Tuesday, July 1
Songs of Time: Music for the Muses
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, treble & tenor viol, vielle; Anne Legêne, treble & tenor viol; James Perretta, bass viol, vielle
Long & Away presents an eclectic program that travels with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” theme from The Legend of Zelda, the journey begins with a trove of early Renaissance music by Dufay, Binchois, and their contemporaries performed on the vielle, ancestor of the viol. The program then highlights the great 16th and 17th-c. English viol consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins, and Purcell. Moving ever forward in time, the musicians sample dance tunes of 18th-c. Scotland and choral writing of 20th-c. France, then make their way to the modern era with pieces by living composers Will Ayton and Larry Wallach. The consort bids farewell to the Muses and closes the Door of Time with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, treble & tenor viol, vielle; Anne Legêne, treble & tenor viol; James Perretta, bass viol, vielle
Long & Away presents an eclectic program that travels with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” theme from The Legend of Zelda, the journey begins with a trove of early Renaissance music by Dufay, Binchois, and their contemporaries performed on the vielle, ancestor of the viol. The program then highlights the great 16th and 17th-c. English viol consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins, and Purcell. Moving ever forward in time, the musicians sample dance tunes of 18th-c. Scotland and choral writing of 20th-c. France, then make their way to the modern era with pieces by living composers Will Ayton and Larry Wallach. The consort bids farewell to the Muses and closes the Door of Time with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Wednesday, July 2
Songs of Time: Music for the Muses
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, treble & tenor viol, vielle; Anne Legêne, treble & tenor viol; James Perretta, bass viol, vielle
Long & Away presents an eclectic program that travels with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” theme from The Legend of Zelda, the journey begins with a trove of early Renaissance music by Dufay, Binchois, and their contemporaries performed on the vielle, ancestor of the viol. The program then highlights the great 16th and 17th-c. English viol consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins, and Purcell. Moving ever forward in time, the musicians sample dance tunes of 18th-c. Scotland and choral writing of 20th-c. France, then make their way to the modern era with pieces by living composers Will Ayton and Larry Wallach. The consort bids farewell to the Muses and closes the Door of Time with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, treble & tenor viol, vielle; Anne Legêne, treble & tenor viol; James Perretta, bass viol, vielle
Long & Away presents an eclectic program that travels with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” theme from The Legend of Zelda, the journey begins with a trove of early Renaissance music by Dufay, Binchois, and their contemporaries performed on the vielle, ancestor of the viol. The program then highlights the great 16th and 17th-c. English viol consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins, and Purcell. Moving ever forward in time, the musicians sample dance tunes of 18th-c. Scotland and choral writing of 20th-c. France, then make their way to the modern era with pieces by living composers Will Ayton and Larry Wallach. The consort bids farewell to the Muses and closes the Door of Time with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Thursday, July 3
Songs of Time: Music for the Muses
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, treble & tenor viol, vielle; Anne Legêne, treble & tenor viol; James Perretta, bass viol, vielle
Long & Away presents an eclectic program that travels with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” theme from The Legend of Zelda, the journey begins with a trove of early Renaissance music by Dufay, Binchois, and their contemporaries performed on the vielle, ancestor of the viol. The program then highlights the great 16th and 17th-c. English viol consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins, and Purcell. Moving ever forward in time, the musicians sample dance tunes of 18th-c. Scotland and choral writing of 20th-c. France, then make their way to the modern era with pieces by living composers Will Ayton and Larry Wallach. The consort bids farewell to the Muses and closes the Door of Time with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, treble & tenor viol, vielle; Anne Legêne, treble & tenor viol; James Perretta, bass viol, vielle
Long & Away presents an eclectic program that travels with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” theme from The Legend of Zelda, the journey begins with a trove of early Renaissance music by Dufay, Binchois, and their contemporaries performed on the vielle, ancestor of the viol. The program then highlights the great 16th and 17th-c. English viol consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins, and Purcell. Moving ever forward in time, the musicians sample dance tunes of 18th-c. Scotland and choral writing of 20th-c. France, then make their way to the modern era with pieces by living composers Will Ayton and Larry Wallach. The consort bids farewell to the Muses and closes the Door of Time with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Tuesday, July 8
Sicilian Fables & Legends of the South
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Wednesday, July 9
Sicilian Fables & Legends of the South
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Thursday, July 10
Music from Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano; Kristen Watson, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Works by Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, and Weber.
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano; Kristen Watson, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Works by Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, and Weber.
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Sicilian Fables & Legends of the South
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Saturday, July 12
Music from Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano; Kristen Watson, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Works by Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, and Weber.
3pm - St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Sylvia Berry, harpsichord and fortepiano; Kristen Watson, soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin
Works by Geminiani, Balbastre, Arne, Purcell, Mozart, and Weber.
3pm - St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Fantasticus!
Guts Baroque feat. Andrus Madsen: Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Come join Guts Baroque, featuring Andrus Madsen, in early July! You’ll hear the whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style. Schmelzer’s innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
This program includes works by Frescobaldi, Froberger, Bertali, Schmelzer, Biber, Nicolai, Capricornus, and Madsen.
Founded in 2017, Guts creates welcoming, powerful, un-stuffy experiences of baroque music played with love on period instruments, bringing you up close and personal with the music and the juicy stories of the composers and performers behind it. We breathe life into beautiful and unusual music, bringing it from the 17th and 18th centuries to your ears. Come experience the warmth and immediacy of historically-informed chamber music!
7:30pm - The Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St. Waldoboro, ME
$23 advance, $28 day-of/door
https://calendar.boomte.ch/single/bJ7K0qO4kJ7wH9eyA8uU1nu
Guts Baroque feat. Andrus Madsen: Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Come join Guts Baroque, featuring Andrus Madsen, in early July! You’ll hear the whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style. Schmelzer’s innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
This program includes works by Frescobaldi, Froberger, Bertali, Schmelzer, Biber, Nicolai, Capricornus, and Madsen.
Founded in 2017, Guts creates welcoming, powerful, un-stuffy experiences of baroque music played with love on period instruments, bringing you up close and personal with the music and the juicy stories of the composers and performers behind it. We breathe life into beautiful and unusual music, bringing it from the 17th and 18th centuries to your ears. Come experience the warmth and immediacy of historically-informed chamber music!
7:30pm - The Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St. Waldoboro, ME
$23 advance, $28 day-of/door
https://calendar.boomte.ch/single/bJ7K0qO4kJ7wH9eyA8uU1nu
Tuesday, July 15
Airs de Cour: Court Songs of 17th-century France
Musica Maestrale: Barbara Allen Hill, soprano, Dan Meyers, recorders, Renaissance flute, Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, theorbo
Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. Airs by Moulinié, Lambert, Guedron and their contemporaries, as well as instrumental solos by Ballard, de Visée, and others express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—still very relatable subjects to us today, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Musica Maestrale: Barbara Allen Hill, soprano, Dan Meyers, recorders, Renaissance flute, Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, theorbo
Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. Airs by Moulinié, Lambert, Guedron and their contemporaries, as well as instrumental solos by Ballard, de Visée, and others express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—still very relatable subjects to us today, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Wednesday, July 16
Airs de Cour: Court Songs of 17th-century France
Musica Maestrale: Barbara Allen Hill, soprano, Dan Meyers, recorders, Renaissance flute, Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, theorbo
Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. Airs by Moulinié, Lambert, Guedron and their contemporaries, as well as instrumental solos by Ballard, de Visée, and others express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—still very relatable subjects to us today, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Musica Maestrale: Barbara Allen Hill, soprano, Dan Meyers, recorders, Renaissance flute, Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, theorbo
Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. Airs by Moulinié, Lambert, Guedron and their contemporaries, as well as instrumental solos by Ballard, de Visée, and others express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—still very relatable subjects to us today, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Thursday, July 17
Late Mozart
Daniel Stepner, Julie Leven, violins; Anne Black, Laura Jeppesen, violas; Jacques Lee Wood, cello; Thomas Carroll, basset horn
Works including Mozart's Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, and Clarinet Quintet.
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Daniel Stepner, Julie Leven, violins; Anne Black, Laura Jeppesen, violas; Jacques Lee Wood, cello; Thomas Carroll, basset horn
Works including Mozart's Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, and Clarinet Quintet.
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Airs de Cour: Court Songs of 17th-century France
Musica Maestrale: Barbara Allen Hill, soprano, Dan Meyers, recorders, Renaissance flute, Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, theorbo
Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. Airs by Moulinié, Lambert, Guedron and their contemporaries, as well as instrumental solos by Ballard, de Visée, and others express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—still very relatable subjects to us today, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Musica Maestrale: Barbara Allen Hill, soprano, Dan Meyers, recorders, Renaissance flute, Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute, theorbo
Musica Maestrale makes their SoHIP debut with a program of music highlighting the charming courtly songs of 17th-century France. Dating from the reigns of the French kings Louis XIII (“the Just”) and XIV (“the Sun King”), these pieces were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and they display a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. Airs by Moulinié, Lambert, Guedron and their contemporaries, as well as instrumental solos by Ballard, de Visée, and others express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—still very relatable subjects to us today, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Saturday, July 19
Late Mozart
Daniel Stepner, Julie Leven, violins; Anne Black, Laura Jeppesen, violas; Jacques Lee Wood, cello; Thomas Carroll, basset horn
Works including Mozart's Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, and Clarinet Quintet.
3pm - St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Daniel Stepner, Julie Leven, violins; Anne Black, Laura Jeppesen, violas; Jacques Lee Wood, cello; Thomas Carroll, basset horn
Works including Mozart's Adagio and Fugue, G Minor Viola Quintet, and Clarinet Quintet.
3pm - St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Monday, July 21
Rathom and Mani: The Lesser-Known Composers of Jewish Amsterdam - POSTPONED to August 27
Kevin Lubin, presenter
Abraham Rathom and M. Mani were two Jewish composers working in Amsterdam in the 18th century. Although their music has been preserved in manuscripts, we know next to nothing about their lives. Come to experience this music, some of which probably has not been performed in over a century, with a historically informed ensemble of local singers and instrumentalists. Enjoy a short presentation as we discuss why this music has been preserved, what we do know about Rathom and Mani's lives, and why it is important that we keep this tradition alive today.
6pm - Lehrhaus, 425 Washington St. Somerville, MA
$10-54
https://www.lehr.haus/classes/rathom-and-mani-the-lesser-known-composers-of-jewish-amsterdam
Kevin Lubin, presenter
Abraham Rathom and M. Mani were two Jewish composers working in Amsterdam in the 18th century. Although their music has been preserved in manuscripts, we know next to nothing about their lives. Come to experience this music, some of which probably has not been performed in over a century, with a historically informed ensemble of local singers and instrumentalists. Enjoy a short presentation as we discuss why this music has been preserved, what we do know about Rathom and Mani's lives, and why it is important that we keep this tradition alive today.
6pm - Lehrhaus, 425 Washington St. Somerville, MA
$10-54
https://www.lehr.haus/classes/rathom-and-mani-the-lesser-known-composers-of-jewish-amsterdam
Tuesday, July 22
Golden Rule: Songs of Corruption and Justice
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, artistic director, voice: Joy Grimes, bowed strings: Barbara Allen Hill, voice, percussion; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp; Dan Meyers, voice, winds, percussion; Eric Miller, voice; Catherine Stein, voice, winds
The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today's 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and justice for the common people. The program includes songs of the troubadours, works by Philip the Chancellor and Robert Morton, and selections from the Roman de Fauvel, the Trinity Carol Roll, the Notre Dame conductus repertoire, and the Carmina Burana. Between songs, the performers provide cultural and historical context for the music, and modern readings from social media and public commentary connect these works to our contemporary experiences.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, artistic director, voice: Joy Grimes, bowed strings: Barbara Allen Hill, voice, percussion; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp; Dan Meyers, voice, winds, percussion; Eric Miller, voice; Catherine Stein, voice, winds
The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today's 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and justice for the common people. The program includes songs of the troubadours, works by Philip the Chancellor and Robert Morton, and selections from the Roman de Fauvel, the Trinity Carol Roll, the Notre Dame conductus repertoire, and the Carmina Burana. Between songs, the performers provide cultural and historical context for the music, and modern readings from social media and public commentary connect these works to our contemporary experiences.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Wednesday, July 23
Golden Rule: Songs of Corruption and Justice
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, artistic director, voice: Joy Grimes, bowed strings: Barbara Allen Hill, voice, percussion; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp; Dan Meyers, voice, winds, percussion; Eric Miller, voice; Catherine Stein, voice, winds
The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today's 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and justice for the common people. The program includes songs of the troubadours, works by Philip the Chancellor and Robert Morton, and selections from the Roman de Fauvel, the Trinity Carol Roll, the Notre Dame conductus repertoire, and the Carmina Burana. Between songs, the performers provide cultural and historical context for the music, and modern readings from social media and public commentary connect these works to our contemporary experiences.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, artistic director, voice: Joy Grimes, bowed strings: Barbara Allen Hill, voice, percussion; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp; Dan Meyers, voice, winds, percussion; Eric Miller, voice; Catherine Stein, voice, winds
The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today's 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and justice for the common people. The program includes songs of the troubadours, works by Philip the Chancellor and Robert Morton, and selections from the Roman de Fauvel, the Trinity Carol Roll, the Notre Dame conductus repertoire, and the Carmina Burana. Between songs, the performers provide cultural and historical context for the music, and modern readings from social media and public commentary connect these works to our contemporary experiences.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Thursday, July 24
From Castello to Canzano
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord; Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola; Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Kelsey Burnham, traverso
An exploration of Baroque chamber music, into the 21st century! Works of Dario Castello, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991), and Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991).
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord; Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola; Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Kelsey Burnham, traverso
An exploration of Baroque chamber music, into the 21st century! Works of Dario Castello, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991), and Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991).
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Golden Rule: Songs of Corruption and Justice
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, artistic director, voice: Joy Grimes, bowed strings: Barbara Allen Hill, voice, percussion; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp; Dan Meyers, voice, winds, percussion; Eric Miller, voice; Catherine Stein, voice, winds
The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today's 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and justice for the common people. The program includes songs of the troubadours, works by Philip the Chancellor and Robert Morton, and selections from the Roman de Fauvel, the Trinity Carol Roll, the Notre Dame conductus repertoire, and the Carmina Burana. Between songs, the performers provide cultural and historical context for the music, and modern readings from social media and public commentary connect these works to our contemporary experiences.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, artistic director, voice: Joy Grimes, bowed strings: Barbara Allen Hill, voice, percussion; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp; Dan Meyers, voice, winds, percussion; Eric Miller, voice; Catherine Stein, voice, winds
The quest for political power has changed little over the centuries. Kings and Presidents, popes and senators, all have their partisans, their detractors, their scandals, and their victories. Long before today's 24-hour news cycle, the propaganda machine ran on verse. Meravelha’s timely tour of Medieval political songs explores themes of nationalism, corruption, greed, propaganda, and justice for the common people. The program includes songs of the troubadours, works by Philip the Chancellor and Robert Morton, and selections from the Roman de Fauvel, the Trinity Carol Roll, the Notre Dame conductus repertoire, and the Carmina Burana. Between songs, the performers provide cultural and historical context for the music, and modern readings from social media and public commentary connect these works to our contemporary experiences.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Friday, July 25
Sicilian Fables & Legends of the South - Virtual Premiere
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - YouTube
FREE to watch, and donations warmly encouraged. Video remains available to watch.
www.sohipboston.org
Silentwoods Collective: Carley DeFranco, soprano, Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins, Andrew Koutroubas, cello, John McKean, harpsichord, Luce Burrell, theorbo
Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they feature gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.
7:30pm - YouTube
FREE to watch, and donations warmly encouraged. Video remains available to watch.
www.sohipboston.org
Saturday, July 26
From Castello to Canzano
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord; Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola; Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Kelsey Burnham, traverso
An exploration of Baroque chamber music, into the 21st century! Works of Dario Castello, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991), and Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991).
3pm - St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Peter Sykes, Director, harpsichord; Daniel Stepner, Rafa Prendergast, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba and viola; Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Kelsey Burnham, traverso
An exploration of Baroque chamber music, into the 21st century! Works of Dario Castello, Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Nathan Adam Mondry (b.1991), and Nicola Saraceni Canzano (b. 1991).
3pm - St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Tuesday, July 29
La Magnifique: Music at Versailles
Ad Libitum Ensemble: Na'ama Lion & Jesse Lepkoff, flutes; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Marina Minkin, harpsichord
“La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie lyrique but also intimate, sophisticated forms of instrumental chamber music written by the leading composer-performers of the day. In particular, the transverse flute repertoire reached great heights; solos, duets and trio sonatas were extremely popular at that time. Breathing new life into these petite masterpieces of the French Baroque, Ad Libitum Ensemble performs works by such masters as Couperin, Hotteterre, Marais, Clerambault, Rameau, and Dieupart, all featuring the luminescent colors of Baroque flutes, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Ad Libitum Ensemble: Na'ama Lion & Jesse Lepkoff, flutes; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Marina Minkin, harpsichord
“La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie lyrique but also intimate, sophisticated forms of instrumental chamber music written by the leading composer-performers of the day. In particular, the transverse flute repertoire reached great heights; solos, duets and trio sonatas were extremely popular at that time. Breathing new life into these petite masterpieces of the French Baroque, Ad Libitum Ensemble performs works by such masters as Couperin, Hotteterre, Marais, Clerambault, Rameau, and Dieupart, all featuring the luminescent colors of Baroque flutes, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Wednesday, July 30
La Magnifique: Music at Versailles
Ad Libitum Ensemble: Na'ama Lion & Jesse Lepkoff, flutes; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Marina Minkin, harpsichord
“La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie lyrique but also intimate, sophisticated forms of instrumental chamber music written by the leading composer-performers of the day. In particular, the transverse flute repertoire reached great heights; solos, duets and trio sonatas were extremely popular at that time. Breathing new life into these petite masterpieces of the French Baroque, Ad Libitum Ensemble performs works by such masters as Couperin, Hotteterre, Marais, Clerambault, Rameau, and Dieupart, all featuring the luminescent colors of Baroque flutes, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Ad Libitum Ensemble: Na'ama Lion & Jesse Lepkoff, flutes; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Marina Minkin, harpsichord
“La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie lyrique but also intimate, sophisticated forms of instrumental chamber music written by the leading composer-performers of the day. In particular, the transverse flute repertoire reached great heights; solos, duets and trio sonatas were extremely popular at that time. Breathing new life into these petite masterpieces of the French Baroque, Ad Libitum Ensemble performs works by such masters as Couperin, Hotteterre, Marais, Clerambault, Rameau, and Dieupart, all featuring the luminescent colors of Baroque flutes, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Thursday, July 31
Fiddlers Four
Julia Glenn, Cynthia Roberts, Gerald Elias, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello; Anne Trout, bass; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” and music by Purcell, Pachelbel, Legrenzi and Telemann.
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Julia Glenn, Cynthia Roberts, Gerald Elias, Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, baroque viola; Jennifer Morsches, baroque cello; Anne Trout, bass; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo
Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” and music by Purcell, Pachelbel, Legrenzi and Telemann.
7pm - Allen Center, 35 Webster St. Newton, MA
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Senza Basso, or, It’s All About That Treble: A Baroque Violin Recital
Allison Monroe, violin
The violin rose to prominence as a soloistic instrument in the 17th c. Over the next 150 years, its melodic as well as virtuosic capabilities inspired thousands of composers to write for the violin, but most of this repertoire required at least one additional performer. What repertoire could a lone violinist, with no friends to play with, perform satisfactorily? In this 45-minute recital, Dr. Allison Monroe, director of the Five College Early Music Program, offers a sampling of solo violin repertoire from the baroque period, including beloved pieces by famed composers like Bach and Biber as well as lesser known gems. All proceeds go to support the South Hadley Dog Park, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a free place for dog owners from every walk of life to enjoy community and healthy exercise for their pets.
7pm - Abbey Memorial Chapel, 3 Gateway Road, South Hadley, MA
Suggested donation $10
https://events.mtholyoke.edu/event/allison-monroe-performance
Allison Monroe, violin
The violin rose to prominence as a soloistic instrument in the 17th c. Over the next 150 years, its melodic as well as virtuosic capabilities inspired thousands of composers to write for the violin, but most of this repertoire required at least one additional performer. What repertoire could a lone violinist, with no friends to play with, perform satisfactorily? In this 45-minute recital, Dr. Allison Monroe, director of the Five College Early Music Program, offers a sampling of solo violin repertoire from the baroque period, including beloved pieces by famed composers like Bach and Biber as well as lesser known gems. All proceeds go to support the South Hadley Dog Park, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a free place for dog owners from every walk of life to enjoy community and healthy exercise for their pets.
7pm - Abbey Memorial Chapel, 3 Gateway Road, South Hadley, MA
Suggested donation $10
https://events.mtholyoke.edu/event/allison-monroe-performance
La Magnifique: Music at Versailles
Ad Libitum Ensemble: Na'ama Lion & Jesse Lepkoff, flutes; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Marina Minkin, harpsichord
“La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie lyrique but also intimate, sophisticated forms of instrumental chamber music written by the leading composer-performers of the day. In particular, the transverse flute repertoire reached great heights; solos, duets and trio sonatas were extremely popular at that time. Breathing new life into these petite masterpieces of the French Baroque, Ad Libitum Ensemble performs works by such masters as Couperin, Hotteterre, Marais, Clerambault, Rameau, and Dieupart, all featuring the luminescent colors of Baroque flutes, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/
Ad Libitum Ensemble: Na'ama Lion & Jesse Lepkoff, flutes; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Marina Minkin, harpsichord
“La Magnifique” invites us into the realm of elegant and refined court music at the Palace of Versailles. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, France was governed by music-loving rulers who assigned great importance to the role of arts in society. They promoted not only grand genres such as the ballet de cour or tragedie lyrique but also intimate, sophisticated forms of instrumental chamber music written by the leading composer-performers of the day. In particular, the transverse flute repertoire reached great heights; solos, duets and trio sonatas were extremely popular at that time. Breathing new life into these petite masterpieces of the French Baroque, Ad Libitum Ensemble performs works by such masters as Couperin, Hotteterre, Marais, Clerambault, Rameau, and Dieupart, all featuring the luminescent colors of Baroque flutes, viola da gamba, and harpsichord.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$15-35 general, $5 Card to Culture
https://www.sohipboston.org/