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Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy
2024-12-20 20:00 - 21:30, 2024-12-21 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-12-21 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Fri., Dec. 20, 8:00 PM
Sat., Dec. 21, 3:00 PM
Sat., Dec. 21, 8:00 PM

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One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.

Open Rehearsal: The Armed Archangel
2025-01-30 14:00 - 16:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Thurs., Jan. 30, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
FREE general admission
(Limit 2 tickets per guest)

First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge

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The Armed Archangel: Johannes Regis, Missa L’homme armé
2025-02-01 15:00 - 16:30 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Sat., Feb. 1, 3:00 PM Tickets $10-$90
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Regis’s Mass based on the song L’homme armé is one of the very first in a series of L’homme armé works stretching across musical generations – and the only one whose origins are clearly understood. Written for the celebration of the feast of St. Michael at Cambrai Cathedral in 1462, the Mass is a tour de force setting multiple plainchant cantus firmi and featuring Regis’s brilliant and unique sense of sonority.

This concert is made possible in part with generous support from Ann Besser Scott.

BH in NYC: The Armed Archangel: Johannes Regis, Missa L’homme armé
2025-02-02 15:30 - 17:00 | Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Ave, New York, NY, 10024
Sun., Feb. 2, 3:30 PM Tickets $10-$100
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Regis’s Mass based on the song L’homme armé is one of the very first in a series of L’homme armé works stretching across musical generations – and the only one whose origins are clearly understood. Written for the celebration of the feast of St. Michael at Cambrai Cathedral in 1462, the Mass is a tour de force setting multiple plainchant cantus firmi and featuring Regis’s brilliant and unique sense of sonority.

A more subtle art: the late 14th-century Ars subtilior
2025-03-01 15:00 - 16:30 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Sat., Mar. 1, 3:00 PM Tickets $10-$90
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A new program featuring the head-spinningly complex music of the generation after Machaut – stories of mythological characters and deities set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony.

Lecture: The Song of Songs
2025-04-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA, 02478, United States

Song of Songs / Songs of love
2025-04-05 20:00 - 21:30 | MA

Benefit Event: 14th-Century Avant-garde
2025-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, Newton, MA, 02465

Blue Heron & DÜNYA Album Preview Party
2025-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Private Residence, Wellesley Hills, 02481, United States

Plainfield, MA: A French Songbook, c. 1350-1470, from Machaut to Okeghem
2025-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Plainfield Congregational Church, 356 West Main Street, Plainfield, MA, 01070, United States

The Blue Heron Songbook: From Burgundy to Broadway
2025-09-14 15:00 - 17:00 | MA

A Celebration of German Poetry & Song, c. 1150-1450
2025-10-25 15:00 - 17:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Christmas in 16th-Century Spain & Conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti
2025-12-17 19:00 - 20:00 | WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215

Christmas in 16th-Century Spain
2025-12-19 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-20 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-20 20:00 - 22:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

In Praise of Laura Peverara
2026-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Ave, New York, NY, 10024

In Praise of Laura Peverara
2026-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Edwards Church, 297 Main Street, Northampton, MA, 01060

In Praise of Laura Peverara
2026-02-21 20:00 - 22:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Okeghem: Missa Cuiusvis toni
2026-03-27 19:30 - 21:00 | The Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell Street, Andover, MA, 01810, United States

Okeghem, Missa Cuiusvis toni
2026-03-28 15:00 - 17:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Machaut Weekend — Opening Festivities
2026-05-01 19:30 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, Newton, MA, 02465

Machaut Weekend — Talks & Demonstrations
2026-05-02 10:00 - 12:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Machaut Weekend — Le grant rhetorique: The Music & Poetry of Guillaume Machaut
2026-05-02 14:00 - 16:00 | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Machaut Weekend — Candlelight Concerts: Messe de Nostre Dame
2026-05-02 19:00 - 21:30 | Lindsey Chapel – Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 02116

Machaut Weekend — Cabaret Concert: Machaut & the Ars subtilior
2026-05-03 18:00 - 20:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, Newton, MA, 02465
