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Boston Camerata Announces 2017-2018 Season: Including Early American Songs from the Founding of Our Republic, 'Tristan & Iseult,' and More
Boston Camerata Announces 2017-2018 Season: Including early American songs from the founding of our Republic; the award-winning production of ‘Tristan & Iseult’; performances across America, Canada, the Netherlands, and Switzerland; and the 75th Birthday of Camerata’s Music Director Emeritus, Joel Cohen
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The Boston Camerata, America's preeminent early music ensemble, has announced their 2017-2018 performance season in Boston and on tour. Camerata’s season will include four Boston productions and six touring performances from Basel to Montreal, including the award-winning Tristan & Iseult, with text and music drawn directly from Medieval sources. The Boston-based performances will open with a performance of Liberty Tree: Early Music for the American Soul, featuring jigs, songs, and anthems from the founding of the United States, whose themes recall the rejection of tyranny and the building of a Republic. Camerata will offer two distinct Christmas programs: A Mediterranean Christmas with songs from the countries of the Mediterranean basin: Spain, Italy, southern France, North Africa and the Holy Land; and Carols at Midnight, an abundance of beautiful French Christmas music.
“With the 2017-18 season, the Camerata continues to innovate, create new perspectives, and explore new directions,” says Anne Azéma, Artistic Director. “We involve both seasoned artists and young professionals in our ongoing musical ventures and adventures, both here and abroad.
“The Camerata and I also salute Joel Cohen, our Music Director Emeritus, who is celebrating his 75 birthday this year. His creative energy has inspired much of the musical programming you will hear in the coming months. We continue, with joy, Joel's pioneering efforts. Please join us!”
GREATER BOSTON PERFORMANCES
Liberty Tree: Early Music for the American Soul October 29, 4pm | Harvard's Memorial Church, Cambridge Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
Partsongs, marches, anthems, jigs, and ballads from the young Republic, a time when citizens sang their rejection of tyranny! Rousing works by citizen-composers such as Boston tanner William Billings and Vermont tavern-keeper Jeremiah Ingalls still ring true today. With the Choral Fellows of Harvard University and young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
A Mediterranean Christmas December 1 at 8pm | Follen Church, Lexington December 2 at 8pm | First Lutheran Church, Boston December 3 at 3pm | First Parish, Newbury Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
The Christmas narrative retold through songs, chants, and instrumental pieces from the diverse countries of the Mediterranean basin: Spain, Italy, southern France, North Africa and the Holy Land. Works are drawn from medieval manuscripts and oral traditions. With voices, early instruments of Europe and the Middle East, and readings of the Christmas story. We are joined by SHARQ Arabic Ensemble.
Carols at Midnight: French Christmas Music 1500-1700 December 18 at 8pm - First Church Congregational, Cambridge Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
A cornucopia of beautiful French Christmas music for voices, viols, flutes, harp, and organ, including serene liturgies and early Baroque carols and dances. A candlelit performance of Charpentier's beloved Messe de Minuit is the centerpiece of our evening.
Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music April 21 at 8pm / April 22 at 4pm Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
The Camerata’s groundbreaking treatment of the immortal Tristan and Iseult legend won the Grand Prix du Disque and has toured three continents. Hear the world's most famous romance as it was narrated in the Middle Ages, with magnificent music drawn from 12th-century sources. Under Anne Azéma's musical and stage direction, and Peter Torpey's lighting design, Camerata’s Tristan enriches the sonic experience by taking an additional step towards the world of music theater. Camerata brings the immortal legend forth, reaffirming the passionate life force that still flows from this story and its haunting music. Performed by a stellar cast: Azéma, Thompson, McStoots, McNamara, Kammen, and Cohen, with young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
TOURING PERFORMANCES:
Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music July 8, 8pm Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main St., Rockport, MA Tickets: $38-$52 | bostoncamerata.org
Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents Camerata’s groundbreaking telling of the Tristan and Iseult legend. Based on the original 12th-century sources, this medieval romance with narration weaves original elements together with staging and lighting for a truly unique concert experience. Under Anne Azéma's musical and stage direction, and Peter Torpey's lighting design, Camerata’s Tristan enriches the sonic experience by taking an additional step towards the world of music theater. Camerata brings the immortal legend forth, reaffirming the passionate life force that still flows from this story and its haunting music. Performed by a stellar cast: Azéma, Thompson, McStoots, McNamara, Kammen, and Cohen, with young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Liberty and Love: A Summer Sampler July 29, 2pm Head Tide Church, Head Tide Church Road, Alna, ME Tickets: $50 | bostoncamerata.org
We offer a summer buffet of music for our Maine friends, plus a sneak preview of our 2017-18 season! An opening set of love songs, chants, and spirituals from medieval France is followed by a feast of home-cooked ballads, Revolutionary part-songs, and paeans to American heroes, including pieces from the earliest Maine songbooks. Anne Azéma, director, voice; Michael Barrett, Daniel Hershey, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Donald Wilkinson, voices; Joel Cohen, voice, guitar.
Songes et Mençonges August 25, 8:15pm Martinskirche, Basel, Switzerland Tickets: $40-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata makes its long awaited debut in Switzerland. Anne Azéma and her colleagues will open the Basel Early Music Festival with a newly commissioned program of songs from the Middle Ages, exploring the themes of sleep and dreams, including works by the visionary Hildegard of Bingen.
Treasures of Devotion September 3, 2pm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Anne Azéma, one of the best interpreters of medieval French music and text, and the renowned Boston Camerata perform vocal and instrumental music of personal devotion from the early Renaissance. The program includes prayers, songs, chants, music for the Virgin, meditations on the cross, and astonishing reworkings of the day's popular melodies as vehicles for sacred texts. Music by Josquin, Agricola, Compère, Senfl, and Clemens non Papa. Conceived by Azéma and commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Treasures of Devotion is a musical mirror to the exhibition of wondrous miniature boxwood carvings on view at The Rijksmuseum through September 17. The exhibition is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
A Mediterranean Christmas
December 9 at 3:00pm | St. Joseph Convent Chapel, Milwaukee, WI December 10 at 5pm, St. Joseph Convent Chapel, Milwaukee, WI December 12 at 7:30pm, Bourgie Hall, Montreal, QC Canada Tickets: Varies by presenter | bostoncamerata.org
The Christmas narrative retold using songs, chants, and instrumental pieces from the countries of the Mediterranean basin: Spain, Italy, southern France, North Africa and the Holy Land. Works are drawn from medieval manuscripts and oral traditions. With voices, early instruments of Europe and the Middle East, and readings of the Christmas story. With SHARQ Arabic Ensemble.
Carols at Midnight: French Christmas Music 1500-1700 December 17 at 3pm, Union College, Schenectady, NY Tickets: $30 | bostoncamerata.org
A cornucopia of French Christmas music for voices, viols, harp and organ. Serene liturgies from the Burgundian court mingle with late Renaissance and early Baroque carols and dances. Charpentier’s beloved Messe de Minuit is the centerpiece of our evening.
Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited January 19 at 7:30pm | Grace and Holy Trinity Church, Kansas City, MO January 21 at 2pm | Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, IL Tickets: Varies by presenter | bostoncamerata.org
This powerful, highly-praised production is on national tour in 2018. The themes of justice and of truth spoken to power are once again front and center as the Jewish captive Daniel confronts the tyrannical Belshazzar. The magnificent musical play of Daniel, composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France, newly transcribed from the original manuscript source, has been powerfully staged for modern audiences by Anne Azéma. Camerata’s Daniel was premiered in Boston in 2014 to critical and public acclaim.
About The Boston Camerata:
The Boston Camerata ranks among the world’s oldest and most eminent early music ensembles. Founded in 1954, Camerata has been under the direction of French-born singer and scholar Anne Azéma since 2008.
Camerata's musical performances are well known for their blending of spontaneity and emotional commitment with careful research and scholarship. With its distinguished roster of singers and specialists in early instruments, Camerata produces an annual concert series for audiences in the Greater Boston area. The Boston Camerata tours regularly in the US and around the world, last appearing in Paris at the Theatre de la Ville, in Treviso, Italy, as well as in Sao Paolo, Brazil, at the Alcântara Festival, and Strasbourg, France, at the Voix et Routes Romanes Festival.
The Camerata's many recordings (Grand Prix du Disque, 1989) as well as its numerous media appearances (2 prizes at FIFA Montréal, 2014, 1 prize at the 2014 Massachusetts Film Festival) and its educational projects including residencies at the Longy School of Music and MIT have brought its work to audiences in every continent.
bostoncamerata.org
facebook.com/thebostoncamerata
@BostonCamerata
Press Contact: Stephanie Janes, (617) 419-0445, stephanie@stephaniejanespr.com
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The Boston Camerata, America's preeminent early music ensemble, has announced their 2017-2018 performance season in Boston and on tour. Camerata’s season will include four Boston productions and six touring performances from Basel to Montreal, including the award-winning Tristan & Iseult, with text and music drawn directly from Medieval sources. The Boston-based performances will open with a performance of Liberty Tree: Early Music for the American Soul, featuring jigs, songs, and anthems from the founding of the United States, whose themes recall the rejection of tyranny and the building of a Republic. Camerata will offer two distinct Christmas programs: A Mediterranean Christmas with songs from the countries of the Mediterranean basin: Spain, Italy, southern France, North Africa and the Holy Land; and Carols at Midnight, an abundance of beautiful French Christmas music.
“With the 2017-18 season, the Camerata continues to innovate, create new perspectives, and explore new directions,” says Anne Azéma, Artistic Director. “We involve both seasoned artists and young professionals in our ongoing musical ventures and adventures, both here and abroad.
“The Camerata and I also salute Joel Cohen, our Music Director Emeritus, who is celebrating his 75 birthday this year. His creative energy has inspired much of the musical programming you will hear in the coming months. We continue, with joy, Joel's pioneering efforts. Please join us!”
GREATER BOSTON PERFORMANCES
Liberty Tree: Early Music for the American Soul October 29, 4pm | Harvard's Memorial Church, Cambridge Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
Partsongs, marches, anthems, jigs, and ballads from the young Republic, a time when citizens sang their rejection of tyranny! Rousing works by citizen-composers such as Boston tanner William Billings and Vermont tavern-keeper Jeremiah Ingalls still ring true today. With the Choral Fellows of Harvard University and young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
A Mediterranean Christmas December 1 at 8pm | Follen Church, Lexington December 2 at 8pm | First Lutheran Church, Boston December 3 at 3pm | First Parish, Newbury Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
The Christmas narrative retold through songs, chants, and instrumental pieces from the diverse countries of the Mediterranean basin: Spain, Italy, southern France, North Africa and the Holy Land. Works are drawn from medieval manuscripts and oral traditions. With voices, early instruments of Europe and the Middle East, and readings of the Christmas story. We are joined by SHARQ Arabic Ensemble.
Carols at Midnight: French Christmas Music 1500-1700 December 18 at 8pm - First Church Congregational, Cambridge Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
A cornucopia of beautiful French Christmas music for voices, viols, flutes, harp, and organ, including serene liturgies and early Baroque carols and dances. A candlelit performance of Charpentier's beloved Messe de Minuit is the centerpiece of our evening.
Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music April 21 at 8pm / April 22 at 4pm Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge Tickets: $10-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
The Camerata’s groundbreaking treatment of the immortal Tristan and Iseult legend won the Grand Prix du Disque and has toured three continents. Hear the world's most famous romance as it was narrated in the Middle Ages, with magnificent music drawn from 12th-century sources. Under Anne Azéma's musical and stage direction, and Peter Torpey's lighting design, Camerata’s Tristan enriches the sonic experience by taking an additional step towards the world of music theater. Camerata brings the immortal legend forth, reaffirming the passionate life force that still flows from this story and its haunting music. Performed by a stellar cast: Azéma, Thompson, McStoots, McNamara, Kammen, and Cohen, with young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
TOURING PERFORMANCES:
Tristan & Iseult: A Medieval Romance in Poetry and Music July 8, 8pm Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main St., Rockport, MA Tickets: $38-$52 | bostoncamerata.org
Rockport Chamber Music Festival presents Camerata’s groundbreaking telling of the Tristan and Iseult legend. Based on the original 12th-century sources, this medieval romance with narration weaves original elements together with staging and lighting for a truly unique concert experience. Under Anne Azéma's musical and stage direction, and Peter Torpey's lighting design, Camerata’s Tristan enriches the sonic experience by taking an additional step towards the world of music theater. Camerata brings the immortal legend forth, reaffirming the passionate life force that still flows from this story and its haunting music. Performed by a stellar cast: Azéma, Thompson, McStoots, McNamara, Kammen, and Cohen, with young professionals from the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Liberty and Love: A Summer Sampler July 29, 2pm Head Tide Church, Head Tide Church Road, Alna, ME Tickets: $50 | bostoncamerata.org
We offer a summer buffet of music for our Maine friends, plus a sneak preview of our 2017-18 season! An opening set of love songs, chants, and spirituals from medieval France is followed by a feast of home-cooked ballads, Revolutionary part-songs, and paeans to American heroes, including pieces from the earliest Maine songbooks. Anne Azéma, director, voice; Michael Barrett, Daniel Hershey, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Donald Wilkinson, voices; Joel Cohen, voice, guitar.
Songes et Mençonges August 25, 8:15pm Martinskirche, Basel, Switzerland Tickets: $40-$60 | bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata makes its long awaited debut in Switzerland. Anne Azéma and her colleagues will open the Basel Early Music Festival with a newly commissioned program of songs from the Middle Ages, exploring the themes of sleep and dreams, including works by the visionary Hildegard of Bingen.
Treasures of Devotion September 3, 2pm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Anne Azéma, one of the best interpreters of medieval French music and text, and the renowned Boston Camerata perform vocal and instrumental music of personal devotion from the early Renaissance. The program includes prayers, songs, chants, music for the Virgin, meditations on the cross, and astonishing reworkings of the day's popular melodies as vehicles for sacred texts. Music by Josquin, Agricola, Compère, Senfl, and Clemens non Papa. Conceived by Azéma and commissioned by the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Treasures of Devotion is a musical mirror to the exhibition of wondrous miniature boxwood carvings on view at The Rijksmuseum through September 17. The exhibition is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
A Mediterranean Christmas
December 9 at 3:00pm | St. Joseph Convent Chapel, Milwaukee, WI December 10 at 5pm, St. Joseph Convent Chapel, Milwaukee, WI December 12 at 7:30pm, Bourgie Hall, Montreal, QC Canada Tickets: Varies by presenter | bostoncamerata.org
The Christmas narrative retold using songs, chants, and instrumental pieces from the countries of the Mediterranean basin: Spain, Italy, southern France, North Africa and the Holy Land. Works are drawn from medieval manuscripts and oral traditions. With voices, early instruments of Europe and the Middle East, and readings of the Christmas story. With SHARQ Arabic Ensemble.
Carols at Midnight: French Christmas Music 1500-1700 December 17 at 3pm, Union College, Schenectady, NY Tickets: $30 | bostoncamerata.org
A cornucopia of French Christmas music for voices, viols, harp and organ. Serene liturgies from the Burgundian court mingle with late Renaissance and early Baroque carols and dances. Charpentier’s beloved Messe de Minuit is the centerpiece of our evening.
Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited January 19 at 7:30pm | Grace and Holy Trinity Church, Kansas City, MO January 21 at 2pm | Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago, IL Tickets: Varies by presenter | bostoncamerata.org
This powerful, highly-praised production is on national tour in 2018. The themes of justice and of truth spoken to power are once again front and center as the Jewish captive Daniel confronts the tyrannical Belshazzar. The magnificent musical play of Daniel, composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France, newly transcribed from the original manuscript source, has been powerfully staged for modern audiences by Anne Azéma. Camerata’s Daniel was premiered in Boston in 2014 to critical and public acclaim.
About The Boston Camerata:
The Boston Camerata ranks among the world’s oldest and most eminent early music ensembles. Founded in 1954, Camerata has been under the direction of French-born singer and scholar Anne Azéma since 2008.
Camerata's musical performances are well known for their blending of spontaneity and emotional commitment with careful research and scholarship. With its distinguished roster of singers and specialists in early instruments, Camerata produces an annual concert series for audiences in the Greater Boston area. The Boston Camerata tours regularly in the US and around the world, last appearing in Paris at the Theatre de la Ville, in Treviso, Italy, as well as in Sao Paolo, Brazil, at the Alcântara Festival, and Strasbourg, France, at the Voix et Routes Romanes Festival.
The Camerata's many recordings (Grand Prix du Disque, 1989) as well as its numerous media appearances (2 prizes at FIFA Montréal, 2014, 1 prize at the 2014 Massachusetts Film Festival) and its educational projects including residencies at the Longy School of Music and MIT have brought its work to audiences in every continent.
bostoncamerata.org
facebook.com/thebostoncamerata
@BostonCamerata
Press Contact: Stephanie Janes, (617) 419-0445, stephanie@stephaniejanespr.com
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