Saturday, June 4
A Musical Banquet
Boston Cecilia & Convivium Musicum
The Boston Cecilia joins forces with Convivium Musicum (Latin for "musical banquet") in a wide-ranging program of ancient and modern a cappella music for forces large and small.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
$15-62
http://www.bostoncecilia.org/spring-concert-2022
Boston Cecilia & Convivium Musicum
The Boston Cecilia joins forces with Convivium Musicum (Latin for "musical banquet") in a wide-ranging program of ancient and modern a cappella music for forces large and small.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
$15-62
http://www.bostoncecilia.org/spring-concert-2022
Sunday, June 5
Boston Recorder Orchestra's Spring Concert
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, John Tyson (Director)
Renaissance madrigals, chansons and dances, contemporary and popular music. Works of Josquin des Prez, Andrea Gabrieli, Michael Praetorius, Fulvio Caldini, Melika Fitzhugh, Sören Sieg, and more!
3pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St.
Donations gratefully accepted
www.bostonrecorderorchestra.com
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, John Tyson (Director)
Renaissance madrigals, chansons and dances, contemporary and popular music. Works of Josquin des Prez, Andrea Gabrieli, Michael Praetorius, Fulvio Caldini, Melika Fitzhugh, Sören Sieg, and more!
3pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St.
Donations gratefully accepted
www.bostonrecorderorchestra.com
Ars Imperfecta: Pushing the Bounds of Polyphony
Convivium Musicum
Convivium Musicum, Choir for Renaissance Music presents an a capella concert of both famous exemplars of the “ars perfecta”--Josquin and Palestrina chief among them-- alongside others whose efforts sometimes seem to lie outside the mainstream.
7pm - Christ Church Andover, 25 Central Street, Andover, MA 01810
$25
https://convivium.org/concert-season/upcoming-concerts/
Convivium Musicum
Convivium Musicum, Choir for Renaissance Music presents an a capella concert of both famous exemplars of the “ars perfecta”--Josquin and Palestrina chief among them-- alongside others whose efforts sometimes seem to lie outside the mainstream.
7pm - Christ Church Andover, 25 Central Street, Andover, MA 01810
$25
https://convivium.org/concert-season/upcoming-concerts/
Friday, June 10
The Art of the Improvisation: Two Keyboards in Dialogue
Juan Mesa and Christine Gevert, virginals, Hideki Yamaya, lute and theorbo
At the center are Bernardo Pasquini’s sonatas for two figured bass lines, in which the performers are challenged to respond to each others’ impromptu improvisations. Also original works and arrangements by Alessandro Piccinini, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Merulo and others.
6pm - Trinity Church Lime Rock, 484 Lime Rock Rd, Lakeville, CT 06039
$35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
https://crescendomusic.org
Juan Mesa and Christine Gevert, virginals, Hideki Yamaya, lute and theorbo
At the center are Bernardo Pasquini’s sonatas for two figured bass lines, in which the performers are challenged to respond to each others’ impromptu improvisations. Also original works and arrangements by Alessandro Piccinini, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Merulo and others.
6pm - Trinity Church Lime Rock, 484 Lime Rock Rd, Lakeville, CT 06039
$35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
https://crescendomusic.org
So Trinken Wir Alle
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, James Perretta, viols; Elise Groves, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Stephan Griffin, voices
Long & Away presents a brand new program for voices and viols celebrating the many delights of spring! This tour of 16th-c. Europe features works by Lassus, Senfl, Marenzio and others that explore age old themes of love, nature, dancing, and drinking. You'll hear morning birdsong, nighttime meditations, rarefied musings on love, and rustic songs in praise of wine. Sparkling French and Italian dance tunes round out the evening. This program is supported by the Gian Lyman Silbiger grant from the Viola da Gamba Society - New England.
7:30pm - Shirley Meeting House, 41 Brown Rd. Shirley, MA
$20 suggested donation. Masks required.
www.longandaway.com
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, James Perretta, viols; Elise Groves, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Stephan Griffin, voices
Long & Away presents a brand new program for voices and viols celebrating the many delights of spring! This tour of 16th-c. Europe features works by Lassus, Senfl, Marenzio and others that explore age old themes of love, nature, dancing, and drinking. You'll hear morning birdsong, nighttime meditations, rarefied musings on love, and rustic songs in praise of wine. Sparkling French and Italian dance tunes round out the evening. This program is supported by the Gian Lyman Silbiger grant from the Viola da Gamba Society - New England.
7:30pm - Shirley Meeting House, 41 Brown Rd. Shirley, MA
$20 suggested donation. Masks required.
www.longandaway.com
All Bach Program
Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble and Ian Watson, Artistic Director
On Friday evening, 17 June 1983, the Connecticut Early Music Society—which had formed the previous year—presented its first Festival concert, a program of works by J. S. Bach. To celebrate our 40th anniversary, the first event of our 2022 Festival will be a reprise of that concert.
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060R
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Cantata 209, Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050.2
7:30pm - Noank Baptist Church, 18 Cathedral Heights, Groton, CT
www.ctearlymusic.org
Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble and Ian Watson, Artistic Director
On Friday evening, 17 June 1983, the Connecticut Early Music Society—which had formed the previous year—presented its first Festival concert, a program of works by J. S. Bach. To celebrate our 40th anniversary, the first event of our 2022 Festival will be a reprise of that concert.
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060R
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Cantata 209, Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050.2
7:30pm - Noank Baptist Church, 18 Cathedral Heights, Groton, CT
www.ctearlymusic.org
Saturday, June 11
So Trinken Wir Alle
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, James Perretta, viols; Elise Groves, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Stephan Griffin, voices
A brand new program celebrating the many delights of spring! Works for voices and viols by Lassus, Senfl, Marenzio and others explore the age old themes of love, nature, dancing, and drinks. This program is supported by the Gian Lyman Silbiger grant from the Viola da Gamba Society - New England.
7:30pm - Moseley Hall, Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St. Boston, MA
$20 suggested donation
www.longandaway.com
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, James Perretta, viols; Elise Groves, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Stephan Griffin, voices
A brand new program celebrating the many delights of spring! Works for voices and viols by Lassus, Senfl, Marenzio and others explore the age old themes of love, nature, dancing, and drinks. This program is supported by the Gian Lyman Silbiger grant from the Viola da Gamba Society - New England.
7:30pm - Moseley Hall, Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St. Boston, MA
$20 suggested donation
www.longandaway.com
Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Harpsichordist Peter Sykes presents one of the most technically demanding works ever written for the keyboard. Any virtuosity and mastery Bach demands of the keyboardist pales in comparison to the virtuosity and mastery he demonstrates as a composer. The work has thirty-two movements. A lovely 32-measure sarabande opens and closes it; in between are thirty variations, presented in ten groups of three. But what is it that’s actually being varied? As melodically beautiful as the aria is, it’s the bass line that serves as the foundation of the thirty variations. Bach builds each movement on the harmony implied by the bass line of each measure. In general, the first variation of each set is a dance or genre piece from the Baroque period; the second is a toccata for two keyboards (lots of hands crossing), and the third variation is a canon, a piece in which each melodic line imitates the other.
7:30pm - St. John’s Episcopal Church, 400 Main Street, Niantic, CT
www.ctearlymusic.org
Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Harpsichordist Peter Sykes presents one of the most technically demanding works ever written for the keyboard. Any virtuosity and mastery Bach demands of the keyboardist pales in comparison to the virtuosity and mastery he demonstrates as a composer. The work has thirty-two movements. A lovely 32-measure sarabande opens and closes it; in between are thirty variations, presented in ten groups of three. But what is it that’s actually being varied? As melodically beautiful as the aria is, it’s the bass line that serves as the foundation of the thirty variations. Bach builds each movement on the harmony implied by the bass line of each measure. In general, the first variation of each set is a dance or genre piece from the Baroque period; the second is a toccata for two keyboards (lots of hands crossing), and the third variation is a canon, a piece in which each melodic line imitates the other.
7:30pm - St. John’s Episcopal Church, 400 Main Street, Niantic, CT
www.ctearlymusic.org
Macbeth, A Restoration Drama
Artistic Director Ian Watson conducts this Restoration Era (1664) entertainment featuring a cast of actors, singers and dancers. Scholar Laurence Senelick has written a script incorporating elements of Sir William Davenant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, along with scenes from the Bard’s own version of the infamous “Scottish play.” Featuring incidental music by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke and John Eccles. Offered in collaboration with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston and Dan Meyers, a founding member of Seven Times Salt, specialists in 17th-century English music.
8pm - Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St. Boston, MA
$20-$60
www.bostonpurcell.org
Artistic Director Ian Watson conducts this Restoration Era (1664) entertainment featuring a cast of actors, singers and dancers. Scholar Laurence Senelick has written a script incorporating elements of Sir William Davenant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, along with scenes from the Bard’s own version of the infamous “Scottish play.” Featuring incidental music by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke and John Eccles. Offered in collaboration with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston and Dan Meyers, a founding member of Seven Times Salt, specialists in 17th-century English music.
8pm - Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St. Boston, MA
$20-$60
www.bostonpurcell.org
Sunday, June 12
The Art of the Improvisation: Two Keyboards in Dialogue
Juan Mesa and Christine Gevert, virginals, Hideki Yamaya, lute and theorbo
At the center are Bernardo Pasquini’s sonatas for two figured bass lines, in which the performers are challenged to respond to each others’ impromptu improvisations. Also original works and arrangements by Alessandro Piccinini, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Merulo and others.
4pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
$35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
Juan Mesa and Christine Gevert, virginals, Hideki Yamaya, lute and theorbo
At the center are Bernardo Pasquini’s sonatas for two figured bass lines, in which the performers are challenged to respond to each others’ impromptu improvisations. Also original works and arrangements by Alessandro Piccinini, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Merulo and others.
4pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
$35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
Macbeth, A Restoration Drama
Artistic Director Ian Watson conducts this Restoration Era (1664) entertainment featuring a cast of actors, singers and dancers. Scholar Laurence Senelick has written a script incorporating elements of Sir William Davenant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, along with scenes from the Bard’s own version of the infamous “Scottish play.” Featuring incidental music by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke and John Eccles. Offered in collaboration with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston and Dan Meyers, a founding member of Seven Times Salt, specialists in 17th-century English music.
5pm - George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly, Rhode Island
$40
www.ctearlymusic.org
Artistic Director Ian Watson conducts this Restoration Era (1664) entertainment featuring a cast of actors, singers and dancers. Scholar Laurence Senelick has written a script incorporating elements of Sir William Davenant’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, along with scenes from the Bard’s own version of the infamous “Scottish play.” Featuring incidental music by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke and John Eccles. Offered in collaboration with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston and Dan Meyers, a founding member of Seven Times Salt, specialists in 17th-century English music.
5pm - George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly, Rhode Island
$40
www.ctearlymusic.org
Saturday, June 18
Berkshire Bach presents The Universal Harpsichord
Mariken Palmboom, harpsichord
Distinguished Harpsichordist Mariken Palmboom leads a tour of European Baroque Keyboard Music from Germany, England, Italy, and France by J.S. Bach, William Byrd, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Louis & François Couperin, and Domenico Scarlatti.
4pm - New Marlborough Meeting House
154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Rd, New Marlborough, MA 01230
$35 | $30 Berkshire Bach Members | Free for Children & Students w/ID
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Mariken Palmboom, harpsichord
Distinguished Harpsichordist Mariken Palmboom leads a tour of European Baroque Keyboard Music from Germany, England, Italy, and France by J.S. Bach, William Byrd, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Louis & François Couperin, and Domenico Scarlatti.
4pm - New Marlborough Meeting House
154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Rd, New Marlborough, MA 01230
$35 | $30 Berkshire Bach Members | Free for Children & Students w/ID
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Friday, June 24
Grandson of Afro-Brazilian Slaves: Classical Star Composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia
Crescendo Chorus, Soprano Schauntice Shephard and Baritone Jermaine Woodard Jr., Crescendo Period Instrument Ensemble
Matinas do Apóstolo São Pedro à 6 (1815) and Missa S. Pedro de Alcantara à 4 for chorus, soloists, two bassoons, and organ; “Te Christe solum novimus” (1800) for soprano and organ.
7:15pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
$35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
https://crescendomusic.org
Crescendo Chorus, Soprano Schauntice Shephard and Baritone Jermaine Woodard Jr., Crescendo Period Instrument Ensemble
Matinas do Apóstolo São Pedro à 6 (1815) and Missa S. Pedro de Alcantara à 4 for chorus, soloists, two bassoons, and organ; “Te Christe solum novimus” (1800) for soprano and organ.
7:15pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230
$35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
https://crescendomusic.org
Saturday, June 25
Grandson of Afro-Brazilian Slaves: Classical Star Composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia
Crescendo Chorus, Soprano Schauntice Shephard and Baritone Jermaine Woodard Jr., Crescendo Period Instrument Ensemble
Matinas do Apóstolo São Pedro à 6 (1815) and Missa S. Pedro de Alcantara à 4 for chorus, soloists, two bassoons, and organ; “Te Christe solum novimus” (1800) for soprano and organ.
Trinity Church Lime Rock, 484 Lime Rock Rd, Lakeville, CT 06039
6pm - $35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
https://crescendomusic.org
Crescendo Chorus, Soprano Schauntice Shephard and Baritone Jermaine Woodard Jr., Crescendo Period Instrument Ensemble
Matinas do Apóstolo São Pedro à 6 (1815) and Missa S. Pedro de Alcantara à 4 for chorus, soloists, two bassoons, and organ; “Te Christe solum novimus” (1800) for soprano and organ.
Trinity Church Lime Rock, 484 Lime Rock Rd, Lakeville, CT 06039
6pm - $35.00 (Youth: $10; Premium: $60)
https://crescendomusic.org
Tuesday, June 28
In Dirges Sad Delight *CANCELED*
Memento Mori: Sarah Coffman, soprano & viola da gamba; Charles Iner, lute
In Dirges Sad Delight is a rumination on death, on sorrow, on what lies beyond this material veil. The poets and composers of 17th-century England returned time and again to these themes, through both sacred and secular works, examining the purgation of the soul at its passing, and the effects of death upon those still living. In this program, Memento Mori offers works by Dowland, Danyel, Campion, Coprario, and other luminaries of the English Renaissance in a mournful reverie realized by the voice, the lute, and the viol. Experience catharsis and solace as we walk up against the barrier between nature and mortality.
8pm - St. Anne's in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 General Admission / $20 Students & Seniors. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.sohipboston.org
Memento Mori: Sarah Coffman, soprano & viola da gamba; Charles Iner, lute
In Dirges Sad Delight is a rumination on death, on sorrow, on what lies beyond this material veil. The poets and composers of 17th-century England returned time and again to these themes, through both sacred and secular works, examining the purgation of the soul at its passing, and the effects of death upon those still living. In this program, Memento Mori offers works by Dowland, Danyel, Campion, Coprario, and other luminaries of the English Renaissance in a mournful reverie realized by the voice, the lute, and the viol. Experience catharsis and solace as we walk up against the barrier between nature and mortality.
8pm - St. Anne's in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 General Admission / $20 Students & Seniors. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.sohipboston.org
Wednesday, June 29
In Dirges Sad Delight *CANCELED*
Memento Mori: Sarah Coffman, soprano & viola da gamba; Charles Iner, lute
In Dirges Sad Delight is a rumination on death, on sorrow, on what lies beyond this material veil. The poets and composers of 17th-century England returned time and again to these themes, through both sacred and secular works, examining the purgation of the soul at its passing, and the effects of death upon those still living. In this program, Memento Mori offers works by Dowland, Danyel, Campion, Coprario, and other luminaries of the English Renaissance in a mournful reverie realized by the voice, the lute, and the viol. Experience catharsis and solace as we walk up against the barrier between nature and mortality.
8pm - The Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 General Admission / $20 Students & Seniors. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.sohipboston.org
Memento Mori: Sarah Coffman, soprano & viola da gamba; Charles Iner, lute
In Dirges Sad Delight is a rumination on death, on sorrow, on what lies beyond this material veil. The poets and composers of 17th-century England returned time and again to these themes, through both sacred and secular works, examining the purgation of the soul at its passing, and the effects of death upon those still living. In this program, Memento Mori offers works by Dowland, Danyel, Campion, Coprario, and other luminaries of the English Renaissance in a mournful reverie realized by the voice, the lute, and the viol. Experience catharsis and solace as we walk up against the barrier between nature and mortality.
8pm - The Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 General Admission / $20 Students & Seniors. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.sohipboston.org
Thursday, June 30
In Dirges Sad Delight *CANCELED*
Memento Mori: Sarah Coffman, soprano & viola da gamba; Charles Iner, lute
In Dirges Sad Delight is a rumination on death, on sorrow, on what lies beyond this material veil. The poets and composers of 17th-century England returned time and again to these themes, through both sacred and secular works, examining the purgation of the soul at its passing, and the effects of death upon those still living. In this program, Memento Mori offers works by Dowland, Danyel, Campion, Coprario, and other luminaries of the English Renaissance in a mournful reverie realized by the voice, the lute, and the viol. Experience catharsis and solace as we walk up against the barrier between nature and mortality.
8pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$25 General Admission / $20 Students & Seniors. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.sohipboston.org
Memento Mori: Sarah Coffman, soprano & viola da gamba; Charles Iner, lute
In Dirges Sad Delight is a rumination on death, on sorrow, on what lies beyond this material veil. The poets and composers of 17th-century England returned time and again to these themes, through both sacred and secular works, examining the purgation of the soul at its passing, and the effects of death upon those still living. In this program, Memento Mori offers works by Dowland, Danyel, Campion, Coprario, and other luminaries of the English Renaissance in a mournful reverie realized by the voice, the lute, and the viol. Experience catharsis and solace as we walk up against the barrier between nature and mortality.
8pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$25 General Admission / $20 Students & Seniors. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.sohipboston.org