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2011
| BlackBerry Jam: Turbulent Love Songs of 17th Century Italy |
February 5 |
| In this office romance gone awry, two people struggle with the timeless emotions of love: infatuation, courtship, disappointment, anger, sadness, dialogue and.... come find out if this romance can be saved! Works by d’India, Caccini, Ghizzolo, Ferarri and more. With guest artist Thann Scoggin, baritone |
Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse, 5 Longfellow Park |
| BlackBerry Jam: Turbulent Love Songs of 17th Century Italy |
April 9 |
| By popular demand, a repeat of our February program! With guest artist Thann Scoggin, baritone |
First Parish Church of Stow and Acton,353 Great Road, Stow, MA |
| It’s Complicated… | May 11 |
| A reprise of Musica Nuova’s popular program of love and longing as told through 17th Century Italian Baroque songs. Historic composers and a timeless message! | Immanuel Lutheran Church, East 88th St. at Lexington Ave, New York, NY |
| Sibling Rivalry: Baroque on the Beach | May 7 |
| Through airs de cours and the dramatic French cantatas of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries, two sisters bicker about the pains and pleasures of love. Who will win? Works by Monteclair, Bernier, and Clerambault will help us decide. With guest artist Kimberly Sizer, soprano | Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse, 5 Longfellow Park |
| It’s Complicated…. | May 11 |
| A reprise of Musica Nuova’s popular program of love and longing as told through 17th Century Italian Baroque songs. Historic composers and a timeless message! | ARTEK Midtown Concert Series - Immanuel Lutheran Church, East 88th St. at Lexington Ave, New York, NY |
| The Lute in Love | November 17, 6 pm |
| Lute solos, songs, and duets from Germany, Italy, and England. |
Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street, NYC |
| Consumer Confidence | November 20, 4 pm |
| A journey through the conflicted feelings of the holiday season, featuring works by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Merula, and Mazzocchi. |
Music at Norway Pond Hancock Congregational Church, 47 Main Street, Hancock, NH |
| The Arianna Project | December 1 |
Three Baroque monodramas on the legend of Ariadne R. B. Schlather, Director |
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2010
| Sibling Rivalry | June 5 |
Through airs de cours and the dramatic French cantatas of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries, two sisters bicker about the pains and pleasures of love. Who will win? Works by Monteclair, Bernier, and Clerambault will help us decide. With guest artist Kimberly Sizer, soprano |
First Church in Cambridge,
Lindsay Chapel 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA |
| The Singing Lute | September 23 |
A tour through the entrancing world of music for plucked strings and voice: rugged Spanish songs for the vihuela, surprisingly sensual German lute songs, playful English tunes and gorgeous French melodies. An intimate concert with mezzo-soprano Amanda Keil, lutenist Scott Lemire, and a guest appearance by Seth Warner. |
Downstage, #5 Canal Street Alley, Lewiston, ME |
| It's Complicated... | September 24 |
Taking its name from the Facebook relationship status, It's Complicated features songs and instrumental works by Caccini, Strozzi, Merula, Frescobaldi and other Italian composers from the early 1600s. The message behind the music, words, drama and virtuosity of this highly entertaining show is that love, as we know it, has not changed so much over the years. |
The Olin Arts Center @ Bates College, 75 Russell Street Lewiston, Maine |
| Double Bill: It’s Complicated / Crazy for You | October 9 |
In the first half Musica Nuova explores the dark and stormy world of unrequited love, then storyteller Doria Hughes joins us for a lighthearted take on the legend of Bess of Bedlam. The program includes progenitors of Italian opera – Frescobaldi, Strozzi, Monteverdi – and flamboyant songs and instrumental works by Purcell, Eccles and other English Baroque greats! |
Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse, 5 Longfellow Park |
| It’s Complicated…. | November 7 |
Musica Nuova’s dramatic exploration of love and longing in the Italian Baroque. Historic composers and a timeless message! |
Music on Norway Pond Hancock Congregational Church 47 Main Street, Hancock, NH 03449 |
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2009
| BlackBerry Jam: Turbulent Love Songs of 17th Century Italy |
June 10 |
Set as an office romance, Musica Nuova uses staging, movement, and humor to bring a new perspective to the turbulent love songs of 17th-century Italy. |
Radisson Hotel, 200 Stuart Street, Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert Showcase |
| BlackBerry Jam | Summer 2009 |
With guest artist Bradford Gleim, baritone
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various locations; Society of Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP) Summer Concert Series |
| The Halloween Show | October 25 |
Ancient Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead dissolved on All Hallow’s Eve. Come hear weird, wonderful, and spooky music from Purcell’s England and stay for tricks and treats and tall tales! With special guest storyteller Doria Hughes. |
Taylor House, Jamaica Plain, MA |
| The Halloween Show | October 27 |
Reprise. With special guest storyteller Doria Hughes. |
Olin Arts Center, Bates College |
| Consumer Confidence: Longing, Mortality, and the Holiday Spirit |
December 1 |
Ever have trouble feeling merry during the most hectic time of year? Consumer Confidence takes us through the many conflicted feelings of the holiday season: regret, sadness, and cynicism to ultimately arrive at peace and joy. An all-Italian program including Monteverdi, Strozzi, Merula, and Mazzocchi. |
St. Luke's Lutheran Church |
| Consumer Confidence: Longing, Mortality, and the Holiday Spirit |
December 2 |
Reprise |
ARTEK Midtown Concert Series Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church |
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