Seven Times Salt

This beloved annual tradition—our nineteenth!—features seasonal music of Europe, the British Isles and the New World. This year's program includes French noels, Spanish villancicos, Sephardic songs, shapenote tunes, Irish reels, and more. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano Ari Nieh, bass Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, …

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This winter, we'll bring the best of the Elizabethan pub scene to the present day. In this program we present rousing drinking songs, love ballads both naughty and nice, rustic catches, and energetic country dances from around the British Isles, including plenty of opportunities for audience participation. (There are also some more refined selections for …

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Seven Times Salt follows the exploits of knight-errant Esplandián with a new program of 16th-century Spanish music. Our story is loosely based on Las Sergas de Esplandián, a Spanish novel of adventure and romance published around 1500 and considered by many to be the inspiration for Cervantes' Don Quixote a century later. The intrepid Esplandián rides off …

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Seven Times Salt follows the exploits of knight-errant Esplandián with a new program of 16th-century Spanish music. Our story is loosely based on Las Sergas de Esplandián, a Spanish novel of adventure and romance published around 1500 and considered by many to be the inspiration for Cervantes' Don Quixote a century later. The intrepid Esplandián rides off …

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