2008 : Josquin Was Here: Franco-Flemish Musicians in Italy / Two Weddings and a Treaty: Renaissance Occasional Music

The 2008 season was Convivium’s first season with Music Director Michael Barrett.

Preview concert:

Josquin was Here:
Franco-Flemish Musicians in Italy
(Preview Concert)

Sponsored by First Baptist Church in Lexington, Massachusetts

Convivium presents an abbreviated concert of works by Mouton, Josquin, de Wert, and Ockeghem. The concert also featured the Nashua (NH) Flute Choir.

Saturday, November 3, 2007  7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church, Lexington, Massachusetts
Freewill offering

Winter 2008:

Josquin des PrezJosquin was Here:
Franco-Flemish musicians in Italy

Convivium Musicum presents a concert of works by Josquin, Lassus, and other Franco-Flemish composers employed in the courts and chapels of Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, exploring the lasting influence of this southern migration of musical talent.

Saturday, January 19, 2008  http://quotecorner.com/celexa.html 7:00 p.m.
Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham

Sunday, January 20, 2008  4:00 p.m.
Christ Church, Andover

Saturday, January 26, 2008  7:00 p.m.
Cambridge Friends Meeting House

Sunday, January 27, 2008  4:00 p.m.
Episcopal Parish of the Messiah

Josquin Was Here Concert Program

Spring 2008

Two weddings and a treaty:  Renaissance occasional music

Convivium Musicum offers a concert of Renaissance music penned for occasions and personalities: popes and kings, treaties and dedications, weddings and funerals, patrons and fellow composers.

 Saturday, May 10, 2008  8:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Saturday, May 17, 2008  8:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church

Sunday, May 18, 2008  7:00 pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Two Weddings and a Treaty Concert Program