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2007
Fringe Concert Schedule M Tu W Th F Sat Sun
Monday, June 11
| 3:30pm |
Erika
Lawson, violin & viola & Molly
Hammond, harpsichord. Sonata Bach. Well-known & beloved chamber works by the master, including the Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord in G Major and Sonata for violin & harpsichord in A Major.
Goethe-Institut. $10 donation. 713-203-6299 or erikaviola@aol.com. |
| 4pm |
Liber
unUsualis (Melanie Germond, soprano; Carolann Buff,
mezzo-soprano; William Hudson, tenor). Virgins & Martyrs:
Medieval songs for saints. Sacred vocal music from 14th-
and early 15th-century England, France & Italy by
Guillaume Du Fay, Guillaume de Machaut & Byttering.
Cathedral Church of St. Paul. $12/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA.
617-320-1937 or info@liberunusalis.com. |
| 5pm |
Concertino (Geoffrey Burgess & Owen Watkins,
oboe & recorder; Marc Vallon, bassoon; Elaine Funaro,
harpsichord). The Birth of the Trio Sonata in France.
Some of the earliest trio sonatas published in France
by Jacques Hotteterre, Jean-Féry Rebel, Boismortier,
transcriptions of Lully by Charles Rebel & François
Couperin’s program sonata La Steinquerque. Beacon
Hill Friends House. Suggested donation $15/$10 st, sr,
BEMF, EMA. 617-227-9118. |
Tuesday,
June 12
| 10:30am |
Concerto
Incognito with guest artist Pamela Murray, soprano (Dana Maiben, violin; Joshua Lee, viola da
gamba; Webb Wiggins, harpsichord). Buxtehude at
Home.
An all-Buxtehude program in commemoration of the 300th
anniversary of the composer’s death, including
two trio sonatas, a suite for cembalo & the cantata
Singet dem Herrn, a setting of Psalm 98. Boston Center
for Adult Education. $10 donation. 401-454-1339 or
danamaiben@earthlink.net. |
| 11am |
Sudie
Marcuse, soprano and Mirror of the Baroque (Amanda
Burr & Peter Cama-Lekx, violin; Rachel
Cama-Lekx, ’cello; Akiko Enoki Sato, harpsichord).
Jewish Baroque Solo Song. Solo vocal music of & related
to the Jewish community in the 17th & 18th centuries
with works by Lidarti, Gallichi, Rossi & others.
Beacon Hill Friends House. $10/$8 donation. 413-695-4011
or sudie@bu.edu. |
| 11am |
Leaders
of the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado (Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin; Frank Nowell, harpsichord;
possible special guest artists). Dances & Doubles.
Works by Bach, Biber & their influences. Goethe-Institut.
$15/$5 donation. 650-248-7615 or cjnoodle@yahoo.com. |
| 12pm |
Travessada (Peter H. Bloom, Eric Haas, Na’ama
Lion & David F. Place, Renaissance transverse flutes).
Travessada: Songs and Fancies. Renaissance songs and
fantasies on transverse flutes of the period. King’s
Chapel. $3 donation. 617-623-9085 or d@vidplace.com. |
| 12pm |
Justina
Golden, mezzo-soprano & the Amiable
Consort (Robert Eisenstein, Medieval fiddle; Thea Lobo & Mary
Gerbi, mezzo-soprano; Yulia Van Doren & Kristi Vrooman,
soprano; Martin Near, countertenor). Flos Regalis
(Royal Flower). Hildegard von Bingen through 13th- and 14th-century
solo & multi-part chant, with excursions into the
Renaissance. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. FREE.
617-969-6512. |
| 1pm |
The
Comic Intermezzo (Kathleen Van De Graaff, soprano;
Peter
Van De Graaff, bass; Gesa Gordes & Marty Perry,
violin; William Bauer, viola; Ravenna Helson, ’cello;
Jerry Fuller, bass; Kimberly Schmidt, harpsichord). Johann
Adolph Hasse’s first intermezzo from Miride
e Damari (1726) in English, the overture to Hasse’s opera
seria La Clemenza di Tito & Trio Sonata in D (Op.
3/6); fully costumed and staged with a period instrument
ensemble. Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Donation. 847-675-0892
or kathleen@thecomicintermezzo.com. |
| 1pm |
The
Rosetta Trio (Abigail Karr, violin; Sarah Darling,
viola; Kate
Bennett Haynes, ’cello). Beethoven’s
String Trios. The op. 8 “Serenade” & op.
9 #1. Presented as a double feature with the 3pm Boston
Hausmusik concert; refreshments will be served between
the two concerts. Goethe-Institut. Suggested donation
$10/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA; combination ticket (also suggested
donation) $15/$10. 617-645-4744. |
| 2:30pm |
Alto
Pranzo Viola Duo (Daniel Elyar & Andrew
Justice, viola). Lunchtime concert with works by Telemann,
W. F. Bach, K. Stamitz & others for two violas. Boston
Center for Adult Education. $10 donation; $5 st, sr,
BEMF, EMA. 215-551-6130 or danielelyar@verizon.net. |
| 2pm |
Kathryn
Aaron, soprano; David Walker, archlute; Joshua Lee,
viola da gamba; Elizabeth Baber, soprano.
Restoration: The music of Henry Purcell’s England.
A wide range of pieces spanning Purcell’s lifetime,
including works by composers of international & domestic
influence in England such as John Blow, Lully & Cavalli.
Church of the Covenant. $5 donation. 502-526-2330. |
| 2pm |
RENAISSONICS (Douglas Freundlich, lute; Laura Gulley, violin; Nancy
Hurrell, harp; Dan Ryan, ’cello;
Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord & recorders; John Tyson,
recorders, pipe & tabor; Ken Pierce & Camila
Finlay, dancers). Concert completing the NEC course “Renaissance
Performance Practice” with chamber music of Josquin,
Palestrina, Byrd, Baldwin including virtuoso solos, dances & improvisations.
Williams Hall at New England Conservatory. $55 course & concert;
$15 concert only. 617-585-1126 or tysontsuro@aol.com. |
| 3pm |
Mirabel,
a period instrument string quartet (Allison Edberg & Martha Perry, violin; William Bauer, viola;
Debra Lonergan, ’cello). Beethoven’s Op.
18, No. 4; Boccherini’s La Tirana Spagnola; Mozart’s
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
FREE. 314-603-6895 or pipebilliards@yahoo.com. |
| 3pm |
Scott
Lemire, lute & Amanda Keil, mezzo-soprano.
Un Banquet Musical: English & French lute songs & solos.
A juxtaposition of the poetry & music of English
composers with their French contemporaries with music
by Moulinié, Guédron, Rosseter, Ferrabosco & lesser-known
pieces by Dowland. Gibson House Museum. $10/$8 st, sr,
BEMF, EMA, Gibson House members. 617-314-9064 or Amanda_keil@yahoo.com. |
| 3pm |
Boston
Hausmusik (Sylvia Berry, fortepiano; Abigail Karr,
violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Kate Bennett Haynes, ’cello).
Chamber Music of Mozart. Piano Trio in Bb Major,
Duo for Violin & Viola in G Major & Piano Quartet
in g minor. Goethe-Institut. Presented as a double feature
with the 1pm Rosetta Trio concert; refreshments will
be served between the two concerts. Goethe-Institut.
Suggested donation $10/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA; combination
ticket (also suggested donation) $15/$10. 617-776-4062
or sylvia@sylviaberry.org. |
| 4pm |
Seven
Times Salt (Karen Burciaga, violin & treble
viol; Daniel Meyers, recorders & flute; Josh Schreiber
Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute). Hoyda!
Goodly Sport at Hampton Court. Consorts, chansons & divisions
from King Henry VIII’s cosmopolitan courts with
music by Cornysh, Sermisy, Bassano, Ortiz & Henry
Tudor. Beacon Hill Friends House. $10 donation. 508-878-7028
or inquiries@seventimessalt.com. |
| 4:30pm |
The
Alamire Consort (Robert Stibler, cornetto & recorder;
Melinda McMahon, voice & harp; Paul Merrill, sackbut & recorder;
Peter Urquhart, tenor viol; Emily Urquhart, bass viol).
The Other Susato: Franco-Flemish chansons of the
16th century. Settings of the chansons Faulte
d'argent, En douleur et tristesse, Mille regretz & others by Josquin,
Willaert, Susato, Gombert, Le Cocq, Bauldeweyn, Crecquillon & Manchicourt.
Emmanuel Church, Parish Hall $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA.
207-748-1085 or peter.urquhart@unh.edu. |
Wednesday,
June 13
| 11am |
The
Killer Bees (Lydia Brotherton, soprano; Karen Burciaga & Boel
Gidholm, violin; James Brown, viola da gamba; Christopher
Haritatos, ’cello;
William Good, theorbo; Leslie Kwan, organ). Danger & Deliverance.
Sonatas, dances & arias from the reign of Emperor
Leopold I of Austria; music from Bohemia, Croatia & the
Viennese court including works by Hammerschmidt,
Schmelzer, Cesti & Biber. Beacon Hill Friends
House. $10 suggested donation. 508-878-7028 or Karen@seventimessalt.com. |
| 11am |
La
Fiorenza (Ruth Phillips, soprano; Ellie Nimeroski & Sari
Tsuji, violin; Jivko Georgiev,cello; Esteban La Rotta,
theorbo; Sara Lackie, harp; Jonathan Addleman,organ)
Ballo di Palazzo:17th-century music from the
Italian Courts. Works by Buonamente, Merula, Falconiero & Strozzi.
Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church. Donation. info@lafiorenza.ca. |
| 11:30am |
Early
Music America presents the Stony Brook Baroque Players,
directed by Arthur Haas (winners of the EMA
Collegium Grant). La Pazzia: The thread of Italian
music throughout the Baroque era. 20+ young virtuosi
perform a delightful hour of Italian music from wild,
outrageous sonatas and heartfelt laments of the early
17th century to virtuoso madness (la pazzia) of the
late Baroque & Rococo periods. Boston Center for
Adult Education. $10 donation. 888-722-5288 or info@earlymusic.org. |
| 12pm |
Cappella
CLAUSURA, directed by Amelia LeClair (11 singers & 4 instrumentalists including positif
organ, theorbo, viola da gamba & archlute). Passionately
UnConventional: Madrigals and motets by nuns of Modena,
Bologna & Ferrara. Passionate motets of a fascinating
and prolific composer, Lucrezia Vizzana of Bologna & delightful
madrigals of 16-year-old Vittoria Aleotti before she
entered the convent. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church.
$15/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-964-6609 or aleclair@clausura.org. |
| 12:15pm |
Liber
unUsualis (Melanie Germond, soprano; Carolann Buff,
mezzo-soprano; William Hudson, tenor).
Virtue & the Viper: Italian trecento music from the
Visconti court. Courtly vocal music from 14th-century
Italy by Francesco Landini, Jacopo da Bologna & Johannes
Ciconia painting a picture of life under Visconti rule.
Cathedral Church of St. Paul. $12/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA.
617-320-1937 or info@liberunusualis.com. |
| 12:30pm |
Les
Bostonades (Kate Bennett Haynes, ’cello;
Justin Haynes, viola da gamba; Akiko Enoki Sato, harpsichord).
Pièces pour basses: Paris ca.1740. Works by Forqueray,
Barriere & Boismortier. Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church.
$10/$8 st,sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-304-8843 or akikoenokisato@hotmail.com. |
| 1pm |
The
C. W. Post Madrigal Singers and the Merriweather Consort from the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University,
directed by Jeffrey Johnson & Maureen Hynes. Les
Voix de L’Enfant: Dreams of a frenzied youth. Music
emblematic of Lully’s formative years in his native
Italy before moving to France at age 14. Church of the
Covenant. Donation to church food pantry. 516-299-2474. |
| 2pm |
Acme Baroque (Pamela Murray & James Ruff, voice; Dana Maiben & Martha Perry, violin; Margaret Cushing, ’cello; Webb Wiggins, harpsichord). Trifles and Truffles! Tasty morsels & sweet nothings in the age of le bon goût. Singing, playing, toy theatre & tasty treats; cantatas and sonatas of Charpentier, Clérambault, Lancel, Montéclair, along with Brunettes and chocolate truffles. Beacon Hill Friends House. $10 donation. 401-273-7308 or acme@acmebaroque.com. |
| 2pm |
Ensemble
La Sylva (Angus Lansing, viola da gamba; Andrus Madsen,
harpsichord). Portraits, Tributes & Laments.
Character pieces for viola da gamba & harpsichord
featuring music of Forqueray, Marais, Couperin & Duphly,
each connected to a notable figure of the period as a
depiction, homage, or dedication. Boston Center for Adult
Education. $12/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-447-6999 or
anguslansing@mac.com. |
| 2:30pm |
Les
Bostonades and La Fiorenza (Ruth Phillips, soprano;
Cecile Garcia-Moeller, Ellie Nimeroski & Sari
Tsuji, violin; Graham St-Laurent, oboe; Teddie Hwang,
traverso; Jivko Georgiev & Kate Bennett Haynes, ’cello;
Justin Haynes, viola da gamba; Esteban La Rotta, theorbo;
Sara Lackie, harp; Jonathan Addleman & Akiko Enoki
Sato, harpsichord & organ). Le Soleil: A Celebration
of French Vocal & Instrumental Music. Works by Clerambault,
Couperin & a selection of intimate air de cours.
Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church. $10/$8 st, sr, BEMF,
EMA. 617-304-8843 or akikoenokisato@hotmail.com. |
| 3pm |
Texas
Camerata (Kristin Van Cleve & Ellen Lovelace,
violin; Lee Lattimore, flute; Karen Hall, ’cello;
Kevin Hall, bassoon; Adam Gordon, trumpet; guest artists
Ava Pine, soprano & Larry Palmer, harpsichord). Sweeter
than Roses. Arias from Handel’s oratorio Joshua,
Vivaldi’s La Notte chamber concerto, Buchner’s
Sonata for 2 violins & bassoon & Scarlatti’s
aria Si Suoni la Tromba. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church.
$10/$5 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 214-497-1638 or texascamerata@swbell.net. |
| 3pm |
Fanfare
Consort (Thom Freas, clarino; Lisa Rautenberg & Amanda
Burr, violin; Douglas Freundlich, chitarrone; Christa
Rakich, positiv organ). The Intimate Sonate. Selections
from their critically-acclaimed recording The Intimate
Sonate with works by Biber, Corbett, Corelli, Fantini,
Legrenzi, Marini & Merula including modern-day premieres
of literature previously found only in original manuscript.
First Lutheran Church. $15 suggested donation. 203-258-9103
or fanfareconsort@fanfareconsort.com. |
| 3pm |
Le
Tre Grazie (Charles Weaver, theorbo; Andrew Arceci,
viola
da gamba; Elizabeth Baber & Amaranta
Viera, soprano; Amanda Keil, mezzo-soprano). Idol
Worship: Ecstatic secular & sacred love in 17th-century France & Italy.
A juxtaposition of secular works by Rossi, Monteverdi,
Carrissimi & Lambert with sacred music by Cozzolani,
Danielis, Lully & Charpentier for women in the courts & convents.
Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. $15/$12 st, sr, BEMF,
EMA. 617-314-9064 or Amanda_keil@yahoo.com. |
| 3pm |
Harpsichord
Clearing House presents La Mela di Newton (Lionel Party,
harpsichord; Jonathan Keren, violin;
Ira Givol, ’cello). Works by Marini, Uccellini,
Boismortier, Castello, Handel, Frescobaldi, Rameau & Leclair.
Dartmouth Room, Radisson
Hotel 6th Floor. FREE. 508-252-4304 or brm@harpsichord.com. |
| 3:30pm |
The
Alamire Consort (Robert Stibler, cornetto & recorder;
Melinda McMahaon, voice & harp; Paul Merrill, sackbut & recorder;
Peter Urquhart, tenor viol; Emily Urquhart, bass viol).
The Other Susato: Franco-Flemish chansons of the
16th century. Settings of the chansons Faulte
d’argent,
En douleur et tristesse, Mille regretz & others by
Josquin, Willaert, Susato, Gombert, Le Cocq, Bauldewyn,
Crecquillon & Manchicourt. Goethe-Institut. $15/$10
st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 207-748-1085 or peter.urquhart@unh.edu. |
Thursday,
June 14
| 9am |
Viola
da Gamba Society of America Young Artists: Consort
Cooperative Alumni (Phillip Serna, Virginia Kaycoff,
Joshua Lee, Celia Olson, Tobi Szuts, Na’ama Jacoby):
Traditional Viol Consort Music & More; Brady Lanier:
Telemann & Abel for Unaccompanied Bass Viol; Long & Away
(Karen Burciaga, Rachel Cama-Lekx, Tobi Szuts & Josh
Schreiber Shalem with Steven Serpa, countertenor):
Chansons from the Low Countries; Phillip Serna: Lyra
Viol Music of Tobias Hume & Others; Joshua Lee & Friends:
Piéces de Viole by Marais; NYS Baroque (Heather
Miller Lardin, Marie Dalby, Webster Williams, David
Morris): Italian Madrigals & English Fantasies.
An array of mini-programs sampling the entire history
of the viola da gamba. Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
Donation. 617-718-7304 or Rachel@cama-lekx.com. |
| 10am |
Judith
Conrad, clavichord. Music for the Holy
Grail: The fabulous keyboard music of Juan Baptista
Cabanilles
(1644–1712). Music by the organist for half a
century at the Cathedral of Valenzia, home of the “Santo
Caliz.” The Paulist Center Library. Donation
to the Iraq Family Relief Fund. 617-661-8097 or judithconrad@mindspring.com. |
| 11am |
Harmonious
Blacksmith (Joseph Gascho, harpsichord; Justin Godoy,
recorder; Ah Young Honh, soprano; Heloise
Degrugillier, recorder; William Simms, theorbo & Baroque
guitar; Nika Zlataric, ‘cello). The Boundaries
of Performance, Compositin & Improvisation in 17th-century
Italy. Works by Fontana, Frescobaldi & others; improvisations
on madrigals & grounds. Boston Center for Adult Education.
$20/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, ARS. 781-507-4160 or info@harmoniousblacksmith.com. |
| 11am |
William
Carragan, lautenwerck. Start the Day with
Buxtehude! Suites, variations & contrapuntal music
by Dietrich Buxtehude in celebration of his 300th anniversary
played on a lautenwerck built by Anden Houben & decorated
by Tatyana Nivina. Zuckermann Harpsichords Exhibition
Room, Radisson Hotel 6th Floor. FREE. 518-279-1147 or
carragan@carragan.com. |
| 12pm |
The
Sun’s Darlings (Lydia Brotherton, Teresa
Wakim & Brenna Wells, soprano; Caroline Kang, ’cello;
Leslie Kwan, harpsichord). Bedlam & Bower. Purcell's
music for the Mad Woman's Bedlam, the Nymph's Pleasant
Grove and the Queen's Rosy Bower, a concert of characters
ranging from comic and crude to regal and refined. Beacon
Hill Friends House. $15/$10, st, sr, BEMF, EMA. Lydia.Brotherton@gmail.com |
| 12pm |
The
New York Continuo Collective, directed by Grant Herreid;
Jennifer Griesbach, stage director (Baroque
opera workshop company, including 17 vocal soloists & chorus;
pit band of 20 including violin, cornetto, flute, dulcian,
viola da gamba, lute, lirone, Baroque guitar, theorbo & triple
harp). Semi-staged production of Francesca Caccini’s
La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
(1625), the first opera written by a woman and the first
Italian opera performed outside of Italy. Gordon Chapel
at Old South Church. $10/$5 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, and other
early music organizations. 718-636-5706, 646-239-3522,
or continuony@aol.com. |
| 12pm |
Gesa
Kordes, Baroque & Classical violin & Andrew
Willis, fortepiano & harpsichord. A
Bach Family Reunion.
Keyboard & violin sonatas by Sebastian, Emanuel,
Christian & Ernst Bach. Recital Room N1 at Longy
School of Music. $15/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA/FREE for Longy
students & faculty. aswillis@uncg.edu. |
| 12:30pm |
The
Lute Society of America presents Dulce Melos (Margit Übellacker, dulcemelos & hammered
dulcimer; Yukiko Yaita, recorders, pipe & tabor;
Elizabeth Rumsey, fiddle; Marc Lewon, lute, gittern & voice).
Metamorphosis. Texts & music drawn from alchemistical & astrological
manuscripts of the late Middle Ages, including quotations
from Ovid’s Metaorphoses & recitations from
the Heidelberg book of Fortune & music from the Robertsbridge,
Faenza & Buxheim Organ Book manuscripts. Lindsey
Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $16/$11 st, sr, BEMF, EMA.
218-724-8011 or dan@daniellarson.com. |
| 1pm |
Joanna
Blendulf, pardessus de viole & David
Wilson, violin. Sans Basse: French music
for pardessus de viole & violin. French music for pardessus de
viole & violin. 18th-century works for melody instruments
alone, using basso continuo practice without continuo
instruments. Church of the Covenant. $15/$10 st, sr,
BEMF, EMA. 510-326-4916 or dkwilson415@sbcglobal.net. |
| 2pm |
Harvard
Early Music Society (5 vocalists, 4 dancers & orchestra
including violin, flute, viola da gamba, theorbo & harpsichord).
Métamorphoses. Fully-staged performances of cantatas
by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749) sung
in French. French Library. FREE. 617-912-0400 or earlymus@hcs.harvard.edu. |
| 2pm |
From
the Depths (Daniel Boothe, rebec; Andrew Fouts, narrator & percussion; Josh Keller, vielle & plucked
strings; Anna Marsh, voice, narrator, shawm, percussion & winds;
Thea Smith, voice, narrator, percussion & winds).
Canterbury Tales. Concert version of selected readings
from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales read in Middle
English with historically-informed improvisations and
composed music of the time. St. Paul’s Church in
Brookline. $15-$20 donation. 812-361-5602 or annaleemarsh@yahoo.com. |
| 2pm |
Ensemble
Gaudior (Alexandra MacCracken, violin & director;
Daniel Rippe, viola da gamba; Adam Pearl, harpsichord).
Reflections of Versailles: Courtly French Music. A trip
to the Court of Louis XIV for the imagination, including
music by Marais, Rameau & Elisabeth Jacquet de la
Guerre. Boston Center for Adult Education. $20/$10 st,
sr, BEMF, EMA. 703-395-2899 or info@ensemblegaudior.com. |
| 3pm |
Seth
Warner, Renaissance lute. English & Italian
music from the turn of the 17th century, including works
of Dowland, Holborne, Molinaro & Piccinini. Lindsey
Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA,
LSA. 207-776-1635 or swarner@bates.edu. |
| 3pm |
Harpsichord
Clearing House presents Arthur Haas, harpsichord & the Stony Brook Baroque Players (winners
of the EMA Collegium Grant). Les Goûts-réunis.
Late 17th and early 18th-century French and Italian music.
Dartmouth Room, Radisson
Hotel 6th Floor. FREE. 508-252-4304 or brm@harpsichord.com. |
| 3pm |
Jaya Lakshminarayanan, soprano & Alastair Thompson, harpsichord. Anima Intrepida: Baroque Italian music of love & adventure. Dramatic monologues & narratives by Monteverdi, Strozz, Carissimi & others. Cathedral Church of St. Paul. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-501-8112 or jlakshmi44@yahoo.com. |
| 3:45pm |
Ensemble La Strada (Marie Dalby, viola da gamba; Grant Herried, theorbo & voice; Alexandra Snyder, harpsichord; Arlene Travis, soprano). Cartoline d’Italia. Previously unpublished songs by Alessandro Stradella; harpsichord music of Luigi Rossi, viola bastarda music of Rognoni; Strozzi songs & more. Introduction by Stradella editor John Powell; reception follows. Boston Center for Adult Education. $10/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 917-945-3226 or ensemblelastrada@yahoo.com. |
| 3:45pm |
Vox
Lucens, directed by Jay Lane. The Motets
of Jean Lhéritier. Motets by Lhéritier,
sometimes called a follower of Josquin and precursor
to Palestrina, that are both dark & complex and sunny & elegant,
including the dramatic 9-part Locutus est Dominus ad
Moysen. Beacon Hill Friends House. $10 donation. 978-897-5372
or jaydlane@comcast.net. |
Friday,
June 15
| 11am |
University
of North Texas Baroque Orchestra & Singers, directed by Lyle Nordstrom.
Music of the Peruvian Baroque. Newly edited music from
the cathedral and seminary at Cuscu, Peru, including
villancicos & Latin psalms of Tomás de Torrejón
y Velazco & anonymous pieces, especially for dulcians & voices.
Church of the Covenant. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 940-453-9672
or lnord@mindspring.com. |
| 11am |
Scandinavian
Baroque Project (Elspeth Franks, soprano/mezzo-soprano;
Daria D’Andrea, violin;
Joanna Blendulf, viola da gamba; JungHae Kim, harpsichord).
Scandinavian Masters in Chapel, Court & Tavern: Buxtehude,
Roman & Bellman. Music from 17-th century Danish & Swedish
courts examining Buxtehude’s Danish origins, J.
H. Roman (the “Handel of Sweden”) & Carl
Michael Bellman (last of the troubadours). Goethe-Institut.
$20/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 415-333-6932 or Scandinavian_baroque@yahoo.com. |
| 11am |
Trio
Settecento (Rachel Barton Pine, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola
da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord).
Works of François Couperin, Marin Marais, Jean-Marie
Leclair & Jean-Phillipe Rameau. Lindsey Chapel at
Emmanuel Church. $20/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, VdGSA. 914-806-7407
or jmrozendaal@yahoo.com. |
| 12pm |
Musica
Sacra, directed by Mary Beekman. Lord,
What Fools These Mortals Be: Renaissance madrigals
celebrating
love. Works by Morley, Monteverdi, Tallis, Weelkes, Gesualdo & others
celebrating love’s season with English wit and
Italian passion. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. $10/$5
st, sr, BEMF, EMA, AGO. 617-349-3400 or ariesenfeld@musicasacra.org. |
| 12pm |
Tarantella
Recorder Trio with special guest Judith Linsenberg,
recorder (Sarah Cantor, Heloise Degrugillier & Justin
Godoy, recorder). Love Learns By Laughing. Haunting Medieval
melodies, tangled Renaissance counterpoint, proud court
dances & virtuosic Baroque concerti featuring new
arrangements and original music by the ensemble. Boston
Center for Adult Education. $12/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA,
ARS. 617-669-4292 or sarah@triotarantella.com. |
| 1pm |
University
of North Texas Baroque Orchestra & Singers,
directed by Lyle Nordstrom. France and Beyond. French
and French-based music, including Telemann’s Ouverture à 7,
Muffat’s Propitia Syderia & music of Charpentier.
Church of the Covenant. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 940-453-9672
or lnord@mindspring.com. |
| 1pm |
Infiorare (Jim Miller, cornetto; Holly Mentzer, Spanish cross-strung
harp & recorder; Grace Check,
soprano; guest artists Beth Cullinane, soprano & guitar;
Tony Elitcher, guitar, theorbo & dulcian; Charles
Weaver, guitar). ¡Vaya a España! Spanish
dances & works from the 16th to 20th centuries by
Barolomeo Selma y Salaverde, Cabezon, Marín, Ortiz,
featuring the historically evocative Líricas Castellanas
by Joaquin Rodrigo. Emmanuel Church Music Room. $12/$8
st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 646-489-8135 or infiorare@aol.com. |
| 1:30pm |
Early
Music America presents Ensemble La Rota (Sarah Barnes, soprano;
Tobie Miller, recorder & hurdy
gurdy; Emilie Brûlé, vielle, Esteban La
Rotta, lute & harp) (winners of the EMA Medieval/Renaissance
competition). Heu Fortuna: Music at the time of Philip
the Fair. A panorama of secular music in France ca. 1300
including trouvère songs, estampies & motets
by Guiot De Dijon, Jehan de Lescurel & Philippe de
Vitry. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $10 donation.
888-722-5288 or info@earlymusic.org. |
| 2pm |
Concerto
Antico (Richard Bunbury, harpsichord; Joyce Alper,
oboe d’amore; William Bauer, viola
d’amore; Cuahtémoc Trejo, traverso). Concerti
D’Amore. Music for viola d’amore, oboe d’amore & traverso
including the modern premiere of a newly-found work by
Christoph Graupner. Boston Conservatory Concert Room.
$15/$10 st, sr. 314-603-6895 or pipebilliards@yahoo.com. |
| 2pm |
Music
For a While (Peter Cama-Lekx, violin & viola;
Rebecca Furbush-Bayer, soprano; Rachel Cama-Lekx, viola
da gamba; Seth Warner, lutes). In Darkness Let Me
Dwell: The songs of Dowland and Purcell. Hale Chapel at First
Church Boston. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, LSA, VdGSA.
207-776-1635 or swarner@bates.edu. |
| 2pm |
Ensemble
La Sylva (San-Joon Park, flute; Cecile Garcia-Moeller,
violin; Angus Lansing, viola da gamba;
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord). Telemann: Paris Quartets.
Selections from one of Telemann’s most beloved & admired
music collections, originally performed by Blavet & Forqueray;
the 1738 subscription list included a “Mr. Bach
from Leipzig.” Boston Center for Adult Education.
$12/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-447-6999 or anguslansing@mac.com. |
| 3pm |
Duo
Appassionata – a subdivision of ARTEK (Gwendolyn Toth & Dongsok Shin, fortepiano). Bach
to Boccherini. Four-hand music on a Viennese fortepiano
copied after Mozart’s own instrument, including
duets by J. Ch. Bach, W. A. Mozart, and the duo’s
own arrangement of Luigi Boccherini’s Fandango.
Beacon Hill Friends House. FREE. 917-570-4942 or duoappassionata@gmail.com. |
| 3pm |
Harpsichord
Clearing House presents Henry Lebidinsky, harpsichord & organ. Spanish & Italian Keyboard
Works from Renaissance to Classical Times. Music of Bruna,
Zipoli, Scarlatti, Cabo & Lopez. Harpsichord Clearing
House Exhibition Room, Radisson Hotel 6th Floor. FREE.
508-252-4304 or brm@harpsichord.com. |
| 3pm |
La Riche & Co. (Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe; Joanna Blendulf, ’cello; Katherine Shao, harpsichord). Indoor Fireworks: An intimate pyrotechnic display of music by Handel and his London oboists. Sparks will fly with a big helping of Handelian magic, including The Royal Fireworks Music, written to celebrate the end of war, plus works by Giovanni Battista Sammartini & Covent Garden star Thomas Vincent. Church of the Covenant. $20/$15 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 781-210-2521 or gxruiz@gxrsound.com. |
| 3:45pm |
Judith
Conrad, short-octave meantone Neopolitan Virginal,
short-octave
meantone triple-fretted clavichord & Chartres-type
portable labyrinth. The Garden of Spiritual
Delights.
16th- & 17th-century Gregorian chant-based keyboard
music with a labyrinth to walk; music by Cabezon, Lassus & Titelouze.
The Paulist Center Auditorium. Donation to the Iraq Family
Relief Fund. 617-661-8097 or judithconrad@mindspring.com. |
Saturday,
June 16
| 10am |
Musical
Playground (Martina Bley, recorder; Jörg Jacobi, harpsichord). Handel’s Opera. Handel’s
opera overtures & arias curiously fitted & contrived
for a single flute & basso continuo; sonatas by Sammartini,
Castrucci & Babell. Goethe-Institut. $10 donation.
mabley@aol.com. |
| 10am |
Richard Walz, mandolin & Shuann Chai, fortepiano. Music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for Mandolin & Fortepiano by Vincent Neuling & Grand Sonata for Fortepiano & Mandolin by J. N. Hummel. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $14/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 218-724-8011 or dan@daniellarson.com. |
| 10:30am |
Baroque
Orchestra of North Jersey, directed by Robert W. Butts
with Marjorie Berg, soprano & John
Pivarnik, keyboard. Alessandro Scarlatti and
His Circle: 1693-1710. Excerpts from the original 1693 version of Scarlatti’s
oratorio La Giuditta edited by Robert W. Butts with other
works by Scarlatti & colleagues of his circle during
the time of the three versions of the oratorio. Cathedral
of St. Paul. $10 donation. 973-625-0459 or boblute@aol.com. |
| 11:30am |
La
Donna Musicale (Sherezade Panthaki, Lydia H. Knutson & Daniela Tosic, voice; Na’ama Lion,
flute; Cécile J. Garcia-Moeller, violin; Ruth McKay & Noriko
Yasuda, organ & harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo;
Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba). Benefit brunch
and CD Release: The Pleasures of Love & Libation. Eat,
drink & celebrate with La Donna Musicale, with a brief
presentation by Prof. Catherine Gordon-Seifert (Providence
College) on the use of encoded erotic language in 17th-
and 18th-century French airs. Benjamin Franklin Institute
of Technology. $20. 617-461-6973 or cd@ladm.org. |
| 11:30am |
Sylvia
Berry, fortepiano. The Height of Expression:
Music of Haydn, C. P. E. Bach & Mozart. Haydn’s
Sonata in Ab Major, C. P. E. Bach’s Fantasia
in C Major & Mozart’s Sonata in Eb
Major, Fantasia
in c minor & Sonata in c minor. First Church in Boston.
$5 donation. 617-776-4062 or sylvia@sylviaberry.org. |
| 12pm |
Rainier
Baroque Band (James Brown, tenor & baroque
guitar; James Smith, theorbo & lute; Marie Dalby, viola
da gamba; Tami Morse, harpsichord). Les Piliers de
L’Empire.
Montéclair cantata Le Triomfe de la Constance, airs
by Le Camus, Couperin Dance Suite, Marais Pièces
de viole & Theorbo Suite by Charles Hurel. Gordon Chapel
at Old South Church. $10/$5 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 253-535-7614
or brownja@plu.edu. |
| 12pm |
Polyhymnia,
directed by John Bradley (13-voice choir). A
Garden Enclos’d: The genius of Nicolas Gombert.
Gombert’s suave, inventive polyphony honoring the
Blessed Virgin including Missa Quam pulchra es et quam
decora à 6, Magnificat III à 3-8, Regina
Caeli à 12 & motets from the Song of Songs.
Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $10 donation. 917-838-4636
or john@polyhymnia-nyc.org. |
| 12:15pm |
La
Donna Musicale (Sherezade Panthaki, Lydia H. Knutson & Daniela Tosic, voice; Na’ama Lion,
flute; Cécile J. Garcia-Moeller, violin; Ruth McKay & Noriko
Yasuda, organ & harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo;
Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba). French Airs
by Julie Pinel and other Parisian Women. Baroque & Rococo
music by Parisian women composers enjoyed at home and in
salons such as Julie Pinel (ca. 1737). Benjamin Franklin
Institute of Technology. $20 preferred seating/$15 general
seating. 617-461-6973 or CD@ladm.org. |
| 4pm |
Bacchanalia Baroque Ensemble (Laura Thompson, flauto traverse; Arlene Travis, soprano; Gabe Shuford, harpsichord; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; guest Beth Cullinane, soprano). Music for the Goddess & the Abbess. Music for 2 voices, flute, harpsichord & gamba: Clerambault’s Zephire et Flore; motets for 2 vcs & flute by Charpentier, including Ver from his Four Seasons, gamba music by Morel; Blavet flute sonata. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $15/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 917-945-3226 or bacchanaliabaroque@yahoo.com.
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| 4pm |
Music
Divine, directed by Stephen Bonime. War & Peace:
A concert of Renaissance music for peace and against war.
Works by Josquin, Isaac, Binchois, Palestrina, Janequin,
La Rue, Mouton, Compere, Martini, Ramsey, Tompkins, Vaet,
plus Arvo Pärt & J. S. Bach. First Church in Boston.
$15 fully-employed/$10 donation for others. 201-837-9141
or steverica@juno.com. |
| 4pm |
Ulv (Agnethe Christensen, voice & kantele; Lena
Susanne Norin, voice; Elizabeth Gaver, fiddle). In
Heaven and on Earth: Dreams and sagas from the past. Swedish folk
music from 17th-century songbooks and a 1695 psalm book,
with many melodies reconstructed by the artists based on
Medieval church modes & dance tunes. Nordic Hall at
the Scandinavian Living Center in West Newton. $15/$10
st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-527-6566 or inielsen@slcenter.org. |
| 4pm |
Jessica
Gould, soprano & Charles Weaver, theorbo.
At the Pleasure of Mazarin. Roman works brought to Paris
by Cardinal Mazarin that changed the course of French music;
music by Carissimi, Mazzocchi & Rossi from sources
in the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris. Beacon Hill Friends
House. $12/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-227-9118/347-229-6968
or mazarinconcert@yahoo.com. |
| 4pm |
Flying
Forms (Sang Joon Park, traverso; Marc Levine, violin;
Tami Morse, harpsichord; with guest artists Marie
Dalby, viola da gamba; Caroline Kang, ’cello; Dorothy
Olsson & Mark Mindek, Baroque dance). From Quartet
to Capriccio: A musical journey through Western Europe. Music by Rameau, Telemann, Groneman, and a performance
of “The Dalliances of Harlequino and Columbino.” Choreography & pantomime
by Dorothy Olsson & Mark Mindek set to Carlo Farina’s
Capriccio Stravagante. Goethe-Institut. $10 donation. 734-255-7161
or info@flyingforms.org. |
Sunday,
June 17
| 10:45am |
Reinmar
Seidler & Kate Bennett
Haynes, ’cello; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord; Barbara
Poeschl-Erdrich, triple harp. Salvatore Lanzetti
at the Concert Spirituel. Recreation of the 1736 program at which
the eccentric Neapolitan genius Lanzetti became the first ’cellist
to perform sonatas at the Concert Spirituel in Paris. Goethe-Institut.
$15/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-524-2736 or reinmar.seidler@umb.edu. |
Venue Locations
All venues are located in Boston, MA unless otherwise indicated.
Beacon
Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut Street
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley
Street
Boston Center for Adult Education, 5 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston Conservatory of Music, 8 The Fenway
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street
Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street
Emmanuel Church and Lindsey Chapel, 15 Newbury Street
First Church, 66 Marlborough Street
First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street
French Library Alliance Française, 53 Marlborough
Street
Gibson House Museum, 137 Beacon Street
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street
King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont Street
Longy School of Music, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge
Nordic Hall at the Scandinavian Living Center,
206 Waltham Street,
West Newton
Old South Church and Gordon Chapel, 645 Boylston Street
The Paulist Center Library, 5 Park Street
Radisson Hotel, 200 Stuart Street
St. Paul’s Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline |
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