Fri., Dec. 20, 8:00 PM
Sat., Dec. 21, 3:00 PM
Sat., Dec. 21, 8:00 PM
Tickets $10-$90
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
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One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a chancel lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.
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Advent
O clavis David, plainchant
Factor orbis, Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505)
O virgo virginum, plainchant
O virgo virginum, ? Josquin Desprez (c. 1450-1521)
Conditor alme siderum, Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1397-1474)
Ave Maria gratia dei plena, Antoine Brumel (c. 1460-c. 1512)
Christmas
O admirabile commercium / Verbum caro factum est, Johannes Regis (c. 1425-1496)
intermission
Letabundus, Du Fay
Praeter rerum seriem, Adrian Willaert (c. 1490-1562)
New Year’s Day
La plus belle et doulce figure, Nicolas Grenon (c. 1380-1456)
Dieu vous doinst bon jour et demy, Guillaume Malbecque (c. 1400-1465)
Auxce bon youre delabonestren, Anonymous
Amours servir et honnourer, Arnold de Lantins (d. 1432)
Dame excellent ou sont bonté, scavoir, Baude Cordier (fl. c. 1400)
Ce jour de l’an qui maint doist estrenier, Cordier
Christmas
Nato canunt omnia, Brumel
BLUE HERON ARTISTS
Michael Barrett
Cameron Beauchamp
Cody Bowers
Jonas Budris
Paul Guttry
Corey Dalton Hart
Kim Leeds
Jason McStoots
Sophie Michaux
Stefan Reed
Sonja DuToit Tengblad
Sumner Thompson
Laura Jeppesen, fiddle & rebec
Scott Metcalfe, harp & fiddle
Charles Weaver, lute
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Christmas & New Year’s in 15th-Century France & Burgundy
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All concert dates, programs and personnel are subject to change without notice.
Please note that there is no pre-concert talk before these concerts.
Ticket purchases are non-refundable.
Blue Heron is pleased to be participating in the Card to Culture program by extending free tickets to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders.
Instructions for claiming a ticket via your card may be found by locating Blue Heron on mass.gov’s list of Card to Culture Organizations for the Greater Boston Area
Doors open half an hour prior to the concert start time. If needed for mobility, use office entrance next to the playground on Garden Street; all others please use main entrance to the sanctuary.
