Friday, July 2
Mozart Piano Quartets
Portland Baroque Orchestra
Portland Baroque Orchestra presents the final concert of our 20-21 Season: Mozart’s piano quartets, starring 8 PBO musicians and a gorgeous replica of Mozart’s own fortepiano. Don’t miss the largest PBO ensemble in over a year! This performance, like all of PBO's 20-21 Season, is presented through Great Arts. Period., an admission-free digital concert hall. Check out more performances at GreatArtsPeriod.org.
7:30 PDT - online at https://www.youtube.com/GreatArtsPeriod
FREE
https://pbo.org/concerts-events/mozart-piano-quartets
Portland Baroque Orchestra
Portland Baroque Orchestra presents the final concert of our 20-21 Season: Mozart’s piano quartets, starring 8 PBO musicians and a gorgeous replica of Mozart’s own fortepiano. Don’t miss the largest PBO ensemble in over a year! This performance, like all of PBO's 20-21 Season, is presented through Great Arts. Period., an admission-free digital concert hall. Check out more performances at GreatArtsPeriod.org.
7:30 PDT - online at https://www.youtube.com/GreatArtsPeriod
FREE
https://pbo.org/concerts-events/mozart-piano-quartets
Saturday, July 3
Three French Masters
Edson Scheid and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord.
The music of Marais, Leclair and Forqueray. Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-3
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Edson Scheid and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord.
The music of Marais, Leclair and Forqueray. Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-3
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Wednesday, July 7
SoHIP Virtual Concert Series - Renaissance n’ Chill
Ourania: Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Moyer, soprano; Janet Stone, soprano
Are you that early music nut who blasts Monteverdi while on your morning jog? What about listening to Weelkes when you’re powering up some punches in your cardio kickboxing routine? You’re not alone--we do it too! And that’s why we’ve decided to stop hiding our nerdiness and just start embracing it. So when you’re in need of a break from real life and all you wanna do is Renaissance n’ Chill, we’ve come up with an excellent playlist for every mood you could possibly be in. Looking for a rom-com? When Amyntas met Phyllis is the category for you! Crazy in love and need some inspo? Mad About Thee can help. And if you just want some raunchy fun, check out Fa La La Land--it won’t disappoint. All of these stories are set by some of your favorite composers: vocal trios by Weelkes, Marenzio, Wilbye, Palestrina, and others offer the ultimate escape to your musical desires.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
Ourania: Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Moyer, soprano; Janet Stone, soprano
Are you that early music nut who blasts Monteverdi while on your morning jog? What about listening to Weelkes when you’re powering up some punches in your cardio kickboxing routine? You’re not alone--we do it too! And that’s why we’ve decided to stop hiding our nerdiness and just start embracing it. So when you’re in need of a break from real life and all you wanna do is Renaissance n’ Chill, we’ve come up with an excellent playlist for every mood you could possibly be in. Looking for a rom-com? When Amyntas met Phyllis is the category for you! Crazy in love and need some inspo? Mad About Thee can help. And if you just want some raunchy fun, check out Fa La La Land--it won’t disappoint. All of these stories are set by some of your favorite composers: vocal trios by Weelkes, Marenzio, Wilbye, Palestrina, and others offer the ultimate escape to your musical desires.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
Saturday, July 10
Mostly Monteverdi
Vocalists Aaron Sheehan and Jason McStoots, tenors; Adam Pearl, harpsichord; Cameron Welke, theorbo; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Scott Metcalfe and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins
Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Mostly Monteverdi.” Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-10
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Vocalists Aaron Sheehan and Jason McStoots, tenors; Adam Pearl, harpsichord; Cameron Welke, theorbo; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Scott Metcalfe and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins
Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Mostly Monteverdi.” Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-10
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Wednesday, July 14
SoHIP Virtual Concert Series - Touché! French String Quartets at the Dawn of Romanticism
The Cramer Quartet: Jessica Park, violin; Chiara Fasani Stauffer, violin; Keats Dieffenbach, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello
The Cramer Quartet offers a performance of hauntingly beautiful string quartets by two oft-overlooked French composers who foreshadowed Romanticism at the end of the 18th Century: Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800) and Joseph Bologne (1745-1799). With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture to this repertoire. The Cramer Quartet is committed to centering the voices of underrepresented and marginalized communities.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
The Cramer Quartet: Jessica Park, violin; Chiara Fasani Stauffer, violin; Keats Dieffenbach, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello
The Cramer Quartet offers a performance of hauntingly beautiful string quartets by two oft-overlooked French composers who foreshadowed Romanticism at the end of the 18th Century: Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800) and Joseph Bologne (1745-1799). With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture to this repertoire. The Cramer Quartet is committed to centering the voices of underrepresented and marginalized communities.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
July 15-27
Longy Early Music Workshop Series
Faculty: Anne Azéma, Pamel Dellal, Doug Freundlich, Jane Hershey, Na'ama Lion, Dana Maiben, Vivian Montgomery, Ken Pierce
An exciting, fast-paced online workshop experience where participants will have opportunities to develop and refine their performance skills, deepen their knowledge of historically informed performance practices, and explore a wide range of historical repertoire. Musicians of any level with any degree of Early Music experience—absolute beginner, enthusiastic amateur, or dedicated pre-professional—can study with faculty from Longy’s world-renowned Historical Performance Department.
-Women Filling the Gap: Exploring the Pre-classical Through Female Composers July 15–17
-Senza Basso: Solo Bach for Strings July 18, 20, 22, 24
-Keeping it Fresh: Improvisation and Ornamentation in an Early Music Context July 19, 21, 23, 25
-Hildegard von Bingen: A Feminine Universe July 18–22
-Baroque Dance for Musicians July 19–23
-All That I Wish: Women, Men, and Desire in Medieval Courtly Song July 25–27
$175 per course
https://longy.edu/study/early-music-workshop-series/
Faculty: Anne Azéma, Pamel Dellal, Doug Freundlich, Jane Hershey, Na'ama Lion, Dana Maiben, Vivian Montgomery, Ken Pierce
An exciting, fast-paced online workshop experience where participants will have opportunities to develop and refine their performance skills, deepen their knowledge of historically informed performance practices, and explore a wide range of historical repertoire. Musicians of any level with any degree of Early Music experience—absolute beginner, enthusiastic amateur, or dedicated pre-professional—can study with faculty from Longy’s world-renowned Historical Performance Department.
-Women Filling the Gap: Exploring the Pre-classical Through Female Composers July 15–17
-Senza Basso: Solo Bach for Strings July 18, 20, 22, 24
-Keeping it Fresh: Improvisation and Ornamentation in an Early Music Context July 19, 21, 23, 25
-Hildegard von Bingen: A Feminine Universe July 18–22
-Baroque Dance for Musicians July 19–23
-All That I Wish: Women, Men, and Desire in Medieval Courtly Song July 25–27
$175 per course
https://longy.edu/study/early-music-workshop-series/
Saturday, July 17
Songs and Sonatas of Henry Purcell
Kristen Watson, soprano; David McFerrin, baritone; Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, and Catherine Liddell, theorbo, and Peter Sykes, harpsichord.
Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Songs and Sonatas of Henry Purcell.” Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-17
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Kristen Watson, soprano; David McFerrin, baritone; Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, and Catherine Liddell, theorbo, and Peter Sykes, harpsichord.
Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Songs and Sonatas of Henry Purcell.” Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-17
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Monday, July 19
Upon a Summer's Day
Seven Times Salt: Michael Barrett, tenor, recorder, lute; Karen Burciaga, violin, treble viol, harp; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion; David H. Miller, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora
Seven Times Salt takes a (virtual) tour of the English countryside in celebration of summertime. We venture from gardens so green to woods so wild with virtuosic consort works, songs of love lost and won, and tales of gods and goddesses. A midsummer frolic through the woods conjures visions of fairy queens and ancient kings. As harvest time finally approaches, we toast at a country tavern and bid farewell to summer. Includes music of Campion, Morley, Simpson, and Purcell, and our own settings of whimsical and summery dance tunes from The Dancing Master. Filmed at the Nathaniel Allen House, Newton, MA.
5pm ET - online
$20; register here for access
Presented by Amherst Early Music
Seven Times Salt: Michael Barrett, tenor, recorder, lute; Karen Burciaga, violin, treble viol, harp; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion; David H. Miller, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora
Seven Times Salt takes a (virtual) tour of the English countryside in celebration of summertime. We venture from gardens so green to woods so wild with virtuosic consort works, songs of love lost and won, and tales of gods and goddesses. A midsummer frolic through the woods conjures visions of fairy queens and ancient kings. As harvest time finally approaches, we toast at a country tavern and bid farewell to summer. Includes music of Campion, Morley, Simpson, and Purcell, and our own settings of whimsical and summery dance tunes from The Dancing Master. Filmed at the Nathaniel Allen House, Newton, MA.
5pm ET - online
$20; register here for access
Presented by Amherst Early Music
Wednesday, July 21
SoHIP Virtual Concert Series - Jewels of the English Renaissance
Ensemble Altera: Janet Stone, Rachel Garrepy, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, alto, director; Mark Garrepy, tenor; Michael Garrepy, Nicholas Laroche, bass
Ensemble Altera performs a splendid program of early English Renaissance choral repertoire. Six vocalists present stunning one-to-a-part works by Byrd, Tallis, Taverner, and others ranging from the intricacies of the Eton Choirbook to the elegant simplicity of the early Reformation. The program includes a mixture of forms such as the pitch spiral of a double perfect canon and cantus firmus settings as well as simpler homophonic language. Textual themes vary from Advent to Nativity, Lent to Easter, and liturgical contexts range from a mass setting to a penitential psalm to a Vespers responsory. Filmed at the majestic Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, RI.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
Ensemble Altera: Janet Stone, Rachel Garrepy, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, alto, director; Mark Garrepy, tenor; Michael Garrepy, Nicholas Laroche, bass
Ensemble Altera performs a splendid program of early English Renaissance choral repertoire. Six vocalists present stunning one-to-a-part works by Byrd, Tallis, Taverner, and others ranging from the intricacies of the Eton Choirbook to the elegant simplicity of the early Reformation. The program includes a mixture of forms such as the pitch spiral of a double perfect canon and cantus firmus settings as well as simpler homophonic language. Textual themes vary from Advent to Nativity, Lent to Easter, and liturgical contexts range from a mass setting to a penitential psalm to a Vespers responsory. Filmed at the majestic Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, RI.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
Saturday, July 24
Celebrating Beethoven’s 251st Birthday
Julie Leven and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Jason Fisher, viola, and Jacques Lee Wood, cello.
Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Celebrating Beethoven’s 251st Birthday.” The quartet will offer Beethoven’s “Eyeglasses Duo,” a string trio in C Minor, and selected string quartet movements including the Grosse Fuge. Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-24/
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Julie Leven and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Jason Fisher, viola, and Jacques Lee Wood, cello.
Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Celebrating Beethoven’s 251st Birthday.” The quartet will offer Beethoven’s “Eyeglasses Duo,” a string trio in C Minor, and selected string quartet movements including the Grosse Fuge. Link to the event at astonmagna.org/july-24/
7pm ET - streaming from Saint James Place, Great Barrington MA
FREE, donations welcome
astonmagna.org
Wednesday, July 28
SoHIP Virtual Concert Series - Bach's Organ Trio Sonatas for the Recorder
Emily O'Brien, recorders
The organ trio sonatas of J.S. Bach are intimate, thrilling, sublime, touching, and uplifting. While they are brilliantly polyphonic, they are ultimately conceived for just a single player to perform on the organ. The recorder is capable of expressive subtleties of articulation and shaping tones that an organ is not, but a lone recorder player cannot hope to cover all three parts at once--or can she? In this brilliant multi-tracked video project, Emily O’Brien plays her own transcriptions of Bach’s amazing works for recorder ensemble using seven recorders ranging from soprano down to the sonorous contrabass.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org
Emily O'Brien, recorders
The organ trio sonatas of J.S. Bach are intimate, thrilling, sublime, touching, and uplifting. While they are brilliantly polyphonic, they are ultimately conceived for just a single player to perform on the organ. The recorder is capable of expressive subtleties of articulation and shaping tones that an organ is not, but a lone recorder player cannot hope to cover all three parts at once--or can she? In this brilliant multi-tracked video project, Emily O’Brien plays her own transcriptions of Bach’s amazing works for recorder ensemble using seven recorders ranging from soprano down to the sonorous contrabass.
8pm ET - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org