CAMERATA NEWS
Camerata Receives Cultural Sector Pandemic Recovery Grant
This week the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) awarded $51 million of Cultural Sector Pandemic Recovery Grants to organizations and individuals. The Boston Camerata is proud to be among the recipients! We are grateful to MCC and everyone who advocates for arts funding at the state and national level.
February 17, 2023
RECENT PRESS
Taking note! We’re happy to have received so much attention around our music over the last few seasons. Here’s a selection of stories and reviews around Camerata’s newest productions:
We’ll Be There! Chosen by the boston globe
Featured in “10 Classical Music Attractions to Enliven Your Autumn” by AZ Madonna
september 8, 2023
featured in wbur’s fall arts guide
“Anne Azéma’s internationally acclaimed and always compelling early-music group kicks off its season with one of its rousing specialties, We’ll Be There! American Spirituals, Black and White, 1800-1900” ~ Lloyd Schwartz
September 8,2023
Artsfuse: Dido & Aeneas “included…Plenty of Contemporary Razzmatazz”
“But Boston Camerata’s smart and economical take on the composer’s only fully sung drama, heard at Pickman Hall Saturday night, provided a glimpse into the very nature of Baroque spectacle.”
March 20, 2023
Enigmatic and Poignant Dido & Aeneas – Boston Musical Intelligencer
“The very sounds of our mysterious human evolution served as so many expressive registers in Azéma’s hands.”
March 19, 2023
Carols at midnight is “Simply superb” – Boston Musical Intelligencer
“A magic world of live, beautifully performed music…”
December 23, 2022
“Carols at Midnight” chosen for boston globe holiday concert preview
“Under Anne Azéma’s veteran leadership, Camerata offers a candlelit performance of Charpentier’s “Messe de Minuit” alongside Christmas music from the Burgundian court and more.”
November 11, 2022
We’ll be there! was “wonderful” – new york Classical REview
“This was beautiful and vibrant to hear and also exciting and revealing.”
october 3, 2022
Hodie is a hit! Angels make the charts!
January 1, 2022
Der spiegel reviews hodie christus natus est
“The [Camerata] ensemble takes you to a place of hope, redemption, and everlasting peace…Simply beautiful, and not just for Christmas.”
december 17, 2021
res musica (paris) reviews hodie
“Sensitive and enthusiastic…free from any trace of academicism…spiritual serenity. The [Camerata] ensemble is full of grace, extraordinarily eloquent.
december 22, 2021
Boston globe: hodie included in classical notes’ “9 notable recordings” of the year
“The Camerata produces a joyous, tightly defined sound in these chants, songs, and processionals, many familiar from its indelible live performances.”
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december 17, 2021
Sequenza21’s Best of 2021 in Holiday music
“Hodie Christus Natus Est is a rich program that displays historically informed performance at its very finest.”
december 15, 2021
#3 in the twelve days of christmas music – Limelight magazine, australia
It’s worth scrolling all the way down to #3 on this list to read the review! “The singing is crisp, pure, yet with plenty of emotional heft… The accompaniments – on medieval fiddle, harp, bells and ancient winds – are lively and evocative.”
december 15, 2021
channeling medieval Christmas in the boston musical intelligencer
BMI’s preview of our December concerts featuring an interview with Artistic Director Anne Azéma.
December 14, 2021
millenium of music special with anne azéma and Robert aubrey davis
“I have had the pleasure of being joined by the Camerata’s long-time performer and now director, Anne Azéma, to share their latest project, a Medieval Christmas. Her wit, intelligence, and devotion to the craft shine through in every performance and conversation.”
November 29, 2021
CD of the Day on National French Radio: Hodie Christus natus est – The Boston Camerata
With Christmas approaching, this is a good opportunity to present this recording of singer Anne Azéma and her ensemble, the Boston Camerata. The album was released by Harmonia Mundi and offers transcendent Christmas music!
December 8, 2021
Boston Camerata Continues Exploring Rich Cultural Repertoire
Performances by the Boston Camerata consistently embrace unfamiliar chants, Medieval French organum, songs from 15th-century Spain, and Sacred Harp polyphony, sometimes within the course of a single concert.
October 25, 2021
Who’ll Be There?
Regarding Boston Camerata’s forthcoming show, “WE’LL BE THERE! American Spirituals Black and White 1800-1900,” at Longy on November 6th, we put some questions to Anne Azéma, Artistic Director and Joel Cohen Music Director Emeritus. A virtual interview follows.
October 31, 2021
