…nd may take some listeners by surprise. At full stretch there isn’t a weak link from top to bottom, and at their best (that is, usually) the trebles stand comparison with those of far better-known ensembles either side of the Atlantic: try the Mass that forms the centrepiece here. By and large the series has focused on music whose performance is only possible through Sandon’s ministrations. Among the high points of previous installments are three…
…n from his perch in the firmament of great composers as he approaches the 600th anniversary of his presumed date of birth, Johannes Ockeghem can safely conclude that his music is alive and well. Read the full review > Blue Heron opens Music Before 1800 season with subtle Ockeghem David Wright, New York Classical Review | October 2, 2017 In all configurations, the singers meshed flawlessly without a conductor…. In the program’s second half, the ens…
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…15th-century English and Franco-Flemish polyphony, Spanish music between 1500 and 1600, and neglected early 16th-century English music, especially the unique repertory of the Peterhouse partbooks, copied c. 1540 for Canterbury Cathedral. The ensemble also regularly performs earlier and later music, from a concert version of Guillaume de Machaut’s Remede de Fortune to a collaboration with A Far Cry featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Le Cantique des…
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…CES is a celebration of diverse voices and styles. European music before 1600 is represented by the Salve regina for six voices by the 15th-century Flemish composer Jacob Obrecht and a pair of madrigals by one of the few published female composers of the 16th century, Vittoria Aleotti. Leaping forward to the 20th century, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des cantiques, from 1952, sets poetry from the Song of Songs, translated into French, in a…
…ul of works in the hypnotic, late 14th-century style known as the Ars subtilior via the anonymous rondeau Esperance qui en mon cuer s’embat. Read the feature article in EMA News. Pre-concert talk by Michael Cuthbert (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) at 7:15 PM / Doors and box office open at 7:00 PM BLUE HERON Jason McStoots, tenor Martin Near, countertenor Sumner Thompson, tenor Scott Metcalfe, harp & fiddle Debra Nagy, recorder, douçaine &…
…October 6, 2019 • 4 PM S. Stephen’s Church 114 George Street Providence, RI 02906 Blue Heron’s first concerts in October 1999 featured music by Hugh Aston and John Taverner from the Peterhouse partbooks (copied c. 1540 for Canterbury Cathedral) and the Peterhouse repertoire has been a mainstay of our programs ever since. We have released five CDs of the music and the fifth disc won the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music. Our 20…
…programs, chosen on the basis of votes from singers and audience members. Visit this page to vote! This program will also be offered in Providence on October 6 at 4 PM. Free pre-concert talk by Music Director Scott Metcalfe at 7:15 PM / Doors open at 7 PM BLUE HERON (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Jennifer Ashe Michael Barrett Pamela Dellal Paul Guttry Steven Hrycelak David McFerrin Jason McStoots Martin Near Mark Sprinkle Sumner Thompson Teresa Wakim Bren…
…Near Mark Sprinkle Sonja DuToit Tengblad Teresa Wakim Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders Julie Andrijeski, violin Anna Griffis, viola Laura Jeppesen, viola Scott Metcalfe, violin Emily Walhout, bass violin Eric Milnes, organ Charles Weaver, theorbo Buy in advance and save: $75 Sec. A / $49 Sec. B / $35 Sec. C (General) / $27 Senior (General) / $10 Student/…
Missa Ecce ancilla domini Ockeghem@600, Concert 4 Saturday, October 15, 2016 • 8 PM First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander) Blue Heron’s series presenting the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem continues with a program featuring one of his most captivatingly lovely masses along with other music addressed to the Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, including Ockeghem’s motet Ave Maria, his wonderful f…
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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