…ur Cambridge Subscription Season Concerts are given in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (next to the Sheraton Commander). Spotlight Sessions In-depth explorations of topics related to our 2021-2022 programs. Presented online only, Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 PM. January 26, 2022 Sean Gallagher: French art song, c. 1380-1500. March 30, 2022 Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol: Introduction to Devran Click Here for more informat…
…Concerts are given in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (next to the Sheraton Commander). Spotlight Sessions In-depth exploration of topics related to our 2021-2022 programs. Presented online only, Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 PM. March 30, 2022 Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol: Introduction to Devran Click Here for more information about virtual concerts. All concert dates, programs and personnel are subject to change witho…
…r Cambridge Subscription Season Concerts are given in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (next to the Sheraton Commander). Spotlight Sessions In-depth explorations of topics related to our 2021-2022 programs. Presented online only, Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 PM. January 26, 2022 Sean Gallagher: French art song, c. 1380-1500. March 30, 2022 Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol: Introduction to Devran Click Here for more informati…
…s, $10 for students or low-income, and include on-line access. Tickets for online-only concerts are $39 for adults, $30 for seniors, $10 for students or low-income. Visit www.blueheron.org/concerts for full details. ABOUT BLUE HERON BLUE HERON has been acclaimed by The Boston Globe as “one of the Boston music community’s indispensables” and hailed by Alex Ross in The New Yorker for its “expressive intensity.” The ensemble ranges over a wide repert…
…to new music, with particular specialties in 15th-century Franco-Flemish polyphony and early 16th-century English sacred music, and is committed to vivid live performance informed by the study of original source materials and historical performance practices. Blue Heron offers a catalog of twelve recordings and is the only group outside of Europe to receive the Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music (2018). Blue Heron’s CD Johannes Ockeg…
…to new music, with particular specialties in 15th-century Franco-Flemish polyphony and early 16th-century English sacred music, and is committed to vivid live performance informed by the study of original source materials and historical performance practices. With a catalog of twelve recordings, the ensemble is the first group outside of Europe to receive the Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music (2018) and its Johannes Ockeghem: Comple…
…to new music, with particular specialties in 15th-century Franco-Flemish polyphony and early 16th-century English sacred music, and is committed to vivid live performance informed by the study of original source materials and historical performance practices. With a catalog of twelve recordings, the ensemble is the first group outside of Europe to receive the Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music (2018) and its Johannes Ockeghem: Comple…
…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 every way. D. James Ross, Early Music Review (UK) | June 2010 …the American ensemble Blue Heron [has] a fi…
…Session events will be recorded and posted the Friday following on our website. Access to watch the recording will be provided to that Spotlight’s ticket holders for two weeks. All dates, programs and personnel are subject to change without notice. Thomas Forrest Kelly: The Early History of the Christmas Carol, c. 1200-1500 November 16, 2022 Ticket sales for this event have closed. Reginald Mobley & Martin Near: What IS a countertenor anyway? Jan…
…em, Nymphes des bois by Josquin Desprez. Songs & Dances for Isabella: Courtly music from Mantua & Ferrara, c. 1500 Buy Tickets Saturday, April 29, 3:00 pm Blue Heron will be joined by a pair of outstanding medieval instrumentalists—fiddle player Anna Danilevskaia (Switzerland) and multi-instrumental virtuosa Debra Nagy (Cleveland)—in a program of music connected to the Este and Gonzaga families, circa 1500. Select images courtesy of the National L…
…ons are also beautifully sung, by smaller groups, but again with a pleasingly full sound. An extremely impressive recorded debut. Ivan Moody, Early Music | August 2008 The Want List 2007 [five favorite releases in 2007] The Dufay disc would be worthy of inclusion even if it were not an outstanding debut of the ensemble and its label. J. F. Weber, Fanfare | November/December 2007 …glorious performances with incandescent singing … perfect blend and…
…undi will be a digital-only release, in glorious high-resolution sound (24-bit instead of the 16-bit maximum permitted by the CD format—and take it from this non-audiophile musician, there is a real difference!), accompanied by a downloadable or internet-readable booklet in full color. As we explore options, we have been consulting with the leaders of colleague ensembles here in Boston and elsewhere, sharing ideas and inspirations with Les Délices…
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, Canada, England, and Europe.
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