Lyracle

Musick's Recreation
2025-09-14 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
Presented by Concerts at the Crane
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at a performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. Lyracle connects what can be inferred about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire that was likely present in 17th and early 18th century New England. Experience the music of beloved composers like Henry Purcell and his lesser-known contemporaries recontextualized, and help celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious and everything in between.
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Musick's Recreation
2025-09-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Historic Deerfield, 16 Memorial Street, Deerfield, MA, 01342
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at a performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. Lyracle connects what can be inferred about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire that was likely present in 17th and early 18th century New England. Experience the music of beloved composers like Henry Purcell and his lesser-known contemporaries recontextualized, and help celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious and everything in between.

Musick's Recreation
2025-08-23 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Eagle Hill Institute, 59 Eagle Hill Dr, Steuben, Maine, 04680

Musick's Recreation
2025-08-21 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | The Neighborhood House, 1 Kimball Rd, Northeast Harbor, ME, 04662
Presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at a performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. Lyracle connects what can be inferred about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire that was likely present in 17th and early 18th century New England. Experience the music of beloved composers like Henry Purcell and his lesser-known contemporaries recontextualized, and help celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious and everything in between.

Lady Tarquinia
2025-05-31 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | Somerville Music Spaces, 1060 Broadway, Somerville, MA, 02144
Program Description:
Italian virtuosa singer and viol player Tarquinia Molza (1542-1617) was one of few women of her time to be gainfully employed as a musician. As if that weren’t impressive enough, her employment at the Este Court of Ferrara was prestigious and influential. However, her career was taken away from her over allegations of a romantic relationship with a colleague, which she denied. Despite her banishment, Molza was named a Citizen of Rome in 1600 for her musical and intellectual talents, the first woman in history to receive this honor.
Gleaning what we can from the historical sources that still survive, it appears that Molza’s fascinating life more or less stopped being documented as soon as her career was taken from her. However, the little that we do know makes clear that she remained musically active in her hometown of Modena, where she regularly hosted musical gatherings. Today, Molza is a relatively unknown figure in music history.
In Lady Tarquinia, Lyracle celebrates the musicianship that polymath Tarquinia Molza cultivated her whole life, even after she was confined to making music at home. The program will include pieces that we know Tarquinia sang and played and musical settings of her poetry.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/lady-tarquinia-may-31-somerville
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viola da gamba
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Craig Juricka, baritone
Transportation & Parking: https://www.somervillemusicspaces.com/contact
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Quincy Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Lady Tarquinia
2025-05-30 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
Concert Description:
Italian virtuosa singer and viol player Tarquinia Molza (1542-1617) was one of few women of her time to be gainfully employed as a musician. As if that weren’t impressive enough, her employment at the Este Court of Ferrara was prestigious and influential. However, her career was taken away from her over allegations of a romantic relationship with a colleague, which she denied. Despite her banishment, Molza was named a Citizen of Rome in 1600 for her musical and intellectual talents, the first woman in history to receive this honor.
Gleaning what we can from the historical sources that still survive, it appears that Molza’s fascinating life more or less stopped being documented as soon as her career was taken from her. However, the little that we do know makes clear that she remained musically active in her hometown of Modena, where she regularly hosted musical gatherings. Today, Molza is a relatively unknown figure in music history.
In Lady Tarquinia, Lyracle celebrates the musicianship that polymath Tarquinia Molza cultivated her whole life, even after she was confined to making music at home. The program will include pieces that we know Tarquinia sang and played and musical settings of her poetry.
Community Sing & Play: Stick around after the concert and join the musicians of Lyracle for tea, cookies, and music-making! We’ll sing/play through an ensemble piece in English composed during Tarquinia’s lifetime. All voices and instruments welcome!
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/lady-tarquinia-may-30-quincy-7kydl9ew
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viola da gamba
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Craig Juricka, baritone
Transportation & Parking
United First Parish Church is a less than 2 minute walk from the Quincy Center Station. Click here to learn about nearby $1/hr parking options.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Quincy Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

音乐会简介：
意大利歌唱兼维奥尔琴演奏家塔尔奎尼娅 莫尔扎（Tarquinia
Molza，1542–1617）是当时极少数以音乐为职业的女性之一。更
令人称奇的是，她受雇于费拉拉的埃斯特宫廷，该职位既具声望
又有影响力。然而，她的职业生涯因被指控与一位同事有恋情而
终止，虽然她否认了这一指控。尽管被放逐，她仍因其卓越的音
乐和学术才华，于1600年被授予“罗马公民”称号——这是历史上
首位获此荣誉的女性。
从现存的历史资料来看，莫尔扎的生平在其事业中断后便鲜有记
载。然而，已有的资料显示她在故乡摩德纳仍持续参与音乐活动
，并定期举办家庭音乐聚会。时至今日，塔尔奎尼娅仍是音乐史
上较鲜为人知的人物。
在《塔尔奎尼娅夫人》项目中，Lyracle 向这位多才多艺的女性致
敬，呈现她终生培养的音乐修养，即便她被限制只能在家中演奏
音乐。本场演出将包括她曾演唱和演奏的作品，以及根据她的诗
作谱写的音乐。
社区合唱与合奏活动：
音乐会结束后欢迎留下来与 Lyracle 的音乐家们一起享用茶点并
参与音乐活动！我们将共同演绎一首创作于塔尔奎尼娅时代的英
文合奏作品，欢迎所有歌者和乐手加入！
门票链接：
https://events.humanitix.com/lady-tarquinia-may-30-quincy-7kydl9ew
演出人员：
Ashley Mulcahy，女中音
James Perretta，维奥尔琴
Margaret Carpenter Haigh，女高音
Craig Juricka，男中音
交通与停车：
教堂距离昆西中心站步行不到2分钟。点击此处了解附近每小时
仅$1的停车选项。

Guest Presentation
2025-01-13 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | University of Michigan School of Music, 1100 Baits Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Lyracle Co-Artistic Directors Ashley Mulcahy & James Perretta will visit Professor Stefano Mengozzi’s musicology seminar on music of the European Renaissance. They will relate topics in 16th-c music theory and history to Lyracle’s program Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy.

Musical Coachings at the University of Michigan
2025-01-12 | University of Michigan School of Music, 1100 Baits Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Lyracle Co-Artistic Directors Ashley Mulcahy & James Perretta will coach voice majors a the University of Michigan on select arias composed before 1750.
More information forthcoming.

Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy
2025-01-11 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States
Presented by the Academy of Early Music
In 1582, four teenage Japanese boys of noble birth set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyushu and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daiymo, or feudal lords, who had converted to Christianity. Known collectively as the Tenshō Embassy, their names were Mancio Itō, Michael Chijiwa, Martin Hara, and Julio Nakaura. Music was an essential component of the embassy’s eight-year trip to and from Europe and played an equally essential role in the Jesuit mission in Japan, which lasted from the first Jesuit’s arrival in 1549 to the expulsion of the Jesuits by Japan’s Edo government in 1613.
History and storytelling meet in this program that explores the musical experiences of the Tenshō Embassy and their classmates at Jesuit schools in 16th and early 17th century Japan. Many of the details of their music making remain unknown, and those that are known were not recorded by the Japanese musicians themselves but rather by European Jesuits. The European Jesuits’ recording of this history exposes their eurocentrism, hubris, and ignorance, but their records also give us insight into the lives and experiences of these otherwise unknown musicians who are part of this centuries-old tradition of making music with voices and viols. Lyracle honors these musicians’ achievements through music and storytelling with short historical readings, delivered by actor Danielle Boivin, paired with works by Italian and Iberian composers including Durante Lobo, Francisco Guerrero, and Giacomo Carissimi.
Ashley Mulcahy, Mezzo-Soprano
James Perretta, viol
Danielle Boivin, actor
Jacob Jahiel, viol
Arnie Tanimoto, viol

Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy
2025-01-10 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Congregational Church of Birmingham, 1000 Cranbrook Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304

Guest Presentation at UMass Amherst
2024-11-14 09:30 - 11:00 UTC | University of Masscahusetts Amherst
Lyracle will present in an early music history course at the University of Massachusetts Amherst taught by Professor Emiliano Ricciardi, whose Tasso in Music Project aided in the curation of our program, “Molza: Music for a Muse.” We’ll perform a few excerpts from the program and use them as a spring board to engage with students in a discussion about Tarquinia Molza and female court musicians in the Italian Renaissance.

At Home in Sweden
2024-11-10 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | Somerville Music Spaces, 1060 Broadway, Somerville, MA, 02144
Welcome the sweater weather and cozy up with tea and cookies to enjoy music and dance for a Swedish living room! We’ll explore how music from 17th-century Europe’s courts, theatres, churches, and street corners all made its way into the very same pages where it delighted communities of friends and family in Sweden’s living rooms.
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo soprano
James Perretta, lyra viol
Julia Bengtsson, baroque dance
Lindsey Clark, nyckelharpa
Click here for tickets

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Quincy Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

At Home in Sweden
2024-11-09 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States

Musick's Recreation
2024-08-26 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Historic Wicks House, 55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth, MA, 02540, United States
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at this performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. Lyracle connects what can be inferred about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire that was likely present in 17th and early 18th century New England. Experience the music of beloved composers like Henry Purcell and his lesser-known contemporaries recontextualized, and help celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious and everything in between.

Musick’s Recreation
2024-05-22 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Redwood Library & Athenaeum, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

Lecture-Demonstration
2024-04-13 10:30 - 11:30 UTC | Logan Center Performance Penthouse, 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL, 60637
Classical music concerts often center around a particular composer, canonical masterwork, or geographical compositional style. Consequently, today’s programs celebrate a relatively small group of composers, and we miss opportunities to approach music in ways that incorporate a broader range of music-making experiences by a diverse range of music-makers. Curating concert programs to focus on people who, unlike history’s most celebrated composers, we know little about is inherently challenging. Using textual and musical examples from Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy, Lyracle will provide a behind-the-scenes peek at how, with a lot of research and a little imagination, Lyracle puts together concerts about figures who have remained in the shadows of history.

Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy
2024-04-12 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Logan Center Performance Hall, 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL, 60637
This Early Music program celebrates the musical accomplishments of Japanese students at Jesuit missionary schools in Japan (1549–1613) who became accomplished viol players and singers. European Jesuits ran the schools where music was considered essential learning. Although surviving accounts by the Jesuits about the mission in Japan are laden with racism and eurocentrism, the students were highly gifted musicians. Lyracle honors these boys’ achievements through music and storytelling with works by Durante Lobo, Francisco Guerrero, Damião de Góis, and Jacopo Peetrino. Actor Danielle Boivin joins the five musicians for the readings from historical documents.
Presented by the Howard M. Brown International Early Music Series at the University of Chicago.

Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy
2024-03-24 15:30 - 17:00 UTC | United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
In 1582, four teenage Japanese boys of noble birth set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyushu and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daiymo, or feudal lords, who had converted to Christianity. Known collectively as the Tenshō Embassy, their names were Mancio Itō, Michael Chijiwa, Martin Hara, and Julio Nakaura. Music was an essential component of the embassy’s eight-year trip to and from Europe and played an equally essential role in the Jesuit mission in Japan, which lasted from the first Jesuit’s arrival in 1549 to the expulsion of the Jesuits by Japan’s Edo government in 1613.
History and storytelling meet in this program that explores the musical experiences of the Tenshō Embassy and their classmates at Jesuit schools in 16th and early 17th century Japan. Many of the details of their music making remain unknown, and those that are known were not recorded by the Japanese musicians themselves but rather by European Jesuits. The European Jesuits’ recording of this history exposes their eurocentrism, hubris, and ignorance, but their records also give us insight into the lives and experiences of these otherwise unknown musicians who are part of this centuries-old tradition of making music with voices and viols. Lyracle honors these musicians’ achievements through music and storytelling with short historical readings, delivered by actor Danielle Boivin, paired with works by Italian and Iberian composers including Durante Lobo, Francisco Guerrero, and Giacomo Carissimi.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/musicians-of-the-tensh-embassy-yc5mjadh
Artists:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viol
Danielle Boivin, actor
Jacob Jahiel, viol
Arnie Tanimoto, viol

Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy
2024-03-23 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | North Bennet Street School, 150 North St, Boston, MA, 02109, United States
In 1582, four teenage Japanese boys of noble birth set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyushu and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daiymo, or feudal lords, who had converted to Christianity. Known collectively as the Tenshō Embassy, their names were Mancio Itō, Michael Chijiwa, Martin Hara, and Julio Nakaura. Music was an essential component of the embassy’s eight-year trip to and from Europe and played an equally essential role in the Jesuit mission in Japan, which lasted from the first Jesuit’s arrival in 1549 to the expulsion of the Jesuits by Japan’s Edo government in 1613.
History and storytelling meet in this program that explores the musical experiences of the Tenshō Embassy and their classmates at Jesuit schools in 16th and early 17th century Japan. Many of the details of their music making remain unknown, and those that are known were not recorded by the Japanese musicians themselves but rather by European Jesuits. The European Jesuits’ recording of this history exposes their eurocentrism, hubris, and ignorance, but their records also give us insight into the lives and experiences of these otherwise unknown musicians who are part of this centuries-old tradition of making music with voices and viols. Lyracle honors these musicians’ achievements through music and storytelling with short historical readings, delivered by actor Danielle Boivin, paired with works by Italian and Iberian composers including Durante Lobo, Francisco Guerrero, and Giacomo Carissimi.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/musicians-of-the-tensh-embassy
Artists:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viol
Danielle Boivin, actor
Jacob Jahiel, viol
Arnie Tanimoto, viol

Guest Presentation at UMass Amherst
2023-11-16 09:30 - 10:30 UTC

Special Event: Exodus & Evolution at La Voile
2023-11-05 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | La Voile, 1627 Beacon St, Brookline, MA, 02445
One family, a hundred years of musical excellence!
A multigenerational family of Jewish musicians, the Lupo’s exodus from Iberia, migration to Northern Italy, and recruitment to England coincided with key developments in the evolution of the viol and the flourishing of its associated repertoire. Join us in celebrating the Lupo’s with music spanning over a century, including pieces composed by members of the Lupo family!
We’ll begin in Iberia with heartfelt medieval and renaissance selections connected to the Lupo’s Sephardic roots. Then we’ll migrate to Northern Italy, where the Lupo’s established themselves as accomplished viol players, and enjoy a handful of lighthearted and witty pieces from the early 16th century. Finally, we’ll end in England, where in 1540 the Lupo’s were recruited for King Henry VIII’s first viol consort.
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viol
Judah Coffman, viol
Jacob Jahiel, viol
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/exodus-and-evolution
*Cost of admission includes a glass of wine and two hors d’oeuvres. Please arrive at 6pm to order a meal from La Voile’s full menu.
Presented in partnership with Center Makor
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Exodus & Evolution
2023-11-04 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Hebrew Senior Life, 100 Centre St., Brookline, MA, 02446
One family, a hundred years of musical excellence!
A multigenerational family of Jewish musicians, the Lupo’s exodus from Iberia, migration to Northern Italy, and recruitment to England coincided with key developments in the evolution of the viol and the flourishing of its associated repertoire. Join us in celebrating the Lupo’s with music spanning over a century, including pieces composed by members of the Lupo family!
We’ll begin in Iberia with heartfelt medieval and renaissance selections connected to the Lupo’s Sephardic roots. Then we’ll migrate to Northern Italy, where the Lupo’s established themselves as accomplished viol players, and enjoy a handful of lighthearted and witty pieces from the early 16th century. Finally, we’ll end in England, where in 1540 the Lupo’s were recruited for King Henry VIII’s first viol consort.
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viol
Judah Coffman, viol
Jacob Jahiel, viol
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-lyracle-presents-exodus-and-evolution
We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program. EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders can receive up to two free tickets to this event.
Presented in partnership with Center Makor
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Exodus & Evolution
2023-11-03 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
One family, a hundred years of musical excellence!
A multigenerational family of Jewish musicians, the Lupo’s exodus from Iberia, migration to Northern Italy, and recruitment to England coincided with key developments in the evolution of the viol and the flourishing of its associated repertoire. Join us in celebrating the Lupo’s with music spanning over a century, including pieces composed by members of the Lupo family!
We’ll begin in Iberia with heartfelt medieval and renaissance selections connected to the Lupo’s Sephardic roots. Then we’ll migrate to Northern Italy, where the Lupo’s established themselves as accomplished viol players, and enjoy a handful of lighthearted and witty pieces from the early 16th century. Finally, we’ll end in England, where in 1540 the Lupo’s were recruited for King Henry VIII’s first viol consort.
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
James Perretta, viol
Judah Coffman, viol
Jacob Jahiel, viol
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/exodus-and-evolution-gorq08h6
We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program. EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders can receive up to two free tickets to this event.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Quincy Arts Counil, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

家族，
世纪的超凡音乐！
歌颂鲁博家族！一个跨时代的犹太音乐世家，
鲁博家族从伊比利亚出走移居意大利北部，并
在被招募到英国时，恰逢了维奥尔琴在演变上
及其相关曲目蓬勃发展的关键时期。
演出阵容
Ashley Mulcahy，次女高音
James Perretta，维奥尔琴
Judah Coffman，维奥尔琴
Jacob Jahiel，维奥尔琴
我们很荣幸能够参与麻州文化协会推广的“文
化卡”计划。

购票: https://events.humanitix.com/exodus-and-evolution-gorq08h6

EBT、WIC 和 ConnectorCare 持卡人可获得最
多两张本次活动的免费门票。

Early Music America Summit
2023-10-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Lyracle will give a lecture-performance at Early Music America’s first summit!
Title: “Beyond the Composer: Curating Concerts that Celebrate Overlooked Music-Makers”
Description: While our field still has a lot to gain from celebrating a more diverse group of composers and their works, another way that we can present a fuller and more inclusive picture of historical music making is to look beyond the composer and curate concerts that focus on the experiences of other participants in the music-making process. Drawing on our experiences as a voice and viol ensemble, our presentation will explore strategies for curating programs that encourage audiences to make connections between repertoire and the experiences of a diverse range of historical figures who would otherwise remain overlooked.
Visit out EMA’s website for a full list of summit events.

Lyracle at King's Chapel
2023-05-09 12:15 - 13:00 UTC | King’s Chapel Boston, 58 Tremont St., Boston, MA, 02108
Presenting a short program of some of our favorite pieces from 17th century Italy and England on King’s Chapel’s downtown lunchtime recital series.

In Sweetest Sympathy
2023-03-05 13:30 - 15:00 UTC | North Bennet Street School, 150 North St, Boston, MA, 02109, United States
“In Sweetest Sympathy” will showcase the lyra viol, complete with sympathetic strings, and provide a unique opportunity to hear two of the few such instruments in the world.
The term lyra viol can be used to describe a specific style of playing that developed in 17th century England as well as a type of bass viol developed to support that style. Designed to facilitate chordal playing, the lyra viol was often used to accompany the voice. We’ll explore vocal and instrumental repertoire for this fabulous instrument and its relationship to different contexts of music making. We’re thrilled that lyra viol and Renaissance music specialist Sarah Mead will join us on this program.
Click here to purchase tickets in advance. Masks strongly encouraged.

In Sweetest Sympathy
2023-03-03 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
“In Sweetest Sympathy” will showcase the lyra viol, complete with sympathetic strings, and provide a unique opportunity to hear two of the few such instruments in the world.
The term lyra viol can be used to describe a specific style of playing that developed in 17th century England as well as a type of bass viol developed to support that style. Designed to facilitate chordal playing, the lyra viol was often used to accompany the voice. We’ll explore vocal and instrumental repertoire for this fabulous instrument and its relationship to different contexts of music making. We’re thrilled that lyra viol and Renaissance music specialist Sarah Mead will join us on this program.
Click here to purchase tickets in advance. Masks strongly encouraged.
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“In Sweetest Sympathy”将展示里尔维奥尔琴，并配以共鸣
弦，为您提供一个难得的机会来欣赏世界上为数不多的两
种乐器。
里尔维奥尔琴一词可用于描述 17 世纪英国发展起来的一种
特定演奏风格，以及为演绎该风格而创造的一种低音维奥
尔琴。里尔维奥尔琴主要为着演奏和弦而设计，故经常用
于伴奏人声。我们将探索为这种美妙乐器创作的声乐和器
乐作品，以及它在英国境内外与各种不同演绎17世纪音乐
的方式的关系。我们很荣幸邀请到里尔维奥尔琴家和文艺
复兴音乐专家Sarah Mead加入我们今次的演出阵容。
点击此处提前购票。
强烈建议佩戴口罩。

Guest Presentation at UMass Amherst
2022-12-08
Lyracle will present in an early music history course at the University of Massachusetts Amherst taught by Emiliano Ricciardi, whose Tasso in Music Project aided in the curation of our program, “Molza: Music for a Muse.” We’ll perform a few excerpts from the program and use them as a spring board to engage with students in a discussion about Tarquinia Molza and female court musicians in the Italian Renaissance.

Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players
2022-09-17 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Chase Young Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA, 02169, United States
General Admission: $25
Tickets available online (Eventbrite) or at the door.
“Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players” tells the stories of viol players and singers whose musical experiences aren’t typically the focus of modern-day concert programs.
In this program, you’ll meet

Ann Ford (1737-1824), a London socialite who started her own concert series to support herself after fleeing from her father and an unwanted suitor.
Dudley Ryder (1691-1756), a law student in London, whose 1715-1716 diary invites us to celebrate the centuries-old joy of making music just for the fun of it.
Mancio Ito, Miguel Chijiwa, Martino Hara, Juliano Nakaura, and other students at Jesuit schools in Japan (c.1560-1613) who became accomplished viol players and singers.

Get to know these viol players through music that we know they played or that they likely knew, including works by old favorites like Handel and Lully and could-be-new-favorites like John Weldon and Damião de Goís.
Actor Danielle Boivin will help give voice to these forgotten musicians with short dramatic readings by them or their contemporaries.
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano; James Perretta, viol; Arnie Tanimoto, viol
Masks Required
Light refreshments will be served.

Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players
2022-09-16 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, MA, 02169, United States
General Admission, $15; Seniors, Students, Children, $10
Tickets available online (Eventbrite) or at the door.
“Viol Vignettes: Music of Forgotten Viol Players” tells the stories of viol players and singers whose musical experiences aren’t typically the focus of modern-day concert programs.
In this program, you’ll meet

Ann Ford (1737-1824), a London socialite who started her own concert series to support herself after fleeing from her father and an unwanted suitor.
Dudley Ryder (1691-1756), a law student in London, whose 1715-1716 diary invites us to celebrate the centuries-old joy of making music just for the fun of it.
Mancio Ito, Miguel Chijiwa, Martino Hara, Juliano Nakaura, and other students at Jesuit schools in Japan (c. 1560-1613) who became accomplished viol players and singers.

Get to know these viol players through music that we know they played or that they likely knew, including works by old favorites like Handel and Lully and could-be-new-favorites like John Weldon and Damião de Goís.
Actor Danielle Boivin will help give voice to these forgotten musicians with short dramatic readings by them or their contemporaries.
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano; James Perretta, viol; Arnie Tanimoto, viol
Masks Required
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“维奥尔小插曲：被遗忘的维奥尔琴家之歌” 讲述了维奥尔琴演奏家和歌手的故事。他们的音乐历程鲜为人知，通常不在现今音乐会节目中被提及。
在今次的节目中，你将有机会遇见
Ann Ford (1737-1824)，一位伦敦社交名流，在逃离父亲和不受欢迎的追求者后，她开始了自己的音乐会系列过着自给自足的生活。
Dudley Ryder (1691-1756) 是伦敦的一名法律系学生，他 1715-1716 年间的日记邀请了我们来歌颂历代仅是为了乐趣而创作音乐的喜乐。
Mancio Ito、Miguel Chijiwa、Martino Hara、Juliano Nakaura 和其他日本耶稣会学校的学生（约 1560-1613 年）。他们是当代出色的维奥尔琴演奏家和歌手。
通过我们知道他们演奏或可能熟悉的音乐来了解这些维奥尔琴演奏家。其中包括热门作曲家Handel 和 Lully 等以及有可能成为乐坛新宠的John Weldon 和 Damiãode Goís 等的作品。
演员 Danielle Boivin 将以戏剧性朗读的方式，通过他们或他们同时代的人的短文，帮助这些被遗忘的音乐家发声。
Ashley Mulcahy, 次女高音
James Perretta, 维奥尔琴;
Arnie Tanimoto, 维奥尔琴
票价：
星期五，9月16日，晚上7点30分
普通卷，$15;
乐龄人士，学生，小孩，$10
United First Parish Church
1306 Hancock St.,Quincy, MA 02169
入场需佩戴口罩
