Sunday, November 1
VdGSNE Fall Workshop: Josquin’s Bow
Jane Hershey, instructor
Franco-Flemish polyphony is known for the richness and variety of its rhythms, especially as the voices weave together at the cadences. Using Josquin’s trio chanson ‘A l’ombre d’ung buissonet au matin,’ we will look carefully at how bow direction can be used to emphasize the sub-groups of twos and threes found throughout this music - a useful technique applicable to all our standard consort repertoire. We will shape these cadential patterns to bring out the cross-rhythms and dissonances among the voices. We will work through each voice of the chanson, and you can play any of the lines against various parts. For beginner-high intermediate gamba players. Music and prep materials will be available in advance.
10:30-11:45 - online via Zoom. Registration Deadline October 15
$15 suggested donation
www.vdgsne.org. For more information contact Anne Legêne, alegene@simonsrock.edu
VdGSNE Fall Workshop: Tidying Up
Sarah Mead, instructor
Consort music can sometimes trip us up in its rhythmic tangles and awkward leaps. Learn how to sort out the musical strands and tidy up the bowing problems for a cleaner, neater consort. Is there a tricky bit that has slowed down your consort in the past? Sarah will be soliciting your input ahead of time. We'll look at your suggestions, as well as common problem passages. All sizes of gamba and all levels of experience are welcome.
1:15-2:30pm - online via Zoom. Registration Deadline October 15
$15 suggested donation
www.vdgsne.org. For more information contact Anne Legêne, alegene@simonsrock.edu
Jane Hershey, instructor
Franco-Flemish polyphony is known for the richness and variety of its rhythms, especially as the voices weave together at the cadences. Using Josquin’s trio chanson ‘A l’ombre d’ung buissonet au matin,’ we will look carefully at how bow direction can be used to emphasize the sub-groups of twos and threes found throughout this music - a useful technique applicable to all our standard consort repertoire. We will shape these cadential patterns to bring out the cross-rhythms and dissonances among the voices. We will work through each voice of the chanson, and you can play any of the lines against various parts. For beginner-high intermediate gamba players. Music and prep materials will be available in advance.
10:30-11:45 - online via Zoom. Registration Deadline October 15
$15 suggested donation
www.vdgsne.org. For more information contact Anne Legêne, alegene@simonsrock.edu
VdGSNE Fall Workshop: Tidying Up
Sarah Mead, instructor
Consort music can sometimes trip us up in its rhythmic tangles and awkward leaps. Learn how to sort out the musical strands and tidy up the bowing problems for a cleaner, neater consort. Is there a tricky bit that has slowed down your consort in the past? Sarah will be soliciting your input ahead of time. We'll look at your suggestions, as well as common problem passages. All sizes of gamba and all levels of experience are welcome.
1:15-2:30pm - online via Zoom. Registration Deadline October 15
$15 suggested donation
www.vdgsne.org. For more information contact Anne Legêne, alegene@simonsrock.edu
Tuesday, November 10
Pilgrims' Progress Lecture-Demo
Seven Times Salt: Dan Meyers & Karen Burciaga, presenters
On the eve of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower reaching Cape Cod, we’ll explore the music its passengers might have known. This online lecture-demo follows the passengers from their homes in turbulent 1590s England to religious refuge in the Netherlands, and onward to the unfamiliar shores of New England in 1620. The Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists from many walks of life, and they brought with them experiences of music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World. We’ll discuss and listen to music of the Elizabethan tavern and theater, songs by Thomas Ravenscroft, Dutch tunes, the Ainsworth Psalter, dances from Playford’s English Dancing Master, and more. You'll hear music samples from our CD "Pilgrims' Progress," recorded in the 1717 Meetinghouse in West Barnstable.
5pm - online (link sent to registrants)
$10 admission. Register Here
presented by Chatham Historical Society
Seven Times Salt: Dan Meyers & Karen Burciaga, presenters
On the eve of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower reaching Cape Cod, we’ll explore the music its passengers might have known. This online lecture-demo follows the passengers from their homes in turbulent 1590s England to religious refuge in the Netherlands, and onward to the unfamiliar shores of New England in 1620. The Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists from many walks of life, and they brought with them experiences of music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World. We’ll discuss and listen to music of the Elizabethan tavern and theater, songs by Thomas Ravenscroft, Dutch tunes, the Ainsworth Psalter, dances from Playford’s English Dancing Master, and more. You'll hear music samples from our CD "Pilgrims' Progress," recorded in the 1717 Meetinghouse in West Barnstable.
5pm - online (link sent to registrants)
$10 admission. Register Here
presented by Chatham Historical Society
Saturday, November 14
Dido And Aeneas: An opera for Distanced Lovers
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director) Tahanee Aluwihare, Luke Scott, Camila Parias, Jordan Weatherston Pitts, voices; with students from Longy School of Music of Bard College and Harvard Choral Fellows (Edward Elwyn Jones, director)
This new production of Purcell’s only true opera features performances by live and remote musicians and media elements conceived by Peter Torpey, all stitched together to be viewed from the safety and comfort of your home. The production will be recorded live, post-produced to include remote elements, and released on the Camerata website. Pre-concert talk by Prof. Ellen T. Harris and post-performance conversation with Anne Azéma and Peter Torpey.
6pm - online (link sent to ticket buyers). Available to watch November 14-29.
$50 family/$25 general/$10 student
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director) Tahanee Aluwihare, Luke Scott, Camila Parias, Jordan Weatherston Pitts, voices; with students from Longy School of Music of Bard College and Harvard Choral Fellows (Edward Elwyn Jones, director)
This new production of Purcell’s only true opera features performances by live and remote musicians and media elements conceived by Peter Torpey, all stitched together to be viewed from the safety and comfort of your home. The production will be recorded live, post-produced to include remote elements, and released on the Camerata website. Pre-concert talk by Prof. Ellen T. Harris and post-performance conversation with Anne Azéma and Peter Torpey.
6pm - online (link sent to ticket buyers). Available to watch November 14-29.
$50 family/$25 general/$10 student
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
Wednesday, November 18
Pilgrims' Progress: Music for the Plimoth Colony Settlers
Seven Times Salt: Dan Meyers & Karen Burciaga, presenters
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's sailing with music! This online lecture-demo follows the passengers from their homes in turbulent 1590s England to religious refuge in the Netherlands, and onward to the unfamiliar shores of New England in 1620. Contrary to what the history books tell us, the Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists from many walks of life, and they brought with them experiences of music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World. We’ll discuss music of the Elizabethan tavern and theater, songs by Thomas Ravenscroft, Dutch tunes, the Ainsworth Psalter, and dances from Playford’s English Dancing Master. You'll also hear music samples from our CD "Pilgrims' Progress," recorded in the 1717 Meetinghouse in West Barnstable.
FREE; register to receive link (Registration opens Oct. 1)
7pm EDT- Online Event
Presented by Plymouth Public Library
Seven Times Salt: Dan Meyers & Karen Burciaga, presenters
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's sailing with music! This online lecture-demo follows the passengers from their homes in turbulent 1590s England to religious refuge in the Netherlands, and onward to the unfamiliar shores of New England in 1620. Contrary to what the history books tell us, the Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists from many walks of life, and they brought with them experiences of music as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World. We’ll discuss music of the Elizabethan tavern and theater, songs by Thomas Ravenscroft, Dutch tunes, the Ainsworth Psalter, and dances from Playford’s English Dancing Master. You'll also hear music samples from our CD "Pilgrims' Progress," recorded in the 1717 Meetinghouse in West Barnstable.
FREE; register to receive link (Registration opens Oct. 1)
7pm EDT- Online Event
Presented by Plymouth Public Library
Friday, November 27
Looking Back at Orpheus: Monteverdi’s Orfeo
For our traditional Thanksgiving weekend feast, the Boston Early Music Festival opens our treasure trove of video archives for the first time to share FREE streaming broadcasts of two productions inspired by the Orpheus legend from our GRAMMY Award-winning Chamber Opera Series! Both productions are led by BEMF’s GRAMMY Award-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Detteand Stephen Stubbs, Stage Director Gilbert Blin, Concertmaster Robert Mealy, and Choreographer Melinda Sullivan. Each production features sublime performances by the all-star BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles and GRAMMY Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan in the title role, gorgeous costumes designed by Anna Watkins, and videography by Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films with audio from Sound Engineer Frank Cunningham (Charpentier) and WCRB Classical Radio Boston (Monteverdi). You'll also find additional new videos including documentaries on the making of each production, video lectures, and a 30-minute excerpt from BEMF’s 2017 fully staged production of Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise featuring an Orpheus-themed “opera-within-an-opera” attended by the characters of the larger story.
8pm EDT- streamed on YouTube
FREE; donations gratefully accepted at https://bemf.org/support-bemf/
For our traditional Thanksgiving weekend feast, the Boston Early Music Festival opens our treasure trove of video archives for the first time to share FREE streaming broadcasts of two productions inspired by the Orpheus legend from our GRAMMY Award-winning Chamber Opera Series! Both productions are led by BEMF’s GRAMMY Award-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Detteand Stephen Stubbs, Stage Director Gilbert Blin, Concertmaster Robert Mealy, and Choreographer Melinda Sullivan. Each production features sublime performances by the all-star BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles and GRAMMY Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan in the title role, gorgeous costumes designed by Anna Watkins, and videography by Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films with audio from Sound Engineer Frank Cunningham (Charpentier) and WCRB Classical Radio Boston (Monteverdi). You'll also find additional new videos including documentaries on the making of each production, video lectures, and a 30-minute excerpt from BEMF’s 2017 fully staged production of Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise featuring an Orpheus-themed “opera-within-an-opera” attended by the characters of the larger story.
8pm EDT- streamed on YouTube
FREE; donations gratefully accepted at https://bemf.org/support-bemf/
Sunday, November 29
Looking Back at Orpheus: Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers
For our traditional Thanksgiving weekend feast, the Boston Early Music Festival opens our treasure trove of video archives for the first time to share FREE streaming broadcasts of two productions inspired by the Orpheus legend from our GRAMMY Award-winning Chamber Opera Series! Both productions are led by BEMF’s GRAMMY Award-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Detteand Stephen Stubbs, Stage Director Gilbert Blin, Concertmaster Robert Mealy, and Choreographer Melinda Sullivan. Each production features sublime performances by the all-star BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles and GRAMMY Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan in the title role, gorgeous costumes designed by Anna Watkins, and videography by Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films with audio from Sound Engineer Frank Cunningham (Charpentier) and WCRB Classical Radio Boston (Monteverdi). You'll also find additional new videos including documentaries on the making of each production, video lectures, and a 30-minute excerpt from BEMF’s 2017 fully staged production of Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise featuring an Orpheus-themed “opera-within-an-opera” attended by the characters of the larger story.
3pm - streamed on YouTube
FREE; donations gratefully accepted at https://bemf.org/support-bemf/
For our traditional Thanksgiving weekend feast, the Boston Early Music Festival opens our treasure trove of video archives for the first time to share FREE streaming broadcasts of two productions inspired by the Orpheus legend from our GRAMMY Award-winning Chamber Opera Series! Both productions are led by BEMF’s GRAMMY Award-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Detteand Stephen Stubbs, Stage Director Gilbert Blin, Concertmaster Robert Mealy, and Choreographer Melinda Sullivan. Each production features sublime performances by the all-star BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles and GRAMMY Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan in the title role, gorgeous costumes designed by Anna Watkins, and videography by Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films with audio from Sound Engineer Frank Cunningham (Charpentier) and WCRB Classical Radio Boston (Monteverdi). You'll also find additional new videos including documentaries on the making of each production, video lectures, and a 30-minute excerpt from BEMF’s 2017 fully staged production of Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise featuring an Orpheus-themed “opera-within-an-opera” attended by the characters of the larger story.
3pm - streamed on YouTube
FREE; donations gratefully accepted at https://bemf.org/support-bemf/