Tuesday, 7.9 Encore
Flanders Recorder Quartet celebrates their 25th anniversary season with a concert full of surprises. Repertoire ranges from 1100 to 2013, and includes pieces from FRQ's latest CD "Encore". Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris Van Goethem, Paul Van Loey.
Thursday, 7.11 Sweeter than Roses: Music of the Baroque Heard in England
Baroque Academy Faculty perform Purcell, Handel, and a diversity of imported repertoire that would have been heard in London, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe. Julianne Baird, soprano, Stanley Ritchie, violin, Wendy Gillespie, viol, Sarah Freiberg, cello, Janet See, flute, Bart Spanhove, recorder, Marc Schachman, oboe, Wouter Verschuren, bassoon, Arthur Haas and Peter Sykes, harpsichord.
Friday, 7.12 8:00 p.m. The Fairy Queen
Staged opera by Henry Purcell based on Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream." With AEMF student singers, dancers, and orchestra. Drew Minter, director; Gary Thor Wedow, music director; Dorothy Olsson and Kaspar D. Mainz, dance directors; Ronnie Snader, costumes; and Lawrence Rosenwald, texts.
7.13-7.14 Music & Instrument Exhibition
Early instrument makers and dealers, music publishers, and organizations. Exhibit is open to the public. In Blaustein (free).
Saturday, 7.13 Student Concerts
11:00 a.m Recorder Boot Camp Concert
1:00 p.m. Baroque Academy Student Concert
3:00 p.m. Central Program Student Concert
Student Concerts are free admission.
Saturday, July 13 Practicall Musicke
Hear many top early music performers in one evening. Expect the unexpected! Medieval to Baroque English music, performed by AEMF faculty, followed by the Workshop Collegium, directed by Larry Lipnik, performing Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal : Sacred Music of Tye, Tallis, and Byrd.
Tuesday, 7.16 Curious Musicke: the Eccentric Art of the English Consort
"Your Viols were invented for these kinds of Musickes, which may bee compared with the highest and curious musicke in the world." So wrote English composer Tobias Hume to describe chamber music for viols, a musical language that was brought to perfection by English musicians over a period of more than 150 years. New York based Sonnambula viol consort will perform works that span this extraordinary range, mixing deservedly familiar works by Byrd, Lawes, and Purcell with forgotten musical treasures from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Thursday, 7.18 The Dreaming Spires: English Music from Old Hall to the Eton Choirbooks
Music in Oxford from Richard Davy to John Wilson. Choral traditions of the early 16th century, the city's minstrel and wind band traditions, and the compositions of those musicians who were associated with the university and the town into the 17th Century. Medieval to early Renaissance repertoire. Mary Springfels, Director, with Musicians of the AEMF.
Friday, 7.19 Every Man in His Humor
A Pageant of Temperaments in English Lute Song. A delightful entertainment about human temperament and the humors in the age of Shakespeare. Jonson, and others. Music by Dowland, Campion, and Jones. With AEMF student singers and lutes. Conceived and directed by Grant Herreid.
Saturday, 7.20 Student Concerts
1:00 p.m. Virtuoso Recorder Concert
3:00 p.m. Central Program Student Concert
5:00 p.m. Ensemble Singing Intensive Concert
Student Concerts are free admission.
Saturday, 7.20 Practicall Musicke
Hear many top early music performers in one evening. Expect the unexpected! Medieval to Baroque English music, performed by AEMF faculty, followed by the Workshop Collegium, directed by Tom Zajac.
All concerts will be in Evans Concert Hall, in Cummings Arts Center, at Connecticut College. Concerts begin at 7:30 unless indicated below. Admission is free for participants, $20 general, $15 students and seniors for evening concerts. Join us for pre-concert madrigals in the courtyard, and stay for post-concert receptions
If you'd like to subscribe to the entire series (8 concerts), e-mail the office. The series costs $160 general admission, $120 for students and seniors.
