upcoming performances
“Romancing The Rose” with Severall Friends (Santa Fe, NM)
The Romance of the Rose was one of the most influential works of medieval imaginative literature. It was copied innumerable times, from its inception 1200s until the age of the printing press, and was read throughout Europe, from England to Italy. Severall Friends will offer a tasting menu of delicacies by Machaut, Ciconia, Dufay, and others.
Wednesday English Country Dance (Boston)
A mix of elegantly simple to challenging dances, and traditional to contemporary dances, with Jacqueline Schwab (piano), Karen Burciaga (fiddle), and Dan Meyers (winds and percussion).
A mix of elegantly simple to challenging dances, and traditional to contemporary dances, with Jacqueline Schwab (piano), Karen Burciaga (fiddle), and Dan Meyers (winds and percussion).
A mix of elegantly simple to challenging dances, and traditional to contemporary dances, with Jacqueline Schwab (piano), Karen Burciaga (fiddle), and Dan Meyers (winds and percussion).
Sliding scale admission, $5 - $15
Harvard English Country Dance with Seven Times Salt (Boston)
STS will return for our annual sojourn providing live music for the Harvard Square English Country Dance. You’ll hear tunes popular from 1650 up to the present; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. The caller will teach all the dances; no experience is necessary.
Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA
$5 - $15 sliding scale admission
Presented by CDS-Boston
"The Love Birds" with Folger Consort (Washington DC)
Geoffrey Chaucer’s charming and trenchant A Parlement of Foules contains the first reference to St. Valentine as patron saint of lovers. The 14th-century poet’s vision of avian politics will be interspersed with bracing and intricate music of his times from England and France, perfectly mirrored by the newly-composed music of composer Juri Seo.
"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.
"The Voice of Juana Inés" with BCOC (Denver, CO)
The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado presents captivating music from 17th-century Mexico, with rich sounds of viols, voices, guitars and percussion. Sacred and secular songs, interwoven with stories and art images from her time, elevate the inspiring words of visionary poet/composer Juana Inés de la Cruz. Guest Leader: Zoe Weiss, viola da gamba. Featuring multiple Grammy winner Estelí Gomez, mezzo soprano; Gabriella Cavallero, storyteller.
"The Voice of Juana Inés" with BCOC (Denver, CO)
The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado presents captivating music from 17th-century Mexico, with rich sounds of viols, voices, guitars and percussion. Sacred and secular songs, interwoven with stories and art images from her time, elevate the inspiring words of visionary poet/composer Juana Inés de la Cruz. Guest Leader: Zoe Weiss, viola da gamba. Featuring multiple Grammy winner Estelí Gomez, mezzo soprano; Gabriella Cavallero, storyteller.