2011-2012 Concert Season
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Telemann's Harmonischer Gottesdienst
Music of the Italian Baroque
Exsultemus celebrates Italian Heritage Month with a rare performance of Sigismondo D'India's monumental Lamento d'Olimpia along with songs and duets by Monteverdi, Sances, Caccini, and Cozzolani.
Due to illness, this program replaced our originally scheduled performance of Orazio Vecchi's Night Games of Siena, which will be rescheduled for a later date.
Shannon Canavin & Brenna Wells, soprano
Martin Near, countertenor
Jason McStoots, tenor
Emily Walhout, lirone
Catherine Liddell, lute & theorbo
Friday, October 28 at 8pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston
Saturday, October 29 at 8pm at University Lutheran Church in Cambridge
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Serenissima una Noche
Christmas in Spain and the New World
Celebrate the holidays with an astounding program of Renaissance and Baroque vocal music from Spain, Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico, including a special tribute for the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria. From grand motets to joyous villancicos, this performance will be a wonderful way to kick off the Christmas concert season!
Shannon Canavin & Shari Wilson, soprano
Martin Near, countertenor
Michael Barrett, tenor
Paul Tipton, bass-baritone
Katherine Winterstein & Emily Dahl, violin
Nancy Hurrell, cross-strung harp
Emily Walhout, viola da gamba
Andrus Madsen, organ
Friday, December 9 at 8pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston
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Music for Voices and Brass from Italy and Germany
The vague period of transition from late Renaissance to early Baroque, with its predilection for polychorality and the exploitation of spatial effects, gave rise to some of the most impressive large-scale works of earlier centuries. Cori spezzati—literally “broken choirs”—was a term used to describe the division of musical forces into musically, and sometimes also spatially, distinct groups. Experience the grand sonorities of cornetto, dulcian, sackbut, and organ mingled with the exquisite voices of Exsultemus as we explore magnificent music for double choir Adrian Willaert, Francesco Santacroce, Dominique Phinot, Orlande de Lassus, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Hans Leo Hassler, Hieronymous and Michael Praetorius, and Heinrich Schütz.
Shannon Canavin, soprano
Martin Near, countertenor
Jason McStoots & Zachary Wilder, tenor
Paul Tipton, bass-baritone
Michael Collver, cornetto
Daneil Stillman, dulcian
Mack Ramsey & Tom Zajac, sackbut
Andrus Madsen & Vivian Montgomery, organ
Saturday, January 28 at 8pm at University Lutheran Church in Cambridge
Sunday, January 29 at 3pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston
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A Day at the Royal Abbey of Montmartre
Music abounded in convents centuries ago, from the chant, hymns, and motets performed during liturgical services to lute songs sung in private quarters. Don't miss this intriguing program featuring the women of Exsultemus featuring newly-published sacred music by Antoine Boesset and sacred contrafacti of charming airs de cour.
Shannon Canavin & Janet Youngdahl, soprano
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Carrie Cheron, Claire Raphaelson & Shari Wilson, chant choir
Catherine Liddell, lute
Sarah Mead, viola da gamba
Vivian Montgomery, organ
Saturday, March 3 at 8pm at University Lutheran Church in Cambridge
Sunday, March 4at 3pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston
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Music of Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1370–1412)
All but forgotten by music history, Johannes Ciconia lived between the 14th-century giants Machaut and Landini and the first giant of the 15th century, Dufay. His rarely-heard challenging and sophisticated music as well as works by his more well-known contemporaries is brought to life by the accomplished singers of Exsultemus.
Saturday, May 12 at 8pm at University Lutheran Church in Cambridge
Sunday, May 13 3pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston
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Dates, times, locations, and programs are subject to change.
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