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A Meditation on Love featuring "Poppies" by Elsa Johnson with music by François Couperin (Sicilienne in g minor from Concert no. 7)....

Featuring the poem Common Ground by Laura Grace Weldon, read by Leon Bibb. The music is by an anonymous composer from around 1400. This textless piece has the title Andray Soulet. Performed here by replicas of Medieval instruments: recorder, plectrum...

Featuring the poem Stars by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) read by Leon Bibb. Music by Fran├ºois Couperin: Sarabande La Noble fierté from Neuvi├¿me Concert Il ritratto dell'amore (arr. Nagy)....

Our upcoming concert Machaut’s Lai of the Fountain (premiering April 8th) is inspired by the rare beauty of the medieval garden and its prized centerpiece - the fountain. A private garden encapsulated a sort of paradise not so different from...