“I strongly urge anyone interested in the music of the Renaissance to investigate this disc.”
Johan van Veen,
MusicWeb International
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.”
Praise for Free America: “Lively and moving”!
“The singers — mezzo Azéma, soprano Camila Parias, alto Deborah Rentz-Moore, tenors Daniel Hershey and Michael Barrett, and bass-baritone Luke Scott — were exemplary in every way, from purity and expressiveness of voice to blending in duets and trios to diction to making eye contact with the audience.”
— Jeffrey Gantz, The Boston Globe
“Under Azéma’s direction, the ensemble cast the songs in a bracing, down-home style, and with the verve of a village band, the performers captured an emotional immediacy fit for any age.”
— Aaron Keebaugh, Boston Classical Review
“Anne Azéma led the musicians of the Boston Camerata in the lively and moving “Free America!” at Faneuil Hall …the voices blend exceptionally well in every possible combination of duets and trios, whether of men, women, or mixed genders.”
— Steven Ledbetter, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Praise for the Camerata
“I was at the Miracles de Notre Dame performance last night. It was completely breathtaking. Your arrangement of Las Las Las was one of the most haunting pieces of music I’ve ever heard.”
– Isabel C. Legarda
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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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Boston Classical Praises “Puer Natus Est”
“Azéma has taken a wonderfully inventive approach to this music…
Throughout the evening, the singing was pristine…
Holiday celebrations, Boston Camerata reminded the audience, are open to people from all walks of life.”
Aaron Keebaugh writes in “Boston Camerata explores seasonal reverence and revelry across three centuries” in the Boston Classical Review on December 8.
Glowing Review in Boston Globe
Camerata’s Medieval Time Machine
Steven Ledbetter writes in today’s BMI:
“…its return last weekend was especially welcome.”
BMI: Medieval Love and Combat Joust at Longy
The Boston Musical Intelligencer has just published a wonderful article on the recent performances, which were dedicated to the memory of Tom Zajac, a member of the original, 2007 European production of this show.
“TIMELESS BEAUTY”
And here’s another “user review” of the Utrecht event, from another of the Festival’s feautured soloists. Thanks, Catalina Vicens!
“These two power women and outstanding musicians left us (the audience) speechless after their concert of English medieval music and poetry at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. The combination of simplicity, intensity, variety and eloquence made us think that the Muses were there to share their timeless beauty. Something to look up to. Thank you Anne Azéma and Shira Kammen!”