Season Archive: 2011
Convivium Musicum welcomes you to our 2011 Season! We continue to offer a unique selection of the finest Renaissance music, and this season we'll be performing in Cambridge, Brookline, Boston, Jamaica Plain, Salem, Worcester, and Providence, Rhode Island.
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All venues are fully handicap-accessible unless otherwise noted.
Spring 2011:
In 1588 the kingdoms of England and Spain engaged in one of the most famous naval battles in European history. These two powerful monarchs - Elizabeth I and Philip II - both embellished their courts with some of the finest music from the period. Convivium will offer selections from the repertoire from both nations, including works by Byrd, Morley, Victoria, and Guerrero.
Performances:
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7:00 PM (abbreviated program as part of a JP Concerts event)
St. John's Episcopal Church (www.stjohns-jp.org)
Revere and Roanoke Streets, Jamaica Plain, MA
Map/Directions: http://www.stjohns-jp.org/home/directions.shtml
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 8:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church (www.trinityworc.org)
73 Lancaster Street, Worcester, MA
Map/Directions: Google Maps
** all are invited to a reception following the concert
Sunday, May 15, 2011, 7:00 pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (www.stpaulsbrookline.org)
15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA
near the Brookline Village Green Line T stop (the "D" line)
Map/Directions: Google Maps
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 8 PM,
Cambridge Friends Meeting House (www.fmcquaker.org)
5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
ten minutes walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T stop
Map/Directions: http://www.fmcquaker.org/FMC-Map_2006.pdf
Sunday, May 22, 2011, 4 PM
Grace Episcopal Church (www.gracechurchinsalem.org/)
385 Essex Street, Salem, MA
Map/Directions: www.gracechurchinsalem.org/
Plus: a Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) 2011 Fringe Concert:
Saturday, June 18, 2011, 12:30 PM
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill, Boston
35 Bowdoin Street, Boston, MA
Map/Directions (important): Google Maps
Venue Information: St. John the Evangelist web site
Winter 2011
Convivium's winter concert features Renaissance works, celebrated in their own time, that also endured - in one form or another - into later decades and centuries. We'll explore how Josquin, Ockeghem, Arcadelt and others capitalized on popular pieces by using them as the framework for entirely new compositions, or by reworking earlier settings to suit changing tastes.
"...Melodies rang clear. Full awareness of harmonies, one by one, and the chorus’s unyielding focus constantly caused this listener to admire such extraordinary accomplishment…I was happy to discover this committed ensemble."
-- David Patterson, reviewing Josquin's Playlist in the
Boston Musical Intelligencer, January 17, 2011.
Read the full review here.
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 7:00 PM (abbreviated program as part of a JP Concerts event)
St. John's Episcopal Church (www.stjohns-jp.org)
Revere and Roanoke Streets, Jamaica Plain, MA
Map/Directions: http://www.stjohns-jp.org/home/directions.shtml
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 4:00 pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (www.stpaulsbrookline.org)
15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA
near the Brookline Village Green Line T stop (the "D" line)
Map/Directions: Google Maps
Saturday, January 22, 2011, 7 PM,
Cambridge Friends Meeting House (www.fmcquaker.org)
5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
ten minutes walk from the Harvard Square Red Line T stop
Map/Directions: http://www.fmcquaker.org/FMC-Map_2006.pdf
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 5:30 PM
St. Stephen's Church (www.sstephens.org)
114 George Street, Providence, RI
Map/Directions: http://www.sstephens.org/Directions.html