Upcoming meetings
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT 1:30 PM
"An Early Autumn Potpourri of Early Music for Recorders" led by Deborah Booth
Our first gathering of the new season will include late Medieval music, early to late Renaissance music, and selections from the Baroque era. We will explore compositions by Francesco Landini, Guillaume Dufay, Antoine Brumel, Thomas Morley, Johann Hermann Schein, and Johann Sebastian Bach. There will be both sacred and secular repertoire as well as vocal and instrumental music. It will truly be a musical potpourri.
Recent meetings
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023, AT 1:30 PM
"Break-up Songs circa 1500" led by Susan Hellauer
Who was that country music star who said he got one hit song from every marriage, and five hit songs from every divorce? Well, 'twas ever thus. We’ll play a half dozen sadly beautiful breakup songs from the years around 1500 by Josquin des Prez, Antoine Brumel, Pierre de la Rue, and Nicolas Gombert.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, AT 1:30 PM
"Birds, Bees, and the Rest of Us: 500 Years of Music for the Season of Love" led by Valerie Horst
Join us as we welcome in the Springtime with a range pieces spanning centuries including an early 15th century canon; a 2012 composition "Mockingbird" by Charlotte Van Ryswyk; Josquin's "Baisés Moy" (Kiss me); "Soubz Ce Tumbel (Epitaph de L'Amant Vert)"–a piece written to mourn the death of Queen Marguerite of Austria's beloved green parrot; a ribald piece "In Maien" by Ludwig Senfl (1486-1542/43); and a 5-part arrangement of the famed tune about Daphne, the unrequited love of the spellbound Apollo.