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Treasures of Devotion, by the Boston Camerata under the artistic leadership of singer/director Anne Azéma, features a program of miniature masterworks by Josquin des Pres, Heinrich Isaac, Clemens non Papa, Claudin de Sermisy and others in sterling performances. This collection of early Renaissance spiritual pieces (and their related secular songs) were intended not for grand cathedrals or public ceremony, but for personal meditation, private chapels and rooms, family houses and assemblies.

Directly inspired by the examples of intricately carved boxwood devotional objects housed at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, these contemporaneous musical works are precise in their craftsmanship, rich in subtle details, and lead us to wonder and to contemplation.

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Vielle, Gittern, Harp

We regret to announce the passing of Dutch-born Margriet Tindemans.

She was equally at home in the music by the 12th century mystic Hildegard of Bingen, the music of renaissance Courts of Europe, the solo viol repertoire of the High Baroque as well as in the contemporary works by Kevin Volans and Joan Pranks Williams, who are among the many composers who dedicated works to her. This has made her one of the most sought after players of early bowed strings instruments worldwide. She maintains an active performing, recording and teaching schedule. She is on the faculty of the University of Washington School of Music and directs the Northwest Center for Early Music Studies and the Early Music Vancouver Renaissance and Baroque program. She has recorded for Harmonia Mundi Germany and France, Erato, accent, Classical Masters, EMI, Smithsonian Collection, Eufoda, CRD, and Koch International Classics.

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Cities, with their energy and dynamism, are central to our 2018-19 productions. This October, see and hear the orange animal Fauvel as he travels to NowhereLand and then to medieval Paris in his funny, chilling quest to rule the universe. Next, celebrate Christmas with us with glowing, sumptuous sounds of the season from Rome, Florence, and Venice. Finally, return home to America, to New England, and to Boston, the shining City on the Hill for so many of our ancestors, and share their songs of hope and their dreams of liberty in a better place.

Anne and the Camerata proudly present our 64th consecutive season of extraordinary music. Please join us on the Grand Tour!




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It’s not too late to give a year-end donation. Your generous support helps us continue Camerata’s 60+ years of bringing magnificent music to the world.

Why support the Boston Camerata? Leonard Bernstein had a great answer: Art changes life, and people. Art cannot change events. But it can change people. It can affect people so they are…enriched, ennobled, encouraged; they then act in ways that may affect the course of events.

The Camerata does change people; you have told us that:

“An incredibly powerful performance…you made me cry!”
  – An audience member, after Tristan et Iseult in Rockport

“I can’t describe how much I loved the incredible production today.
Thank you for inviting me to take part of it! Just so very moving.”
  – A cast member, after Liberty Tree at Harvard University


Camerata’s music links different cultures around shared values. Anne and her magnificent colleagues express our highest ideals through their musical art, reinforcing the message of our common humanity. This is important and necessary work in our time, and it brings ineffable joy.

Please help the Camerata to continue. We ask you to support our work and our music with a generous gift. Our community, and the world, will be a better place as a result.