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Convivium Musicum

Convivium Musicum (www.convivium.org) is a Boston-based, 20-voice Renaissance vocal ensemble that has been performing for over 20 years. The group is known especially for the intelligence and interest of its programs and its expressive range and ensemble. Recent programming has ranged from Josquin and Mouton to Sweelinck and Le Jeune, from Peñalosa to Victoria, from the Song of Songs to Dido's lament, and from Europe to New Spain, including masterworks by Byrd, Guerrero, Praetorius, and many other, lesser-known composers. Convivium is proud to be a corporation run by its singers, who serve on the Board of Directors, manage the group's business affairs, design its programs and publicity materials, and seek out opportunities to perform Renaissance polyphony for new audiences, Convivium Musicum has recently released two CDs: Song of Songs: Music of Renaissance Spain and the New World and Dido's Lament.

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    Convivium Musicum

    11 Belmont St
    Somerville, MA 02143

    Phone: 617.773.6913

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    05/16/10	Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance St. Paul's Church, Brookline Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance Presented by Convivium Musicum at St. Paul's Church, Brookline May 16, 2010 Convivium’s Spring 2010 program explores the unique soundscape of Renaissance chromaticism, the use of pitches outside the “gamut” or set of pitches whose modern equivalent is the diatonic scale. The program includes works by Orlando di Lasso (the complete Sybilline Prophecies of 1564), Hans Leo Hassler, Alexander Utendal, Jakob Handl, Heinrich Schütz and Michelangelo Rossi, whose madrigals surpass even Gesualdo’s in their chromatic daring. There will even be a...
    05/15/10	Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance Presented by Convivium Musicum at St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) May 15, 2010 Convivium’s Spring 2010 program explores the unique soundscape of Renaissance chromaticism, the use of pitches outside the “gamut” or set of pitches whose modern equivalent is the diatonic scale. The program includes works by Orlando di Lasso (the complete Sybilline Prophecies of 1564), Hans Leo Hassler, Alexander Utendal, Jakob Handl, Heinrich Schütz and Michelangelo Rossi, whose madrigals surpass even Gesualdo’s in their chromatic daring. There will even be a...
    05/08/10	Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance Presented by Convivium Musicum at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational May 8, 2010 Convivium’s Spring 2010 program explores the unique soundscape of Renaissance chromaticism, the use of pitches outside the “gamut” or set of pitches whose modern equivalent is the diatonic scale. The program includes works by Orlando di Lasso (the complete Sybilline Prophecies of 1564), Hans Leo Hassler, Alexander Utendal, Jakob Handl, Heinrich Schütz and Michelangelo Rossi, whose madrigals surpass even Gesualdo’s in their chromatic daring. There will even be a...
    01/31/10	(Counter)Reformation: Musical Responses to a Crisis of Faith Grace Church - Salem (Counter)Reformation: Musical Responses to a Crisis of Faith Presented by Convivium Musicum at Grace Church - Salem January 31, 2010 Convivium’s Winter 2010 program explores an amazing range of responses to the changing place of choral music in worship in 16th century Europe, and the astonishing beauty released by religious upheaval. The program includes large-scale, rarely-heard works by Le Jeune (Dodecachorde, Ps. 35), Senfl (Ecce quam bonum), and Anerio (Requiem), as well as William Byrd’s Mass for 4 voices.
    01/23/10	(Counter)Reformation: Musical Responses to a Crisis of Faith Cambridge Friends Meeting House (Counter)Reformation: Musical Responses to a Crisis of Faith Presented by Convivium Musicum at Cambridge Friends Meeting House January 23, 2010 Convivium’s Winter 2010 program explores an amazing range of responses to the changing place of choral music in worship in 16th century Europe, and the astonishing beauty released by religious upheaval. The program includes large-scale, rarely-heard works by Le Jeune (Dodecachorde, Ps. 35), Senfl (Ecce quam bonum), and Anerio (Requiem), as well as William Byrd’s Mass for 4 voices.
    01/17/10	(Counter)Reformation: Musical Responses to a Crisis of Faith St. Paul's Church, Brookline (Counter)Reformation: Musical Responses to a Crisis of Faith Presented by Convivium Musicum at St. Paul's Church, Brookline January 17, 2010 Convivium’s Winter 2010 program explores an amazing range of responses to the changing place of choral music in worship in 16th century Europe, and the astonishing beauty released by religious upheaval. The program includes large-scale, rarely-heard works by Le Jeune (Dodecachorde, Ps. 35), Senfl (Ecce quam bonum), and Anerio (Requiem), as well as William Byrd’s Mass for 4 voices.
    06/13/09	Going for Baroque St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) Going for Baroque Presented by Convivium Musicum at St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) June 13, 2009 A cappella masterpieces of the early Baroque! The Electors of Saxony made the court at Dresden a haven for Protestant composers including Hassler, Praetorius, and Schütz, shapers of the emerging Baroque idiom. Our BEMF Fringe concert will feature Schütz's masterful setting of Psalm 116, along with some of his best known German motets and Hassler's marvelously chromatic Ad Dominum cum tribularer.

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