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Members of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Related Site A BOSTON CLASSICAL SALON Friday, June 8, 7:30 pm Evans Hall, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College This fascinating program of music that would have been heard in a Boston salon during the first few decades of the nineteenth century will be performed by a small string ensemble, flute, and fortepiano (played by CEMF favorite Ian Watson). It includes works by Beethoven, Dragonetti, Mozart, Reinagle, and Taylor. http://www.handelandhaydn.orgshapeimage_1_link_0
Ensemble Origo Related Site NOVA HISPANA Music from the Cathedrals of Bogotá, Lima, and Quito Saturday, June 9, 7:30 pm Christ the King Church, Old Lyme Spanish colonizers imported their traditions of worship and music, building astounding cathedrals and bringing music by Spanish composers such as Victoria and Guerrero. But they also composed new settings of sacred verse in indigenous languages like Quichua and taught native musicians composition. This program juxtaposes a cappella late-Renaissance liturgical music with Baroque villancicos designed to appeal to new converts.http://www.ensembleorigo.orgshapeimage_2_link_0
Musicians of the Old Post Road Related Site MUSIC FROM MONTICELLO Baroque and Classical Works from Jefferson’s Music Library Two Performances: Friday, June 15, 7:30 pm Saturday, June 16, 7:30 pm Pequot Library, Southport La Grua Center, Stonington  Hailed for their “scintillating performances of sentiment and sparkle” (BBC Music Magazine), Musicians of the Old Post Road and guest mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal unearth chamber music played and collected by Thomas Jefferson and his family, including works by Balbastre, Corelli, Campioni, Tessarini, and songs by Maria Cosway and Francis Hopkinson. Read more about Maria Cosway and Thomas Jefferson here.http://www.oldpostroad.orghttp://www.oldpostroad.org/jefferson-maria-cosway-and-their-jours-heureuxshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1
East of the River Related site LEVANTERA Medieval Music of the Mediterranean, Balkans, and Middle East Sunday, June 17, 4:00 pm Evans Hall, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College  “Levantera” is the name of a strong, east wind of the Mediterranean. In that spirit, this program travels eastward through the Balkans, Armenia, and the Middle East, exploring the origins of early song. New York-based East of the River is directed by recorder virtuosos Nina Stern and Daphna Mor. http://www.eastoftherivermusic.comshapeimage_4_link_0
Le Tendre Amour Related site A JOURNEY THROUGH ANCIENT SCRIPTURE Baroque Settings of the Old Testament in Northern Europe Friday, June 22, 7:30 pm Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College  The Spanish ensemble Le Tendre Amour performs an evocative program of striking contrasts — works based on Old Testament texts by both Christian and Jewish composers, including Jacquet de la Guerre’s lush sacred cantatas for the French court and the galant works of Christian Joseph Lidarti commissioned by Holland’s transplanted Spanish-Portuguese Jews. http://www.letendreamour.comshapeimage_5_link_0
Connecticut Early Music Ensemble MOZART’S OPERA DIE ENTFUEHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO) Saturday, June 23, 7:30 pm Evans Hall, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College Fully staged and sung in German with English supertitles

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Aaron Sheehan as Belmonte

Emily Hindrichs

as Konstanze

Jason Mcstoots

as Pedrillo

Teresa Wakim as Blonde

Paul Guttry

as Osmin

Conducted by Eric Rice

Stage Direction by Jason McStoots