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Concerts with Viols or Early Bowed Strings

Tuesday, June 12

10:30am Concerto Incognito with guest artist Pamela Murray, soprano (Dana Maiben, violin; Joshua Lee, viola da gamba; Webb Wiggins, harpsichord). Buxtehude at Home. An all-Buxtehude program in commemoration of the 300^th anniversary of the composer’s death, including two trio sonatas, a suite for cembalo & the cantata Singet dem Herrn, a setting of Psalm 98. Boston Center for Adult Education. $10 donation. 401-454-1339 or danamaiben@earthlink.net.

2pm Kathryn Aaron, soprano; David Walker, archlute; Joshua Lee, viola da gamba; Elizabeth Baber, soprano. Restoration: The music of Henry Purcell’s England. A wide range of pieces spanning Purcell’s lifetime, including works by composers of international & domestic influence in England such as John Blow, Lully & Cavalli. Church of the Covenant. $5 donation. 502-526-2330.

4pm Seven Times Salt (Karen Burciaga, violin & treble viol; Daniel Meyers, recorders & flute; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute). Hoyda! Goodly Sport at Hampton Court. Consorts, chansons & divisions from King Henry VIII’s cosmopolitan courts with music by Cornysh, Sermisy, Bassano, Ortiz & Henry Tudor. Beacon Hill Friends House. $10 donation. 508-878-7028 or inquiries@seventimessalt.com.

4:30pm The Alamire Consort (Robert Stibler, cornetto & recorder; Melinda McMahon, voice & harp; Paul Merrill, sackbut & recorder; Peter Urquhart, tenor viol; Emily Urquhart, bass viol). The Other Susato: Franco-Flemish chansons of the 16^th century. Settings of the chansons Faulte d'argent, En douleur et tristesse, Mille regretz & others by Josquin, Willaert, Susato, Gombert, Le Cocq, Bauldeweyn, Crecquillon & Manchicourt. Emmanuel Church, Parish Hall $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 207-748-1085 or peter.urquhart@unh.edu.

Wednesday, June 13

11am The Killer Bees (Lydia Brotherton, soprano; Karen Burciaga & Boel Gidholm, violin; James Brown, viola da gamba; Christopher Haritatos, ’cello; William Good, theorbo; Leslie Kwan, organ). Danger & Deliverance. Sonatas, dances & arias from the reign of Emperor Leopold I of Austria; music from Bohemia, Croatia & the Viennese court including works by Hammerschmidt, Schmelzer, Cesti & Biber. Beacon Hill Friends House. $10 suggested donation. 508-878-7028 or Karen@seventimessalt.com.

12pm Cappella CLAUSURA, directed by Amelia LeClair (11 singers & 4 instrumentalists including positif organ, theorbo, viola da gamba & archlute). Passionately UnConventional: Madrigals and motets by nuns of Modena, Bologna & Ferrara. Passionate motets of a fascinating and prolific composer, Lucrezia Vizzana of Bologna & delightful madrigals of 16-year-old Vittoria Aleotti before she entered the convent. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. $15/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-964-6609 or aleclair@clausura.org.

12:30pm Les Bostonades (Kate Bennett Haynes, ’cello; Justin Haynes, viola da gamba; Akiko Enoki Sato, harpsichord). Pièces pour basses: Paris ca.1740. Works by Forqueray, Barriere & Boismortier. Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church. $10/$8 st,sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-304-8843 or akikoenokisato@hotmail.com".

2pm Ensemble La Sylva (Angus Lansing, viola da gamba; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord). Portraits, Tributes & Laments. Character pieces for viola da gamba & harpsichord featuring music of Forqueray, Marais, Couperin & Duphly, each connected to a notable figure of the period as a depiction, homage, or dedication. Boston Center for Adult Education. $12/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-447-6999 or anguslansing@mac.com.

2:30pm Les Bostonades and La Fiorenza (Ruth Phillips, soprano; Cecile Garcia-Moeller, Ellie Nimeroski & Sari Tsuji, violin; Graham St-Laurent, oboe; Teddie Hwang, traverso; Jivko Georgiev & Kate Bennett Haynes, ’cello; Justin Haynes, viola da gamba; Esteban La Rotta, theorbo; Sara Lackie, harp; Jonathan Addleman & Akiko Enoki Sato, harpsichord & organ). Le Soleil: A Celebration of French Vocal & Instrumental Music. Works by Clerambault, Couperin & a selection of intimate air de cours. Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church. $10/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-304-8843 or akikoenokisato@hotmail.com.

3pm Le Tre Grazie (Charles Weaver, theorbo; Andrew Arceci, viola da gamba; Elizabeth Baber & Amaranta Viera, soprano; Amanda Keil, mezzo-soprano). Idol Worship: Ecstatic secular & sacred love in 17^th-century France & Italy. A juxtaposition of secular works by Rossi, Monteverdi, Carrissimi & Lambert with sacred music by Cozzolani, Danielis, Lully & Charpentier for women in the courts & convents. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. $15/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-314-9064 or Amanda_keil@yahoo.com.

3:30pm The Alamire Consort (Robert Stibler, cornetto & recorder; Melinda McMahaon, voice & harp; Paul Merrill, sackbut & recorder; Peter Urquhart, tenor viol; Emily Urquhart, bass viol). The Other Susato: Franco-Flemish chansons of the 16^th century. Settings of the chansons Faulte d’argent, En douleur et tristesse, Mille regretz & others by Josquin, Willaert, Susato, Gombert, Le Cocq, Bauldewyn, Crecquillon & Manchicourt. Goethe-Institut. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 207-748-1085 or peter.urquhart@unh.edu.

5pm BEMF Concert. Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba, Jan Willem Jansen, harpsichord. Les Fêtes Galantes: Marin Marais and C.P.E. Bach. Jordan Hall. $22-$56. 617-585-1260.

Thursday, June 14

9am Viola da Gamba Society of America Young Artists: Consort Cooperative Alumni (Phillip Serna, Virginia Kaycoff, Joshua Lee, Celia Olson, Tobi Szuts, Na’ama Jacoby): Traditional Viol Consort Music & More; Brady Lanier: Telemann & Abel for Unaccompanied Bass Viol; Long & Away (Karen Burciaga, Rachel Cama-Lekx, Tobi Szuts & Josh Schreiber Shalem with Steven Serpa, countertenor): Chansons from the Low Countries; Phillip Serna: Lyra Viol Music of Tobias Hume & Others; Joshua Lee & Friends: Piéces de Viole by Marais; NYS Baroque (Heather Miller Lardin, Marie Dalby, Webster Williams, David Morris): Italian Madrigals & English Fantasies. An array of mini-programs sampling the entire history of the viola da gamba. Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Donation. 617-718-7304 or Rachel@cama-lekx.com.

12pm The New York Continuo Collective, directed by Grant Herreid; Jennifer Griesbach, stage director (Baroque opera workshop company, including 17 vocal soloists & chorus; pit band of 20 including violin, cornetto, flute, dulcian, viola da gamba, lute, lirone, Baroque guitar, theorbo & triple harp). Semi-staged production of Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (1625), the first opera written by a woman and the first Italian opera performed outside of Italy. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. $10/$5 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, and other early music organizations. 718-636-5706, 646-239-3522, or continuony@aol.com.

1pm Joanna Blendulf, pardessus de viole & David Wilson, violin. Sans Basse: French music for pardessus de viole & violin. French music for pardessus de viole & violin. 18^th-century works for melody instruments alone, using basso continuo practice without continuo instruments. Church of the Covenant. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 510-326-4916 or dkwilson415@sbcglobal.net.

2 pm. BEMF concurrent event. Viola da Gamba Masterclass with Philippe Pierlot. Goethe Institut. Free with BEMF pass. 617-661-1812.

2pm Harvard Early Music Society (5 vocalists, 4 dancers & orchestra including violin, flute, viola da gamba, theorbo & harpsichord). Métamorphoses. Fully-staged performances of cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676- 1749) sung in French. French Library. FREE. 617-912-0400 or earlymus@hcs.harvard.edu.

2pm From the Depths (Daniel Boothe, rebec; Andrew Fouts, narrator & percussion; Josh Keller, vielle & plucked strings; Anna Marsh, voice, narrator, shawm, percussion & winds; Thea Smith, voice, narrator, percussion & winds). Canterbury Tales. Concert version of selected readings from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales read in Middle English with historically-informed improvisations and composed music of the time. St. Paul’s Church in Brookline. $15-$20 donation. 812-361-5602 or annaleemarsh@yahoo.com.

2pm Ensemble Gaudior (Alexandra MacCracken, violin & director; Daniel Rippe, viola da gamba; Adam Pearl, harpsichord). Reflections of Versailles: Courtly French Music. A trip to the Court of Louis XIV for the imagination, including music by Marais, Rameau & Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre. Boston Center for Adult Education. $20/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 703-395-2899 or info@ensemblegaudior.com.

3:45pm Ensemble La Strada (Marie Dalby, viola da gamba; Grant Herried, theorbo & voice; Alexandra Snyder, harpsichord; Arlene Travis, soprano). Cartoline d’Italia. Previously unpublished songs by Alessandro Stradella; harpsichord music of Luigi Rossi, viola bastarda music of Rognoni; Strozzi songs & more. Introduction by Stradella editor John Powell; reception follows. Boston Center for Adult Education. $10/$8 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 917-945-3226 or ensemblelastrada@yahoo.com.

Friday, June 15

11am Scandinavian Baroque Project (Elspeth Franks, soprano/mezzo-soprano; Daria D’Andrea, violin; Joanna Blendulf, viola da gamba; JungHae Kim, harpsichord). Scandinavian Masters in Chapel, Court & Tavern: Buxtehude, Roman & Bellman. Music from 17-th century Danish & Swedish courts examining Buxtehude’s Danish origins, J. H. Roman (the "Handel of Sweden") & Carl Michael Bellman (last of the troubadours). Goethe-Institut. $20/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 415-333-6932 or Scandinavian_baroque@yahoo.com.

11am Trio Settecento (Rachel Barton Pine, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord). Works of François Couperin, Marin Marais, Jean-Marie Leclair & Jean-Phillipe Rameau. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $20/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, VdGSA. 914-806-7407 or jmrozendaal@yahoo.com.

1:30pm Early Music America presents Ensemble La Rota (Sarah Barnes, soprano; Tobie Miller, recorder & hurdy gurdy; Emilie Brûlé, vielle, Esteban La Rotta, lute & harp) (winners of the EMA Medieval/Renaissance competition). Heu Fortuna: Music at the time of Philip the Fair. A panorama of secular music in France ca. 1300 including trouvère songs, estampies & motets by Guiot De Dijon, Jehan de Lescurel & Philippe de Vitry. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $10 donation. 888-722-5288 or info@earlymusic.org.

2pm Music for a while (Peter Cama-Lekx, violin & viola; Rebecca Furbush-Bayer, soprano; Rachel Cama-Lekx, viola da gamba; Seth Warner, lutes). In Darkness Let Me Dwell: The songs of Dowland and Purcell. Hale Chapel at First Church Boston. $15/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA, LSA, VdGSA. 207-776-1635 or swarner@bates.edu.

2pm Ensemble La Sylva (San-Joon Park, flute; Cecile Garcia-Moeller, violin; Angus Lansing, viola da gamba; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord). Telemann: Paris Quartets. Selections from one of Telemann’s most beloved & admired music collections, originally performed by Blavet & Forqueray; the 1738 subscription list included a "Mr. Bach from Leipzig." Boston Center for Adult Education. $12/$10 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 617-447-6999 or anguslansing@mac.com.

Saturday, June 16

11:30am La Donna Musicale (Sherezade Panthaki, Lydia H. Knutson & Daniela Tosic, voice; Na’ama Lion, flute; Cécile J. Garcia-Moeller, violin; Ruth McKay & Noriko Yasuda, organ & harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba). Benefit brunch and CD Release: The Pleasures of Love & Libation. Eat, drink & celebrate with La Donna Musicale, with a brief presentation by Prof. Catherine Gordon-Seifert (Providence College) on the use of encoded erotic language in 17^th- and 18^th-century French airs. Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. $20. 617-461-6973 or cd@ladm.org.

12pm Rainier Baroque Band (James Brown, tenor & baroque guitar; James Smith, theorbo & lute; Marie Dalby, viola da gamba; Tami Morse, harpsichord). Les Piliers de L’Empire. Montéclair cantata Le Triomfe de la Constance, airs by Le Camus, Couperin Dance Suite, Marais Pièces de viole & Theorbo Suite by Charles Hurel. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church. $10/$5 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 253-535-7614 or brownja@plu.edu.

12:15pm La Donna Musicale (Sherezade Panthaki, Lydia H. Knutson & Daniela Tosic, voice; Na’ama Lion, flute; Cécile J. Garcia-Moeller, violin; Ruth McKay & Noriko Yasuda, organ & harpsichord; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba). French Airs by Julie Pinel and other Parisian Women. Baroque & Rococo music by Parisian women composers enjoyed at home and in salons such as Julie Pinel (ca. 1737). Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. $20 preferred seating/$15 general seating. 617-461-6973 or CD@ladm.org.

4pm Bacchanalia Baroque Ensemble (Laura Thompson, flauto traverse; Arlene Travis, soprano; Gabe Shuford, harpsichord; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; guest Beth Cullinane, soprano). Music for the Goddess & the Abbess. Music for 2 voices, flute, harpsichord & gamba: Clerambault’s Zephire et Flore; motets for 2 vcs & flute by Charpentier, including Ver from his Four Seasons, gamba music by Morel; Blavet flute sonata. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church. $15/$12 st, sr, BEMF, EMA. 917-945-3226 or bacchanaliabaroque@yahoo.com.

4pm Flying Forms (Sang Joon Park, traverso; Marc Levine, violin; Tami Morse, harpsichord; with guest artists Marie Dalby, viola da gamba; Caroline Kang, ’cello; Dorothy Olsson & Mark Mindek, Baroque dance). From Quartet to Capriccio: A musical journey through Western Europe. Music by Rameau, Telemann, Groneman, and a performance of "The Dalliances of Harlequino and Columbino." Choreography & pantomime by Dorothy Olsson & Mark Mindek set to Carlo Farina’s Capriccio Stravagante. Goethe-Institut. $10 donation. 734-255-7161 or info@flyingforms.com.

8pm BEMF concert. Le Poème Harmonique (Claire Lefilliâtre, Serge Goubioud & Arnaud Marzorati, voice; Sylvie Moquet, treble viol; Isabelle Saint-Yves, bass viol; Christophe Tellart, hurdy-gurdy; Joël Grare, percussion,; Vincent Dumestre, citole & theorbo): Aux Marches du Palais: Traditional French Romances and Laments. Jordan Hall. $22-$56. 617-585-1260.

11pm BEMF concert. Tragicomedia and Friends (Stephen Stubbs, director; Erin Headly, viola da gamba; Paul O’Dette, theorbo; Stephen Stubbs, lute & Baroque guitar; with Yulia van Doren & Teresa Wakim, soprano; Aaron Sheehan & Jason McStoots, tenor; Douglas Williams, baritone; Miloš Valent, Dagmar Valentová & Robert Mealy, violin & viola; Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp; Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord): Welcome to all the Pleasures. Music from the English Restoration. Jordan Hall. $20. 617-585-1260.

Venue Locations

All venues are located in Boston, MA unless otherwise indicated.

Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut Street

Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley Street

Boston Center for Adult Education, 5 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston Conservatory of Music, 8 The Fenway

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street

Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street

Emmanuel Church and Lindsey Chapel, 15 Newbury Street

First Church, 66 Marlborough Street

First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street

French Library Alliance Française, 53 Marlborough Street

Gibson House Museum, 137 Beacon Street