Scott Metcalfe, director, vielle, and harp Laura Jeppeson, vielle and rebec Ockeghem, Binchois & Du Fay As the 600th anniversary of Johannes Ockeghem’s birth draws near, Blue Heron, the Renaissance vocal ensemble from Boston, launches a long-term project to perform his complete works. This Music Before 1800 concert inaugurates the project, with works by Ockeghem and (more…)

Alexander Blachly, director The Cat’s Paw: Mary Anne Ballard, John Mark Rozendaal, James Waldo, viols Imperial Augsburg, 1475 – 1550: Isaac, Josquin, Senfl, Gombert, Crecquillon Renaissance Augsburg became a center for music in Europe, especially under Emperor Maximilian I, whose Kapelle included Senfl and Isaac. Even as the city suffered through the Reformation, sublime music (more…)

Richard Savino, theorbo, guitar, and director Jennifer Kampani and Nell Snaidas, sopranos Celine Ricci, mezzo-soprano; Paul Shipper, bass Adam LaMotte and Lisa Grodin, violins William Skeen, cello; Matthew Dirst, harpsichord and organ Buon Natale y Felices Fiestas During the 17th and 18th centuries, composers from Spain, Italy and Latin America collaborated as never before. Italian (more…)

Lord Herbert of Cherbury’s Lute Book: A diplomat’s selection of the best European lute music of the early 17th century Lute virtuoso Paul O’Dette performs selections from the manuscript of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, James I’s ambassador to France and an avid amateur lutenist. This dazzling early 17th-century collection contains French, Italian and English examples (more…)

Remember that time when you were little and one of your imaginary friends took your hand and led you into a world that looked like yours only brighter? No? Me neither. That’s what Blue Man Group is like. Blue Man Group combines music, technology and comedy to create a form of entertainment that defies categorization (more…)