FOLGER
CONSORT 2017/18 season of
early music
“ strew thy green with flowers" —William Shakespeare, Pericles
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Christopher Kendall and Robert Eisenstein Artistic Directors
ILLUSTRATIONS: Leonhart Fuchs’ De Historia Stirpium is a landmark volume on plants with over 500 woodcut illustrations. First published in 1542 in Basel in Latin and Greek, it was reprinted throughout Europe in numerous languages. From the Folger Shakespeare Library collection.
FOLGER
CONSORT 2017/18 season of
early music Join us for a season of early music in bloom. Celebrating over 40 years at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Folger Consort has delighted audiences with a stunning array of early music—from masterpieces by the most renowned composers to hidden treasures brought to light. With world-class guest artists, Folger Consort performs in the intimate setting of the Folger’s Elizabethan Theatre, as well as grand spaces such as Washington National Cathedral. Folger Consort has also toured nationally and internationally to numerous prestigious venues including California’s NapaShakes festival and Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Folger Consort has received five awards for Best Classical Chamber Ensemble from the Washington Area Music Awards, among other awards and critical acclaim for its performances and recordings.
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September 22-24
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An English Garden
Music from the Age of Shakespeare As the arts and culture flourished in Shakespeare’s England, musical life blossomed as well. Popular ballads and art songs from the theatre—some associated with Shakespeare and his company and some from later works for the stage—are paired in concert with lively instrumental pieces, fit for nobles and groundlings alike. With fiddles, viol, lute, cittern, winds, and soprano Emily Noël Friday at 8pm Saturday at 4pm and 8pm Sunday at 2pm
“The expert players of the Folger Consort … glided throughout each pavan with pristine grace.” —Bachtrack
Lo How a Rose E’er
Blooming Seasonal Early Music of Germany
Folger Consort celebrates the season with evocative Advent and holiday music from Germany—from the medieval majesty of the 15th-century Glogauer Liederbuch to the flowering of the 17th-century German Baroque. The music of Praetorius, Schütz, Schein, and Scheidt is performed, along with festive dances and canzonas. With lute, organ, viol consort Arcadia Viols, and vocal ensemble Cathedra Tuesday-Thursday at 7:30pm Friday at 8pm Saturday at 4pm and 8pm Sunday at 2pm and 5pm
Selections commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
December 15-23
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“ Folger Consort gives the most intellectually and musically satisfying holiday concert in the city.” —DCist.com
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February 2-3
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“This music has the potential to soothe, to heal, to penetrate core regions of the soul. ”—Pink Line Project
A Branch
of Freshest Green
Music of Hildegard Von Bingen In the Gothic nave of Washington National Cathedral, Folger Consort presents a bouquet of soaring and ecstatic melodies of the great 12th-century visionary and composer. Female voices join with medieval instruments to capture the mysticism of Hildegard's hymns and sequences. With bowed and plucked strings, winds, and vocal ensemble Trio Eos At Washington National Cathedral Friday at 8pm Saturday at 8pm
Il Lauro Verde
The Blossoming of the Italian Baroque With its title “the green laurel� taken from a 1584 book of madrigals, this program explores the growth of Italian musical style from Renaissance to Baroque, including virtuoso instrumental versions of madrigals and the songs themselves, as well as the new monodies of Monteverdi, Francesca Caccini, and other 17th-century luminaries. With violin, viol, lute, and soprano Jolle Greenleaf Friday at 8pm Saturday at 4pm and 8pm Sunday at 2pm
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February 23-25
Jolle Greenleaf
“An exciting soprano soloist…beautifully accurate and stylish.” —The New York Times
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April 27-29
Rosa Lamoreaux
Lamoreaux brought “a subtle, delicately calibrated sense of drama and her singing, as always, was riveting." —The Washington Post
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Ovid's
Vineyard
Music of the French Baroque
In 18th-century France, the florid stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses were an inspiration to composers—and music itself was undergoing a metamorphosis, from the elaborate music of the baroque to something more natural and graceful, eventually developing into classical style. Cantatas by Monteclair and Rameau based on Ovid are performed, along with delightful instrumental works by Marais, Couperin, Telemann, and others. With violin, viol, lute, flute, harpsichord, and soprano Rosa Lamoreaux Friday at 8pm Saturday at 4pm and 8pm Sunday at 2pm
Folger Consort offers " spirited, intimate music-making, . . . a profound sense of discovery.�—The Washington Post
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Early Music Seminars Join with fellow concertgoers as Robert Eisenstein leads a lively and intimate discussion on the composers and music in the upcoming program. Wine receptions included. Wednesdays at 6pm: 9/20, 12/13, 2/21, 4/25
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