Sunday, October 14
From Light to Shadow: Music of François Couperin
Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset, director)
Savor the music of François Couperin as we approach the Baroque master’s 350th birthday in this intimate program featuring stylish selections from the third Concert royal, excerpts from the hauntingly beautiful Leçons de ténèbres, Suite No. 1 from the Pièces de violes, and selections for solo harpsichord.
4pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
$20 - $70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/18-19/lestalens.htm
Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset, director)
Savor the music of François Couperin as we approach the Baroque master’s 350th birthday in this intimate program featuring stylish selections from the third Concert royal, excerpts from the hauntingly beautiful Leçons de ténèbres, Suite No. 1 from the Pièces de violes, and selections for solo harpsichord.
4pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
$20 - $70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/18-19/lestalens.htm
Thursday, October 18
Lute and guitar songs of Sweden
Jennifer Bates, soprano; Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
When we think of European song in the period between 1600 and the early 1800's, English, French, Italian, and German repertoires come to mind. But usually not Swedish! Today's program provides examples of that Northern repertoire. Works range from songs by Andreas Düben, who immigrated to Sweden from Germany around 1620, to period guitar and voice arrangements on texts by Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95). Also included are non-Swedish works of the period drawn from Swedish sources.
6:30pm - Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
FREE Admission
Jennifer Bates, soprano; Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
When we think of European song in the period between 1600 and the early 1800's, English, French, Italian, and German repertoires come to mind. But usually not Swedish! Today's program provides examples of that Northern repertoire. Works range from songs by Andreas Düben, who immigrated to Sweden from Germany around 1620, to period guitar and voice arrangements on texts by Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95). Also included are non-Swedish works of the period drawn from Swedish sources.
6:30pm - Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
FREE Admission
Thursday, October 25
Easy as Lying: The Music of Shakespeare's Globe
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; with Matthew Leese, baritone; Julia Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano.
This spirited musical celebration was conceived in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. We present some of the songs the Bard mentions by name, works by his talented musical contemporaries including Morley, Ferrabosco, Dowland, and Robert Johnson, plus excerpts from the plays read aloud in historic pronunciation. Dances from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts and a saucy ballad or two round out the evening’s festivities!
8pm - Bernhard Music Center, Williams College, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
Ticket info TBA
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; with Matthew Leese, baritone; Julia Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano.
This spirited musical celebration was conceived in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. We present some of the songs the Bard mentions by name, works by his talented musical contemporaries including Morley, Ferrabosco, Dowland, and Robert Johnson, plus excerpts from the plays read aloud in historic pronunciation. Dances from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts and a saucy ballad or two round out the evening’s festivities!
8pm - Bernhard Music Center, Williams College, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
Ticket info TBA
seventimessalt.com
Sunday, October 28
The Tale of Fauvel: A Political Fable from Medieval France
The Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma (director), Timothy Leigh Evans, Michael Barrett, voices; Shira Kammen, vielle; Steven Lundahl, winds; Joel Cohen, narrator
See and hear the orange creature gallop towards NowhereLand! The malevolent animal Fauvel is the protagonist of an acerbic and witty fable satirizing religious and political life in the fourteenth century and laden with implications for our own time and place. Watch Fauvel woo the Goddess Fortune, and resist his attempt to take over fair France. Our semi-staged production offers a generous selection of music, text, and visual stimulation from one of the most famous of all medieval manuscripts.
4pm - First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St. Boston, MA
$26-63 general, $10 students
www.bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma (director), Timothy Leigh Evans, Michael Barrett, voices; Shira Kammen, vielle; Steven Lundahl, winds; Joel Cohen, narrator
See and hear the orange creature gallop towards NowhereLand! The malevolent animal Fauvel is the protagonist of an acerbic and witty fable satirizing religious and political life in the fourteenth century and laden with implications for our own time and place. Watch Fauvel woo the Goddess Fortune, and resist his attempt to take over fair France. Our semi-staged production offers a generous selection of music, text, and visual stimulation from one of the most famous of all medieval manuscripts.
4pm - First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St. Boston, MA
$26-63 general, $10 students
www.bostoncamerata.org