Friday, March 4
Native Realm
Sarasa: Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center https://bmcvt.org
$20
https://www.sarasamusic.org/events/native-realm
Sarasa: Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center https://bmcvt.org
$20
https://www.sarasamusic.org/events/native-realm
Saturday, March 5
Berkshire Bach presents Organist Renée Anne Louprette
Renée Anne Louprette, Organist; George Stauffer, Musicological Commentator
Organist Renee Anne Louprette plays a program of works by J.S. & C.P.E. Bach and ROBERT & Clara Schumann on the historic Johnson Organ. Musicologist George Stauffer provides commentary about Bach's music, life, and legacy, highlighting the way Bach’s music influenced composers who came after him.
2pm - Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire, 1089 Main Street Housatonic, MA 01236
$35
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Renée Anne Louprette, Organist; George Stauffer, Musicological Commentator
Organist Renee Anne Louprette plays a program of works by J.S. & C.P.E. Bach and ROBERT & Clara Schumann on the historic Johnson Organ. Musicologist George Stauffer provides commentary about Bach's music, life, and legacy, highlighting the way Bach’s music influenced composers who came after him.
2pm - Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire, 1089 Main Street Housatonic, MA 01236
$35
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Native Realm
Sarasa: Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer
7:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA
$25
https://www.sarasamusic.org/events/native-realm
Sarasa: Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer
7:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA
$25
https://www.sarasamusic.org/events/native-realm
Sunday, March 6
Native Realm
Sarasa: Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer
3:30pm - Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA
$25
https://www.sarasamusic.org/events/native-realm
Sarasa: Jesse Irons, Miranda Fulleylove, violins; Jason Fisher, viola; Jennifer Morsches, cello
Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble presents Poland’s distinct culture and native land through the lens of Telemann, Górecki and Schmelzer
3:30pm - Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA
$25
https://www.sarasamusic.org/events/native-realm
Friday, March 11
Stay, Time: Lute Songs of John Dowland
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
“Stay, time, awhile thy flying,” writes John Dowland in one of the most beautiful songs of his collection A Pilgrimes Solace.
It’s a wish we can all relate to—as children grow, parents age, or milestones slip by—if only we could pause time in its relentless flight! In our spring concert, we’ll share the closest thing we’ve found to a pause button on life: the intimacy of four-part
singing around a table. We’ll reconvene the ensemble from our 2019 program “Come again,” this time for a journey through
the work of John Dowland from his Firste Booke of Songes (1597) to A Pilgrimes Solace (1612). Deepening our work as an ensemble on historical pronunciation and facsimile reading, we will explore themes of timelessness, aging, darkness, and light
in Dowland’s beloved and evergreen songs. Join us to press pause for an evening and enjoy this repertoire, with all its humor, intricacy, and pathos.
7:30 pm - Brattleboro Music Center and online!
Saturday, March 12, 7:30 pm - Good Shepherd Watertown
https://www.instilemoderno.com/season
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
“Stay, time, awhile thy flying,” writes John Dowland in one of the most beautiful songs of his collection A Pilgrimes Solace.
It’s a wish we can all relate to—as children grow, parents age, or milestones slip by—if only we could pause time in its relentless flight! In our spring concert, we’ll share the closest thing we’ve found to a pause button on life: the intimacy of four-part
singing around a table. We’ll reconvene the ensemble from our 2019 program “Come again,” this time for a journey through
the work of John Dowland from his Firste Booke of Songes (1597) to A Pilgrimes Solace (1612). Deepening our work as an ensemble on historical pronunciation and facsimile reading, we will explore themes of timelessness, aging, darkness, and light
in Dowland’s beloved and evergreen songs. Join us to press pause for an evening and enjoy this repertoire, with all its humor, intricacy, and pathos.
7:30 pm - Brattleboro Music Center and online!
Saturday, March 12, 7:30 pm - Good Shepherd Watertown
https://www.instilemoderno.com/season
Saturday, March 12
Earthly Baroque
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Transport yourself to a world of wild wonders with a delightful program of Baroque instrumental selections inspired by the sounds of nature. The concert includes Antonio Vivaldi’s vivid and virtuosic Goldfinch flute concerto, Heinrich Biber’s colorful Sonata Representativa for violin and continuo, which imitates a plethora of bird calls and other animal sounds, G. J. Werner’s November Suite, which features a raging storm scene, William Williams’s Sonata in Imitation of Birds, and birdsong-inspired harpsichord works by François Couperin and J.Ph. Rameau. Also featured is the ensemble's own reconstruction of little-known composer J. F. Lampe’s playful Cuckoo Concerto for flute, strings, and continuo.
7:30pm ET - First Parish in Wayland, 225 Boston Post Rd, Wayland, MA 01778
Online Tickets: $10 students; $35 individual; $70 family In-person Tickets: $25 subscriber; $58 non-subscriber
https://oldpostroad.org/single-tickets-in-person
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Transport yourself to a world of wild wonders with a delightful program of Baroque instrumental selections inspired by the sounds of nature. The concert includes Antonio Vivaldi’s vivid and virtuosic Goldfinch flute concerto, Heinrich Biber’s colorful Sonata Representativa for violin and continuo, which imitates a plethora of bird calls and other animal sounds, G. J. Werner’s November Suite, which features a raging storm scene, William Williams’s Sonata in Imitation of Birds, and birdsong-inspired harpsichord works by François Couperin and J.Ph. Rameau. Also featured is the ensemble's own reconstruction of little-known composer J. F. Lampe’s playful Cuckoo Concerto for flute, strings, and continuo.
7:30pm ET - First Parish in Wayland, 225 Boston Post Rd, Wayland, MA 01778
Online Tickets: $10 students; $35 individual; $70 family In-person Tickets: $25 subscriber; $58 non-subscriber
https://oldpostroad.org/single-tickets-in-person
Stay, Time: Lute Songs of John Dowland
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
“Stay, time, awhile thy flying,” writes John Dowland in one of the most beautiful songs of his collection A Pilgrimes Solace.
It’s a wish we can all relate to—as children grow, parents age, or milestones slip by—if only we could pause time in its relentless flight! In our spring concert, we’ll share the closest thing we’ve found to a pause button on life: the intimacy of four-part
singing around a table. We’ll reconvene the ensemble from our 2019 program “Come again,” this time for a journey through
the work of John Dowland from his Firste Booke of Songes (1597) to A Pilgrimes Solace (1612). Deepening our work as an ensemble on historical pronunciation and facsimile reading, we will explore themes of timelessness, aging, darkness, and light
in Dowland’s beloved and evergreen songs. Join us to press pause for an evening and enjoy this repertoire, with all its humor, intricacy, and pathos.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
https://www.instilemoderno.com/season
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
“Stay, time, awhile thy flying,” writes John Dowland in one of the most beautiful songs of his collection A Pilgrimes Solace.
It’s a wish we can all relate to—as children grow, parents age, or milestones slip by—if only we could pause time in its relentless flight! In our spring concert, we’ll share the closest thing we’ve found to a pause button on life: the intimacy of four-part
singing around a table. We’ll reconvene the ensemble from our 2019 program “Come again,” this time for a journey through
the work of John Dowland from his Firste Booke of Songes (1597) to A Pilgrimes Solace (1612). Deepening our work as an ensemble on historical pronunciation and facsimile reading, we will explore themes of timelessness, aging, darkness, and light
in Dowland’s beloved and evergreen songs. Join us to press pause for an evening and enjoy this repertoire, with all its humor, intricacy, and pathos.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
https://www.instilemoderno.com/season
Sunday, March 13
VdGS-NE Special Topic: Trios of Gibbons, Lupo and Coprerario
Mary Springfels, viola da gamba
3-4:30pm - online (link sent to registrants)
$15 members/$20 nonmembers. Register by March 9.
Website
Mary Springfels, viola da gamba
3-4:30pm - online (link sent to registrants)
$15 members/$20 nonmembers. Register by March 9.
Website
Friday, March 18
I am Black & Beautiful: Morenas in Iberoamerica
Rumbarrocco: Adriana Ruiz & Daniela Tosic, voice; Na'ama Lion, early flutes; Kera Washington & Ricardo Matute, percussion; Kirsten Lamb, bass; Katherine Shao, keyboard; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & Venezuelan cuatro
La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco perform a program of songs and polyphonic settings that honor the Morenas (dark-skinned Black women) in the Ibero-American repertory, beginning with settings of Nigra sum sed formosa from the Book of Psalms, all the way to current folk representations in South America. The concert will include early vocal music from the Iberian Renaissance and Baroque Cancioneros with poetic texts that depict Black women in endearing terms. Our performance will also include African-influenced instrumental music from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Spain linked to today’s practices of traditional music. Composers will include Manuel Machado, Francisco de Peñalosa, Diego Ortiz, Juan Vásquez, and Anonymous.
7pm EST - Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St, Boston
$35, $20 and $5
www.rumbarroco.org
Rumbarrocco: Adriana Ruiz & Daniela Tosic, voice; Na'ama Lion, early flutes; Kera Washington & Ricardo Matute, percussion; Kirsten Lamb, bass; Katherine Shao, keyboard; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & Venezuelan cuatro
La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco perform a program of songs and polyphonic settings that honor the Morenas (dark-skinned Black women) in the Ibero-American repertory, beginning with settings of Nigra sum sed formosa from the Book of Psalms, all the way to current folk representations in South America. The concert will include early vocal music from the Iberian Renaissance and Baroque Cancioneros with poetic texts that depict Black women in endearing terms. Our performance will also include African-influenced instrumental music from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Spain linked to today’s practices of traditional music. Composers will include Manuel Machado, Francisco de Peñalosa, Diego Ortiz, Juan Vásquez, and Anonymous.
7pm EST - Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St, Boston
$35, $20 and $5
www.rumbarroco.org
André Campra's Messe de Requiem
St Mary Schola
St Mary Schola presents a moving sacred concert, featuring a sublime work of the French baroque: André Campra’s Messe de Requiem. Campra’s music is filled with soaring vocal lines, reminiscent of the music in Fauré’s future Requiem. Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence brings the sunny warmth of the south with his graceful writing for period strings and recorders. Intervening solos offer southern Maine’s finest singers to bring to life the heartfelt and expressive music. Handel’s The Judgement of Solomon will also featured on the program: a dramatic confrontation between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting to cut the baby in two, with each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. Handel’s poignant music brings to life the extraordinary pathos of this story.Audience members are requested to be vaccinated and wear masks. This project is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England.
7:30pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, Falmouth, ME
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/
St Mary Schola
St Mary Schola presents a moving sacred concert, featuring a sublime work of the French baroque: André Campra’s Messe de Requiem. Campra’s music is filled with soaring vocal lines, reminiscent of the music in Fauré’s future Requiem. Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence brings the sunny warmth of the south with his graceful writing for period strings and recorders. Intervening solos offer southern Maine’s finest singers to bring to life the heartfelt and expressive music. Handel’s The Judgement of Solomon will also featured on the program: a dramatic confrontation between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting to cut the baby in two, with each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. Handel’s poignant music brings to life the extraordinary pathos of this story.Audience members are requested to be vaccinated and wear masks. This project is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England.
7:30pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, Falmouth, ME
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/
Ockeghem@600 Concert 11: Missa sine nomine a 5
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Blue Heron’s complete Ockeghem cycle continues with a five-voice Kyrie, Gloria & Credo based on plainchant melodies, as well as motets and songs by Ockeghem, Busnoys & others. To attend in-person concerts, proof of vaccination is required.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Free pre-concert talk 45 minutes prior to each performance. Doors and box office open 1 hour prior to each performance.
www.blueheron.org
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Blue Heron’s complete Ockeghem cycle continues with a five-voice Kyrie, Gloria & Credo based on plainchant melodies, as well as motets and songs by Ockeghem, Busnoys & others. To attend in-person concerts, proof of vaccination is required.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Free pre-concert talk 45 minutes prior to each performance. Doors and box office open 1 hour prior to each performance.
www.blueheron.org
Saturday, March 19
Ockeghem@600 Concert 11: Missa sine nomine a 5
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Blue Heron’s complete Ockeghem cycle continues with a five-voice Kyrie, Gloria & Credo based on plainchant melodies, as well as motets and songs by Ockeghem, Busnoys & others. To attend in-person concerts, proof of vaccination is required.
2:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Free pre-concert talk 45 minutes prior to each performance. Doors and box office open 1 hour prior to each performance.
www.blueheron.org
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Blue Heron’s complete Ockeghem cycle continues with a five-voice Kyrie, Gloria & Credo based on plainchant melodies, as well as motets and songs by Ockeghem, Busnoys & others. To attend in-person concerts, proof of vaccination is required.
2:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Free pre-concert talk 45 minutes prior to each performance. Doors and box office open 1 hour prior to each performance.
www.blueheron.org
André Campra's Messe de Requiem
St Mary Schola
St Mary Schola presents a moving sacred concert, featuring a sublime work of the French baroque: André Campra’s Messe de Requiem. Campra’s music is filled with soaring vocal lines, reminiscent of the music in Fauré’s future Requiem. Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence brings the sunny warmth of the south with his graceful writing for period strings and recorders. Intervening solos offer southern Maine’s finest singers to bring to life the heartfelt and expressive music. Handel’s The Judgement of Solomon will also featured on the program: a dramatic confrontation between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting to cut the baby in two, with each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. Handel’s poignant music brings to life the extraordinary pathos of this story.Audience members are requested to be vaccinated and wear masks. This project is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England.
3:00pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, Falmouth, ME
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/
St Mary Schola
St Mary Schola presents a moving sacred concert, featuring a sublime work of the French baroque: André Campra’s Messe de Requiem. Campra’s music is filled with soaring vocal lines, reminiscent of the music in Fauré’s future Requiem. Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence brings the sunny warmth of the south with his graceful writing for period strings and recorders. Intervening solos offer southern Maine’s finest singers to bring to life the heartfelt and expressive music. Handel’s The Judgement of Solomon will also featured on the program: a dramatic confrontation between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting to cut the baby in two, with each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. Handel’s poignant music brings to life the extraordinary pathos of this story.Audience members are requested to be vaccinated and wear masks. This project is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England.
3:00pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, Falmouth, ME
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/
I am Black & Beautiful: Morenas in Iberoamerica
Rumbarrocco
A program of songs and polyphonic settings that honor the Morenas (dark skinned, black women) in the Ibero-american and New World repertory beginning with settings of nigra sum sed formosa from the Psalms of Psalm to current folk representations in South America. Early vocal music from Spain, Mexico, and Peru, with endearing texts that depict black women, taken from the Iberian Cancioneros and connected to Latin-American genres. Our performance will also include African-influenced instrumental music from Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries linked to contemporary practices of traditional music.
7pm - 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918
FREE
www.rumbarroco.org
Rumbarrocco
A program of songs and polyphonic settings that honor the Morenas (dark skinned, black women) in the Ibero-american and New World repertory beginning with settings of nigra sum sed formosa from the Psalms of Psalm to current folk representations in South America. Early vocal music from Spain, Mexico, and Peru, with endearing texts that depict black women, taken from the Iberian Cancioneros and connected to Latin-American genres. Our performance will also include African-influenced instrumental music from Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries linked to contemporary practices of traditional music.
7pm - 1 Cunningham Square Providence, RI 02918
FREE
www.rumbarroco.org
Sunday, March 20
Hope Collective for Early Music
Sam Breene, baroque violin, Todd Borgerding, organ, with Soprano Alyson Marzini and Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo.
Music of Buxtehude, Biber, Schütz, Schmelzer, Scheidt, and Muffat.
2pm - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, North Kingstown, RI 02852
Free will offering
http://www.stpaulswickford.org/music-at-st-pauls.html
Sam Breene, baroque violin, Todd Borgerding, organ, with Soprano Alyson Marzini and Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo.
Music of Buxtehude, Biber, Schütz, Schmelzer, Scheidt, and Muffat.
2pm - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, North Kingstown, RI 02852
Free will offering
http://www.stpaulswickford.org/music-at-st-pauls.html
André Campra's Messe de Requiem
St Mary Schola
St Mary Schola presents a moving sacred concert, featuring a sublime work of the French baroque: André Campra’s Messe de Requiem. Campra’s music is filled with soaring vocal lines, reminiscent of the music in Fauré’s future Requiem. Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence brings the sunny warmth of the south with his graceful writing for period strings and recorders. Intervening solos offer southern Maine’s finest singers to bring to life the heartfelt and expressive music. Handel’s The Judgement of Solomon will also featured on the program: a dramatic confrontation between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting to cut the baby in two, with each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. Handel’s poignant music brings to life the extraordinary pathos of this story.Audience members are requested to be vaccinated and wear masks. This project is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England.
3:00pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, Portland, ME
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/
St Mary Schola
St Mary Schola presents a moving sacred concert, featuring a sublime work of the French baroque: André Campra’s Messe de Requiem. Campra’s music is filled with soaring vocal lines, reminiscent of the music in Fauré’s future Requiem. Campra, born in Aix-en-Provence brings the sunny warmth of the south with his graceful writing for period strings and recorders. Intervening solos offer southern Maine’s finest singers to bring to life the heartfelt and expressive music. Handel’s The Judgement of Solomon will also featured on the program: a dramatic confrontation between two women, both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting to cut the baby in two, with each woman to receive half. With this strategy, he was able to discern the non-mother as the woman who entirely approved of this proposal, while the actual mother begged that the sword might be sheathed and the child committed to the care of her rival. Handel’s poignant music brings to life the extraordinary pathos of this story.Audience members are requested to be vaccinated and wear masks. This project is supported in part by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England.
3:00pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, Portland, ME
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/
Wednesday, March 23
Early Notation Course - “De tous bien plaine” - a chanson goes viral (15th century style)
Annette Bauer, recorder & early notation
Hayne Van Ghizeghem (ca. 1445-1497) was presumably the composer of the original three-part chanson “De tous bien plaine” - which became a 15th century hit and sparked his contemporaries’ imagination. In today's lingo, the chanson went “viral”: many versions and reworkings of this composition are transmitted from the last part of the 15th century: over 40 different settings exist, with new parts composed around the original tenor or cantus, the tenor used for duo pieces with intricate proportions, mass settings based on a cantus firmus based on the melody… the list of variations and compositions inspired by this chanson goes on and on. We will take a look at a few of these examples of “De tous bien plaine”, drawing from various late 15th and early 16th century sources. Four sessions beginning Mar. 23
5:30-6:45pm - online (Mar. 23 & 30, April 6 & 13)
$100 for 4-session course
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Annette Bauer, recorder & early notation
Hayne Van Ghizeghem (ca. 1445-1497) was presumably the composer of the original three-part chanson “De tous bien plaine” - which became a 15th century hit and sparked his contemporaries’ imagination. In today's lingo, the chanson went “viral”: many versions and reworkings of this composition are transmitted from the last part of the 15th century: over 40 different settings exist, with new parts composed around the original tenor or cantus, the tenor used for duo pieces with intricate proportions, mass settings based on a cantus firmus based on the melody… the list of variations and compositions inspired by this chanson goes on and on. We will take a look at a few of these examples of “De tous bien plaine”, drawing from various late 15th and early 16th century sources. Four sessions beginning Mar. 23
5:30-6:45pm - online (Mar. 23 & 30, April 6 & 13)
$100 for 4-session course
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Friday, March 25
Fair Phoenix: Tales of the Winter Queen
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, tenor viol; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion; David H. Miller, bass viol;
Matthew Wright, lute, bandora; with In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, theorbo; and
Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder
“Fair Phoenix” tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Born in Scotland in 1596, Elizabeth later married Frederick V of the Palatinate, who ascended to the throne of Bohemia in 1619 only to be deposed the following year. Elizabeth’s brief reign earned her the nickname “The Winter Queen.” We follow The Winter Queen’s tumultuous life story with celebratory music from England on the occasion of her wedding in 1613, music borne of religious anguish during the Thirty Years’ War, and finally music of mourning and hope following Elizabeth’s exile from Bohemia and eventual return home in the first years of the Restoration. We are pleased to once again be joined by our colleagues from In Stile Moderno.
8pm - St. Anne’s in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$20 suggested donation. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, tenor viol; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion; David H. Miller, bass viol;
Matthew Wright, lute, bandora; with In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, theorbo; and
Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder
“Fair Phoenix” tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Born in Scotland in 1596, Elizabeth later married Frederick V of the Palatinate, who ascended to the throne of Bohemia in 1619 only to be deposed the following year. Elizabeth’s brief reign earned her the nickname “The Winter Queen.” We follow The Winter Queen’s tumultuous life story with celebratory music from England on the occasion of her wedding in 1613, music borne of religious anguish during the Thirty Years’ War, and finally music of mourning and hope following Elizabeth’s exile from Bohemia and eventual return home in the first years of the Restoration. We are pleased to once again be joined by our colleagues from In Stile Moderno.
8pm - St. Anne’s in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$20 suggested donation. Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Saturday, March 26
"Such Harmony is in Immortal Souls” - Rediscovering Euphony Part II: Historical Tuning and Temperament for the Modern Musician
Paul Poletti, harpsichord
In this second session, we’ll cover the basics of historical tempering systems. Rather than getting lost in the minutia of specific temperaments, we’ll learn the basic characteristics of the three large families of temperament, when and where they were used, and the specific ways in which each type shapes the musical experience for all members of an ensemble and the challenges each presents to producing good intonation. While the basic focus will be on demystifying the topic for players of monophonic instruments, keyboard players will also benefit from a fresh approach to a well-known topic. Open to all. *Click here if you would like to purchase a link to the recording of Part I (available to view until March 26).
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Paul Poletti, harpsichord
In this second session, we’ll cover the basics of historical tempering systems. Rather than getting lost in the minutia of specific temperaments, we’ll learn the basic characteristics of the three large families of temperament, when and where they were used, and the specific ways in which each type shapes the musical experience for all members of an ensemble and the challenges each presents to producing good intonation. While the basic focus will be on demystifying the topic for players of monophonic instruments, keyboard players will also benefit from a fresh approach to a well-known topic. Open to all. *Click here if you would like to purchase a link to the recording of Part I (available to view until March 26).
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
The Recorder in Bach’s Cantatas: Celebrating Bach’s Birthday with BWV 182: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
Letitia Berlin, recorder
This class will focus on BWV 182, a cantata with a prominent and virtuosic role for the alto recorder. This cantata was Bach’s first in his role as Concert Master for the ducal court in Weimar, and was written for Palm Sunday which occurred on March 25 in 1714. We’ll work on the recorder part and learn about the context and history of the cantata, then play along with parts of recordings. Geared to: upper intermediate to advanced recorders. Lower level players are welcome to audit, or to play along when able! Pitch: A=440.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Letitia Berlin, recorder
This class will focus on BWV 182, a cantata with a prominent and virtuosic role for the alto recorder. This cantata was Bach’s first in his role as Concert Master for the ducal court in Weimar, and was written for Palm Sunday which occurred on March 25 in 1714. We’ll work on the recorder part and learn about the context and history of the cantata, then play along with parts of recordings. Geared to: upper intermediate to advanced recorders. Lower level players are welcome to audit, or to play along when able! Pitch: A=440.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
C. P. E. Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste
Juilliard415 & Royal Early Music (Paul Agnew, director)
Musical Co-Director of Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew makes his BEMF conducting début in a unique collaboration with singers and instrumentalists from New York City’s Juilliard415 and Royal Early Music of the Hague performing Carl Philipp Emanuel’s rarely heard oratorio, Die Israeliten in der Wüste. Composed in 1768, this audacious depiction of the suffering of the Israelites in the desert was specifically intended not only for the church but also for the concert hall, inspired by Handel’s famous Messiah.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, April 8, 2022 at 8pm (ET). Available to watch until April 22, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
Tickets: $80 - $50 - $30; Virtual Tickets: $15
www.bemf.org
Juilliard415 & Royal Early Music (Paul Agnew, director)
Musical Co-Director of Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew makes his BEMF conducting début in a unique collaboration with singers and instrumentalists from New York City’s Juilliard415 and Royal Early Music of the Hague performing Carl Philipp Emanuel’s rarely heard oratorio, Die Israeliten in der Wüste. Composed in 1768, this audacious depiction of the suffering of the Israelites in the desert was specifically intended not only for the church but also for the concert hall, inspired by Handel’s famous Messiah.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, April 8, 2022 at 8pm (ET). Available to watch until April 22, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
Tickets: $80 - $50 - $30; Virtual Tickets: $15
www.bemf.org
Sunday, March 27
Musical Treasures: 16th and 17th Century Music from Spain and South America
Deborah Booth, recorder
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Deborah Booth, recorder
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Ffa la sol and More
John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba
One of the glories of the famous songbook of Henry VIII is a beautiful, extended fantasy in three sections composed for three instruments, entitled “Ffa la sol”, after a prominent motive of the piece. Our session will begin with some brief, simple warm-ups for both left hand and right hand; and proceed to focus on practicing this wonderful fantasy. Participants will be able to choose to play from facsimile parts or from parts newly prepared by John Mark.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba
One of the glories of the famous songbook of Henry VIII is a beautiful, extended fantasy in three sections composed for three instruments, entitled “Ffa la sol”, after a prominent motive of the piece. Our session will begin with some brief, simple warm-ups for both left hand and right hand; and proceed to focus on practicing this wonderful fantasy. Participants will be able to choose to play from facsimile parts or from parts newly prepared by John Mark.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Fair Phoenix: Tales of the Winter Queen
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, tenor viol; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion; David H. Miller, bass viol;
Matthew Wright, lute, bandora; with In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, theorbo; and
Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder
“Fair Phoenix” tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Born in Scotland in 1596, Elizabeth later married Frederick V of the Palatinate, who ascended to the throne of Bohemia in 1619 only to be deposed the following year. Elizabeth’s brief reign earned her the nickname “The Winter Queen.” We follow The Winter Queen’s tumultuous life story with celebratory music from England on the occasion of her wedding in 1613, music borne of religious anguish during the Thirty Years’ War, and finally music of mourning and hope following Elizabeth’s exile from Bohemia and eventual return home in the first years of the Restoration. We are pleased to once again be joined by our colleagues from In Stile Moderno.
4pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT
$20 suggested donation. Masks and proof of vaccination or negative PCR required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, tenor viol; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion; David H. Miller, bass viol;
Matthew Wright, lute, bandora; with In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, theorbo; and
Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder
“Fair Phoenix” tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Born in Scotland in 1596, Elizabeth later married Frederick V of the Palatinate, who ascended to the throne of Bohemia in 1619 only to be deposed the following year. Elizabeth’s brief reign earned her the nickname “The Winter Queen.” We follow The Winter Queen’s tumultuous life story with celebratory music from England on the occasion of her wedding in 1613, music borne of religious anguish during the Thirty Years’ War, and finally music of mourning and hope following Elizabeth’s exile from Bohemia and eventual return home in the first years of the Restoration. We are pleased to once again be joined by our colleagues from In Stile Moderno.
4pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT
$20 suggested donation. Masks and proof of vaccination or negative PCR required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Keyboard Solos and Duets
Jeremy Bruns and Frances Conover Fitch, keyboards
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, César Franck, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played on organ, piano, and harpsichord. Presented by St. John's Concert Series.
4pm - St. John's Church, 705 Hale St. Beverly Farms, MA
Details
Fourth Sundays with Guts: Fantasticus!
Guts Baroque (Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, and John Ott, viola da gamba)
Progressive rock from 17th-century Vienna, with lots of Italian flavor. When the circle of fifths was wildly daring and new! Selections from the Partiturbuch Ludwig, a giant collection of music compiled in 1662 for the Holy Roman Emperor, whose court was a hotbed of virtuosic and experimental violin activity. Frescobaldi, Bertali, Schmelzer, Oswald, Biber, and more!
7pm - Online, donate via Square at https://square.link/u/Al6DN3e2 to receive viewing link. Available on-demand following the live premiere.
$20 suggested donation per household
https://gutsbaroque.com or info@gutsbaroque.com
Guts Baroque (Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, and John Ott, viola da gamba)
Progressive rock from 17th-century Vienna, with lots of Italian flavor. When the circle of fifths was wildly daring and new! Selections from the Partiturbuch Ludwig, a giant collection of music compiled in 1662 for the Holy Roman Emperor, whose court was a hotbed of virtuosic and experimental violin activity. Frescobaldi, Bertali, Schmelzer, Oswald, Biber, and more!
7pm - Online, donate via Square at https://square.link/u/Al6DN3e2 to receive viewing link. Available on-demand following the live premiere.
$20 suggested donation per household
https://gutsbaroque.com or info@gutsbaroque.com