Bird on a Briar: Traditional and Ancient Songs Buy tickets In the 1950s and 1960s and into the 1970s, musicians were simultaneously rediscovering the nearly lost worlds of traditional folk music and the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. In the folk world, singers like Ewan McColl, Pete Seeger and Jeannie Robertson (born into […]
Sonatas for the Summer Buy tickets For our second Summer Concert, Ensemble Il Postiglione from Italy will present a program of sonatas by Bach, Telemann, Scarlatti and others. Enjoy an intimate concert of beautiful music in the equally beautiful setting of a stunning Arts and Crafts home set in a magnificent garden. Ensemble Il Postiglione […]
Il Gioco della cieca (Blind Man's Bluff) Buy tickets “Blind love I do not trust to thee, that makes desires full of obscurity”. Thus comments the chorus in Guarini's play, “The Faithful Shepherd” (Il pastor fido) on two lovers' passionate but beleaguered love tale. In the third act of the play, set in the idyllic […]
Cornucopia: An Autumnal Musical Feast Buy tickets An opportunity to hear bassoon and horn, in the rarely heard roles as solo instruments and featuring internationally renowned local musicians Katrina Russell and Andrew Clark. As befits the season, we have organized the concert around the theme of an autumnal feast, reflecting the plenty of the harvest season in a […]
Amazone Buy tickets Lutenist Thomas Dunford returns to EMSI's stage, leading Jupiter Ensemble, acclaimed as one of the finest in a new generation of early music ensembles. Soprano Lea Desandre, "one of today’s most exciting voices in early-music performance" - New York Times, is featured in a program on the theme of the Amazons, a […]
Stella Nova - The New Star Buy tickets Stella Nova offers a view into the unusually rich repertoire for Advent and Christmas that developed in Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Extending far beyond the strictly liturgical tradition, this music reflects festively embellished medieval Christmastime celebrations. The concert opens with an English devotional sequence and motet […]
Tormento Seicento Buy tickets The magnificent soprano Amanda Forsythe returns with viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin and his renowned ensemble Opera Prima in a program of music exploring the Galant style that was in vogue during the middle of the 18th century. The complexity and formal structure of the Baroque gives way to a […]
Moonlit Mozart Buy tickets Les Délices, from New York, performs some of the most beautiful music ever written for wind instruments, in this program of Mozart’s wind octets. The voluptuous sound of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns becomes even richer when played on period instruments with flawless ensemble playing. In late-18th century Vienna, wind bands […]
Notre Dame – Laying the Cornerstone of Western Music Buy tickets A young novice monk travels from Canterbury to Paris to study at its famous school, the Maîtrise Notre Dame de Paris, witnessing the building of the great cathedral and the birth of polyphonic music. Let us take you back in time to the beginnings […]
The King’s Music & Tavern Songs Buy tickets An EMSI favourite Ensemble Caprice, led by the indefatigable Matthias Maute, returns with music from Purcell to Handel, interwoven with traditional music from the British Isles. From Purcell to Handel, this program enters the vibrant musical world of the British Isles, where the elegance of the court, […]