Season 45, 2011–2012
MUSIC OF BACH & BIBER
Oct 23
Judson Griffin & Margaret Ziemnicka, violins, Marcy Jean Brenner, viola da gamba, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord
ENSEMBLE CAPRICE
Nov 27
La Follia and the Gypsies:
Mattias Maute & Sophie Larivière, traverso and recorder, David Jacques, baroque guitar, Susie Napper, baroque cello, Zilya Tabassian, percussion
SCHOLA CANTORUM of BOSTON
Feb 12
Frederick Jodry, Director
The Folly of Love: Sacred and Secular Music of Lasso
LA VOCE DI GABRIELLA
April 15
18th Century Battle Music of Love and War
with Nell Snaidas, soprano, and Kris Kwapis, trumpet; Mahan Esfahani, keyboard, Christa Patton, harp,
Charlie Weaver, theorbo & guitar
Season 44, 2010–2011
DIABOLUS IN MUSICA
Nov 14
Rose Tres Belle – Voices from Medieval France
Estelle Nadau and Aino Lavoipierre, sopranos; Estelle Boisnard, mezzo; Evelyne Moser, medieval fiddles; Antoine Guerber, harp and percussion
FOUR NATIONS ENSEMBLE
Feb 20
From Venice and Versailles
Andrew Appel, director & harpsichord; Christine Brandes, Soprano; Charles Brink, traverso; Krista Bennion Feeney, baroque violin; Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello
BOSTON HAUSMUSIK – April 3
Haydn and the Ladies of London
Sylvia Berry, fortepiano and artistic director; Katherine Growdon, mezzo-soprano; Scott Metcalfe, violin; Reinmar Seidler, cello
LES DÉLICES – April 30
In the Apartments of the King
Debra Nagy, baroque oboe; Scott Metcalfe, baroque violin; Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; Michael
Sponseller, harpsichord
Season 43, 2009–2010
MUSICIANS OF THE OLD POST ROAD
Nov 15
The Humanity and Humor of Mozart
Suzanne Stumpf, flute; Sarah Darling and Karina Fox, violins; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano
CHRISTOPHER LOWREY – Dec 13
Of God and of Men: Bach & Handel Cantatas and Arias for Countertenor and Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Michael Bahmann and Frederick Jodry, harpsichords; chamber orchestra led by Judson Griffin
HESPERUS – March 28
The Mark of Zorro
Tina Chancey, early violin, viola da gamba; Grant Herreid, early guitar, lute, tenor recorder
BOSTON MUSEUM TRIO
April 11
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; John Gibbons, harpsichord
Season 42, 2008–2009
HARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH –
Nov 9
The Cult of Melancholy
Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Justin Godoy & Héloïse Degrugillier, recorder; Catherine Liddell, lute
BLUE HERON RENAISSANCE CHOIR
Dec 21, 2008
Christmas at Notre Dame de Paris,
c. 1200
Scott Metcalfe, director
LIPZODES – Jan 18
Music from 16th-Century Guatemala
Juan Carlos Arango, shawms; Yonit Kosovske, organ; Sung Lee, shawms; Anna Marsh, dulcian & shawms; Wolodymyr Smishkewych, voice & percussion
TRÈS – Feb 22
Hark how the Songsters
Baroque Music of England in praise of Song, Celebrating Love
Jayne West, soprano; Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano; Lisa Brooke, Baroque violin; Daniel Rowe, Baroque cello; Michael Beattie, harpsichord
WINDHOVER – April 26
The Jewish Baroque & Beyond
Heidi Powell & Richard Hsu, baroque violins; Loretta O’Sullivan, baroque cello; Dongsok Shin, harpsichor
Season 41, 2007–2008
RICHARD LALLI SINGS DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN – Sept 30
Richard Lalli, baritone, Michael Bahmann, fortepiano
BACH FOR TWO – Nov 4
Dana Maiben, violin; Arthur Haas, harpsichord
MY LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S CONSORT Dec 16
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Philip Anderson, tenor; Drew Minter, countertenor and harp; Patricia Neely, viol and vielle; Pat O’Brien, lute and cittern; Andy Rutherford, lute; Marcia Young, soprano and harp
QUINCE – JAN 27
Fit for Two Kings – Music from the French courts for 5-part strings and voices.
Dana Maiben, Andrew Fouts, Martha Perry, violin and viola; Peter Bucknell, viola; Margaret Cushing, cello; with Pamela Murray, soprano, James Ruff, haute-contre, Charles Weaver, bass and theorbo
REPAST – Feb 24
The Apotheosis of Corelli: Musical Tributes to a Great Master
Amelia Roosevelt, baroque violin; Charles Weaver, baroque guitar and theorbo; Keri Mikkelson, harpsichord; with guests Claire Jolivet, baroque violin; and John Mark Rozendaal, baroque cello
Season 40, 2006 – 2007
MARY SADOVNIKOFF, FORTEPIANO
Nov 5
MuseumConcerts’ founder celebrates our 40th birthday with a solo program.
BACH’S MUSICAL OFFERING – Jan 14
Kathyrn Roth, traverso, Scott Metcalfe, violin, Emily Walhout, cello, & Frederick Jodry, harpsichord
TAPESTRY – Feb 25
Laurie Monahan, mezzo-soprano; Cristi Catt, soprano; Daniela Tosic, alto, & Carolann Buff, mezzo-soprano
amarcord – march 10-
Wolfram Lattke, tenor; Dietrich Barth, tenor; Frank Ozimek, baritone; Daniel Knauft, bass; & Holger Krause, bass
BACHFEST! - April 19
Michael Bahmann leads the Brown University Chamber Singers and period orchestra.
Season 39, 2005 – 2006
ACME BAROQUE– Sept 25
In Scarlet Hues: Music by Alessandro Scarlatti —Pamela Murray, soprano, Margaret Cushing, recorder, Dana Maiben & Susanna Cortesio, violins, Elisabeth Le Guin, cello, Kei Ueyama, harpsichord
ZORGINA – Nov 27
In Winter’s Glance, a celebration of the season–Ellen Santaniello, Rebecca Bain, Ruth Eiselsberg
THE CARTHAGE CONSORT
Jan 22
Fair Britain Isle~Music for viols & voice
Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Laura Jeppesen, Jane Hershey, Emily Walhout, violas da gamba; and guest artist Sarah Cunningham.
SCHOLA CANTORUM OF BOSTON
Feb 26
L. Frederick Jodry, director
Music from Spanish Cathedrals.
PETER SYKES – APRIL 2
Bach Known and Unknown
Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Season 49, 2015–2016
SARASSA ENSEMBLE
Sept 20, 2015
Elizabeth Blumenstock and Christina Day Martinson, violins; Jenny Stirling,viola; Phoebe Carrai & Tim Merton, cellos
NEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET
Nov 8, 2015
With period clarinetist Nina Stern; Judson Griffin and Margaret Ziemnicka, violins; Daniel McCarthy, viola; David Bakamjian, cello
LES CANARDS CHANTANTS
Feb 7, 2016
Sacred and Profane
Robin Bier, Director, Molly Netter, soprano; Eric Brenner, countertenor; Robin Bier, alto; Jacob Perry, tenor; Graham Bier, bass
I DILETTOSI FIORI
April 17, 2016
Music from 14th Century Italy
Corina Marti, clavisimbalum and flutes
Season 48, 2014–2015
NEW YORK CLASSICAL QUARTET,
Oct 12, 2014
Judson Griffin and Margaret Ziemnicka, violins, Chiu-Chen Liu, viola; David Bakamjian, cello
BACH’S FLUTE SONATAS
Nov 30, 2014
Anne Briggs, baroque flute; Leon Schelhase, harpsichord
ITALIAN CANTATAS & DUETS
March 1, 2015
Music of Handel & Porpora
Margot Rood, soprano; Theo Lobo, mezzo, Dylan Sauerwald, harpsichord; Cora Swenson, cello
RENAISSONICS
April 12, 2015
New Worlds
John Tyson, recorder; Laura Gulley, violin; Daniel Rowe, cello;
Douglas Freudlich, lute; Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord
Season 47, 2013–2014
PAUL CIENNIWA, Harpsichord
Oct 6, 2013
The Giants of 1685
BOSTON CLASSICAL TRIO
Nov 10, 2013
Beethoven for Three
Susanna Ogata, violin; Guy Fishman, cello; Ian Watson, fortepiano
CAPELLA PRATENSIS
Feb 23, 2014
Requiems of De la Rue and Ockeghem
Stratton Bull, Artistic Director
LES DELICES
March 16, 2014
Conversations Galantes
Debra Nagy, baroque oboe; Julie Andrijeski & Scott Metcalfe, violins; Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Season 46, 2012–2013
AT COURT WITH BACH AND COUPERIN
Oct 14, 2012
Kathryn Roth, traverso, Douglas Kelley, viola da gamba,
Frederick Jodry, harpsichord
THE ETERNAL ROMANTICS
Nov 11, 2012
Music of Schubert and Schumann
Adriane Post, violin; Reinmar Seidler, cello; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano
SARASA ENSEMBLE
Jan 20, 2013
Tim Merton, Director
Kathryn Mueller & Kristen Watson, sopranos, Beth Wenstrom
& Adriane Post, baroque violins, Charles Sherman, harpsichord
CHATHAM BAROQUE
March 10, 2013
La Suave Melodia
Andrew Fouts, violin, Patty Halverson, viola da gamba, Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar
Season 38, 2004 –2005
TREFOIL – Oct 31
Masters, Monsters, and Mazes: Treading the Medieval Labyrinth—Drew Minter, countertenor and medieval harp; Marcia Young, soprano and medieval harp; Mark Rimple, tenor and medieval lute
THE BOSTON CAMERATA – Dec 5
Joel Cohen, Director
Puer Natus Est (A Medieval Christmas) singers Anne Azéma, Anne Harley, and Deborah Rentz-Moore and instrumentalists Hazel Brooks and Joel Cohen
PARTHENIA CONSORT OF VIOLS
Feb 13
Fairest Isle
Beverly Au, Lisa Terry, Rosamund Morley & Lawrence Lipnik, violas da gamba; Alexandra Montano, mezzo-soprano
DANA MAIBEN & ARCADIA PLAYERS March 6
“Four Seasons and More”— Arcadia Players, Ian Watson, Artistic Director, Dana Maiben, violin soloist
ZIVIAN-TOMKINS DUO – April 3
“Beethoven and Mozart”— Tanya Tomkins, cello, Eric Zivian, fortepiano
Season 37, 2003 –2004
ENSEMBLE REBEL – Oct 26
From Biber To Bach: Sonatas and Concerti by Biber, Schmelzer, Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel… and Bach
Jörg-Michael Schwarz & Karen Marie Marmer, violins; John Moran, cello; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord & organ
NEW ENGLAND WAITES – Nov 30
Canzoni per sonare et Cantare
Michael Collver, cornett & voice; John Faieta, trombone; Brian Kay, trombone; Mack Ramsey, trombone; Charles Sherman, organo
LIBER UNUSUALIS – Jan 18
Unrequited: Machaut and the French Ars Nova
Melanie Germond, soprano; Carolann Buff, mezzo-soprano; William Hudson, tenor
THE MORNING AFTER – Feb 15
Romantic Piano Music For Valentine’s Day Weekend – Michael Bahmann, period piano
MOZART FEST! – March 21
Pamela Murray, soprano; the Brown University Chamber Chorus, Frederick Jodry, Director; period ensemble
Season 36, 2002 –2003
WILLIAM PORTER – Oct 27
William Porter in Recital
CONCERTO INCOGNITO WITH CURTIS STREETMAN – Dec 1
Out of the Darkness
Curtis Streetman, bass, Dana Maiben & Heidi Powell, violins, Joshua Lee, viola da gamba, Webb Wiggins, organ
FREEMAN/FREIBERG DUO & POET CHARLES COE – Jan 26
An Afternoon of Baroque Music & Spoken Word
Rhona Freeman, harpsichord, Sarah Freiberg, cello, Charles Coe, poetry reader
ENSEMBLE AMARCORD – March 1
Special Saturday Evening Concert
Mardi Gras! sacra/Profana
Wolfram Lattke, tenor, Dietrich Barth, tenor, Frank Ozimek, baritone, Daniel Knauft, bass, & Holger Krause, bass
ENSEMBLE TALISMAN – March 30
Music by Russian Princesses
Anne Harley, soprano, Oleg Timofeyev, Russian 7-string guitar, Etienne Abelin, violin
Season 35, 2001–2002
LA FONTEGARA – Oct 21
Music of the Spanish Empire
María Díez-Canedo, recorder & traverso; Gabriela Villa Walls, viola da gamba; Eloy Cruz, theorbo & baroque guitar; guest artist Michael Bahmann, harpsichord
TREFOIL – Nov 25
Christo e Nato: Lauding the Nativity
in Medieval Florence
Drew Minter, countertenor & harp;
Marcia Young, soprano & harp; Mark Rimple, countertenor & lute
William HitE – Feb 3
Winterreise, Franz Schubert —William Hite, tenor; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano
CHATHAM BAROQUE – March 10
Pub and Parlor: Music of the 18th-century British Isles” — Julie Andrijeski, baroque violin; Emily Davidson, baroque violin; Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba; Scott Pauley, lute, theorbo & baroque guitar
BACHFEST! – April 14
A Gala production of Bach masterpieces
with a chamber Orchestra of Baroque specialists
Season 34, 2000 –2001
CHARIVARY – Nov 5
Love and Language: Musical Portraits of 17th-Century France
Laura Jeppesen & Jane Hershey, viole da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo & baroque guitar
ANONYMOUS 4 – Nov 26
Legends of St. Nicholas
Medieval Chant & Polyphony
Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner, Marsha Genensky & Johanna Maria Rose
COMMON GROUND – Feb 4
Basta Amore!
Jolle Greenleaf and Nell Snaidas, sopranos; Lucas Harris, theorbo & baroque guitar; Keri Mikkelson, harpsichord; Carlene Stober, bass viol
DUO FRANCESCA – March 11
Wolfgang, Franziska, and Ludwig
Monica Jakuc, fortepiano; Dana Maiben, violin
NEW ENGLAND MYSTIC CONSORT
April 29
Music from the Time of the Spanish Armada
Michael Collver, countertenor; Glorianne Collver-Jacobson, lute; Laura Jeppesen, bass viol; Jesse Lepkoff, flute & recorders
Season 33, 1999 – 2000
Peter Sykes – Oct 17
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BY J. S. BACH
SCHOLA CANTORUM OF BOSTON
Nov 28
Te Deum and Jubilate by Henry Purcell Frederick Jodry, director; voices, strings, and trumpets
Musicians of the Old Post Road – Jan 23
Chamber Music of Haydn and HummelSuzanne Stumpf, flute; Julia McKenzie, violin; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano
FORTUNE’S WHEEL – April 9
Songs of Love and Nature
Lydia Heather Knutson and Paul Cummings, voice; Shira Kammen and Robert Mealy, vielle, harp, voice
JOHN TYSON & RENAISSONICS
May 7
Shakespeare’s Italy
John Tyson, director; recorder, pipe and tabor; Douglas Freundlich, lute; Olav Chris Henriksen, archlute; James Johnston, violin and viola; Daniel Ryan, cello
More Seasons
More listings from the early history of our chamber concert series will be added as a work in progress, reaching back to our first concert season which began in 1966.