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    The Virgin and the Singer

    The Virgin and the Singer

    Presented by Blue Heron Renaissance Choir at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

    June 12, 2010

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    Motets and mass movements in honor of the Virgin Mary by 15th-century composers working in French lands: Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Regis, Pierre de la Rue, Johannes Ghiselin & Alexander Agricola. Also, the secular songs by Gilles Binchois and Guillaume Du Fay whose tunes were borrowed for the sacred music.

    Singers: Jennifer Ashe, Lydia Brotherton, Martin Near, Daniela Tosi?, Allen Combs, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Aaron Sheehan, Mark Sprinkle, Sumner Thompson, Cameron Beauchamp, Paul Guttry
    Instrumentalists: Laura Jeppesen & Scott Metcalfe, vielles

    Free pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Sean Gallagher
    sponsored by the Cambridge Society for Early Music

    Talk-back afterwards - stay and ask questions of Scott Metcalfe and Blue Heron singers.

    n.b. A version of this concert will be presented on June 13 at the Connecticut Early Music Festival: www.ctearlymusic.org. 


     


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        First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

        11 Garden Street
        Cambridge, MA 02138

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        Tickets:

        $50 Section A (reserved seating), $35 Section B, $30 Section C Discounts ($20 Senior/$10 student & low income/FREE under 18)

        Info Phone: 617-960-7956

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        June 12, 2010

        Times:

        8 PM with a pre-concert talk at 7:15

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