2016: Musica Poetica/Music from the Regensburg Manuscript
Winter 2016:
Music Poetica: Rhetoric in Renaissance Music
In the Baroque period, most composers and music theorists relied heavily on the principles of rhetoric – from the architecture of a whole speech to a single rhetorical flourish – to craft and describe musical structures. Yet the understanding of music in rhetorical terms was already well established in the late Renaissance. Convivium explores the rhetorical in music from either side of the (largely arbitrary) Renaissance-Baroque divide, with works by Lassus, Schein, Padilla, and more.
Musica Poetica Concert Program Musica Poetica Concert Flyer
Saturday, January 30, 2016 7 PM –> Reception to follow; all are invited!
Cambridge Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
Ten-minute walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T stop
Map/Directions/Parking Info
Sunday, January 31, 2016 5 PM
Christ Church Andover, 33 Central http://nygoodhealth.com/product/lipitor/ Street, Andover, MA
(Haverhill line; see mbta.com for map and schedule)
Half a mile from the Andover Commuter Rail stop
Directions and Parking Info: Christ Church Andover Web site
Sunday, February 7, 2016 4PM
-> This performance included a collaboration with dancers from the Cambridge Dance Company, led by Lauren Pajer.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA
10 minutes walk from Brookline Village Green Line T stop (the “D” line)
Map/Directions: St. Paul’s Church web site, Google Maps
Sunday, February 14, 2016 4:00 PM
First Parish Church, 24 Central Street, Berlin, MA
Mapquest Map/Directions
Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
We are delighted to once again assist the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras in this performance
Sunday Jan 24, 2016, 3 PM, Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Five-minute walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T stop
Spring 2016: Music from The Regensburg Manuscript
The Regensburg Manuscript, a collection of six partbooks, is a significant collection of late-16th-century polyphony. Although the manuscript contains vocal music, it was copied out for an ensemble of wind players, and is unique among sources of the period in containing specific instrumentation for around half of its 120 compositions. Convivium is delighted to collaborate with the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band in performances of works by Striggo, Monte, Utendal, and many more.
Regensburg Concert Program Regensburg concert flyer
Saturday, May 14, 2016 8 PM Reception to follow–all are invited!
Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street, Worcester, MA Map/Directions: Google Maps
Saturday, May 21, 2016 8 PM Reception to follow–all are invited!
Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Five minutes walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T stop
Map/Directions: Harvard-Epworth Church Web site, Google Maps
Sunday, May 22, 2016 7 PM
United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Five minutes walk from the Coolidge Corner Green Line T stop (the “C” line)
Map/Directions: United Parish web site