Next up...
Beggars Unite! November 2014
Music of the Spanish Golden Age...in the Netherlands. Dutch songs of political turmoil alongside Spanish tientos and diferencias. With Michael Barrett, tenor and Daniel Meyers, recorders and percussion. Location TBA.
Capricornus project - February 2015
Long & Away will be recording sacred works for voices and viols by Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665) in the winter of 2015. Stay tuned for more details!
Music of the Spanish Golden Age...in the Netherlands. Dutch songs of political turmoil alongside Spanish tientos and diferencias. With Michael Barrett, tenor and Daniel Meyers, recorders and percussion. Location TBA.
Capricornus project - February 2015
Long & Away will be recording sacred works for voices and viols by Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665) in the winter of 2015. Stay tuned for more details!
Recent Performances
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri April 15, 2014
Harvard's Choral Fellows and guests present this remarkable cycle of cantatas depicting the crucified Jesus for a Holy Week Meditation. Memorial Church, Cambridge MA
Reverend Edmund Brown's Library: A Puritan Minister's Music Collection April 6, 2014
Sudbury Historical Society marks the town's 375th year with a program reconstructing Rev. Brown's music collection; includes works by Byrd, Gibbons, Kirbye and selections from the Ravenscroft Psalter. First Parish Church, Sudbury MA
Lecture-Demo at Harvard University October 9, 2013
Long & Away presents a brief survey of viol consort music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Music of Byrd, Dumont, Ortiz, Scheidt, Purcell and others.
The Grand Tour May 19, 2013
A musical tour of 17th-century Europe, including works of Byrd, Gibbons, Schütz, Marais, Ortiz, Bach and Monteverdi. With special guests Jane Hershey, viola da gamba, and Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor. Great Barrington, MA.
By the Rivers of Babylon May 11, 2013
Stunning 17th-century German music for voices and viols, including works by Tunder, Funck, Nicolai, Erlebach and J.C. Bach. Friends Meeting House, Cambridge MA.
Solemn Evensong and Benediction October 21, 2012
Long & Away joins Advent's esteemed choir under the direction of choirmaster Mark Dwyer in a performance of Orlando Gibbons' Second Service and consort music by William Byrd. This service marks the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Church of the Advent, Boston, MA.
Evensong Service September 28, 2012
With Trinity's choir, led by organist Christine Gevert, we celebrate the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel. The service will include sacred works by Weelkes, Tomkins, Anerio and Sweelinck, and instrumental music of Gibbons and Mico. Funded by the Gian Lyman Silbiger grant awarded to us by the Viola da Gamba Society - New England. Trinity Episcopal Church, Lakeville, CT.
Aux Plaisirs, aux Delices February 11, 2012
A delightful afternoon of 17th-century French music for voice, viols and lutes. Consorts by Moulinie, DuCaurroy, Dumont and Charpentier; a suite by Sainte-Colombe; airs de cour by Lambert and Guedron; lute works of Besard and Vallet. Friends Meeting Cambridge, Cambridge, MA.
Amor con Fortuna October 23, 2011
Zesty Spanish works for viols, voice and lute. Love songs, fantasias, variations and dances by Cabezon, Ortiz, Araujo, Encina, Guerrero, and others. Spectrum Playhouse, Lee, MA.
Sin Texto! September 11, 2011
A concert of divisions and dances from New and Old Spain. Works by Cabezon, Ortiz, Araujo, Cabanilles, Encina, Anchieta and others. With Daniel Meyers, percussion. The Old North Church, Boston, MA.
Harvard's Choral Fellows and guests present this remarkable cycle of cantatas depicting the crucified Jesus for a Holy Week Meditation. Memorial Church, Cambridge MA
Reverend Edmund Brown's Library: A Puritan Minister's Music Collection April 6, 2014
Sudbury Historical Society marks the town's 375th year with a program reconstructing Rev. Brown's music collection; includes works by Byrd, Gibbons, Kirbye and selections from the Ravenscroft Psalter. First Parish Church, Sudbury MA
Lecture-Demo at Harvard University October 9, 2013
Long & Away presents a brief survey of viol consort music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Music of Byrd, Dumont, Ortiz, Scheidt, Purcell and others.
The Grand Tour May 19, 2013
A musical tour of 17th-century Europe, including works of Byrd, Gibbons, Schütz, Marais, Ortiz, Bach and Monteverdi. With special guests Jane Hershey, viola da gamba, and Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor. Great Barrington, MA.
By the Rivers of Babylon May 11, 2013
Stunning 17th-century German music for voices and viols, including works by Tunder, Funck, Nicolai, Erlebach and J.C. Bach. Friends Meeting House, Cambridge MA.
Solemn Evensong and Benediction October 21, 2012
Long & Away joins Advent's esteemed choir under the direction of choirmaster Mark Dwyer in a performance of Orlando Gibbons' Second Service and consort music by William Byrd. This service marks the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Church of the Advent, Boston, MA.
Evensong Service September 28, 2012
With Trinity's choir, led by organist Christine Gevert, we celebrate the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel. The service will include sacred works by Weelkes, Tomkins, Anerio and Sweelinck, and instrumental music of Gibbons and Mico. Funded by the Gian Lyman Silbiger grant awarded to us by the Viola da Gamba Society - New England. Trinity Episcopal Church, Lakeville, CT.
Aux Plaisirs, aux Delices February 11, 2012
A delightful afternoon of 17th-century French music for voice, viols and lutes. Consorts by Moulinie, DuCaurroy, Dumont and Charpentier; a suite by Sainte-Colombe; airs de cour by Lambert and Guedron; lute works of Besard and Vallet. Friends Meeting Cambridge, Cambridge, MA.
Amor con Fortuna October 23, 2011
Zesty Spanish works for viols, voice and lute. Love songs, fantasias, variations and dances by Cabezon, Ortiz, Araujo, Encina, Guerrero, and others. Spectrum Playhouse, Lee, MA.
Sin Texto! September 11, 2011
A concert of divisions and dances from New and Old Spain. Works by Cabezon, Ortiz, Araujo, Cabanilles, Encina, Anchieta and others. With Daniel Meyers, percussion. The Old North Church, Boston, MA.
