Possibly one of the most intriguing performances of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Early Music’s will come on the second concert in December.
That’s when Montreal’s mostly female Ximenez Quartet performs “The Transatlantic Salon,†a concert of string quartets by Baroque and Classical era composers from Germany, France, Peru, Austria and Italy.
The concert on Dec. 17 is among five planned for ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Early Music’s 2023-24 season, which opens with a pay-what-you-can recital on Sept. 24 with keyboard and harpsichord player , the Phoenix-based harpsichordist who has become a regular fixture on ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ stages.
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ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Early Music regular performances are at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave.; and Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street. Season tickets are on sale now through .
Whatley will perform works by William Byrd in the pre-season concert at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 2728 N. Old Sabino Canyon Road. Admission is pay what you will, but because the venue has limited seating (accommodating about 120), registration is required through .
The main season kicks off with the exciting French-Italian mezzo-soprano and renowned French lutenist performing “Lettera Amorosa: Songs of Love from 17th Century Italy†on Nov. 12 at Grace St. Paul’s.
The Montreal, Quebec-based , named after the 19th century Peruvian composer Pedro Ximenez Abril Tirado, will introduce itself to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ on Dec. 17 with “The Transatlantic Salon: String Quartets by Haydn, Sirmen, Bologne, Mozart and Ximenez.†The ensemble, which formed in 2019, features violinists Karin Cuellar and Simon Alexandre, violist Namgon Lee and cellist Jessica Korotkin. The concert will be at Grace St. Paul’s.
The Boston Renaissance choir performs “Portraits in Song: Music from Renaissance Italy, from Ciconia to Petrucci, in intimate settings for voices and instruments†on Jan. 14 at St. Philip’s in the Hills.
±Ê³ó¾±±ô²¹»å±ð±ô±è³ó¾±²¹â€™s , performs “The French (Italian) Connection: Music from the Court of King Charles VIII†on Feb. 11 at St. Philip’s. The band borrows its style from the late Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque period wind bands.
an ensemble comprised of some of North America’s most revered early music performers, brings “Early Moderns: Extravagant New Music from the Seventeenth Century†to Grace St. Paul’s on March 17. The concert borrows from the ensemble’s most recent recording, “Early Moderns: The (very) First Viennese School.â€
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