Season Archive: 1989
Convivium's first performances were in 1989, under the name Ars Canticorum. The group performed four different programs this year; the first two were directed by Mary Greer, and the second two were directed by various members of the group as noted.
Mary Greer, Music Director
February 1989: Masters of the Motet: Works by Josquin, Willaert, Victoria, Lassus, and others
Monday, February 6, 1989 7:30 PM
Dudley House Junior Common Room
Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Sunday, February 12, 1989 3 PM
Agassiz Ballroom, Radcliffe Yard
10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Program: (reconstructed from hand-written tape cover):
Nigra sum, sed formosa Andreas da Silva (c. 1475 - c. 1530) (or the one by Victoria?)
Ave Maria a 4 Josquin Desprez
Andreas Christi famulus Cristobal de Morales (c. 1500 - 1553)
O magnum mysterium Adrian Willaert
Vidi speciosam Victoria
Tristis est anima mea Carlo Gesualdo
Surge propera amica mea Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599)
Versa est in luctum Victoria
Ave rosa sine spinis Ludwig Senfl
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Mary J. Greer, Music Director
February 1989: The Golden Age of Spanish Polyphony: Sacred and Secular Works of Renaissance Spain
Wednesday, February 15, 1989 8 PM
Cambridge Friends Meeting House
Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
Program:
Nigra sum, sed formosa Andreas da Silva (c. 1475 - c. 1530)
Surge propera, amica mea Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599)
Teresica hermana Mateo Flecchia (1481 - 1553)
Rodrigo Martines Anonymous, c. 1500
De los alamos Juan Vasquez (c. 1510 - 1560)
Pues que me tienes, Miguel Ortega (fl. mid- 16th cent.)
Andreas Christi famulus Cristobal de Morales (c. 1500 - 1553)
Versa est in luctum Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)
Dezilde al cavallero Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 - c. 1560)
Pues que no puedo olvidarte Gines de Morata (fl. c. 1550)
De las dos hermanas Vasquez
Vesame y abracame Anonymous, c. 1550
Ay, luna que reluzes Anonymous, c. 1550
Ojos morenos Vasquez
Vidi speciosam sicut columbam Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)
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Co-conductors David Boundy, Roger Frymire, Tomas Guillermo, Michael McDonald, Joel van Lennep, Andrew Waldo
June 1989: Ave Regina Coelorum: A Concert of Renaissance Choral Music
Works by Arcadelt, Gesualdo, Josquin, Mouton, Palestrina, Victoria, Willaert, and Guerrero
Wednesday, June 7, 1989 8 PM
Cambridge Friends Meeting House
Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
Program:
Venite a laudare (lauda) Italian, Anonymous, 13th cent.
Michael McDonald, solo voice
Saluto te sancta Virgo Maria a 4 Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 - 1562)
Andrew Waldo, directing
O pulcherrima mulierum a 5 Jacob Arcadelt (c. 1500 - 1568)
Ave regina coelorum a 8 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 or 6 - 1594)
David Boundy, directing
Ave regina coelorum a 5 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c. 1561 - 1613)
Nigra sum, sed formosa a 6 Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611)
Tomas Guillermo, directing
Regina coeli laetare a 6 Josquin Desprez (c. 1440 - 1521)
David Boundy, directing
Nesciens mater virgo virum a 8 Jean Mouton (c. 1470 - 1522)
Michael McDonald, directing
Tota puchra es Maria a 6 Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599)
Joel van Lennep, directing
Regina coeli laetare a 8 Guerrero
Andrew Waldo, directing
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Co-directors David Boundy, Roger Frymire, Carol Marton, Tomas Guillermo
November 1989: Mostly Madrigals: Works by Monteverdi, Schutz, Arcadelt. Diaz, and Palestrina
Saturday, November 18, 1989 8 PM
Cambridge Friends Meeting House
Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
Program:
Sicut lilium inter spinas Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 - 1594)
Alla riva del Tebro Palestrina
O felici occhi miei Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1500 - 1568)
Roger Frymire, directing
Quien me dixera, Elisa Fray Juan Diaz (dates unknown)
La rubia pastorcica Gines de Morata (dates unknown)
Ninpha gentil Morata
Morenica me era yo Juan Vasquez (c. 1500 - 1560)
Stracciami pur il core Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Tomas Guillermo, directing
Ecco mormorar l'onde Monteverdi
Rimanti in pace Monteverdi
O primavera Monteverdi
Si ch'io vorei morire Monteverdi
Carol Marton, directing
O dolorosa gioia Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c. 1561 - 1613)
O primavera Heinrich Schutz (1585 - 1672)
D'orrida selce alpina Schutz
Inter brachia salvatoris mei Schutz
David Boundy, directing
Program Notes (text file)
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