…Music > Cipriano de Rore I madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1542) This two-disc set is the world-premiere recording of De Rore’s landmark first book of madrigals for five voices. It includes all 20 madrigals in his 1542 print, as well as readings of each of the Italian poems (by Petrarch, Brevio and others). More info > Buy Now (Amazon) > Hear it on Apple Music > The Lost Music of Canterbury: Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks (5-CD Set) This se…
…f the awards. Ockeghem@600: The Complete Works of Johannes Ockeghem (c.1420-1497) A thirteen-concert project over six years to perform all the surviving music of one of the greatest, yet least known composers of the western tradition – two dozen songs, a dozen masses, and four motets. A recording project to include every Ockeghem song and motet is now underway, with the first release slated for Spring 2019. Eight of the thirteen concerts have been…
…Blue Heron 950 Watertown Street, Suite 8 West Newton MA 02465 Tel: (+1) 617-960-7956 Email: office@blueheron.org Staff Scott Metcalfe, Artistic Director scott@blueheron.org Kathleen C. Brittan, Executive Director kathleen@blueheron.org Janet Stone, Operations Manager office@blueheron.org Bookings For inquiries about booking the ensemble for a performance, please contact our Executive Director, Kathleen C. Brittan kathleen@blueheron.org Volunteerin…
…tcalfe, Artistic Director Contact: Kathleen Brittan, Executive Director 978-395-1145 or kathleen@blueheron.org French Songs II: The Next Generation Songs from the Leuven Chansonnier by Johannes Ockeghem, Antoine Busnoys, Robert Morton, Barbingant & Anonymous “The course of true love never did run smooth” In November 2014 a small manuscript book of music was sold at auction in Brussels as part of a lot. A year later, the book was brought to the Ala…
…tcalfe, Artistic Director Contact: Kathleen Brittan, Executive Director 978-395-1145 or kathleen@blueheron.org The first of Blue Heron’s newly created Spotlight Sessions will feature a taste of Many Voices, our March 2020 concert now rescheduled for the 2021-2022 season. Composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol will provide an introduction to the Turkish modes (makam), how makam compares to the modes of Western European music, and how makam may be used in pol…
…artment 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 details > Capturing Music: The Technology of Medieval Sound (with Thomas Forrest Kelly) Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 6 PM Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. Auditorium P…
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…and Professor Sean Gallagher of the New England Conservatory for this first-of-its kind series. The first session on February 24 explores the historical and cultural context, France and Burgundy, and Ockeghem’s life and times. On March 3, learn about Ockeghem’s aesthetics: the artifice and complexity in Masses and songs. The final session on March 10 explores music and visual arts circa 1450-1521, from Ockeghem’s first works to the death of Josqui…
…sung with perfection by Blue Heron, an American choir specializing in 15th-century English and Franco-Flemish polyphony. Rick Anderson, Music Media Monthly | June 2010 It would be impossible to overstate the luscious beauty of this recording, and its deep musical and historical significance is beyond argument. The sound quality is warm, rich and inviting. At the risk of unseemly gushing, I simply have to rate this disc as utterly essential in eve…
…usic by the greatest composer of the 15th century, Guillaume Du Fay (c.1397-1474). The program includes three isorhythmic motets (Apostolo glorioso, Rite majorem Jacobum canamus, and Ecclesie militantis), the glorious, large-scale Sanctus “Papale” in its first recording in three decades, two hymns with alternatim plainchant verses, and a generous sampling of secular songs. While the disc is mostly devoted to the music of Du Fay, it also includes a…
…special guest host Robert B. Dimmick has been writing the popular, amusing online column of Perfect Propriety, Etiquetteer, for almost 20 years (www.etiquetteer.com/home). Etiquette mistakes in history are just as much fun as knowing how to behave well, and Robert is known for hosting a good time. Both the cocktail hour and cabaret will take place on Zoom, featuring a mix of live and pre-recorded portions. Proceeds from this event will support Blu…
Blue Heron is engaged in the exploration of Renaissance and medieval vocal music, putting the study of original sources in the service of vivid live performance. Widely regarded as the finest ensemble of its type in North America, Blue Heron presents a subscription series in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a catalog of exceptional recordings is available on the Blue Heron label. The ensemble’s accolades include the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music, making Blue Heron the first group from outside Europe to receive the award; the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society; and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Touring engagements have taken the group across the United States as well as to Canada and England. Blue Heron is early music for the 21st century.
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