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Parthenia, Dashon Burton, and King James Nov 23, 2020

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Travel with us back through time to October 2016. We’re visiting St. Luke in the Fields Church in New York City for “King James and his Bible: a musical portrait,” a concert presented by the viol consort Parthenia with guest bass-baritone Dashon Burton.

Harmonia Uncut: An Alchymical Transformation Nov 09, 2020

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In January, 2020, Alchymy Viols underwent some friendly alchemy to become an ensemble of singers and instrumentalists perfect for the performance of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s 11th and final mass, first performed at the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, probably during the feast of the Assumption in 1699. We’ll hear some of that splendid mass and also Charpentier’s only Sonata among an oeuvre of well over 500 works.

Harmonia Uncut: Musique et Masqueray Oct 26, 2020

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We'll hear excerpts from the Rose Ensemble's concert at the St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St. Paul in March of 2017. The concert comprised liturgical music composed in the style current in France in the seventeenth century, though not all the repertory is by French composers...

Harmonia Uncut: Loftus and Lapin - Not a law firm! Oct 12, 2020

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Harmonia Uncut brings you two performances from back in the time of concerts, one of Mozart from Gili Loftus, and one of Muffat from Matvey Lapin.

Harmonia Uncut: Quire Cleveland Performs William Byrd Sep 28, 2020

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Quire Cleveland performs music by William Byrd from a 2016 concert, “England’s Phoenix: William Byrd.”

Harmonia Uncut: Les Voix Humaines and Dowland's Teares Sep 14, 2020

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Les Voix Humaines and Nigel North, perform some very beautiful and unusual interpretations of John Dowland's Lacrimae, or Seaven Teares.

Harmonia Uncut: Vajra Voices Aug 31, 2020

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Vajra Voices, directed by Karen R. Clark, is a female vocal ensemble that sings medieval to modern music. On February 1, 2020 they gave a concert called “In a Medieval Garden” in Santa Cruz, California. We’re going to listen to them sing music of Guillaume de Machaut accompanied by guest artist and multi-instrumentalist Mary Springfels. Join us!

Harmonia Uncut: Monteverdi Collab Aug 17, 2020

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Add the Dark Horse Consort and the Chant Schola to the Green Mountain Project (in Italian, “green mountain” easily translates to “monte verdi” - just saying); gather in the Church of St. Jean Baptiste in New York City on January 3, 2019; stir well; and perform the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. I wonder whether this is the first performance that uses all female cornetto players…

Harmonia Uncut: Quaver Aug 03, 2020

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In 2018, the viol consort Quaver performed a concert at the Viola da Gamba Society of America's conclave in North Carolina and surprised their listeners with some unexpected approaches to familiar music.

Harmonia Uncut: Infusion Baroque Jul 20, 2020

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Music from Infusion Baroque's performance in the 2017 Indianapolis Early Music Festival in a program that featured Italianate composers of the 17th and early 18th centuries.

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