upcoming performances
Zafarán Album Release Concert (Boston)
Carmen Marsico & Zafarán explore music that crosses time and boundaries, incorporating traditions from all over the Mediterranean, with a focus on the folk traditions of Basilicata as well as Rom migration patterns. This special concert will commemorate the launch of their first album, “Zafarán”.
Irish Session at Coopershill Pub (Peterborough, NH)
Enjoy good food, a great pint of Guinness, and a rollicking traditional Irish session led by members of ISHNA, including Dan Meyers, David McGrory, Ciarán Nagle, Tara Novak, and Björn Wennås.
"Kings and Commonwealth" with Folger Consort (Washington DC)
The music from the court of King James I reflects the political and religious upheavals in early seventeenth century England. The Folger Consort will perform political ballads of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, along with instrumental music from both James’ and Charles I’s courts and swaggering and silly political songs from Thomas D’Urfey’s Pills to Purge Melancholy.
"Body and Soul" with Crescendo (Lakeville, CT)
Roman composer Emilio Cavalieri wrote and premiered his groundbreaking work Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo with great success in 1600. The question remains, whether this work is considered an opera or an oratorio (sacred drama)!
The subject, an allegorical drama, is a lively debate over worldly vanities versus a spiritual life. It features six allegorical figures: Anima, the Soul (soprano), Corpo, the Body (baritone), Good Counsel (bass), Intellect (tenor), Time (bass), Pleasure (mezzo-soprano), and a chorus that comments on the action, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Arias, recitativos, ensemble pieces and dance alternate to create a varied and dramatic and entertaining representation of the plot. This is something that we take for granted now, as we are so used to this format in opera, cantata, oratorio, and also the popular contemporary musicals.
"Body and Soul" with Crescendo (Great Barrington, MA)
Roman composer Emilio Cavalieri wrote and premiered his groundbreaking work Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo with great success in 1600. The question remains, whether this work is considered an opera or an oratorio (sacred drama)!
The subject, an allegorical drama, is a lively debate over worldly vanities versus a spiritual life. It features six allegorical figures: Anima, the Soul (soprano), Corpo, the Body (baritone), Good Counsel (bass), Intellect (tenor), Time (bass), Pleasure (mezzo-soprano), and a chorus that comments on the action, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Arias, recitativos, ensemble pieces and dance alternate to create a varied and dramatic and entertaining representation of the plot. This is something that we take for granted now, as we are so used to this format in opera, cantata, oratorio, and also the popular contemporary musicals.
"A Health To The Company" with Seven Times Salt (Boston)
17th-century London roars to life in this convivial program of tunes for the tavern including jovial drinking songs, love ballads both naughty and nice, and rustic catches for carousing with friends.
We imagine an evening in good company at the tavern, by the fireplace, with a favorite beverage in hand. We share tales of pickpockets and punks, wise maids and goodfellows, the wonders of tobacco, the pitfalls of gambling, and the delights of good ale. Between toasts, we contemplate the meaning of life and reflect on unrequited love. Rounding out the evening’s merriment are works by Wilbye, Ravenscroft, and Sumarte, along with our original settings of lively country dances. In this spirit of cheerful musical camaraderie, our program celebrates the joys of gathering with friends.
Elise Groves, soprano, percussion
Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, baritone
David H. Miller, bass viol, baritone
Matthew Wright, lute, cittern, tenor
“A Garland of Roses” with In Stile Moderno at Capitol Early Music (Washington DC)
Baroque guitars, theorbo and archlute join forces with voice, cornetto, recorder and percussion, in a rich sampler of 17th-century Italian music. Workshop 5/17 and concert 5/18.
"From Plimoth to Yorktown" with Seven Times Salt (Marblehead, MA)
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world." The historic events at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775 sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the eventual creation of the United States. Our musical tour of early America traces a lineage from the first settlers at Plimoth to their descendants on the eve of the Revolution and eventual victory at Yorktown. You’ll hear English catches, early shape note hymns, songs of liberty and taxation, wartime laments, and even some of George Washington's favorite dance tunes! The program includes works by Ravenscroft, Arne, and Billings, selections from the Bay Psalm Book, and a variety of dance tunes collected in 18th-c. manuscripts.
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, baritone
Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba, cello, bass
Matthew Wright, lute, cittern, tenor
Church of St. Andrew, 135 Lafayette St. Marblehead, MA
All are welcome. There is a $10 suggested donation at the door.
"A Gallery of Kings" with the Boston Camerata at BEMF (Boston)
Songs and stories of powerful Kings, both good and bad, abound in the Middle Ages. “May he reign forever!” sings the crowd, but the monarch’s power is limited: by his fallible judgement, his formidable adversaries, his love of power, and his own, precarious mortality. These ancient songs of kingship and its snares in Latin, German, Galician, Old English and French resonate strongly down the centuries, into our own turbulent time.
“A Garland of Roses” with In Stile Moderno at Capitol Early Music (Brattleboro, VT)
Baroque guitars, theorbo and archlute join forces with voice, cornetto, recorder and percussion, in a rich sampler of 17th-century Italian music.
"From Plimoth to Yorktown" with Seven Times Salt on the SoHIP series (Lincoln, MA)
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world." The historic events at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775 sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the eventual creation of the United States. Our musical tour of early America traces a lineage from the first settlers at Plimoth to their descendants on the eve of the Revolution and eventual victory at Yorktown. You’ll hear English catches, early shape note hymns, songs of liberty and taxation, wartime laments, and even some of George Washington's favorite dance tunes! The program includes works by Ravenscroft, Arne, and Billings, selections from the Bay Psalm Book, and a variety of dance tunes collected in 18th-c. manuscripts.
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, baritone
Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba, cello, bass
Matthew Wright, lute, cittern, tenor
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
"From Plimoth to Yorktown" with Seven Times Salt on the SoHIP series (Andover, MA)
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world." The historic events at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775 sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the eventual creation of the United States. Our musical tour of early America traces a lineage from the first settlers at Plimoth to their descendants on the eve of the Revolution and eventual victory at Yorktown. You’ll hear English catches, early shape note hymns, songs of liberty and taxation, wartime laments, and even some of George Washington's favorite dance tunes! The program includes works by Ravenscroft, Arne, and Billings, selections from the Bay Psalm Book, and a variety of dance tunes collected in 18th-c. manuscripts.
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, baritone
Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba, cello, bass
Matthew Wright, lute, cittern, tenor
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
"From Plimoth to Yorktown" with Seven Times Salt on the SoHIP series (Boston)
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world." The historic events at Lexington and Concord on the morning of April 19, 1775 sparked the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the eventual creation of the United States. Our musical tour of early America traces a lineage from the first settlers at Plimoth to their descendants on the eve of the Revolution and eventual victory at Yorktown. You’ll hear English catches, early shape note hymns, songs of liberty and taxation, wartime laments, and even some of George Washington's favorite dance tunes! The program includes works by Ravenscroft, Arne, and Billings, selections from the Bay Psalm Book, and a variety of dance tunes collected in 18th-c. manuscripts.
Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, baritone
Josh Schreiber, viola da gamba, cello, bass
Matthew Wright, lute, cittern, tenor
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
Wednesday English Country Dance at the Concord Scout House (Boston)
A mix of elegantly simple to challenging dances, from the traditional to the contemporary, featuring music by Seven Times Salt