A Glimpse Behind the Scenes

October 16, 2020AnnouncementDido and AeneasCaitlin Laird, Manager

Here’s Anne in the formal garden where some of the Dido action will be taking place, as we do a live video shoot in a few days. Learn about the sets and the settings for our innovative, multilayered production of Henry Purcell’s masterpiece.

Introducing…A New Logo!

October 11, 2020Announcement, WebsiteCaitlin Laird, Manager

We bid a fond “au revoir” to our friend the centaur, who hails from a Medieval manuscript preserved in an Avignon archive. But times change, and we want to adapt our Camerata “look,” as we face both challenges and opportunities in the seasons and years to come. Music lives!

Happy Harvest Time!

October 9, 2020audioCaitlin Laird, Manager

Songs for the Season

Henry Purcell wrote a “Harvest Home,” and in old England, harvest songs to celebrate the changing season were in fact a tradition. Closer to home, our own Jeremiah Ingalls published one such song in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1805. We find its eloquent melody and somber text to be much in keeping with the current moment, and herewith offer it to you, paired with another tune that Ingalls employed, “The Cuba March.”

Here we hear:
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Why is Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas so special?

October 2, 2020AnnouncementDido and AeneasCaitlin Laird, Manager

Why does this brief work, less than an hour long, create such a powerful, emotional impact?

We’re fortunate to have Ellen T. Harris, eminent Baroque scholar and Professor Emeritus of Music at MIT, on our team. Dr. Harris, who quite literally wrote the book on Dido, will be delivering the pre-concert talk before our performance in November. Here she shares with us her thoughts about this incredible, compact musical drama.

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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Camerata’s First Dido

September 25, 2020Announcement, videoCaitlin Laird, Manager

This week we will hear about the groundbreaking 1979 Camerata production and recording of Dido and Aeneas from Camerata Music Director Emeritus Joel Cohen and Board member David Griesinger.