Summer Sing

We're excited to get back into making music and would love to have you join us at our Summer Sing this year. This festive gathering will be at our usual rehearsal time on Wednesday evening and feature a preview of pieces we're considering for the year. Come sing with us and meet the group!

All Saints Parish

Birds, Bells, and Battles: Sounds of a Renaissance World

Sometimes, art imitates life! In this lively program, Convivium Musicum will be exploring the many ways in which Renaissance composers used the concept of word-painting to describe anything and everything, including frolicking animals, ringing bells, sounds of battle, celestial instruments, deep darkness, sunny hills, and more. Included on the program will be "Das Glaut zu Speyer" by Senfl and "Or soit loué l’Eternel" by Sweelinck. And of course our featured composer will be the most famous word-painter of the period, Clément Janequin. Don't miss this whimsical concordance!

Old West Church

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church

Christ Church

Musical Afternoon Fete

Convivium invites you to join us at a very special fundraising event featuring delicious refreshments, good company, and fine musical entertainment. Come hear an eclectic range of chamber music in an intimate setting, socialize with the group, and enjoy a relaxing afternoon among friends.&nbsp;Mingle with other supporters of Convivium Musicum, members of the ensemble, and music director Allegra Martin as you enjoy delicious refreshments and hear Convivium members perform an eclectic range of chamber music from across the ages!

Church of the Good Shepherd

Renaissance Christmas Community Sing

Come join Convivium Musicum for a festive Renaissance Christmas Community Sing! Enjoy singing favorite motets of the season, such as Victoria's "O Magnum Mysterium," Sweelinck's "Hodie Christus Natus Est," and works by Lassus, Byrd, and more, plus favorite carols of the period. We will sing for about an hour, then enjoy some festive goodies. Hope to see you there!

Teacher and Student: Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl

Come explore the stunning and complex works of one of the most famous composers of his day, Heinrich Isaac, and his most notable pupil, Ludwig Senfl. We will perform some of their best-known pieces written for historical events, such as Isaac's "Virgo Prudentissima," and will also explore their sensitive and humorous sides.

First Unitarian Church

Draw On Sweet Night

Our spring concert, “Draw On Sweet Night,” will feature a variety of composers all meditating on the thoughts and emotions that arise between dusk and dawn, including Wilbye, Lasso, Aleotti, Palestrina, and more.

Trinity Episcopal Church

First Unitarian

O Quam Gloriosum: Music of the Late Spanish Renaissance

Convivium Musicum opens our 2023/24 season with "O Quam Gloriosum," an exploration of some of the greatest motets of Renaissance Spain, featuring works by Cristóbal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. Guerrero's exquisite Ave Virgo Sanctissima was famous in its own time for being "the perfect Marian motet," thanks in part to the fluid, effortless manner in which the two soprano parts move in strict canon throughout the entire work. Victoria's tender and atmospheric O Magnum Mysterium may be his most famous piece today; but we will also be sharing Morales' lesser-known but equally evocative setting of the same text. Morales' Clamabat autem mulier and Guerrero's Maria Magdalena et altera Maria are two pieces that explore moments in the story of Jesus with warmth and drama. We will also be sharing one of Victoria's many inspired Magnificat settings; and of course no Spanish program would be complete without a few villançicos! Please join us for this glorious repertoire.

First Unitarian Church Worcester

 All Saints Parish Brookline

Joy and Sorrow: The Music of William Byrd

Join Convivium as we explore Byrd's beloved Mass for Five Voices, together with many other of his works that explore a wide range of expression from sorrow and anxiety to lively joy. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Byrd's death, and we are taking the opportunity to celebrate his mighty body of work. The singers all suggested some of their favorite Byrd pieces, and director Allegra Martin assembled a program that includes madrigals, English and Latin motets, and one of his three great mass settings. Byrd was a Catholic at a time when that religious choice was considered "treasonous" by the British government, and the anxiety and isolation that pressure created can be heard in some of his mass movements and his beautifully longing motets. At the same time he has many glorious and joyful musical moments as well, and was also not above some lighthearted madrigal fun. Come hear all the sides of Byrd in this musical tribute! Regular Admission - $25 Student/Senior/limited income: $15

Christ Church Andover

Harvard Epworth Church

Music in Mantua: Rossi and His Colleagues

In the late fifteenth century, the city of Mantua became a center for the performing arts, particularly during the reign of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Famed Jewish composer Salamone Rossi, employed at court, was surrounded by a thriving musical community that included Gastoldi, Wert, Viadana, and Monteverdi. This program will explore Rossi’s choral music, as well as the works of his colleagues at the Mantuan court, and explore the influences this talented group of composers had on each other.

Vilna Shul

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Summer Sing

Birds, Bells, and Battles: Sounds of a Renaissance World

Birds, Bells, and Battles: Sounds of a Renaissance World

Birds, Bells, and Battles: Sounds of a Renaissance World

Musical Afternoon Fete

Renaissance Christmas Community Sing

Teacher and Student: Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl

Teacher and Student: Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl

Draw On Sweet Night

Draw On Sweet Night

O Quam Gloriosum: Music of the Late Spanish Renaissance

O Quam Gloriosum: Music of the Late Spanish Renaissance

Joy and Sorrow: The Music of William Byrd

Joy and Sorrow: The Music of William Byrd

Music in Mantua: Rossi and His Colleagues