On Saturday, March 18, 2023, Ian Pritchard, harpsichordist, will offer a recital of JS Bach, along with some of the composers who influenced his music. Ian is on the faculty at Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. His new JS Bach CD will be released soon. In addition to Bach, Ian works extensively in early Italian keyboard …
As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …
As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …
Where would each of us be without our mothers? Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, with works for string quartet and soprano by Locke, Fanny Hensel, Dvořák, Gershwin & Mahler. Featuring Ute Gfrerer, soprano; Zenas Hsu, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; …
As part of the Folger’s First Folio celebration (the 400th anniversary), the Folger Consort returns to its home repertoire of music from Shakespeare’s time with the uniquely English broken consort, an “orchestra” of three plucked stringed instruments, flute, fiddle, and bass viol. Folger Consort’s co-Artistic Directors have often noted the similarities between this engaging style, …
Enter the mysterious otherworld of prophecy and dreams… The Newberry Consort introduces the mysterious world of sybils, prophets, and oracles, centering on the haunting Sibylline Prophecies of Orlande de Lassus. Voices join with lute, recorders, reeds, and sackbut to perform works of the high Renaissance that warn, whisper, and herald the future. Paired with projections by musicologist and …
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Where would each of us be without our mothers? Taking its title from Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 film, this program offers a musical reflection on the many facets of motherhood, with works for string quartet and soprano by Locke, Fanny Hensel, Dvořák, Gershwin & Mahler. Featuring Ute Gfrerer, soprano; Zenas Hsu, Amy Galluzzo, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; …
Although today Handel’s Messiah brings to mind the Christmas season, audiences at the first London performances heard it during Lent, which is when the Washington Bach Consort will perform this most popular of oratorios. Messiah has never lost its charm, and the Consort breathes life into this work in a way that proves its enduring …
Bach B Minor Mass Cantata Collective Orchestra and Chorale Tickets: https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ Nicholas McGegan, conductor Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Rhianna Cockrell, alto Thomas Cooley, tenor Paul Max Tipton, bass Additional FREE Chamber Concert and Symposium Shattuck Plaza Hotel March 19, 2023 enjoy a free afternoon of performances, interactive Baroque dance and investigation into the Mass in B …
Celebrate Early Music Month under the stars! In this presentation, historical flutist Teddie Hwang will share how she uses concepts of the night sky experience in her interdisciplinary work in music and photography, with artistic, pedagogical, spiritual, and environmental aims. She will talk about her multimedia projects and how she uses the wondrous dark sky …
Grammy-nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane and his instrumental trio Ayreheart Featuring Heather Aubrey Lloyd (from ilyAIMY) on vocals! Admission is free, donations accepted Delicious food and drinks will be served https://ronnmcfarlane.com/ https://www.ayreheart.com/
Turbulent, intense, and tender, a Passion for our times. When first performed, Bach’s St John Passion shocked the Church fathers in Leipzig with its intensity and fervour. It is just that intensity that makes it so relevant in today’s highly charged and turbulent times. Our special performances of Bach’s masterpiece include projections of images, curated by director …
Whether on the run from the law or a jealous husband, revolutionizing musical style or instrumental technique, composers in 17th century Italy lived on the edge and composed with heart on sleeve. The musicians of Abendmusik go out on a limb and relish the highs and lows of Rosenmüller, Uccellini, Castello, Bertali, Strozzi, Stradella, and …
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Boston Early Music Festival Since 1980, the Boston Early Music Festival has been at the forefront for excellence in the field of Early Music throughout North America. BEMF began co-presenting concerts and opera productions at the Morgan in 2006. Shades of Minor: Beethoven, Schubert, and Mendelssohn Featuring virtuoso instrumentalists from across Europe, Chiaroscuro Quartet has …
Austrian hills – and homes, courts, and cathedrals – were alive with music in the 16th century! Philadelphia’s period instrument ensemble, Piffaro the Renaissance Band, presents Music from Austrian Court & Countryside with guest organist, Matthew Glandorf. This program, arranged for Piffaro’s recorders, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and other Renaissance wind instruments, captures the range of …
One of J.S. Bach’s greatest joys was directing and writing chamber music for his Collegium Musicum, a group of professional and amateur musicians, students, and visiting virtuosi that met weekly to play music at Gottfried Zimmermann's coffeehouse in Leipzig. Join us for a celebration of "Early Music Month" and Bach's 338th Birthday with an evening …
Music for Viols and Friends continues its season with a concert of music that might have been heard in the colonies and the early United States, performed by Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, pardessus and bass viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque and English guitars). The program will include music by Simpson, Ford, J.C. Bach, …
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The graduate students of the Department of Music at Columbia University cordially invite you to our day-long symposium, Operatic Feminisms: Women and Femmes on and off the Opera Stage, to be held in person on Saturday, March 25th, 2023. The symposium will feature discussions by Anne Midgette (opera critic, formerly Washington Post and New York Times), Dr. Candace Magner (Creator and Editor: Cor …
As part of the Operatic Feminisms Symposium, Columbia University in tandem with Barnard College and St. Paul’s Chapel are providing a free performance of an abbreviated version of Hildegard Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum alongside Barbara Strozzi’s Lagrime Mie, presented by Columbia’s Collegium Musicum choral ensemble, accompanied by harpist Mia Theodoratus and featuring soprano soloist Liz …
Ockethem@600 Concert 13. This final installation in our multi-season traversal of Ockeghem's complete works, featuring some of his most moving pieces - the Missa Mi mi, the motet Intemerata dei mater, and the song Presque transi - as well as the famous lament for Ockeghem, Numphes des bois by Josquin Desprez. Free pre-concert talk 45 minutes before …
Bach’s vivid account of Christ’s Passion combines striking drama and devotion in some of the most exquisitely crafted music ever written. Join BCSD in their debut performance of this iconic work.
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 …
Join the conversation as the Medici Ensemble (Michael Lynn, flute & recorder; Alan Choo, baroque violin; Ruby Brallier, viola da gamba; Mark Edwards, harpsichord) creates the quintessential baroque experience - a conversation among the musicians and between the musicians and the audience. The Medici Ensemble explores the virtuoso chamber repertoire of this period, including solo …
Early Music Afternoons continues its season on Sunday, March 26, 2023, with a concert of music that might have been heard in the colonies and the early United States, performed by Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, pardessus and bass viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque and English guitars). The program will include music by Simpson, …
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Austrian hills – and homes, courts, and cathedrals – were alive with music in the 16th century! Philadelphia’s period instrument ensemble, Piffaro the Renaissance Band, presents Music from Austrian Court & Countryside with guest organist, Matthew Glandorf. This program, arranged for Piffaro’s recorders, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and other Renaissance wind instruments, captures the range of …
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Join us for a fabulous evening with music and dance from the baroque, as well as Chinese music and a world premiere of Wu Song and the Tiger composed by Hanneke van Proosdij with new choreography by Carlos Fittante. This new work features pipa player Yihan Chen, Kaili Chen as Wu Song, Carlos Fittante as …
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Friday, March 31 at 4PM Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts Providence College, Providence RI Free and open to the public This concert features 17th-century French-language sacred songs composed primarily for women by Catholic priests as part of the Catholic Reform, initiated during the sixteenth century in response to the Protestant Reformation. Initially, …
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Beginning with Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), who served as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for fifteen years, we include on our vocal polyphony series German motets by the foremost composers to hold the position before J.S. Bach. Schein’s motet series Fontana d’Israel is among the most important of the 17th century, with music exquisitely crafted to …
You’re invited to Bach’s Easter Oratorio. The awe-inspiring music evokes a powerful gamut of universal emotions—from laments and astonishment, to jubilation and victory, underscored by bright trumpets and drums—even dance rhythms. Opening the concert is Bononcini’s affecting Stabat Mater.
Austrian hills – and homes, courts, and cathedrals – were alive with music in the 16th century! Philadelphia’s period instrument ensemble, Piffaro the Renaissance Band, presents Music from Austrian Court & Countryside with guest organist, Matthew Glandorf. This program, arranged for Piffaro’s recorders, shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, and other Renaissance wind instruments, captures the range of …
Blue Hill Bach is pleased to welcome organist James Kennerley for a (slightly belated) celebration of J.S. Bach's 338th birthday. Performing on the beautiful Karl Wilhelm organ at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, Kennerley will explore a variety of styles from all periods of the composer’s oeuvre. On the program are four chorale …
Beginning with Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), who served as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for fifteen years, we include on our vocal polyphony series German motets by the foremost composers to hold the position before J.S. Bach. Schein’s motet series Fontana d’Israel is among the most important of the 17th century, with music exquisitely crafted to …
Saturday, April 1 at 7PM Church of the Covenant 67 Newbury Street, Boston Tickets: $35, $20, & $5 This concert features 17th-century French-language sacred songs composed primarily for women by Catholic priests as part of the Catholic Reform, initiated during the sixteenth century in response to the Protestant Reformation. Initially, sacred songs were used …
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Join us for a fabulous evening with music and dance from the baroque, as well as Chinese music and a world premiere of Wu Song and the Tiger composed by Hanneke van Proosdij with new choreography by Carlos Fittante. This new work features pipa player Yihan Chen, Kaili Chen as Wu Song, Carlos Fittante as …
Voices of Music presents: Metamorphosis: a collaboration with Balam Dance Theatre Read More »
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