Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street
Settings of Latin texts from the Song of Songs, and secular love songs in Spanish, all from 16th-century Spain, for singers accompanied by harp, organ, and bajón (the Renaissance predecessor of the bassoon). Music by Francisco Guerrero, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Sebastián de Vivanco, Nicolas Gombert, and others.

Plan to stay for the CD release celebration after the concert!

Singers: Jennifer Ashe, Pamela Dellal, Martin Near, Daniela Tošić,
Allen Combs, Jason McStoots, David Scott, Steven Soph, Mark Sprinkle,
Cameron Beauchamp, Glenn Billingsley, Paul Guttry
Instrumentalists: Becky Baxter, Spanish harp / Marilyn Boenau, bajón / Peter Sykes, organ
 

Presented with support from the Spanish Government (Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and United States Universities).

Free pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Michael Noone (Boston College) — sponsored by the Cambridge Society for Early Music

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