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 - 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 - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.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 - 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 - 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/
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 - 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 - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.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 - 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 - streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and SoHIP's website
FREE (donations encouraged)
www.sohipboston.org