Early Music America (EMA) celebrates its 40th year of supporting the development of the Early Music community in the U.S. and abroad, and as the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) celebrates its 23rd biennial gathering for the field of Early Music, we find it relevant now, more than ever, […]
Global Early Musics Panel Discussion Read More »
