How did they do it?  This concert will feature examples of the bag of tricks used by medieval and Renaissance composers.  Their musical toolbox included rounds, the development of harmony, and songs adapted to poetic forms, as well as some exotic techniques like the isorhythmic motet, the canon cancrizans and—one of our favorites—hocket.

  • Saturday October 7, 4:30 p.m., St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Santa Fe

  • Sunday, October 8, 4:30 p.m., St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Albuquerque

Our Christmas concerts will feature both medieval and Renaissance works, with Kathy Wimmer returning to read selections from period literature.  The program title, which means “Rejoice ye,” comes from a Christmas carol found in the Piae Cantiones (“Pious Songs”), a collection of Finnish and Swedish sacred songs published in 1582.

  • Sunday, December 10, 4:30 p.m., St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Albuquerque

  • Saturday, December 16, 4:30 p.m., St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Santa Fe

  • Sunday, December 17, 4:30 p.m., St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Albuquerque

When Isabella was born in 1451, she was not first in line to the Spanish throne, but after the deaths of her two older brothers, she became Queen of Castile.  By that time she had married Ferdinand of Aragon, uniting their two kingdoms, and together they were known as the “Catholic Monarchs.”  Isabella proved to be an adept ruler, and she was largely responsible for cementing Spain’s place as a global superpower.  This concert will offer music that would have been heard at Isabella’s court, including works from the famous Cancionero musical de palacio (“Palace Songbook”).

  • Saturday, March 2, 4:30 p.m., Santa Fe

  • Sunday, March 3, 4:30 p.m., Albuquerque

The final concert of our season will focus on music about the four seasons.  Sorry, we will not be performing Vivaldi, but there are lots of other wonderful works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance to choose from!

  • Saturday, May 4, 4:30 p.m., Santa Fe

  • Sunday, May 5, 4:30 p.m., Albuquerque

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