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Songs & Dances for Isabella: Courtly music from Mantua & Ferrara, c. 1500
Saturday, April 29, 3:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
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Last words & legacies: Johannes Ockeghem’s Missa Mi mi & other works
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Swarthmore College,
Lang Concert Hall
6 Whittier Pl
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Presented by Swarthmore College

Ockeghem@600 Concert 13: Missa Mi mi
Saturday, March 25, 3:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
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Un petrarchino cantato: Petrarch’s Canzoniere in song
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Music Before 1800
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street,
New York, NY 10027
Presented by Music Before 1800

Fortuna & Fama: Josquin’s Missa Fortuna desperata & Dido’s lament
Saturday, February 11, 3:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
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Ockeghem@600 Concert 12- Ockeghem Requiem
Friday, January 27, 2023
University of Chicago
UChicago Presents
5720 S Woodlawn Ave,
Chicago, IL 60637
Presented by the University of Chicago

2022
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Christmas in Renaissance Spain
Friday, December 16, 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 17, 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
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Ockeghem@600 Concert 12: Requiem
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 5:30 PM
4:30 PM EST Lecture
St. Paul’s Church, Bow and Arrow Streets,
Cambridge, MA & Livestreamed
Presented by the Harvard Catholic Forum

Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 3 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
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Friday, October 14, 2022 at 8:00 PM
“Instruments of Power in the Global Early Modern”
Buckley Recital Hall
Presented by Amherst College

Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 8:00 PM
St. Mary’s Chapel
Presented by Boston College

Songs of Love & Death: Selections from I madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore
Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 2 pm
Schottenkirche St. Jakob
Regensburg, Germany
Presented by Tage Alter Musik Regensburg

Monday, June 6, 2022 at 5 pm
Sint-Martinuskerk
9600 Ronse, Belgium
Presented by Cultuurcentrum De Ververij, Ronse

International Symposium “Cipriano de Rore and the Invention of the Venetian Madrigal”
June 2-3, 2022
Institut für Musikwissenschaft der Universität Regensburg

Divine Songs: The Music of Johannes Ockeghem
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 5 pm
St. Joseph Chapel
1501 S. Layton Boulevard
Milwaukee, WI 53215
Presented by Early Music Now

Divine Songs: The Music of Johannes Ockeghem
Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street
New York, NY 10027
Presented by Music Before 1800

Many Voices
Friday, April 22, 2022 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 2:30 PM
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
BROADCAST ONLINE May 6-May 22, 2022
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Ockeghem@600 Concert 11: Sine nomine
Friday, March 18, 2022 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 2:30 PM
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
BROADCAST ONLINE April 1-April 17, 2022
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Un petrarchino cantato: Petrarch’s Canzoniere in song
Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 2:30 & 8:00 PM
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
BROADCAST ONLINE February 25-March 13, 2022
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Un petrarchino cantato
Friday, February 11, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Brookhaven at Lexington
1010 Waltham Street
Lexington, MA 02421-8052
Private Event

2021
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Christmas in Baroque Germany
Friday, December 17, 2021 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 2:30 & 8:00 PM
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
BROADCAST ONLINE December 24, 2021-January 9, 2022
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Songs of Love & Death: Selections from I madrigali a cinque voci (1542) by Cipriano de Rore
Friday, October 29, 2021 at 7 pm
Ann E. Pitzer Center
University of California, Davis
Presented by UC Davis Department of Music

Ockeghem@600, Concert 10: Missa quinti Toni 
Friday, October 15, 2021 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 2:30 PM
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
BROADCAST ONLINE October 23-November 7, 2022
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Fortuna & Fama
Josquin’s Missa Fortuna desperata & settings of Dido’s lament from the Habsburg-Burgundian court
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 2 pm ET
Presented by Laus Polyphoniae, Antwerp

Le grant retthorique: The “new forms and perfect amorous lays” of Guillaume de Machaut
Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 7:30 pm
BROADCAST ONLINE
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French Songs II: The Next Generation
Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 7:30 pm
BROADCAST ONLINE
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2020
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A Blue Heron Christmas Special
Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 7:30 pm
BROADCAST ONLINE
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French Songs I: Les peres de joyeuseté
Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm
BROADCAST ONLINE
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CANCELED: Ockeghem@600, Concert 10: Missa Quinti Toni
Friday, May 15, 2020 at 7:30 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street
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CANCELED: Many Voices
Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 3 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Songs About Hope or Lessons in Love
Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3 pm
The James Library & Center for the Arts
24 West Street
Norwell, MA 02061
Presented by The James Library & Center for the Arts

Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4 pm
Plymouth Church UCC
2860 Coventry Road
Shaker Heights, OH 44102
Presented by Les Délices

Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 8 pm
Lakewood Presbyterian Church
14502 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
Presented by Les Délices

Friday, January 17, 2020 at 8 pm
Huntington Recital Hall at Capital University
2199 East Main Street
Bexley, OH 43209
Presented by Early Music in Columbus

Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
50 N. Prospect
Akron, OH 44313
Presented by Les Délices

2019
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Christmas in Baroque Germany: Praetorius, Scheidt & others
Friday, December 20, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street
Cambridge MA 02138
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Flos florum / Flower of flowers
Monday, November 4, 2019 at 7:30 pm
F. Ludwig Diehn Center for the Performing Arts
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
Presented by the Diehn Concert Series of Old Dominion University

Polyphony@Pindrop
Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 7 pm
AERONAUT Taproom
14 Tyler Street
Somerville, MA 02143
Presented by Pindrop Sessions

Flos florum / Flower of flowers
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 2 pm
Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage
51 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02110
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Songs of Love & Death: Selections from I madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore
Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Assembly District Hall
75 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02110
Presented by Blue Heron in partnership with the American Musicological Society
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Si douce a oir: the sweet sound of medieval song
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 8 pm (pre-concert talk and demo at 7 pm, with invited speakers)
Berlin Chapel
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02453
Presented as part of the two-day workshop and residency at Brandeis: “Texture, Surface and Line: The Listener’s Experience of Late Medieval Music”

20th Birthday Concert: Canterbury Rediscovered
Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street
Cambridge MA 02138
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Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 4 pm
S. Stephen’s Church
114 George Street
Providence, RI 02906
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Songs of Love & Death: Selections from I Madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore
Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA
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Guillaume de Machaut’s Remede de Fortune
Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA
Presented by Music at 9th & Stewart
Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, BC
Presented by Early Music Vancouver
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Missa Prolationum
(Ockeghem@600, Concert 9)
Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 4 pm
S. Stephen’s Church, Providence, RI
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The Lost Music of Canterbury: Music for several saints from the Peterhouse partbooks
Friday, February 8, 2019 at 7:30 pm
The Parish of All Saints – Ashmont, Dorchester
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Presented by Music Before 1800
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Cantores y ministriles: Spanish Music in the Golden Age
(With Dark Horse Consort)
Friday, January 5, 2019 at 7 pm
Kirkland Chapel at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City
Presented by TENET
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2018
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Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy (2018)
Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 7:30 pm
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley, MA
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 7 pm
The Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Presented by Music at Dumbarton Oaks
Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8 pm
The Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Presented by Music at Dumbarton Oaks
Friday, December 21, 2018 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 4 pm
S. Stephen’s Church, Providence, RI
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Missa Cuiusvis Toni (A Mass on whatever tone you please)
(Ockeghem@600, Concert 8)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 4:00 PM (Workshop/Recital)
Williams Hall at New England Conservatory
Presented by NEC’s Intercultural Institute
Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
Friday, October 12, 2018 at 8 pm
St. Mary’s Chapel, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Presented by The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Flos florum / Flower of flowers
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm
College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, VT
Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Salle Bourgie (Bourgie Hall), Montreal, QC
Presented by Arte Musica
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Songs of Love and Death: Selections from I Madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore
Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 6 pm (with Prof. Jessie Ann Owens)
Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. Auditorium
Presented by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge
Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm
The Rotunda at Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA
Presented by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library
June 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm (with Prof. Jessie Ann Owens)
Private home in Wellesley
September 15, 2018 at 7:30 pm (with Prof. Jessie Ann Owens)
Colgate Memorial Chapel, Hamilton, NY
Presented by the Colgate Music Department as part of a Conference on the Italian Madrigal
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The Iberian Songbook: Spanish Songs & Dances, 1450-1600
Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 3:00 pm (Family Concert)
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 4 pm
Parish of All Saints – Ashmont, Dorchester, MA
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Fors seullement (Ockeghem@600, Concert 7)
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater, Morgantown, WV
Presented by the School of Music and the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University, as part of the Canady Chamber Music Series
Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 7:30 pm
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston, MA
Friday, March 2, 2018 at 7:30 pm
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley, MA
Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Music From the Peterhouse Partbooks (featuring Richard Pygott’s Missa Veni sancte spiritus)
Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 4 pm
S. Stephen’s Church, Providence, RI
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Special Performance of a Marian Antiphon by Hugh Aston
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
The Courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Presented by ISG Museum as part of “The Red Party”, celebrating the reopening of the Rafael Room

2017
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Christmas in Medieval England (2017)
Friday, December 22, 2017 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 2:30 pm
Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Songs of Love and Death: Selections from I Madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore
Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 2 pm
Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick, ME
Presented by The Bowdoin College Museum of Art
In conjunction with the exhibit The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe
Monday, November 13, 2017 at 8 pm
Chapin Hall at Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Presented by The Williams College Music Department
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Student Union Building at Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY
Presented by Queensborough Community College Department of Music
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Ma maistresse: Songs, masses & a motet for My Lady (Ockeghem@600, Concert 6)
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 5 pm (Workshop/Recital)
Brown Hall at New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
The NEC Intercultural Center
Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 8 pm
St. Mary’s Chapel, Chestnut Hill, MA
The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Music from the Henrician Set of Partbooks at Peterhouse
October 7, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Chapel of Trinity College Cambridge
Camerata Musica
October 8, 2017 at 3 pm
The Great Hall at Lambeth Palace Library
The Friends of Lambeth Palace Library
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Music in Peterhouse’s Chapel during the mastership of John Cosin
October 6, 2017 at 6 pm
Chapel of Peterhouse Cambridge
Presented by Peterhouse Cambridge
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Ma maistresse: Songs, masses & a motet for My Lady (Ockeghem@600, Concert 6)
October 1, 2017 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Presented by Music Before 1800
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The Lost Music of Canterbury
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Machaut’s Remede de Fortune
Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 8 pm
David H. Stull Recital Hall, Oberlin
Presented by Oberlin College
Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8 pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland
Presented by Les Délices
Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 4 pm
Herr Chapel at Plymouth Church UCC, Shaker Heights, OH
Presented by Les Délices
Friday, March 17, 2017 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 5 pm
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Presented by Sacred Sounds Concert Series
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Missa Caput (Ockeghem@600, Concert 5)
Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8 pm
First Parish of Lexington, Lexington, MA
Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 8:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 4 pm
Old Ship Church, Hingham, MA
Presented by Candlelight Concert Series
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Music by Du Fay and Binchois for Florence and the Medici
Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Noon and 2 pm
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Presented the NGA in honor of Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence
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Songs from courts, chambers and kitchens
Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 3 pm
Community Music Center of Boston
Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music
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2016
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Christmas in 15th-century France & Burgundy (2016)
Friday, December 16, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 2:30 pm & 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, December 19, 2016 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Presented by Music Before 1800
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Missa Ecce ancilla domini (Ockeghem@600, Concert 4)
Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 8 pm
St. Mary’s Chapel, Chestnut Hill, MA
Presented by The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
Friday, October 14, 2016 at 7:30 pm
St. Anne’s in-the-Fields, Lincoln, MA
Presented by Live in Lincoln Center Series
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 4 pm
S. Stephen’s Church, Providence, RI
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Capturing Music: The Technology of Medieval Sound (with Thomas Forrest Kelly)
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 6 PM
Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. Auditorium
Presented by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge

A More Subtle Art: The 14th-century avant-garde
Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Evans Hall, New London (Connecticut College)
Presented by the Connecticut Early Music Festival
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Songs About Hope:
Esperance and Amors in 14th-century songs by Machaut, Senleches, and others

Friday, April 29, 2016 at 8 pm
Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown, MA
Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 8 pm
Congregational Church of Weston, Weston, MA
Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 4 pm
Mary Norton Room at Old South Church, Boston
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Cantores y ministriles: Music in Seville in the Golden Age
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Presented by Music Before 1800
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Music for Good Friday: Lamentations from Renaissance Spain
Good Friday, March 25, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Trinity Church Boston, Copley Square
Presented by The Trinity Concert Series
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From the Eton Choirbook to the Peterhouse Partbooks
Friday, February 5, 2016 at 8 pm
Wellesley Village Church, Wellesley, MA
Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Devotion (featuring Fauré’s Requiem), with A Far Cry
Friday, January 29, 2016 at 8 pm
Old South Church, Boston
Presented by A Far Cry
Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm
UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, VT (University of Vermont)
Presented by University of Vermont Lane Concert Series
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2015
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Christmas in Medieval England
December 18, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 2:30 pm & 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 4 pm
S. Stephen’s Church, Providence, RI
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Missa L’homme armé (Ockeghem@600, Concert 3)
October 13, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Phillips Church, Exeter, NH
The Gilbert Concert Series (Phillips Exeter Academy)
October 15, 2015 at 8:00 pm
St. Mary’s Chapel, Chestnut Hill, MA
Presented by The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
October 17, 2015 at 8:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Capturing Music: Writing and Singing Music in the Middle Ages
June 12, 2015 at 2 pm
Williams Hall at The New England Conservatory
The Boston Early Music Festival
In collaboration with Thomas Forrest Kelly

Un petrarchino cantato: Petrarch’s Canzoniere in Song
April 30, 2015 at 8 pm
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghampton, NY
Presented by Binghampton University (Conference on The Italian Songbook)
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A Mass for St. Augustine of Canterbury
April 15, 2015 at 8 pm
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
Presented by Cathedral Concerts
April 17, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Rockefeller Chapel (University of Chicago)
Presented by Howard Mayer Brown Early Music Series
April 18, 2015 at 3:00 pm
St. Joseph Center Chapel, Milwaukee, WI
Presented by Early Music Now
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Ockeghem, Busnoys, Regis, Caron & Faugues (Ockeghem@600, Concert 2)
March 21, 2015 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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A More Subtle Art: The 14th-century avant-garde
March 19, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Christ Church Cambridge
Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music

Ockeghem (born c.1420) and contemporaries
March 19, 2015 at Noon
Marsh Chapel (Boston University)
Presented by Center for Early Music Studies

Ockeghem, Binchois & Du Fay (Ockeghem @600, Concert 1)
February 14, 2015 at 3 pm
St. Mary’s Chapel, Chestnut Hill, MA
Presented by The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
February 15, 2015 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Presented by Music Before 1800
February 21, 2015 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
February 22, 2015 at 4 pm
Old Ship Church, Hingham, MA
Presented by the Candlelight Concert Series
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A Gallery of Renaissance Song
February 5, 2015 at 7 pm
William I. Koch Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Patrons Event

A More Subtle Art: The 14th-century avant-garde
Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 8 pm
First Religious Society, Carlisle, MA
Friday, January 30, 2015 at 8 pm
Congregational Church of Weston, Weston, MA
Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Salem Athenaeum, Salem, MA
Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 4 pm
Ascension Memorial Church, Ipswich, MA
All four concert presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music

French Songs from the 15th and 16th Centuries
Saturday, January  24, 2015 4 pm
Emmanuel Church, Boston
The Singer’s Voice (Benefit for the Boston Singers’ Relief Fund)

14th-century avant-garde
Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 8 pm
William Busta Gallery, Cleveland
Presented by Les Délices
Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 4 pm
Plymouth Church, Shaker Heights, OH
Presented by Les Délices


2014
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Christmas in 15th-century France & Burgundy
Thursday, December 18 and Friday, December 19, 2014 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 2:30 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Capturing Music: Writing and Singing Music in the Middle Ages
Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 3 pm (Part 1) & 8 pm (Part 2)
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
A SPECIAL EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THOMAS FORREST KELLY
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Music from “Vocal Vibrations”
Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 7 pm
Le Laboratoire Cambridge
Opening of “Vocal Vibrations” exhibit
Friday, October 31, 2014 at 7 pm
Media Lab (MIT), Cambridge
Presented by The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values

A Mass for St. Augustine of Canterbury
Friday, October 17, 2014 at 8 pm
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Weston, MA
Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge Congregational
Monday, October 20, 2014 at Noon
Marsh Chapel, Boston
Presented by Boston University’s Center for Early Music Studies
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Music for Canterbury Cathedral (featuring Robert Jones’ Missa Spes nostra)
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 3:30 PM
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
Presented by the American Guild of Organists
Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 3:30 PM
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
Presented by the American Guild of Organists

Spanish Masters
Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Music for Canterbury Cathedral
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland
Helen D. Schubert Concert Series
Sunday, April 13, 2014 at 1 pm & 3 pm
Fuentidueña Chapel at The Cloisters (Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York City
Presented by Concerts at The Cloisters (in conjunction with the special exhibit Radiant Light: Stained Glass from Canterbury Cathedral)

Capturing Music: Writing and Singing Music in the Middle Ages
Sunday, February 23, 2014 at 4:00 PM
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
A SPECIAL EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THOMAS FORREST KELLY

Un petrarchino cantato
Friday, February 14, 2014 at 8 pm
Marsh Chapel, Boston
Presented by Boston University’s Center for Early Music Studies
Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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2013
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Christmas in Medieval England
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8 pm
St. James Cathedral, Seattle
Early Music Guild
Friday, December 20, 2013 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 2:30 pm & 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Party Like it’s 1587
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 7 pm
(with Piffaro, The Renaissance Band & The Brass Choirs of The United States Navy Band)
Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington D.C.
Library of Congress

French Song: Du Fay to Le Jeune
Monday, October 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Recital Hall, Central Campus
Presented by Salem State College

Music for Canterbury Cathedral (featuring Robert Jones’s Missa Spes nostra)
Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 8 pm
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City MO
Presented by Friends of Chamber Music Concert Series
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 8 pm
Marsh Chapel, Boston
Presented by Boston University’s Center for Early Music Studies
Friday, October 18, 2013 at 5:30 pm
Marquand Chapel (Yale), New Haven
Presented by Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 2 pm
Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Worcester
Presented by HumanArts at Assumption College
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Divine Songs (featuring music of Johannes Ockeghem)
Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 8 pm
Sweeney Hall (Smith College), Northampton MA
Massachusetts Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association
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Chansons de printemps (16th-century French songs for spring)
Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4 pm
Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New York City
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Divine Songs (featuring music of Johannes Ockeghem)
Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 3 pm
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport MA
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 7:30 pm
St. Michael’s College, Colchester VT
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 8 pm
Grace Church UCC, Rutland VT
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2012
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Christmas in 15th-century France & Burgundy
Friday, December 21, 2012 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 4 pm
The MIT Chapel, Cambridge
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 9 am
Kresge Auditorium (MIT)
Events surrounding the visit of The Dalai Lama to MIT
Presented by The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values and the Prajnopaya Institute of Buddist Studies, and in collaboration with the “Vocal Vibrations” project of MIT’s Media Lab

Nicholas Ludford: Missa Inclina cor meum
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 8 pm
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 4pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York City
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Song of Songs / Songs of love
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 8 pm
First Congregational Church, San Francisco CA
(Berkeley Festival & Exhibition)
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 4 pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York City
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Music for Three Sovereigns
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 8 pm
Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh
Presented by Renaissance & Baroque Society
Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 1 & 3 pm
The Cloisters (Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York City
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8 pm
Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse NY
Presented by Syracuse University Concert Series
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 8 pm
Gasson 100, Chestnut Hill, MA
Presented by The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
Friday, March 30, 2012 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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2011
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Christmas in Medieval England
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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A 16th-century Meeting of England & Spain
Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 4 pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York City
Blue Heron with guest ensemble Ensemble Plus Ultra (UK, dir. Michael Noone)
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Music of Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611)
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 4 pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York City
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
A program of music by Victoria and other Spanish composers to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the master’s death.
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2010
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Christmas at the Courts of 15th-century France, Burgundy & Cyprus
Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 4 pm
Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Presented by Music Before 1800
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A 15th-century Cabaret
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Keene State College, Keene NH
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 8 pm
Houghton Chapel, Wellesley MA
Presented by Wellesley College Music Department
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 7 pm
The Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Presented by Music at Dumbarton Oaks

Monday, November 8, 2010 at 8 pm
The Music Room at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC
Presented by Music at Dumbarton Oaks
Chansons by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys, Morton, and others, drawn especially from the Chansonnier cordiforme. Five singers and three instrumentalists playing rebec, fiddles, harps, douçaine & recorder.
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Ludford: Missa Regnum mundi
Aston: Gaude virgo mater Christi
Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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The Virgin and the Singer
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 5 pm
Christ the King Church, Old Lyme CT
Presented by The Connecticut Early Music Festival
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Song of Songs / Songs of Love
Friday, March 13, 2010 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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2009
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Christmas in Medieval England
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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A Century of French Song, including music from the Chansonnier cordiforme
Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3 PM
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williamstown, MA
Presented by The Williams College Music Department
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 8 PM
St. Mary’s Chapel, Chestnut Hill, MA
Presented by The Jesuit Community and the Music Department of Boston College
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8 PM
Rose Performance Hall, Beverly, MA
Presented by Endicott College
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 8 PM
Distler Performance Hall, Medford, MA
Presented by the Tufts University Music Department
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Tenth Birthday Concert – Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks (Canterbury Cathedral, c.1540)
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8 pm
St. Paul Church, Cambridge
Presented by The Boston Early Music Festival Concert Series
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 4 pm
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, New York City
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Guillaume Du Fay, Savoy & the island of Cyprus
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 2 pm
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH
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2008
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Perotin / Josquin: Christmas in French-speaking lands, 1200 & 1500
Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Grace Church, Providence RI
Presented by Museum Concerts
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Music from the Peterhouse partbooks: Tallis, Taverner, Aston & Jones
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 3 pm
Bowdoin Chapel, Brunswick ME
Presented by Bowdoin College
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Du Fay & others
Festival Mozaic (formerly San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival), San Luis Obispo, California
Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:00
Chapel Hill, Shandon, CA (Music in the Vines)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Mission San Luis Obispo, CA (Music in the Mission)
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Music from the Age of El Greco and Velázquez
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
In conjunction with the exhibit “El Greco to Velasquez” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
And in collaboration with the Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble and the Blue Heron Violin Band
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2007
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A Medieval English Christmas and a Burgundian New Year
Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Taverner, Mason & Byrd
Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 3 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
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Morales, Guerrero, Victoria & Vivanco
Friday, July 27, 2007 at 8 pm
Peterborough Town House, Peterborough, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Morales: Ave maris stella, Et factum est postquam, Lamentabatur Jacob
Guerrero: Surge propera amica mea / Veni sponsa Christi
Victoria: Vadam et circuibo civitatem, Laudate Dominum omnes gentes a 8, Laetatus sum a 12
Si te vas a bañar, ¡Ay de mí!, Falalalán, Si la noche haze escura (Villancicos de diversos Autores, 1556)
Claros y frescos ríos (Cancionero musical de Medinaceli, c. 1569)
Vivanco: Caritas Pater a 9

Ockeghem / Perotin
Saturday, March 11, 2007 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Ockeghem: Ave Maria, Salve regina, Presque transi, Sanctus & Agnus dei (Missa Mi mi)
Perotin: Beata viscera, Viderunt omnes, Sederunt principes
Anonymous: Serena virginum
view the concert programnotes, and translations online (PDF format).


2006
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The World of John Dunstable
Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Sarum plainchant: Kyrie Omnipotens pater
Power: Gloria (Old Hall MS, no. 21), Ave regina coelorum, Credo (Old Hall MS, no. 84), Ibo michi ad montem mire
Dunstable: Salve scema sanctitatis, Dies dignus decorari, Salve regina (with trope Virgo mater), Speciosa facta es
Binchois: Ay douloureux
Bedyngham: Durer ne puis
Frye: Alas alas is my chief song, Ave regina coelorum
Du Fay: Gloria
Anonymous: Agnus dei (Missa Salve sancta parens, c. 1440)

The World of Guillaume Du Fay
Saturday, July 22, 2006 at 8 pm
Peterborough Town House, Peterborough, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Du Fay: Apostolo glorioso, Ave maris stella, Ma belle dame je vous pri, C’est bien raison, Sanctus Papale, Rite majorem Jacobum canamus, Par le regard, Aurea luce, Adieu m’amour, Ma belle dame souveraine, Ecclesie militantis
Binchois: Tant plus ayme
Dunstable: Veni sancte spiritus

Du Fay chansons / Marenzio madrigals
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 8 pm
Old Meeting House, Francestown, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 8 pm
All Saints Episcopal Church, Peterborough, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Du Fay: Par droit je puis complaindre, Je me complains, J’atendray tant, Flos florum, Entre vous, Adieu m’amour, Puisque vous estez campieur, Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser
Hugo de Lantins: Mon doulx espoir
Marenzio: The Eighth Book Of Madrigals For Five Voices

Marenzio: The Eighth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices (1598)
Sunday, April 29, 2006 at 3 pm
The French Library, Boston
view concert program

Friday, April 7, 2006 at 4 pm
Paine Hall, Cambridge, MA
Presented by Harvard University as part of the International Marenzio Conference

The World of Guillaume Du Fay
Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 4 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Du Fay: Apostolo glorioso, Ave maris stella, Entre vous, Je me complains, J’atendray tant, Flos florum, Sanctus Papale, Rite majorem Jacobum canamus, Aurea luce, Malheureulx cueur, Puisque vous estez campieur, Par droit je puis bien complaindre, Ecclesie militantis
Binchois: Tant plus ayme
Hugo de Lantins: Mon doulx espoir
Dunstable: Veni sancte spiritus
Ockeghem: Permanent vierge
view concert program

Special Event: Listening to the music of Guillaume Du Fay
Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 10 am
EnlightenNext Boston, Cambridge

Chansons by Du Fay & others
Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 4 pm
First Religious Society, Newburyport, MA
Du Fay: Entre vous, Helas mon dueil, Par droit je puis complaindre, Flos florum, Je me complains, Adieu m’amour, Malheureulx cueur, Puisque vous estez campieur, J’atendray tant, mon cuer me fait tous dis penser
Cordier: Ce jour de l’an
Binchois: Margarite fleur de valeur, De plus en plus, Pour prison, Tant plus ayme
Arnold de Lantins: Tout mon desir
Hugo de Lantins: Mon doulx espoir


2005
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A Mass in Canterbury, c. 1540
Friday, November 11, 2005 at 8 pm
Colgate University, Hamilton NY
Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 4 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 8 pm
St. Michael’s College Chapel, Colchester VT
Presented by the University of Vermont Lane Concert Series
Robert Jones: Missa Spes nostra
Hugh Aston: Ave Maria dive matris Anne
Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis
Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos
Plainchant propers, Sarum use
view concert program

Abraham & Isaac
Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 3 pm
92nd Street Y, New York City
(as part of a program of poetry, readings, and music on the theme “Isaac Bound,” curated by Sanford Sylvan)
Charpentier: Tentavit Deus Abraham
Carissimi: Historia di Abraham et Isaac
Rossi: Psalm 128

Songs of love and the Song of Songs: 15th- and 16th-century English music, sacred and secular
Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 8 pm
Peterborough Town House, Peterborough NH
Monadnock Music
Sunday, July 17, 2005 at 4 pm
Bennington College
Amherst Early Music Festival
Sarum plainchant: Veterem hominem
Anonymous: Kyrie Deus creator omnium (Missa Veterem hominem)
Dunstable: Speciosa facta es, Quam pulcra es
Pyamour: Quam pulcra es
Forest: Tota pulcra es
Anonymous: Agnus dei (Missa Salve sancta parens)
Anonymous: Go hert hurt with adversite, Thus y compleyne, Pryncesse of youthe
Morton: Le souvenir de vous me tue
Cornysh: Ave Maria mater dei
Benet: Telus purpurium / Splendida flamigero
? Cornysh: A robyn gentyl robyn
Frye: Alas alas is my chief song
Power: Ibo michi ad montem
Mason: Quales sumus O miseri

Music for the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 11 pm
St. Cecilia Parish, Boston
Boston Early Music Festival
Josquin: Inviolata integra et casta
Senfl: Beati omnes
Anonymous (La Rue?): Je ne scay plus, Cueurs desolez / Dies illa
La Rue: Mijn hert altijt heeft verlanghen
Isaac: O Maria mater Christi, Virgo prudentissima
Program book BEMF 2005

Les Chansons du Printemps: An Evening of 15th-Century French Songs
Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 3 pm
The French Library, Boston
Du Fay: Ce moys de may, Belle vueilliés vostre mercy donner, Je me complains, J’atandray tant, Malheureux cueur, Ce jour de l’an, Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser
Arnold de Lantins: Tout mon desir
Binchois: De plus en plus, Je ne vis oncques la pareille
Program book French Library 2005

Iberia & America: Music of 16th-Century Spain and New Spain
Saturday, April 16, 2005 at 8 pm
Sunday, April 17, 2005 at 3 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Morales: Et factum est postquam
Guerrero: Pange lingua gloriosi, Conditor alme siderum
Gaspar Fernandes: Salté de los cielos, Vaya la princesa
Juan Vásquez: De los álamos vengo madre, Por mi vida madre
Ginés de Morata: Pues que no puedo olvidarte
Mudarra: Fantasia que contrahaze la Harpa
Milán: Fantasia, La Bella Franceschina, Gagliarda lombarda
Falalalán, Dime robadora, Si la noche haze escura (Villancicos de diversos Autores, 1556)
Claros y frescos ríos (Cancionero musical de Medinaceli, c. 1569)
Hernando Franco: Salve regina a 5
view concert program


2004
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Britannia florens: English love songs and sacred music, circa 1420-1550
Sunday, November 28, 2004 at 3 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Benet: Telus purpurium / Splendida flamigero
Dunstable: Speciosa facta es, Quam pulcra es
Pyamour: Quam pulcra es
Forest: Tota pulcra es
Anonymous: Agnus dei (Missa Salve sancta parens)
Anonymous: Go hert hurt with adversite, Thus y compleyne, Pryncesse of youthe
Morton: Le souvenir de vous me tue
Cornysh: Ave Maria mater dei
Robert Johnson: Gaude Maria virgo
Tallis: Hear the voice and prayer, If ye love me
? Cornysh: A robyn gentyl robyn
Frye: Alas alas is my chief song
Power: Ibo michi ad montem
Mason: Quales sumus O miseri
view concert program

Music of the English Renaissance
Sunday, July 31, 2004 at 8 pm
Peterborough Town House, Peterborough, NH
Jones: Missa Spes nostra, from the Peterhouse partbooks (c. 1540)
Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis, If ye love me, Hear the voice and prayer
Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum (II)
Sarum plainchant

Speaking in many tongues: Music by Robert Jones, Thomas Tallis, and Elliott Gyger
Saturday, July 30, 2004 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP)
Jones: Missa Spes nostra, from the Peterhouse partbooks (c. 1540)
Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis
Gyger: Trisagion 1521 (2003), Kyrie Gloria tibi Trinitas (1998)
Sarum plainchant
view concert program

Friday, March 19, 2004 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Josquin in Italy
Josquin: Gaude virgo mater Christi, O virgo virginum, Vultum tuum deprecabuntur, Missa Fortuna desperata


2003
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Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Presented by the Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP)
Saturday, July 19, 2003 at 8 pm
All-Saints’ Episcopal Church, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Presented by Monadnock Music
Gombert, Morales & company
La Rue: Gaude virgo, Secretz regretz
Richafort: D’amour je suis desheritée
Gombert: Quam pulchra es, Descendi in hortum meum, Mille regres
Josquin: Mille regretz
Guerrero: Quasi cedrus, Antes que comáis a Dios
Peñalosa: Precor te Domine
Rivafrecha: Vox dilecti mei
De Gois: Surge propera
Ay luna que reluzes, Dime robadora (Villancicos de diversos Autores, 1556)
Vásquez: Lágrimas de mi consuelo
Morales: Spem in alium
Escribano: Paradisi porta

Sunday, January 12, 2003 at 4 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
English sacred polyphony, c.1440-1540
Sarum plainchant: Veterem hominem
Anonymous: Kyrie Deus creator omnium (Missa Veterem hominem, c.1440)
Dunstable: Quam pulcra es, Speciosa facta es, Gaude felix Anna
John Browne: Salve regina
Robert Jones: Magnificat
Hugh Aston: Ave Maria dive matris Anne


2002
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Tuesday, July 23, 2002 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Presented by the International Baroque Institute at Longy School of Music
Friday, July 26, 2002 at 8 pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Peterborough, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
From Flanders to Spain
Ockeghem: Alma redemptoris mater, Ma maistresse, Kyrie & Gloria Ma maistresse
Brumel: Ave Maria gratia plena, Mater patris et filia
Gombert: Hortus conclusus, Tota pulchra es
Josquin: Inviolata integra et casta
Cornago: ¿Qu’es mi vida preguntays?
Cornago / Ockeghem: ¿Qu’es mi vida preguntays?
Peñalosa: Precor te Domine, Emendemus in melius
Ay luna que reluzes, Si la noche haze escura, Vesame y abraçame, Dezilde al cavallero (Villancicos de diversos Autores, 1556)
Morales: Spem in alium
Escribano: Paradisi porta

Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 8 pm
Sullivan (NH) United Congregational Church
Monadnock Music
From Flanders to Spain
Josquin: Inviolata integra et casta
Gombert: Hortus conclusus, Tota pulchra es
Cornago: ¿Qu’es mi vida preguntays?
Cornago / Ockeghem: ¿Qu’es mi vida preguntays?
Peñalosa: Precor te Domine, Emendemus in melius
Ay luna que reluzes, Si la noche haze escura, Vesame y abraçame, Dezilde al cavallero (Villancicos de diversos Autores, 1556)
Morales: Spem in alium
Escribano: Paradisi porta

Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at 8 pm
Church of the Advent, Boston
Sunday, March 17, 2002 at 2 pm
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Fair as the Moon, Bright as the Sun: Franco-Flemish polyphony in honor of Mary, Queen of the Angels
Josquin: Inviolata integra et casta
Ockeghem: Alma redemptoris mater, Salve regina, Ma maistresse, Kyrie & Gloria Ma maistresse
Obrecht: Ave maris stella, Salve regina
Brumel: Ave Maria gratia plena, Mater patris et filia
Gombert: Hortus conclusus, Tota pulchra es
Isaac: Virgo prudentissima


2001
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Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 4 pm
Church of the Advent, Boston
Jones Missa Spes nostra, Tallis & Taverner
Robert Jones: Missa Spes nostra
Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis, Salvator mundi (I), If ye love me, Hear the voice and prayer, God grant we grace (Eighth tune for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter)
Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum (II)

Friday, July 20, 2001 at 8 pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Peterborough, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Aston Missa Te deum 
Hugh Aston: Missa Te deum, Ave Maria dive matris
Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos (I)
Sarum chant propers for Trinity Sunday

Sunday, July 15, 2001 at 8 pm
Old Meeting House, Jaffrey Center NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Thursday, July 19, 2001 at 8 pm
Deering (NH) Community Church
Presented by Monadnock Music
The Eton Choirbook, the Peterhouse Partbooks & Beyond
Cornysh: Ave Maria mater dei (Eton Choirbook)
Lambe: Nesciens mater (Eton Choirbook)
Aston: Gaude mater matris Christi
Tallis: If ye love me, Hear the voice and prayer, Eighth tune for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter
Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum (II)

Sunday, February 4, 2001 at 4 pm
Church of the Advent, Boston
In honorem Mariae virginis
Josquin: Vultum tuum, Ave maria…virgo serena
Cornysh: Ave Maria mater dei (Eton Choirbook)
Lambe: Nesciens mater (Eton Choirbook)
Ockeghem: Salve regina
Aston: Gaude mater matris Christi


2000
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Sunday, October 29, 2000 at 4 pm
Church of the Advent, Boston
A Peterhouse Mass for Trinity
Aston: Missa Te deum
Ludford: Domine Jesu Christe (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Taverner: Fac nobis secundum hoc nomen suave (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Sarum chant propers for Trinity Sunday

A Peterhouse Mass for Candlemas
Sunday, September 17, 2000 at 2 pm
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Taverner: Missa Mater Christi (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Aston: Ave Maria dive matris Anne (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Sheppard: Liber nos, salva nos (I)
Sarum chant propers for Candlemas

Josquin
Friday, July 21, 2000 at 8 pm
Milford (NH) Town Hall
Presented by Monadnock Music
Josquin: Vultum tuum deprecabuntur, Ave maria … virgo serena

Taverner & Aston
July 16, 2000
Old Meeting House, Jaffrey Center, NH
Presented by Monadnock Music
Taverner: Missa Mater Christi (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Aston: Ave Maria dive matris Anne (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)

Ockeghem & Josquin
Thursday, July 13, 2000 at 8 pm
Community Church of Harrisville (NH)
Presented by Monadnock Music
Friday, July 14, 2000 at 8 pm
Lyndeborough Center (NH) United Church
Presented by Monadnock Music
Ockeghem: Alma redemptoris mater, Kyrie & Gloria Ma maistresse, Credo (Sistine Chapel MS 26)
Lupi: Ergo ne conticuit (lament on the death of Ockeghem)
Josquin: Vultum tuum deprecabuntur (cycle of Motetti missales), Ave maria … virgo serena

Ockeghem & Obrecht
Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 8 pm
St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cambridge
Sunday, March 26, 2000 at 4 pm
Church of the Advent, Boston
Ockeghem: Alma redemptoris mater, Kyrie & Gloria Ma maistresse, Salve regina, Credo (Sistine Chapel MS 26)
Philippe Basiron: Salve regina
Obrecht: Ave maris stella a 3, Salve regina a 6


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A Peterhouse Mass for Candlemas
Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 8 pm
St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cambridge
Sunday, October 17, 1999 at 4 pm
Church of the Advent, Boston
Taverner: Missa Mater Christi (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Aston: Ave Maria dive matris Anne (Peterhouse partbooks, reconstructed by Nick Sandon)
Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos (I)
Sarum chant propers for Candlemas

*unless otherwise indicated, program contents and notes copyright ©2007-2015 Scott Metcalfe

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