…ician, 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, Lorelei Ensemble, and Roomful of Teeth, among others. We hope that some collaborative efforts may develop out of the conversations, which have already proven fruitful and enc…
…their reputation as among the finest interpreters of early music on the planet. Music Web International: “deeply expressive … a first-class recording” Gary Higginson, MusicWeb International | February 2020 … deeply expressive … Ockeghem’s harmonies are astonishingly rich and, at times, I think, daring. Blue Heron bring out these qualities in a way which constantly holds one’s attention. His melodies are often wide-ranging and can include subtle im…
…ic Music Works, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, TENET, and the Handel & Haydn Society. With the latter he had the honor of becoming the first Black person to lead H&H in its Bicentennial year. Recent appearances include Bachfest Leipzig, Festival Berlioz, Early Music Vancouver, Thüringer Bachwoche, Portland Bach Experience, and the Boston Early Music Festival. Ahead lie performances with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Philhar…
…d in 1477 it passed to the Habsburgs along with the rest of the Burgundian Netherlands. The composer’s given name was Jehan or Jean, or Johannes in Latin or other non-French contexts. The surname suggests that his family originated in the town of Okegem on the Dendre in East Flanders, about 35 miles to the north of Mons. But Hainaut was culturally and linguistically French, and Jehan most likely grew up speaking French as his first tongue. By the…
…Friends, Piffaro, The King’s Noyse, Mélomanie, Pomerium, Tempesta di Mare, Network for New Music, Seven Times Salt, Cygnus Ensemble, and many other groups. His solo CD Tre Liuti features Italian lute music for three different instruments; a reviewer for Early Music America praised his “transparent” and “extraordinarily sensitive” playing. He appears on recordings with Trefoil, The Newberry Consort, Seven Times Salt, and Cygnus Ensemble. As a compo…
…” and by The Boston Globe as “stupendous.” He has been guest director of TENET (New York), the Handel & Haydn Society (Boston), Emmanuel Music (Boston), The Tudor Choir and Seattle Baroque, Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver, BC), Quire Cleveland, and the Dryden Ensemble (Princeton, NJ), in repertoire ranging from Machaut and Du Fay through Monteverdi, Charpentier, Purcell, and Bach, and he conducted Early Music America’s Young Performers Festiv…
…(Journal of the International Trumpet Guild ), and called an “excellent cornetto player” (The New York Times ), Kiri is a member of the highly regarded early brass ensemble Dark Horse Consort and has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe with such groups as Concerto Palatino, La Fenice, Toronto Consort, TENET, Piffaro, Pacific MusicWorks, Tesserae, and Apollo’s Fire. With degrees from Eastman, Yale, and the University of Michig…
…estival, Emmanuel Music, the Handel & Haydn Society, Seattle Baroque, Portland Baroque, New York Collegium, Trinity Consort (Portland, Oregon), Les Violons du Roy, Les Boréades (Montreal), Montreal Baroque Festival, Les Bostonades, TENET, and the Green Mountain Project. Current chamber ensembles include Les Délices (Cleveland) and Nota Bene Consort of Viols. Her playing has been described as “soulful and expressive” by The New York Times. Photo: T…
…l Performance at Oberlin Conservatory. She also performs with the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Carmel Bach Festival, Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra, Washington Cathedral Baroque Orchestra, Handel & Haydn Society, ACRONYM, Clarion Music Society, TENET, Sebastian Chamber Players, and New York Baroque Incorporated, among others. Johanna was first prize winner of the American Bach Soloists’ Young Artists Competition in 2008 and a 2010…
…” and by The Boston Globe as “stupendous.” He has been guest director of TENET (New York), the Handel & Haydn Society (Boston), Emmanuel Music (Boston), The Tudor Choir and Seattle Baroque, Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver, BC), Quire Cleveland, and the Dryden Ensemble (Princeton, NJ), in repertoire ranging from Machaut and Du Fay through Monteverdi, Charpentier, Purcell, and Bach, and he conducted Early Music America’s Young Performers Festiv…
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…has been guest director of the Handel & Haydn Society, the Tudor Choir, TENET (New York), the Dryden Ensemble (Princeton, New Jersey), Quire Cleveland, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and he conducted Early Music America’s Young Performers Festival Ensemble in its inaugural performance at the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival. Scott Metcalfe’s bio. “It was a really fun workshop… I especially enjoyed the juxtaposition of the singing and the lear…
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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