Festival Concert Series

All events are part of the Amherst Early Music Festival, June 29 to July 13, 2025 on the campus of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. All concerts are at 7:30 pm, except the opera, which begins at 8 pm. No tickets necessary, entrance is general admission.

Lute Concert with Paul O'Dette Tuesday July 1, 7:30 p.m.
Image		Enter the magical world of early plucked strings...
Der getreue Music-Meister - Baroque Academy Faculty Concert Thursday, July 3, 7:30 p.m.
Image		With Baroque Academy Faculty: Julie Andrijeski violin, Phoebe Carrai cello, Kathryn Cok harpsichord, Saskia Coolen recorder, Sarah Cunningham viol, Heather Miller Lardin double bass, Kathie Stewart flute, and Wouter Verschuren bassoon.
Baroque Opera: Dafne by Georg Reutter Friday, July 4, 8:00 p.m.
Image		Musical direction by Richard Stone and stage direction by Nell Snaidas, with Jennifer Ellis Kampani, vocal coach, Lawrence Rosenwald, language coach, Dorothy Olsson and Peggy Murray, historical dance, Ronnie Snader, costumes, and Paul Guttry, sets and props. Georg Reutte's Dafne (1734), is a festa teatrale composed for the imperial family in Vienna. Drawn from Ovid’s Metamorphoses of classical antiquity, the opera sets the myth of woodland nymph Daphne, her desperate flight from Apollo, lovesick from Cupid’s poisoned arrow, and her magical transformation
Faculty Concert: A Wunderkammer of Early Music I Saturday, July 5, 7:30 p.m.
Image		A variety show of early music through the ages performed by wonderful AEM faculty using many different instruments and voices. Program will include music from Germany and the German lands: Medieval love songs, Renaissance consort music, high Baroque sonatas, and fantasies that will delight and inspire!
Festival Lecture Tuesday, July 8, 7:30 p.m.
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Recorder Concert with Sarah Jeffery Thursday, July 10, 7:30 p.m.
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Buxtehude, Bach, & Bach Friday, July 11, 7:30 p.m.
Image		The Festival's Choral Workshop, Directed by Anna Lenti. Program will include pieces by Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 – 1707): Herzlich lieb hab ich dic, O Herr, BuxWV41, Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) Unsere trubsal, and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-175) Nach dir Herr verlanget mich, BWV 150.
Faculty Concert: Wunderkammer of Early Music II Saturday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.
Image		A variety show of early music through the ages performed by wonderful AEM faculty using many different instruments and voices. Program will include music from Germany and the German lands: Medieval love songs, Renaissance consort music, high Baroque sonatas, and fantasies that will delight and inspire!