2023/24 Season: Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI

Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2024

8PM | New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA 2023/

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Exhibitions

Seen Together: Acquisitions in Photography

January 26 May 26, 2024

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature

February 23 June 9, 2024

Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio

April 12 October 20, 2024

Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift

June 7 October 6, 2024

Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection

June 28 September 22, 2024

Crafting the Ballet Russes: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection

June 28 September 22, 2024

Music at the Morgan

Lun, Li, violin

Young Concert Artists

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12-1 PM

Blake Denson, baritone

Kevin Miller, piano

George & Nora London Foundation for Singers

Sunday, April 28, 2024, 4-5:30 PM

Don’t Look Back featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo

Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 7-8:30 PM

Loeffler’s Forgotten Octet

Unpublished, Unrecorded, Unheard Since 1897

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 7:30-9:30 PM

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St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble

Upper: Anthony Roth Costanzo photographed by Matthew Placek. Lower: Léon Bakst (1866–1924), “Firebird and the Prince (Tsarevitch),” poster design for Firebird, 1915. Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Howard D. Rothschild Collection. Used by kind permission of European American Music Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, Germany, publisher and copyright

WELCOME

Dear Friends,

For more than 30 years, the Boston Early Music Festival has proudly presented the great Catalan viola da gambist Jordi Savall both as a soloist and in collaboration with his ensembles Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Le Concert des Nations. One of the most inspiring performers in the Early Music field, he is admired for his artistry, his integrity, his immense musical curiosity, and his creation of countless new musical and cultural projects spanning more than five decades, bringing to light music that would otherwise have remained lost to us.

A particular favorite of BEMF audiences since appearing on our first concert series in 1989, Jordi Savall returns to Boston with his legendary ensemble Hespèrion XXI, founded 50 years ago, to bring to life the “new music” that captivated Europe at the start of the Baroque period, in a dazzling program featuring works by over a dozen composers, including Cavalieri, Frescobaldi, Falconieri, and Kapsberger.

We hope you will join us in two weeks for the final concert of our 34th Season, when we present the luminous British vocal ensemble Stile Antico on Friday, April 19, at St. Paul Church in Cambridge, in a program of Renaissance music inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.

We are also pleased to share the enclosed early announcement of our 2024/25 Boston Early Music Festival Season, which includes the return of Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI in April 2025. A full brochure with in-depth descriptions of all nine programs will be released in late spring. Please visit BEMF.org for the latest updates and information.

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2023/24 SEASON

Stile Antico

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024

8PM | St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA

VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: MAY 3–17

A DIVINE HOPE: Dante’s journey from inferno to paradise

Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Its enduring imagery has shaped Western culture’s views of the afterlife for more than 700 years and has inspired philosophy, art, and—of course—music. The intensely collaborative singers of Stile Antico, one of the world’s most vibrant and expressive vocal ensembles, tell the story of Dante’s descent into Hell, journey through Purgatory, and final arrival at the gates of Heaven. Renaissance music by composers such as Palestrina, Guerrero, and Morales illuminate the path, while texts by Dante himself—set to music by Luzzaschi and Merulo—narrate the story. At the pinnacle of Heaven we meet the Virgin Mary in Victoria’s glorious 12-part Magnificat

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2023/24 Named Gift Sponsorships

Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals for their leadership support of our 2023/24 Season:

Bernice K. Chen

Sponsor of the April 2024 performance by Hespèrion XXI and Jordi Savall, Director

Sponsor of the Virtual performance by Hespèrion XXI

David M. Kozak and Anne Pistell

Sponsors of the December 2023 performance by The Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips, Director

David Halstead and Jay Santos

Sponsors of the October 2023 performance by Le Poème Harmonique

Susan L. Robinson

Sponsor of the November 2023 performance by I Gemelli

Andrew Sigel

Sponsor of James Reese, tenor, and Jesse Blumberg, baritone, for the March 2024 performance by the BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles

Sponsor of the Virtual performance by Stile Antico

Diane and John Paul Britton

Sponsors of Amanda Forsythe, soprano, for her February 2024 performance with Opera Prima

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway

Sponsors of Zachary Wilder, tenor, for his November 2023 performance with I Gemelli

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Boson Early Music Fesival PRESENTS

Hespèrion XXI

Jordi Savall, Director & treble and bass viols

Le Nuove Musiche

The Baroque Revolution in Europe, 1560–1660

La Gamba — La Disperata — La Piva Vincenzo Ruffo from Capricci in musica a tre voci (Milan, 1564) (ca. 1508–1587)

Sinfonia Emilio de’ Cavalieri from Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (Rome, 1600) (ca. 1550–1602)

Ballo del Granduca from La Pellegrina: Intermedii et concerti (Siena, 1589)

Start: The Lady of Sussex delight Tobias Hume

The Spirit of Gambo: The Lord Dewys favoret (ca. 1579–1645)

The Earle of Pembrookes Galiard from Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (London, 1607)

Greensleeves to a Ground (England, ca. 1610)

Anonymous

Galliard Battaglia, SSWV 59 Samuel Scheidt from Ludi Musici (1621) (1587–1654)

Canzon terza, a due canti, F 8.14c

Girolamo Frescobaldi from Il primo libro delle canzoni (Rome, 1628) (1583–1643)

Ciaccona Andrea Falconieri from Il primo libro di canzone (Naples, 1650) (1585/86–1656)

Guaracha

Juan García de Zéspedes (1619–1678)

Variations on the Folia Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger from Libro terzo d’intavolatura di chitarrone (Rome, 1626) (ca. 1580–1651)

Diferencias sobre la Folía (Spain, ca. 1660)

Anonymous

The Boston Early Music Festival thanks BERNICE K. CHEN for her leadership support of tonight’s performance by Hespèrion XXI and Jordi Savall, Director, and of its subsequent Virtual presentation

Passacalle Falconieri from Il primo libro di canzone (Naples, 1650)

Passacaglio, Op. 22, No. 25 Biagio Marini from Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale (Venice, 1655) (1594–1663)

Ciaccona, Op. 12, No. 20 Tarquinio Merula from Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera (Venice, 1637) (1594/95–1665)

Gallarda Napolitana

Antonio Valente from Intavolatura de cimbalo (Naples, 1576) (fl. 1565–1580)

Jordi Savall’s treble viol by Barak Norman, ca. 1700 & bass viol by Pellegrino Zanetti, Venice, 1553

LIVE CONCERT

Friday, April 5, 2024 at 8pm New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts

VIRTUAL CONCERT

Saturday, April 20, 2024 – Saturday, May 4, 2024 BEMF.org

HESPÈRION XXI

Xavier Díaz-Latorre, theorbo & guitar

Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia

Philippe Pierlot, treble and bass viols

Xavier Puertas, violone

David Mayoral, percussion

Jordi Savall, Director & treble and bass viols

Exclusive North American management for Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI: Alliance Artist Management.

Program subject to change.

Ball Square Films & Kathy Wittman, Video Production

Antonio Oliart Ros, Recording Engineer

This program is presented with the support of the Departament de Cultura of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the consortium Institut Ramon Llull.

Alia Vox is the exclusive producer of recordings by Jordi Savall and his ensembles. https://alia-vox.com/

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2023 Chamber Opera Series Named Gift Sponsorships

Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their leadership support of the November 2023 performances of The Dragon of Wantley: o

Glenn A. KnicKrehm and Constellation Charitable Foundation Principal Production Sponsors

Lorna E. Oleck

Sponsor of Robert Mealy, Concertmaster, Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer, and Teresa Wakim, Margery

Andrew Sigel

Sponsor of Hannah De Priest, Mauxalinda, Aaron Sheehan, Moore, and John Taylor Ward, The Dragon

Bernice K. Chen

Sponsor of Gilbert Blin, Stage Director

Tony Elitcher and Andrea Taras

Sponsors of Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer

James A. Glazier

Sponsor of Stephen Stubbs, Musical Co-Director

David Halstead and Jay Santos

Sponsors of Paul O’Dette, Musical Co-Director

George L. Hardman

Sponsor of Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe

Harriet Lindblom

Sponsor of Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Harold I. Pratt

Sponsor of Sarah Darling, viola

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway

Sponsors of Douglas Williams, Gubbins

Kenneth C. Ritchie and Paul T. Schmidt

Sponsors of the pre-opera talks by Ellen T. Harris

PROGRAM NOTES

Tonight’s program offers an overview of the great composers who lived in different European regions as the Renaissance gave way to the Baroque, at a time when sixteenthcentury compositional forms and techniques coexisted with those of the new century. It is ordered chronologically: we start with three Renaissance pieces, collected in the first edition of Capricci in musica by Vincenzo Ruffo (ca. 1508–1587) and here arranged as a small suite. Ruffo, who was from Verona and had a musical career in Northern Italy, was appointed maestro di cappella of the Duomo of Milan in 1563, and the following year dedicated his collection of Capricci to Marc’Antonio Martinengo, Marquis of Villachiara, also to distinguish himself to the local nobles, voracious consumers of instrumental music. With La Gamba and La Disperata is also offered a Piva, a fast dance of popular origin from the fifteenthcentury that, although apparently absent from the choreographic world of the sixteenth century, appeared sporadically in instrumental music collections.

The next section recalls the invention par excellence of the new century, namely opera. Its cameo on this program is dedicated to Emilio de’ Cavalieri (ca. 1550–1602): the Sinfonia of the Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (Representation of Soul and Body) and the Ballo del Granduca (Ball of the Grand Duke) from the Intermedii della Pellegrina are two emblematic pieces. The second of these had, as regards its musical aspect, an incredible circulation, and represents—due to belonging to the cycle of Intermedii—that exceptional moment of

artistic ferment and experimentation that will lead to the birth of opera. The first is a part of a composition that is asserting primogeniture for the new musical genre, and vying for primacy with Peri’s opera Euridice

A very common dance through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is the Galliard, built on a basic scheme of five dance steps on six beats of music (we can think of it in a modern 6/4, to simplify, with the fourth note elongated) that could also be varied in a very virtuoso way from the point of view of choreography. It was usually preceded by a Pavane with a slower, processional character; the galliard was very popular both as a dance actually danced and as an instrumental form. The Earle of Pembrookes Galiard, by the London composer and soldier Tobias Hume (ca. 1579–1645), is contained in the collection Poeticall Musicke (1607) together with Start (The Lady of Sussex delight); this collection constitutes the first repertoire composed for lyra viol (a kind of viola da gamba), the real protagonist of Hume’s songs. Other galliards are included in the program with more specific connotations: the Battaglia (Battle) by the German Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654) and the Gallarda Napolitana by the blind Neapolitan Antonio Valente (fl. 1565–1580).

The famous anonymous song Greensleeves to a Ground reminds us of another element very present in the musical practice of the time throughout Europe, namely the composition on a basso ostinato (a ground,

SAMUEL SCHEIDT

VINCENZO RUFFO

in English), over which the other parts propose a series of variations.

Continuing, we will listen to the Ciaccona, whose presence is already attested to in Spain at the end of the sixteenth century. Traditionally accompanied by guitars, tambourines, and castanets both in Spain and in Italy (and especially in Naples), the Ciaccona was often introduced in theatrical performances of the commedia dell’arte. The Italian variant is more exuberant than the Spanish one; it has a faster time and prefers major keys. Andrea Falconieri (1585/86–1656) will introduce us to a Ciaccona in three voices from his Primo libro di Canzone, Sinfonie, Fantasie, etc. per stromento à uno, due, and tré con il Basso Continuo (Naples 1650), in which the three instrumental parts will launch into a passionate back-and-forth.

Another important presence is that of the Canzona, a term that developed largely in Italy around the seventeenth century; it is described by Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) as “a series of short fugues for ensembles of four, five, six, eight, or more parts, with a repetition of the first at the end.” Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) dedicated himself to this type of instrumental composition on several occasions: the canzon we will hear this evening belongs to Il primo libro delle canzoni, published in Rome in 1628.

The  Diferencias sobre la Folía are to be found in a manuscript from the second half of the seventeenth century, and allow more clearly contrasting variations which play on the alternation of slow and fast couplets and the succession of highly virtuoso passages

and more or less flowing cantilenas. The choice of instruments for these pieces, which include the bass viol, the treble harp, the guitar, and the castanets, is in keeping with the characteristic Iberian sound of the period, according to prevailing musical taste and practice, particularly in forms such as the Folía, the Fandango, and the Jácaras, which retained strong links with their popular origins.

The protagonist of the evening—in different sizes and in different combinations—is the viola da gamba. An instrument born during the second half of the fifteenth century, it has forged its singular identity through an ability to assert itself in consort, in homogeneous ensembles, in ensembles with a variety of instruments, and for its almost limitless virtuosic possibilities in the solo realm. Tonight’s program invites us to revel in the musical richness of the early seventeenth-century instrumental landscape and acquaints us with all the different shades of the viol’s voice. n

Text curated by Francesca Pinna in collaboration with the Dipartimento di Musicologia e Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Pavia, sede di Cremona

MICHAEL PRAETORIUS

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI

ARTIST PROFILES

Early music’s most important value stems from its ability as a universal artistic language to transmit feelings, emotions, and ancestral ideas that even today can enthrall the contemporary listener. With a repertoire that encompasses the period between the 10th and 18th centuries, Hespèrion XXI searches continuously for new points of union between the East and West, with a clear desire for integration and for the recovery of international musical heritage, especially that of the Mediterranean basin and with links to the New World.

In 1974, Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras, together with Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith, founded the early music ensemble Hespèrion XX in Basel as a way of recovering and disseminating the rich and fascinating musical repertoire prior to the 19th century on the basis of historical criteria and the use of original instruments. The name Hespèrion means “an inhabitant of Hesperia,” which in early Greek referred to the two most westerly peninsulas in Europe: the Iberian and the Italian. It was also the name given to the planet Venus as it appeared in the west. At the turn of the 21st century, Hespèrion XX became known as Hespèrion XXI.

Today Hespèrion XXI is central to the understanding of the music of the period between the Middle Ages and the Baroque. Their labors to recover works, scores,

instruments, and unpublished documents have a double and incalculable value. On one hand, their rigorous research provides new information and understanding about the historical knowledge of the period, and on the other hand, the exquisite performances enable people to freely enjoy the aesthetic and spiritual delicacy of the works of this period.

Right from the beginning, Hespèrion XXI set out on a clearly innovative and artistic course that would lead to the establishment of a school in the field of early music because they conceived, and continue to conceive, early music as an experimental musical tool and with it they seek the maximum beauty and expressiveness in their performances. Any musician in the field of early music will have a commitment to the original spirit of each work and has to learn to connect with it by studying the composer, the instruments of the period, the work itself, and the circumstances surrounding it. But as a craftsman in the art of music, he is also obliged to make decisions about the piece being played: a musician’s capacity to connect the past with the present and to connect culture with its dissemination depends on his skill, creativity, and capacity to transmit emotions.

Hespèrion XXI’s repertoire includes, among others, the music of the Sephardi Jews, Castilian romances, pieces from the Spanish Golden Age, and Europa de les Nacions. Some

of their most celebrated concert programs are Les Cantigues de Santa Maria d’Alfons X El Savi, La Diàspora Sefardí, the music of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Armenia, and the Folías Criollas. Thanks to the outstanding work of numerous musicians and collaborators who have worked with the ensemble over all these years, Hespèrion XXI still plays a key role in the recovery and reappraisal of the musical heritage, and one that has great resonance throughout the world. The group has released more than 60 CDs and performs concerts for the whole world, appearing regularly at the great international festivals of early music. n

“Jordi Savall testifies to a common cultural inheritance of infinite variety. He is a man for our time.”

—The

Guardian

Jordi Savall is one of the most versatile musical personalities of his generation. For more than fifty years, he has rescued musical gems from the obscurity of neglect and oblivion and given them back for all to enjoy. A tireless researcher into early music, he interprets and performs the repertory both as a gambist and a conductor. His activities as a concert performer, teacher, researcher, and creator of new musical and cultural projects have made him a leading figure in the reappraisal of historical music. Together with Montserrat Figueras, he founded the ensembles Hespèrion XXI (1974), La Capella Reial de Catalunya (1987), and Le Concert des Nations (1989), with whom he explores and creates a world of emotion and beauty shared with millions of early music enthusiasts around the world.

With his key participation in Alain Corneau’s film Tous les Matins du Monde (awarded the César Cinema Prize for the best soundtrack), his intense concert activity (about 140 concerts per year), his record releases (six recordings per year), and the creation in 1998, together with Montserrat Figueras, of his own record label, Alia Vox, Jordi Savall has shown that early music does not have to be elitist, but rather that it appeals to an increasingly wide and diverse audience of all age groups.

Jordi Savall has recorded and released more than 230 discs covering the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music repertories, with a special focus on the Hispanic and Mediterranean musical heritage, receiving many awards and distinctions such as the Midem Classical Award, the International Classical Music Award, and the Grammy Award. His concert programs have made music an instrument of mediation to achieve understanding and peace between different and sometimes warring peoples and cultures. Accordingly, guest artists appearing with his ensembles include Arab, Israeli, Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Afghan, Mexican, and North American musicians. In 2008, Jordi Savall was appointed European Union Ambassador for intercultural dialogue and, together with Montserrat Figueras, was named “Artist for Peace” under the UNESCO “Good Will Ambassadors” program.

Between 2020 and 2021, to mark Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, he conducted the complete symphonies with Le Concert des Nations and recorded them in two volumes entitled Beethoven Révolution. The impact they have had in the record market worldwide has been defined as “a miracle” (Fanfare), and volume II has been distinguished with the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for the best orchestral record.

Jordi Savall’s prolific musical career has brought him the highest national and international distinctions, including honorary doctorates from the Universities of Evora (Portugal), Barcelona (Catalonia), Louvain (Belgium), and Basel (Switzerland), the order of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (France), the Praetorius Music Prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of Lower Saxony, the Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Helena Vaz da Silva Award, and the prestigious Léonie Sonning Prize, which is considered the Nobel prize of the music world. This year, he has been elected Honorary Member by the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. n

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The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is universally recognized as a leader in the field of early music. Since its founding in 1980 by leading practitioners of historical performance in the United States and abroad, BEMF has promoted early music through a variety of diverse programs and activities, including an annual concert series that brings early music’s brightest stars to the Boston and New York concert stages, and the biennial weeklong Festival and Exhibition, recognized as “the world’s leading festival of early music” (The Times, London). Through its programs BEMF has earned its place as North America’s premier presenting organization for music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and has secured Boston’s reputation as “America’s early music capital” (Boston Globe).

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The twenty-second biennial Boston Early Music Festival, A Celebration of Women,

was held in June 2023 and featured Henry Desmarest’s 1694 opera Circé from a libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge, which saw the return of the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company, a troupe of dancers under the guidance of BEMF Dance Director Melinda Sullivan. The twenty-third Festival, in June 2025, will have as its centerpiece Reinhard Keiser’s 1705 opera Octavia.

BEMF introduced its Chamber Opera Series during its annual concert season in November 2008, with a performance of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis and MarcAntoine Charpentier’s Actéon. The series focuses on the wealth of chamber operas composed during the Baroque period, while providing an increasing number of local

opera aficionados the opportunity to attend one of BEMF’s superb offerings. Subsequent annual productions include George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, combined performances of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, Monteverdi’s Orfeo, a double bill of Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, a production titled “Versailles” featuring Les Plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier, Les Fontaines de Versailles by Michel-Richard de Lalande, and divertissements from Atys by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francesca Caccini’s Alcina, the first opera written by a woman, a combination of Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino, joint performances of Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil, and most recently John Frederick Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley. Acis and Galatea was revived and presented on a four-city North American Tour in early 2011, which included a performance at the American Handel Festival

in Seattle, and in 2014, BEMF’s second North American Tour featured the Charpentier double bill from 2011.

BEMF has a well-established and highly successful project to record some of its groundbreaking work in the field of Baroque opera. The first three recordings in this series were all nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, in 2005, 2007, and 2008: the 2003 Festival centerpiece Ariadne, by Johann Georg Conradi; Lully’s Thésée; and the 2007 Festival opera, Lully’s Psyché, which was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “superbly realized…magnificent.” In addition, the BEMF recordings of Lully’s Thésée and Psyché received Gramophone Award Nominations in the Baroque Vocal category in 2008 and 2009, respectively. BEMF’s next three recordings on the German CPO label were drawn from its Chamber Opera Series: Charpentier’s Actéon, Blow’s Venus and Adonis, and a release of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, which won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the 2015 Echo Klassik Opera Recording of the Year (17th/18th Century Opera). Agostino Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, featuring Philippe Jaroussky and Karina Gauvin, which was released in January 2015 on the Erato/ Warner Classics label in conjunction with a seven-city, four-country European concert tour of the opera, has been nominated for a Grammy Award, was named Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for March 2015, is the 2015 Echo Klassik World Premiere Recording of the Year, and has received a 2015 Diapason d’Or de l’Année and a 2015 Preis

SCENE FROM BEMF’S 2022 PRODUCTION OF LULLY’S IDYLLE SUR LA PAIX PHOTO: KATHY WITTMAN

DANIELLE REUTTER-HARRAH IN BEMF’S 2021 PRODUCTION OF TELEMANN’S PIMPINONE PHOTO: KATHY WITTMAN

der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Handel’s Acis and Galatea was released in November 2015. In 2017, while maintaining the focus on Baroque opera, BEMF expanded the recording project to include other select Baroque vocal works: a new Steffani disc, Duets of Love and Passion, was released in September 2017 in conjunction with a six-city North American tour, and a recording of Johann Sebastiani’s St. Matthew Passion was released in March 2018. Four Baroque opera releases followed in 2019 and 2020: a disc of Charpentier’s chamber operas Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Les Arts Florissants was released at the June 2019 Festival, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award; the 2013 Festival opera, Handel’s Almira, was released in late 2019, and received a Diapason d’Or. Lalande’s chamber opera Les Fontaines de Versailles was featured on a September 2020 release of the composer’s works; Christoph Graupner’s opera Antiochus und Stratonica was released in December 2020.

BEMF’s recording of Desmarest’s Circé, the 2023 Festival opera, was released concurrently with the opera’s North American premiere, and the newest recording, Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, was released in December 2023.

CELEBRATED CONCERTS

Some of the most thrilling musical moments at the biennial Festival occur during one of the dozen or more concerts presented around the clock, which always include the acclaimed Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra led by Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and which often feature unique, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations and programs by the spectacular

array of talent assembled for the Festival week’s events. In 1989, BEMF established an annual concert series bringing early music’s leading soloists and ensembles to the Boston concert stage to meet the growing demand for regular world-class performances of early music’s beloved classics and newly discovered works. BEMF then expanded its concert series in 2006, when it extended its performances to New York City’s Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum, providing “a shot in the arm for New York’s relatively modest early-music scene” (New York Times).

WORLD-FAMOUS EXHIBITION

The nerve center of the biennial Festival, the Exhibition is the largest event of its kind in the United States, showcasing nearly one hundred early instrument makers, music publishers, service organizations, schools and universities, and associated colleagues. In 2013, Mozart’s own violin and viola were displayed at the Exhibition, in their first-ever visit to the United States. Every other June, hundreds of professional musicians, students, and enthusiasts come from around the world to purchase instruments, restock their libraries, learn about recent musicological developments, and renew old friendships. For four days, they visit the Exhibition booths to browse, discover, and purchase, and attend the dozens of symposia, masterclasses, and demonstration recitals, all of which encourage a deeper appreciation of early music, and strengthen relationships between musicians, participants, and audiences. n

THE BEMF ORCHESTRA AT THE JUNE 2023 FESTIVAL

PHOTO: KATHY WITTMAN

BECOME A FRIEND OF THE

Boson Early Music Fesival

Revenue from ticket sales, even from a sold-out performance, accounts for less than half of the total cost of producing BEMF’s operas and concerts; the remainder is derived almost entirely from generous friends like you. With your help, we will be able to build upon the triumphs of the past, and continue to bring you thrilling performances by today’s finest Early Music artists.

Our membership organization, the FRIENDS OF THE BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, includes donors from around the world. These individuals recognize the Festival’s need for further financial support in order to fulfill its aim of serving as a showcase for the finest talent in the field.

PLEASE JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL BY DONATING AT ONE OF SEVERAL LEVELS:

• Friend $45

• Partner $100

• Associate $250

• Patron $500

• Guarantor $1,000

• Benefactor $2,500

• Leadership Circle $5,000

• Artistic Director’s Circle $10,000

• Festival Angel $25,000

THREE WAYS TO GIVE:

• Visit BEMF.org and click on “Give Now”.

• Call BEMF at 617-661-1812 to donate by telephone using your credit card

• Mail your credit card information or a check (payable to BEMF) to Boston Early Music Festival, 43 Thorndike Street, Suite 302, Cambridge, MA 02141-1764

OTHER WAYS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:

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QUESTIONS? Please e-mail Kathleen Fay at kathy@bemf.org, or call the BEMF office at 617-661-1812. Thank you for your support!

FRIENDS OF THE Boson Early Music Fesival

This list reflects donations received from June 1, 2022 to March 15, 2024

FESTIVAL ANGELS

($25,000 or more)

Anonymous (3)

Bernice K. Chen

Brit d’Arbeloff

Peter L. & Joan S.† Faber

Dorothy Ryan Fay†

David Halstead & Jay Santos

George L. Hardman

Glenn A. KnicKrehm

David M. Kozak & Anne Pistell, in memory of their parents

Miles Morgan

Lorna E. Oleck

Susan L. Robinson

Andrew Sigel

Joan Margot Smith

Piroska Soos†

Donald E. Vaughan & Lee S. Ridgway

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE

($10,000 or more)

Diane & John Paul Britton

Katie & Paul Buttenwieser

Susan Denison

Susan Donaldson

Tony Elitcher & Andrea Taras

Marie-Pierre & Michael Ellmann

Jean Fuller Farrington

Lori Fay & Christopher Cherry, in memory of Dorothy Ryan Fay

Clare M. S. Fewtrell†

James A. Glazier

Donald Peter Goldstein, M.D., in memory of

Constance Kellert Goldstein

Ellen T. & John T. Harris

Barbara & Amos Hostetter

Robert E. Kulp, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. MacCracken

Heather Mac Donald & Erich Eichman

Bill McJohn

Kenneth C. Ritchie & Paul T. Schmidt

Karen Tenney & Thomas Loring

Christoph Wolff

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

($5,000 or more)

Mary Briggs & John Krzywicki

Douglas M. & Aviva A. Brooks

Gregory E. Bulger & Richard Dix

Kathleen Fay, in memory of Dorothy Ryan Fay

John Felton & Marty Gottron

Mei-Fung Kerley, in memory of Ted Chen

Harriet Lindblom, in memory of Daniel Lindblom

Marianne & Terry Louderback

Victor & Ruth McElheny

Ruth McKay & Don Campbell

Harold I. Pratt

Joanne Zervas Sattley

David Scudder, in memory of Marie Louise Scudder

Maria van Kalken & Hal Winslow, in memory of Adrian van Kalken

BENEFACTORS

($2,500 or more)

Anonymous (2)

Anonymous, in honor of Bernice K. Chen

Annemarie Altman

Pamela & Lee Bromberg

Beth Brown, in memory of Walter R.J. Brown

John A. Carey

Carla Chrisfield & Benjamin D. Weiss

Elizabeth Davidson, in honor of David Morris

Jeffrey Del Papa

Peter & Katie DeWolf

David Emery & Olimpia Velez

Alan M. King

Dr. Peter Libby, in memory of Dr. Beryl Benacerraf

John S. Major & Valerie Steele

Keith Ohmart & Helen Chen

Nina & Timothy Rose

Catherine & Phil Saines, in honor of Barbara K. Wheaton

Raymond A. & Marilyn Smith

Richard K. & Kerala J. Snyder

Keith S. Tóth & John B. Herrington III

Adrian & Michelle Touw

Will & Alexandra Watkins

Ellen & Arnold Zetcher

GUARANTORS

($1,000 or more)

Anonymous (12)

Eric Hall Anderson, in memory of William Wolk

Susan Bromley

Amy Brown & Brian Carr

David L. Brown, in memory of Larry Phillips

James Burr

Betty Canick

Robert & Elizabeth Carroll

Bernice Chen & Mimi Kerley, in memory of Ted Chen

Dr. & Mrs. Franklyn Commisso

Joseph Connors

Joseph E. Coppola

Richard & Constance Culley

Belden & Pamela Daniels

Ross Duffin & Beverly Simmons, in honor of Kathleen Fay

Alan Durfee

Henk Elderhorst

Peter L. Faber, in memory of Joan S. Faber

Michael E. Fay

Bruce A. Garetz

Sarah M. Gates

David & Harriet Griesinger

Phillip Hanvy

Dr. Robert L. Harris

Rebecca & Ronald Harris-Warrick

Michael Herz & Jean Roiphe

James & Ina Heup

Sally Hodges

Jessica Honigberg

Jane Hoover

Thomas M. Hout & Sonja Ellingson Hout, in honor of Kathy Fay for her hard work

Barry Kernfeld & Sally McMurry

Art & Linda Kingdon

Fran & Tom Knight

Kathryn Mary Kucharski

Robert & Mary La Porte

Frederick V. Lawrence, in memory of Rosemarie Lawrence

Amelia J. LeClair & Garrow Throop

John Leen & Eileen Koven

Lawrence & Susan Liden

Mark & Mary Lunsford

MAFAA

William & Joan Magretta

Carol Marsh

David McCarthy & John Kolody

Amy & Brian McCreath

Michael P. McDonald

Marilyn Miller

Stephen Moody

Jeffrey G. Mora, in memory of Wendy Fuller-Mora

Alan & Kathy Muirhead

Sheila A. Murphy

Robert Neer & Ann Eldridge

Rebecca Nemser, in memory of Paul Nemser

John M.† & Bettina A. Norton

Louise Oremland

Richard & Julia Osborne

Richard† & Lois Pace, in honor of Peter Faber

Brian Pfeiffer

Neal J. Plotkin & Deborah Malamud

Gene & Margaret Pokorny

Amanda & Melvyn Pond

Tracy Powers

Susan Pundt

Paul Rabin & Arlene Snyder

Christa Rakich & Janis Milroy

Alice Robbins & Walter Denny, in honor of Kathy Fay

Michael Robbins

Sue Robinson

Jose M. Rodriguez & Richard A. Duffy

Patsy Rogers

Ellen Rosand

Michael & Karen Rotenberg

Carlton & Lorna Russell

Kevin Ryan & Ozerk Gogus, in memory of Dot Fay

Lynne & Ralph Schatz

Susan Schuur

Laila Awar Shouhayib

Alexander & Kathy Silbiger

Elizabeth Snow

Catherine & Keith Stevenson

David & Jean Stout, in honor of Kathy Fay

Carl Swanson

Lisa Teot

Elizabeth W. Thompson

Paula & Peter Tyack

Reed & Peggy Ueda

Peter J. Wender

Allan & Joann Winkler

PATRONS

($500 or more)

Anonymous (10)

Morton Abromson & Joan Nissman

Nicholas Altenbernd

Brian P. & Debra K. S. Anderson, in honor of Kathleen M. Fay

Tom & Judy Anderson Allen, in memory of Dorothy Fay

Tom & Judy Anderson Allen, in memory of Adrian van Kalken

Julie Andrijeski & J. Tracy Mortimore

Louise Basbas

William & Ann Bein

Michael & Sheila Berke

Dee Dee & John Brinkema, in memory of Bobby Brinkema

Robert Burger

Robert Burton & Karen Peterson

Frederick Byron

Anne Chalmers & Holly Gunner

Mary Chamberlain

David J. Chavolla

JoAnne Chernow

Sherryl & Gerard Cohen

Linzee Coolidge

Geoffrey Craddock

Eric & Margaret Darling

Leigh Deacon

Carl E. Dettman

Kathryn Disney

Helen Edwards

Gabriel Ellsworth

Charles & Elizabeth Emerson

Thomas G. Evans

Austin & Eileen Farrar

Nicole Faulkner

Daniel & Paula Fay

Mary Fillman & Mary Otis Stevens

Charles Fisk

Martin & Kathleen Fogle

Claire Fontijn, in memory of Arthur Fontijn & Sylvia Elvin

Elizabeth French

Jonathan Friedes & Qian Huang

Fred & Barbara Gable

Sandy Gadsby & Nancy Brown

Christopher K. Gaffney, in memory of Bill Crocker

Alexander Garthwaite

George & Marla Gearhart

Elizabeth B. Hardy, in memory of Renate Wolter-Seevers

David J. Harris, MD

Joan E. Hartman

Linda Hodgkinson

Phyllis Hoffman

Charles Bowditch Hunter

Laura Jeppesen & Daniel Stepner

Paul & Alice Johnson

Robert L. Kleinberg

Neal & Catherine Konstantin

Jasper Lawson

William Leitch

Susan Lewinnek

Catherine Liddell

Roger & Susan Lipsey

James Liu & Alexandra Bowers

Quinn MacKenzie

Jeffrey & Barbara Mandula

Marietta Marchitelli

Carol & Pedro Martinez

Anne H. Matthews

June Matthews

Sally Mayer

Ray Mitzel

Clara M. & John S. O’Shea

John R. Palys

William J. Pananos

Joseph L. Pennacchio

Phillip Petree

Susan Pettee & Michael Wise

Hon. W. Glen Pierson & Hon. Charles P. Reed

Pamela Posey

Mahadev & Ambika Raman

Sandy Reismann & Dr. Nanu Brates

Rusty Russell, in honor of Kathy Fay

Cheryl K. Ryder

Susan Sargent

Richard Schroeder & Dr. Jane Burns

Charles & Mary Ann Schultz

Wendy Shattuck & Sam Plimpton

Harvey A. Silverglate, in memory of Elsa Dorfman

Mark Slotkin

Lynne Spencer

Louisa C. Spottswood

Campbell Steward

Ronald W. Stoia

Paola Stone, in memory of Edmondo Malanotte

Theresa & Charles Stone

Ralph & Jeanine Swick, in memory of Alan & Judie Kotok

Lonice Thomas

Mark S. Thurber & Susan M. Galli

Richard Urena

Robert Viarengo

Louella Krueger Ward, in memory of Dr. Alan J. Ward, PhD, ABPP

Thomas & LeRose Weikert

John C. Wiecking

Kathleen Wittman & Melanie Andrade, in memory of John Wittman

The Zucker Family

ASSOCIATES

($250 or more)

Anonymous (5)

Anonymous, in memory of Dorothy Ryan Fay

Anonymous, in honor of Marco Horvat & Faenza

Anonymous, in honor of Nancy Olson

Joseph Aieta III

Elizabeth Alexander

Margaret Angelini & John McLeod†

Barry & Sarita Ashar

Carl Baker & Susan Haynes

Noel & Paula Berggren

Deborah Boldin & Gabriel Rice

Todd A. Breitbart

David Breitman & Kathryn Stuart

David C. Brown

Elizabeth A.R. Brown & Ralph S. Brown, Jr., in honor of Kathleen Fay

Joseph Cantey

Floyd & Aleeta Christian

Priscilla H. Claman

John K. Clark & Judith M. Stoughton

Christopher Curdo

Warren R. Cutler

Carl & May Daw

Michael DiSabatino, in honor of Nancy Olson

Ellen Dokton & Stephen Schmidt

Charles & Sheila Donahue

Tamar & Jeremy Kaim Doniger

Chuck Epstein & Melia Bensussen

Lila M. Farrar

Gregg, Abby & Max Feigelson

Grace A. Feldman, in honor of Bernice Chen

Gisela & Ronald Geiger

Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.

Philip Glynn

The Goldsmith Family

Lisa Goldstein

Nancy L. Graham

Mary Greer

Laury Gutierrez & Elsa Gelin

Eric Haas, in memory of Janet Haas

Dr. Joanna Haas

Eric & Dee Hansen

Rebecca & Richard Hawkins

Catherine & John Henn

Mary Hepburn, in honor of Laura Jeppesen

Katherine A. Hesse

David Hoglund

Amy & Seamus Hourihan

Wayne & Laurell Huber

Keith L. & Catherine B. Hughes

Brian Hussey

Francesco Iachello

Jean Jackson, in memory of Louis Kampf

Robin Johnson

Patrick G. Jordan

David Keating

Thomas F. Kelly & Peggy Badenhausen

David P. Kiaunis

Forrest Knowles

George Kocur

Katharine & Tom Kush, in honor of Michael Ellmann

Rob & Mary Joan Leith

Robert & Janice Locke

William Loutrel & Thomas Fynan

Kenneth S. Loveday

Mary Maarbjerg

Rodolfo Machado & Jorge Silvetti

James McBride

Lee McClelland

John & Marianne Nelson

Patricia T. Owen

Henry & Judy Paap

Eugene Papa

Cosmo & Jane P. Papa

Henry Paulus

Kitty Pell

David & Beth Pendery

Elizabeth V. Phillips

Stephen Poteet

Anne & François Poulet

Lawrence Pratt & Rosalind Forber

Rodney J. Regier

Hadley & Jeannette Reynolds

Marge Roberts

Arthur & Elaine Robins

Michael Rogan & Hugh Wilburn

Lois Rosow

Nancy & Ronald Rucker

Paul Rutz

David Sears

Mr. Terry Shea & Dr. Seigo Nakao

David Snead & Kate Prescott

Ann Stewart

Victoria Sujata

Melinda Sullivan & Larry Friedman

Kenneth P. Taylor

Nancy M. Tooney

John & Dorothy Truman

Peter & Kathleen Van Demark

Mark Vangel, in memory of Monica Strauss

Richard & Virginia von Rueden

Patrick Wallace & Laurie McNeil

Scott & Barbara Winkler

Beverly Woodward & Paul Monsky

Michael Wyatt

Susan Wyatt

Ellen L. Ziskind

PARTNERS

($100 or more)

Anonymous (19)

Anonymous, in memory of Dorothy Ryan Fay

Anonymous, in honor of Kathy Fay

Anonymous, in memory of Adrian van Kalken

Vilde Aaslid

Anne Acker

Maria Adams

Mr. Neale Ainsfield & Dr. Donna Sieckmann

Druid Errant D.T. Allan-Gorey

Ken Allen

Cathy & William Anderson

Margarete Arndt

Neil R. Ayer, Jr. & Linda Ayer

Antonia L. Banducci

Dr. David Barnert & Julie Raskin

Rev. & Mrs. Joseph Bassett

Alan Bates & Michele Mandrioli

George Beach

Lawrence Bell

Alan Benenfeld

Susan Benua

Judith Bergson

Larry & Sara Mae Berman

Ann & Richard Bingham, in honor of Kathy Udall

John Birks

Sarah Bixler & Christopher Tonkin

Katharine C. Black

Moisha Blechman

Wes Bockley & Amy Markus

Patricia Boyd

Sally & Charlie Boynton

Joel Bresler

Catherine & Hillel Shahan Bromberg

Lawrence Brown

Margaret H. Brown

Robert Brown

Caroline A. Bruzelius, in memory of Kristin Mortimer

John H. Burkhalter III

Judi Burten, in memory of Phoebe Larkey

Kevin J. Bylsma

John Campbell

Eleanor Carlson

William Carroll

Bonnie & Walter Carter

Richard & Lois Case

Peter Charig & Amy Briemer

Robert B. Christian

Daniel Church & Roger Cuevas

Deborah J. Cohen

Joel I. Cohen, in honor of Anne Azéma

Dr. Martin Cohen & Dr. Rae Jacobs Cohen

Saul B. & Naomi R. Cohen

Carol & Alex Collier

Lois Evelyn Conley

Anne Conner

Peter B. Cook

David Cooke

Derek Cottier & Lauren Tilly

Robert B. Crane

Martina Crocker

Katherine Crosier, in memory of Carl C. Crosier

Gray F. Crouse

Donna Cubit-Swoyer

Alicia Curtis & Kathy Pratt

Ruta Daugela

Mary Deissler

Kate Delaney

William Depeter

Deborah & Forrest Dillon

Paul Doerr

Ben Dunham & Wendy Rolfe-Dunham

John Dunton & Carol McKeen

Mark Elenko

Anne Engelhart & Douglas Durant

Jake Esher

Richard Fabian

Marilyn Farwell

Margot Fassler

Ellen Feingold, in memory of Judith Davidoff

Henry & Judith Feldman

Hans & Ruth Fisher

Carol L. Fishman

Dr. Jonathan Florman

Howard C. Floyd

Deborah Fox & Ron Epstein

Gary Freeman

Robert Freeman

Cameron Freer

Marica & Jeff Freyman

R. Andrew Garthwaite

Stephen L. Gencarello

Monica & David Gerber

David & Susan Gerstein

William Glenn

Barbara Godard

Michael Goldberg

Joseph Grafwallner

The Graver Family

Lorraine & William Graves

Winifred Gray

Thomas H. & Lori B. Griswold

Deborah Grose

John Gruver & Lynn Tilley

Peter F. Gustafson

Sonia Guterman

Richard & Les Hadsell

Judy & Wayne Hall

Suzanne & Easley Hamner

Judith & Patrick Hanlon

Sam & Barbara Hayes

Donatus Hayes

Diane Hellens

Karin Hemmingsen

Marie C. Henderson, in memory of A. Brandt Henderson

Carole Hilton

Raymond Hirschkop

John & Olivann Hobbie

Roderick J. Holland

Jackie Horne

Valerie Horst & Benjamin Peck

John Hsia

Judith & Alan Hudson

Constance Huff

Joe Hunter & Esther Schlorholtz

Susan L. Jackson

Chris & Klavs Jensen

Michele Jerison

Robert & Selina Johnson

Robin Johnson

Tim Johnson, in memory of Bill Gasperini

Marietta B. Joseph

Dian Kahn

Elizabeth Kaplan

Kathleen Kelly

Mr. & Mrs. Seamus C. Kelly

Louis & Susan Kern

Joseph J. Kesselman, Jr.

Holly Ketron

Leslie & Kimberly King

Maryanne King

Rebecca Klein

Pat Kline

Valerie & Karl KnicKrehm

Sara M. Knight

Jason Knutson

Leslie Kooyman

Valerie Krall

Ellen Kranzer

Benjamin Krepp & Virginia Webb

Jay Carlton Kuhn, Jr.

Carol LaFontaine

Peter A. Lans

Claire Laporte

Charles E. Larmore

David A. Leach & Laurie J. LaChapelle

Joanne & Carl Leaman

William Lebow

Alison Leslie

Drs. Sidney & Lynne Levitsky

Ellen R. Lewis

Dr. Gary Ljungquist

Laura Loehr

Sandra & David Lyons

Ted MacDonald & Yuan Wang

Patrick Macey

Dr. Bruce C. MacIntyre

Louise Malcolm, in memory of W. David Malcolm, Jr.

Peter G. Manson & Peter A. Durfee

Sarah P. Marsh

Timothy Masters

Dr. Arnold Matlin & Dr. Margaret Matlin, Ph.D.

Donna McCampbell

Anne McCants

Heidi & George McEvoy

Dave & Jeannette McLellan

Gerald & Susan Metz

Eiji Miki†

Ruth Milburn

Margo Miller

Deborah Mintz

David Montanari & Sara Rubin

Michael J. Moran, in memory of Francis D. & Marcella A. Moran

Jennifer Moxley & Steve Evans

Gene Murrow

Myrna Nachman

Nancy Nicholson

Jeffrey Nicolich

Caroline Niemira

Lee Nunley

Nancy Nuzzo

Leslie Nyman

Nancy Olson & Charles DiSabatino

Michael Orlansky

Ruth & Ted Parent

Beth Parkhurst, in memory of Cheryl M. Parkhurst

Susan Patrick, in memory of Don Partridge

Jonah Pearl

Elizabeth Pearson-Griffiths

John Percy

John Petrowsky

Bici Pettit-Barron

Susan Porter & Robert Kauffman

Charles & Elizabeth Possidente

Sheila Reese

Norm Rehn

Deborah M. Reisman

Melissa Rice

Douglas Riis

Professor Julia Williams Robinson

Dennis & Anne Rogers

Sherry & William Rogers

Stephanie L. Rosenbaum

Philip W. Rosenkranz

Peter & Linda Rubenstein, in memory of Malcolm Cole

Patricia & Roger Samuel

Mike Scanlon

David Schneider & Klára Móricz

Melbert Schwartz

Alison M. Scott

Jean Seiler

David Seitz & Katie Manty

Aaron Sheehan & Adam Pearl

Chuck Sheehan

Michael Sherer

Susan Shimp

Dr. Glenn Sigl & Mr. John Self

Hana Sittler

Jacob & Lisa Skowronek

Elliott Smith & Wendy Gilmore

Jennifer Farley Smith & Sam Rubin

Richard Snow

Jon Solins

Scott Sprinzen

Ted St. Antoine

Gail St. Onge

Kathryn Steely

Esther & Daniel Steinhauer

Tony Stewart, in memory of Thomas Roney

John Strasswimmer

Barbara & Elliott Strizhak

Richard Stumpf

Robert G. Sullivan & Meriem Pages

Jonathan Swartz

Lois Swirnoff

Lee & Judith Talner

Richard Tarrant

Lisa Terry

Meghan K. Titzer

Janet Todaro

Peter Townsend

Pierre Trepagnier & Louise Mundinger

Donald & Elizabeth Trumpler

Lynette Tsiang

John & Anne Turtle

Barbara & John VanScoyoc

Lee Vorderer & Robert Bass

Robert & Therese Wagenknecht

John Wand

Robert Warren

Janice & Ty Waterman

Cheryl S. Weinstein

The Westner Family

Juanita H. Wetherell

The Rev. Roger B. White, in memory of Joseph P. Hough

Marina & Robert Whitman

Sarah Whittaker

Susan & Thomas Wilkes

David L. Williamson

Phyllis S. Wilner

John Wolff & Helen Berger

Jerome Yavarkovsky & Catherine Lowe

Paulette York & Richard Borts

Lawrence Zukof & Pamela Carley

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Boson Early Music Fesival

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 | 8PM

Stile Antico

One of the world’s most vibrant and expressive vocal ensembles tells the story of Dante’s Divine Comedy and the journey from inferno to paradise with breathtaking Renaissance music.

“One of the finest performances of a French Baroque opera to be encountered anywhere.”

“One of the finest performances of a French Baroque opera to be encountered anywhere.”

Paul