“I strongly urge anyone interested in the music of the Renaissance to investigate this disc.”
Johan van Veen,
MusicWeb International
A Rave Review of Treasures of Devotion
A Fish Tale (Tail?) from Social Media
An isolated Medieval merperson plucking away at his curiously shaped instrument (a guittern?).
Greetings from the Boston Camerata!
A few minutes of calm
This video, from our Treasures of Devotion program, features a longing Dutch love song and a polyphonic setting of Psalm 4 based on the same tune.
In a rave review of the Treasures of Devotion recording, Johan van Veen “compliment[s] the singers for their command of Dutch.”
In a rave review of the Treasures of Devotion recording, Johan van Veen “compliment[s] the singers for their command of Dutch.”
Strength from the Shakers
Here, for the current day, is a 19th-century Shaker song of resistance and combat. The Shakers may have been pacifists, but they certainly knew how to work up their energy and will against all challenges…take courage!
Leaders In Early Music Ponder The Future
“Because we are doing the music that we’re doing, we look backwards. The plague brought out the worst and best in people. So how best can we help now? What form will [our music take]?”
~ Anne Azéma
This article by Keith Powers features the thoughts of several leaders of Boston early music ensembles, including our own Artistic Director Anne Azéma as well as Kathleen Fay of the Boston Early Music Festival and Martin Pearlman of Boston Baroque, plus other perspectives from around the US.
Camerata Celebrates Patriots Day on the Radio TODAY!
Photo credit: Dan Busler
The program was recorded live last November at Faneuil Hall in Boston, the location of many revolutionary town meetings during the 1760s and 1770s.
You can tune in on your radio (99.5 in the Boston area) or online at www.classicalwcrb.org. The full program & notes will be available on the WCRB website after the broadcast, and can be 
downloaded here.
Click here for more information about the broadcast!
Happy Paschal Week from the Boston Camerata!
An 
offering from Camerata, during this important week for both Jews and Christians. The psalm recounts the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt, and we sing it, alternating verses, in both the (original) Hebrew and Latin versions. One tune comes from Jewish oral tradition; the other is the Gregorian “tonus peregrinus.”
offering from Camerata, during this important week for both Jews and Christians. The psalm recounts the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt, and we sing it, alternating verses, in both the (original) Hebrew and Latin versions. One tune comes from Jewish oral tradition; the other is the Gregorian “tonus peregrinus.”
But wait, aren’t they different versions of the same thing? And aren’t we all, on this mortal coil, brothers and sisters?
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An Excerpt From The Night’s Tale
We regret not having the opportunity to share this production with our friends in Chicago and Kansas City this month. But we hope to make this happen for all of us another time.
Meanwhile, here is a short clip of our 2016 production of The Night’s Tale, in collaboration with and at Longy School of Music of Bard College.
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City on the Hill
Read Steven Ledbetter’s review in the BMI, and enjoy some of Robert Torres’ photos of our April performance:
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