We are delighted to share this interview with our Music Director Emeritus, Joel Cohen, released this week as part of Early Music America’s Celebrating Trailblazers in Historical Performance series.

Along with interviewer Harvard Professor Emeritus of Music Thomas Forrest Kelly, Joel discusses the history of the Camerata and the early music movement in general, plus what’s coming up in our 2021-22 season. To illustrate his tantalizing comments on our fall production, here is the now-classic sequence Judicii signum/The Great Day, part of the CD New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong. Have a listen, and keep checking here for news concerning our up and coming 2021-2022 season. 

If you are relaxing at the beach, we hope that unlike the forsaken woman of this troubadour song, you are happy and relaxed. 

Here is one of the great poems of distant love as performed by Anne Azéma with the Camerata Mediterranea. Please enjoy this languorous moment, and continue to live well during this warm season.  

Here are some candids of our wonderful crew – Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz Moore, Anne Azéma, Christa Patton, and Shira Kammen – from this week’s recording sessions for our upcoming Harmonia Mundi CD Hodie Christus Natus Est, which will be released in October. And as part of our 2021-22 Boston series, you can hear this program live in December and all these wonderful musicians in Douce Dame Jolie in March – tickets will go on sale soon!

Our long-delayed Medieval Christmas recording session is almost here! One of our most widely traveled programs in recent years, this program has inspired standing ovations everywhere it goes. Our superlative vocal trio of Camila Parias, Anne Azéma, and Deborah Rentz Moore will be joined by instrumentalists Christa Patton and Shira Kammen, and the recording will be released on the Harmonia Mundi label in time for the holiday season!

As we reflect this weekend on our nation’s history (or just enjoy good food and one another’s company) here is a piece to add to your Independence Day playlist: Rise, Columbia!, from our 2019 Harmonia Mundi CD Free America!