The Boston Camerata, whose second homeland since 1974 has been France, sends, in this moment of grieving, a fraternal message of sympathy and solidarity to the people of that much-esteemed land.
La Camerata – dont les attaches depuis 1974 avec la France sont profondes, et les activités dans l’hexagone, fréquentes, envoie ses messages amicaux de solidarité en ce grand moment de tristesse: Nous sommes tous Charlie.
Of All the Flowers:
Songs of the Late Middle Ages
The constantly evolving and inventive musical minds of Italian and French masters during the fourteenth century has left us with repertoires, both sacred and secular, that successfully unite the search for new and different creative paths with astonishing lyricism and sensual beauty.
In this specially commissioned program for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you will hear music spanning the worlds of God and Man, by the greatest composers of their day: Machaut, Landini, da Bologna, and others, performed by the Camerata’s virtuoso singers with harp, vielles and bells.
March 6th, 8:00pm, MIT Walker Memorial Hall, Cambridge, MA
With love to all our friends…
Que votre année soit remplie de musique!
Good bye, Margriet
and thanks for all you have brought to many of us.
It was an amazing feast to make music with you.
“Margriet Tindemans was an important mentor and collaborator to a large number of musicians in the Boston Camerata’s circle of friends and colleagues. She shared her unique gifts with our ensemble, as well as with so many other individuals and groups in the early music community, and we remember her with deep affection.” — Joel Cohen, for the Camerata
The Centaur overhears some Facebook chatter :-)
“I had bought the CD of the Camerata’s Mediterranean Christmas some years ago, meaning to give it as a gift. This week I found it, still in its shrink wrap, and gave it to myself. (Stingy me.) Talk about a wonderful sound!” – Betsy Woodman
“That[Mediterranean Christmas] was such a fun recording to make! There were ten of us from nine different countries. Wonderful people, terrific musicians and a great program! Common language? French. Except for me, that is. Portions of the rehearsals were conducted in French. A couple times the others would start a piece and Joel would stop and ask me why I hadn’t come in. Of course, he had told everyone what we were about to do in French.” – Steven Lundahl
