First rehearsals got underway last weekend in Strasbourg for the December Camerata tour. Our stellar vocal soloists — Azéma, Harley, and Rentz-Moore (plus instrumental virtuosi Lazarevitch and Ansorg) will be backed up by sixteen distaff chorists from Mission Voix Alsace. It promises to be a terrific, three-concert tour.
In our photo, Anne (with hurdy gurdy) rehearses with the choral ensemble, as the early-autumn light pours into the Foyer des Etudiantes Catholiques. If you haven’t visited Strasbourg and Alsace when the sun is out, you haven’t lived…Hopla!
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Strasbourg: A Picture Postcard From Anne
After a day of meetings in Strasbourg, setting up Camerata’s December tour in eastern France, Artistic Director Anne Azéma found the time to send us this early-evening digital snapshot of the city’s magnificent 13th century Cathedral. Lovely.
Alsatian friends be forewarned, there is some seriously beautiful Camerata music coming your way in a handful of weeks. Soyez attentifs, nous vous tiendrons au courant! Hopla!
In Memory of Pierre Bec
Poitiers, France: There were wonderful tributes this day, Friday, September 12, 2014, in memory of the marvelous Pierre Bec, teacher, scholar, medievalist, poet, and good friend to so many of us. Yes, there were some tears, but also much celebration as we contemplated the richness of his intellectual and personal legacy, and as we shared memories of the many years he lived among us. May his seemingly limitless erudition, his boundless curiosity, and his intense love of life continue to inspire us.
– Joel Cohen
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First meetings with Anne held
First meeting with Anne and the “Daniel” soloists on Monday.
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First meeting with Anne and the Longy School students who will be participating in the “Daniel” production on Tuesday.
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Recent News
- “A Chair for an Angel” Wins at two Festivals
- Verdant Grove Concerts
- Welcome to our new General Manager!
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- Reserve your seats now to Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited!
THE PARTY IS ON!
…as Camerata gears up for its 60th anniversary reason. Please have a look at our schedule.
We’ll be featuring (among other events) a reprise of “The Sacred Bridge” and its intercultural cast…..but the first item of business is going to be Anne’s brilliant new production of “The Play of Daniel.” Initial rehearsals for that event begin in just a few days.
You won’t want to miss ANY of these performances, so please do join us on the dance floor and sign up for a season subscription. There are still a few days left to get special, discounted prices! We look forward to seeing you!
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THE CHAIR HAS LEGS
This just in from the national magazine, “Early Music America.”
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The CyberCentaur checks this page fr…
The CyberCentaur checks this page frequently, and he notes that over the last few days, it soared past 750 “likes.” How lovely, he thinks, for The Boston Camerata to have so many friends and wellwishers in cyberspace. Well, we like you right back. Have a good week!
An appreciation of Frans Brüggen
by Camerata’s Music Director Emeritus, Joel Cohen.
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Frans Brueggen Remembered
Frans Brueggen directed The Boston Camerata in the late 1970’s, in one of his first ventures as conductor. He also collaborated as narrator during the first production of “A Renaissance Christmas.” We remember him as a superb musician, and a supremely intelligent and inquisitive human being.
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