NEXT PERFORMANCE
Winter Holidays of Renaissance Europe
Tickets are now available! Reserve your spot before December 12!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
2:00pm EST / 6:00pm GMT
Eder Delin, GameBoomer's Bevin
O magnum mysterium
Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spanish, 1578-1611)
Es nasçido
Francisco Guerrero (Spanish, 1528-1599)
In natali Domini
Michael Praetorius (German, 1571-1621)
Conceptus hodiernus Mariae semper virginis
Antoine Brumel (French, 1460-1512/13)
Elohim hashivenu
Salamone Rossi (Italian, 1570-1630)
Blessed be that Maid Marie
Traditional English, 14th cen.
The Renaissance saw an explosion of innovation in all of the fine arts, music chief among them. Composers across Europe explored new expressive possibilities and created exquisite music for their patrons, for their nation, and for their faith. The Cavern Choir presents songs from the period both familiar and rarely performed, in celebration of the winter holidays. Our selection ranges across the European continent, displaying diverse musical styles and traditions, and represents the three major faith traditions for which choral music was written during the period: Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism. Come join us as we bring holiday cheer to the Cavern with our rich sound and exciting repertoire!
The Cavern Sings: A Concert of New Music
Summer 2008
Ae'gura Concert Hall? (We can hope!)
Seven composers from the Cavern community will be writing music especially for the Cavern Choir, which will be debuted at this special concert. An event not to be missed -- come see the Cavern's amazing creativity come to life!
A Lover's Complaint
(program notes)Sunday, March 4, 2007
3:00pm EST / 8:00pm GMT
Community Room, A Beginner's Bevin
'No giorno t'haggio havere
Vicenzo Fontana (Italian, fl. 1555)
De jour en jour
Tielman Susato (Flemish, c1510-c1570)
The Nightingale so pleasant
William Byrd (English, c1540-1623)
Ploures dames
Guillaume de Machaut (French, c1300-1377)
Join the Cavern Choir this March, just after Valentine's Day, for our debut concert! Our innovative program of early music celebrates what the holiday is all about: love. Music in the Middle Ages and Renaissance was preoccupied with love of all sorts, whether the secular love-games of Robin and Marot or sacred devotion to God and the Virgin Mary. It also made famous that paragon of fin'amour, the courtly lover. Our concert traces the amatory journey of one such gallant from love at first sight through wooing by moonlight and beyond. Don't miss the Choir's very first performance in the Deep City -- we promise an afternoon of rare and ravishing song!