2020
January 26: Alchemy Viols
Charpentier Missa Assumpta est Maria
Bloomington, IL
February 8: Scaramella “Musica Secreta”
In 1579, Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara brought his new bride, Margherita of Gonzaga, to the Este court at Ferrara. Knowing that this union was likely his last chance to produce a male heir and thereby secure his dynastic succession, Alfonso worked to create a luxurious atmosphere suitable for entertaining and beguiling his fifteen-year-old wife with an ensemble of singers and instrumentalists who gave private concerts just for the household and their invited guests. We will recreate an evening entertainment from the Este court, with specialist singers who incorporate stylistically appropriate physical and facial gestures to bring to life the full meaning of the text.
Artists
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Sarah Coffman, soprano
MaryRuth Lown, soprano
Joëlle Morton, viola bastarda
Esteban La Rotta, lute and guitar
Nicolas Haigh, harpsichord
Tickets available HERE.
Toronto, Ontario
February 21-23: Bach Akademie Charlotte “Bach and the Golden Rule”
BACH Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott, BWV 127
BACH Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39
BACH Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77
About This Concert
Bach's Cantatas BWV 39 and BWV 77 are essentially humanistic cantatas about how to live, while BWV 127 concerns itself with the divinity of Christ.
Bach composed Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 ("Give the hungry ones thy bread") for the First Sunday after Trinity on June 23, 1726—significantly for Bach, three years to the day after he assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The first Sunday after Trinity marks the beginning of the second half of the liturgical year, in which core issues of faith and doctrine are typically explored. The cantata takes its principal texts from Isaiah 58:7–8 (Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; The Lord shall be your rear guard.) and Hebrews 13:16 (Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.)—both clear exhortations to love your neighbour and to share God's gifts.
Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77 ("You shall love God, your Lord") focuses on the prescribed reading for the thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. This is the Sunday that features the reading of the parable of the Good Samaritan and the Great Commandment, which is used as the text of the first movement. Bach composed the cantata in his first year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig—three years earlier than BWV 39.
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 ("Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God") is on an entirely different theological plane -- it's about the divinity of Christ. Bach composed the cantata in 1725 for use on the Sunday before Lent. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were taken from Paul's letter to the toubled church of Corinth (1 Corinthians 13:1–13), and from the Gospel of Luke, in which Jesus foretells his death and resurrection to his twelve desciples for the third time, and heals a blind man near Jericho (Luke 18:31–43).
Tickets available HERE.
Charlotte and Asheville, NC; Lancaster, SC
March 7-8: L’Académie du Roi Soleil “Lenten Music from the Chapelle Royale”
Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres pour le mercredi saint
Couperin - Magnificat
Le Sieur de Machy - works for solo gamba
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Hannah De Priest, soprano
David Bevan Ellis, viola da gamba
Nicolas Haigh, organ
FREE and open to the public.
Charlotte and Greensboro, NC
March 16: Trinity Church Wall Street “Bach at One” CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Clifton Massey, alto
Steven Sands, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Julian Wachner, conductor
New York, NY
April 1-4: Apollo’s Fire
Bach Saint Matthew Passion CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Bach’s resplendent masterpiece is rarely performed live, due to the extraordinary forces required: 2 orchestras, 2 choirs, soloists, and children’s choir. Jeannette Sorrell leads a dramatic presentation, with singers performing from memory in the character roles. Bach’s resounding sense of community envelopes the performance as the audience joins in singing the chorales – just as Bach’s congregation did nearly 300 years ago.
Tickets available HERE.
April 6: Trinity Church Wall Street “Bach at One” CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17
Mass in G Major, BWV 236
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Julian Wachner, conductor
New York, NY
April 24: Baldwin Wallace 88th Annual Bach Festival RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19
BWV performs the premiere of the composition by RBI 50th Anniversary Commission Contest winner Dr. James Primosch. Conducted by Dr. Dirk Garner.
BWV 2020
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Sarah Hawkey, soprano
Madeline Healey, soprano
Andrew Cooper, alto
Kate Maroney, alto
Caroline Olsen, alto
Steven Bradshaw, tenor
Brandley King, tenor
John Russell, tenor
John Buffett, bass
John Cooper, bass
Adam Simon, bass
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, Ohio
More information available HERE.
April 25: Baldwin Wallace 88th Annual Bach Festival RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19
Performed by the BW Motet Choir and Festival Orchestra and Westminster Choir, conducted by Dr. Joe Miller, director of Choral Activities at Westminster Choir College.
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Steven Soph, Evangelist
Bradford Gleim, Jesus
Molly Quinn, soprano
Kate Maroney, alto
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
BW Motet Choir
Westminster Choir
BW Festival Orchestra
Dr. Joe Miller, conductor
Maltz Performing Arts Center
Cleveland, Ohio
More information available HERE.
May 1-3: Handel & Haydn Society CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
Handel Dixit Dominus
Harry Christophers, conductor
Aisslinn Nosky, violin and leader
H+H Orchestra and Chorus
Handel: “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Boston, MA
May 15-17: L’Académie du Roi Soleil “Secret Music 1580: Love Songs from Ferrara” CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
This concert is presented in collaboration with Alchymy Viols.
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Sarah Coffman. soprano
MaryRuth Lown, soprano
Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello
Phil Spray, violone and lirone
William Simms, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, harpsichord
Charlotte, NC
2019
November 16-17: L’Académie du Roi Soleil “Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing: Music for Commemoration and Remembrance”
L’Académie du Roi Soleil opens its 2019-2020 season with a program entitled Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing: Music for Commemoration and Remembrance. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War and Veterans Day, the program reflects on loss, conflict, the trauma of war, and reconciliation, and features as its centerpieces Howells’ ravishing memorial motet Take Him, Earth for Cherishing and Parry’s Songs of Farewell. The texts and composers traverse the range of human history from the fourth century to the present day, including works by Elgar, MacMillan, Weelkes, and Vaughan Williams. L’Académie du Roi Soleil is delighted to present this music with an octet comprised of the country’s finest soloists and ensemble singers. The program will last approximately 75 minutes with a short intermission.
Program
Robert Ramsey - How are the Mighty Fallen
Edward Elgar - They are at Rest
Douglas Guest - For the Fallen
Thomas Weelkes - When David Heard
Herbert Howells - Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
William Henry Harris - Holy is the True Light
Cuthbert H. H. Parry - Songs of Farewell
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Valiant-For-Truth
James MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn
Artists
Margaret Carpenter Haigh and Madeline Healey, soprano
Kim Leeds and Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
Steven Bradshaw and Gene Stenger, tenor
Luc Kleiner and Jason Steigerwalt, bass
Nicolas Haigh, director
Charlotte and Winston-Salem, NC
December 7-8: Newberry Consort “A Mexican Christmas”
Journey with us to 17th-century Mexico City, where the sonorous singing of nuns wafts into the city’s Zócolo (main plaza) and a band of villanciqueros (folk musicians) plays the jubilant music of the Christmas season. Featuring over thirty singers and instrumentalists, A Mexican Christmas is a wholly fresh and original holiday concert that celebrates the exuberant and diverse musical traditions of Mexico. Tickets $10-$25, available HERE.
Convent Ensemble
Ellen Hargis, soprano & co-director
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Salomé Sandoval, soprano
Lucía Mier Y Teran Romero, soprano
Elena Mullins, soprano
Allison Selby Cook, alto
Beverly Simmons, alto
Candace Smith, alto
Rachel Begley, bajón
Claire Happel Ashe, harp
Frances Conover Fitch, organ
Katherine Shuldiner, viola da gamba
Villancico Band
featuring EnsAmble Ad-Hoc & artists from the Newberry Consort
Francy Acosta, soprano & co- director
Jose Luis Posada, guitars & co-director
Carolina Gómez, soprano
Magaly Cordero, alto
Nythia Martinez, alto
Matthew Dean, tenor
Arturo Osorio, tenor
Eric Miranda, baritone
Camilo Rasquin, baritone
Brandon Acker, baroque guitar
Raúl Fernández, jarana
Patricio Leija, leona
Zacbe Pichardo, harp
Javier Saume, percussion
Brandi Berry Benson, violin
David Douglass, violin
Chicago, IL
December 11-15: Apollo’s Fire
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Bach’s festive Christmas Oratorio is a feast of orchestral colors, with trumpets, timpani, flutes, oboes, bassoon, and strings. Guest conductor Julian Wachner, along with concertmaster Olivier Brault, leads Parts 1, 2, 5 & 6 of the oratorio.
Cleveland, OH
2018
April 28-29: Newberry Consort “DANGEROUS LOVE”
Including music from 17th-century Italian masters featuring sopranos Ellen Hargis and Margaret Carpenter Haigh and bass Daniel Fridley
Chicago and Evanston, IL
May 18: HPI Internation Conference at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
"Ut pictura musica: Visual Art as a Basis for Physical Gesture in the Madrigal Repertory of the Ferrarese concerto delle donne"
Paper and recital presentation
Sweeney Hall, Indiana Jacobs School of Music
Featuring sopranos Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Sarah Coffman, and Elena Mullins
June 9-15: Bach Akademie Charlotte “Charlotte Bach Festival”
BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
BWV 225 Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied
BWV 75 Die Elenden sollen essen
BWV 76 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
BWV 232 Messe in h-moll
Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor
July 5-14: Oregon Bach Festival
BWV 105 Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht
Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua
Mendelssohn: Elijah
August 5-12: American Bach Soloists Academy
BWV 232 Messe in h-moll
Handel: Semele
San Francisco, CA
August 19: Staunton Music Festival
Mozart: Requiem
Staunton, VA
September 30: Duke University Bach Cantata Series
Buxtehude: Jesu meine Freude, BuxWV 60
Pachelbel: Was Gott tut, P 487
BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen
Featuring sopranos Molly Quinn and Margaret Carpenter Haigh, bass David Rugger, and conductor Philip Cave
October 12-13: Bach Akademie Charlotte “Bach and the German Motet Tradition”
Heinrich SCHÜTZ: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, SWV 386
Johann Ludwig BACH: Unsere Trübsal, die Zeitlich und leicht ist
Johann Hermann SCHEIN: Nun danket alle Gott, from Israelsbrünnlein
Johannes BRAHMS: Warum ist das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen, Op 74, no. 1
SCHÜTZ: So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ, SWV 379
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren, Op. 69, no. 1
Johann Sebastian BACH: Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit, BWV 668
BACH: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
SCHÜTZ: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren, SWV 28, From Musikalische Exequien, Op. 7
Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor
October 14: Organ at Davidson
Stanford: Five Biblical Songs
Recital with organist Nicolas Haigh
Davidson, NC
October 20-21: Alchymy Viols “Musica Secreta 1580”
Music for the Three Ladies of Ferrara featuring sopranos Margaret Carpenter Haigh, Sarah Coffman, and MaryRuth Lown
Works by Luzzaschi, Mazzocchi, Caccini, and Pesenti
Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN
November 10-18: Apollo’s Fire “O Jerusalem!”
December 14-16: Newberry Consort “A Mexican Christmas”
Chicago and Evanston, IL
December 18: Winston-Salem Symphony “Messiah”
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Muehleise, tenor
Edmund Milly, baritone
Christopher Gilliam, conductor
Winston-Salem, NC
2017
6 January - Raleigh, NC
Raleigh Bach Soloists - Christ Episcopal Church, 7:00pm
BWV 225 - Singet dem Herrn
BWV 171 - Gott wie dein Name
BWV 190 - Singet dem Herrn
29 January - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Cathedral, 11:15am
Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
23-26 March - Cleveland, OH
Apollo's Fire: Sacred Bach
Information available here
9 March - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Cathedral, 6:00pm
Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres
1-2 April - Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Firebird Arts Alliance
Bach Johannes-Passion
Information available here
4 April - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Cathedral, 7:30pm
Mozart Requiem
21 April - Cleveland, OH
Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Museum of Art, 6:00pm
Welt, gute Nacht: A Journey from Loss to Contentment
Carissimi Lamento di Maria Stuarda
Rossi Lamento di Zaida Turca
Byrd Ne irascaris, Domine
Bach Ich habe genung, BWV 82a
Featuring Erin Headley, lirone; Nicolas Haigh, keyboard;
and members of the CWRU historical performance programme
1-2 May - Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University, Harkness Chapel
Handel Acis and Galatea (Galatea)
29-30 June - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Bach Matthäus-Passion
Information available here
5 July - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Bach Johannes-Passion, Part I
Information available here
8 July - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Handel Hercules
Information available here
9 July - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Tavener The Protecting Veil
Howells Requiem
Information available here
10 July - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Bach Johannes-Passion, Part II
Information available here
12 July - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Bach Johannes-Passion, Part III
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15 July - Eugene, OR
Oregon Bach Festival Chorus
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Information available here
24 September - Asheville, NC
Asheville Baroque - "Rebel, Saint, and Sinner"
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Jeanne Johnson and Jin Kim, violins
Gail Schroeder, gamba
Barbara Weiss, harpsichord
Information available here
12-15 October - Cleveland, OH
Apollo's Fire - The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Handel's Israel in Egypt
Information available here
21-22 October - Charlotte, NC
Bach Akademie of Charlotte
Scott Jarrett, conductor
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Charles Humphries, alto
James Jones and Mike Trammell, tenors
Charles Wesley Evans, bass
BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
BWV 80 Ein feste Burg ist unsre Gott
Information available here
3 November - Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University, 6pm
DMA Lecture Recital
Harkness Chapel, 11200 Bellflower Road
1-3 December - Boston, MA
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel's Messiah (chorus)
Information available here
12-13 December - Winston-Salem, NC
Robert Moody and the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra
Handel's Messiah - The Robert Moody Chorale
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, step-out soloist
Information available here
18-19 December - Memphis, TN
Robert Moody and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Mikah Meyer, countertenor
Jonathan Blalock, tenor
Troy Cook, bass
Ticket information available here
2016
4 January - Davidson, NC
Ensemble Vermillian - St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 7:30pm
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Frances Blaker, recorder
David Wilson, violin
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
William Simms, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, organ
5 January - Winston-Salem, NC
Ensemble Vermillian - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 7:30pm
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Frances Blaker, recorder
David Wilson, violin
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
William Simms, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, organ
6-9 January - Winston-Salem, NC
Ensemble Vermillian
Recording project - 17th-century German Music
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Frances Blaker, recorder
David Wilson, violin
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
William Simms, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, organ
4-7 February - Cleveland, OH
Apollo's Fire - Sephardic Journey
4 February - Fairlawn Lutheran Church (Fairlawn), 7:30pm
5 February - St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Cleveland Heights), 8:00pm
6 February - Maltz Performing Arts Center (University Circle), 8:00pm
7 February - Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace University (Berea), 4:00pm
12 February - Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University, Harkness Chapel, 2:00pm
Masterclass with Bruce Dickey
14 February - Cleveland, OH
L'Académie du Roi Soleil - Covenant Presbyterian Church, 5:00pm
Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres
Margaret Haigh, soprano
David Ellis, gamba
Nicolas Haigh, organ
3-15 March - OH, NY, MI
Apollo's Fire - Johannes-Passion
3 March - The Bath Church (Bath, OH), 7:30pm
4 March - First Baptist Church (Shaker Heights, OH), 8:00pm
5 March - Trinity Cathedral (Cleveland, OH), 8:00pm
6 March - St. Christopher Church (Rocky River, OH), 4:00pm
12 March - Trinity Wall Street (New York, NY), 8:00pm
13 March - State University of New York (Purchase, NY), 3:00pm
15 March - UMS/University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), 7:30pm
Tickets available here
25 March - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Chamber Singers - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 7:30pm
Poulenc - Lenten Motets
3 April - Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University, Harkness Chapel - 7:30pm
"From the Triumphant to the Sublime: Music of G.F. Händel and his contemporaries"
Handel - Saeviat tellus inter rigores
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Case Baroque Orchestra, dir. Julie Andrijeski
13 April - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 12:00pm
Handel - Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Nicolas Haigh, organ
23 April - Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Public Library
Shakespeare Songs in conjunction with a lecture by Ross Duffin
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Brian Kay, lute
25 April - Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University, Harkness Chapel - 7:30pm
Rosenmüller - In te Domine speravi
Margaret Haigh, soprano
Alice Culin-Ellison, violin
Allison Monroe, violin
Tsz-To Wong, cello
Qin Ying Tan, organ
7 May - Long Melford, United Kingdom
Holy Trinity Church - 3:00pm
Bach Cantatas
Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra
Tickets available here
8 May - Snape Maltings, United Kingdom
Snape Maltings - 3:00pm
Bach Cantatas
Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra
Tickets available
18 May - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 12:00pm
Handel - Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Trinity Chamber Orchestra - Horst Buchholz, conductor
Nicolas Haigh, organ
21 May - Akron, OH
St. Bernard Catholic Church, 7:30pm
Quire Cleveland - "England's Phoenix: William Byrd"
Ticket information available here
22 May - Cleveland, OH
Historic St. Peter Church, 4:00pm
Quire Cleveland - "England's Phoenix: William Byrd"
Ticket information available here
9 June - Berkeley, CA
Berkeley City Club Drawing Room - 12:00pm
Ensemble Vermillian - Music of 17th Century Germany
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
David Wilson, violin
Frances Blaker, recorder
Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello
William Simms, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, organ
Ticket information available here
9 June - Berkeley, CA
Parish Hall of St. Mark's Episcopal Church - 3:00pm
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Kathy McKee, alto
David Wilson and Martie Perry, violin
Joey O'Donnell, viola
Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello
Mark Elliot Bergman, bass
Nicolas Haigh, harpsichord
Ticket information available here
10 June - Berkeley, CA
St. Mark's Episcopal Church - 11:00am
CWRU Collegium Musicum - "The Beginning of Joy: Italian Music of the Late Middle Ages"
Venue information available here
11-26 June - Quartz Mountain, OK
Oklahoma Arts Institute - faculty
Information available here
18-24 July - Wells, UK
Trinity Chamber Singers Tour - Wells Cathedral
25-31 July - Chichester, UK
Trinity Chamber Singers Tour - Chichester Cathedral
17 September - Cleveland, OH
Colleran Baroque Music Barn - 6:00pm
"The Last Night of Summer" with Apollo's Fire
Amanda Powell and Margaret Carpenter Haigh, sopranos
Brian Kay, oud
Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer
René Schiffer, cello
Kathie Stewart, flute
Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord
Information available here
30 September - Cleveland, OH
Monteverdi - Mantuan Masterpieces with Quire Cleveland
Ticket information available here
6-9 October - Cleveland, OH
"Resplendent Purcell" with Apollo's Fire
Ticket information available here
16 October - Cleveland, OH
Harkness Chapel, 3:00pm
Case Western Reserve University - Baroque Chamber Ensemble
Telemann Ach Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn
18 November - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Cathedral, 7:30pm
Trinity Chamber Singers
21 November - Cleveland, OH
Maltz Performing Arts Center, 7:30pm
Case Western Reserve University - Baroque Chamber Ensemble
Boccherini Stabat mater
2 December - Raleigh, NC
Christ Episcopal Church, 7:00pm
The Bach Festival: Advent in Leipzig
Raleigh Bach Soloists and North Carolina Chamber Players
BWV 140 - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
BWV 62 - Nun komm der heiden Heiland
BWV 229 - Komm, Jesu Komm
Information available here
9-18 December - Cleveland, OH; Erie, PA; and NY, NY
Handel's Messiah with Apollo's Fire
Information available here
13-14 December - Winston-Salem, NC
Handel's Messiah with Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra
Margaret Carpenter Haigh, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Jonathan Blalock, tenor
Theo Hoffman, baritone
Robert Moody, conductor
Information available here
2015
8 January - San Francisco, CA
Ensemble Vermillian
Radio broadcast on KDFC - available here
9 January - San Francisco, CA
Ensemble Vermillian - St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 7:30pm
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Frances Blaker, recorder
David Wilson, violin
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
Nicolas Haigh, continuo
10 January - Berkeley, CA
Ensemble Vermillian - Hillside Swedenborgian Church, 7:30pm
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Frances Blaker, recorder
David Wilson, violin
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
22 February - Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University Collegium, CWRU - Harkness Chapel, 3:00pm
"Love is a Fortress" - 15th century love songs
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Hannah DePriest, soprano
Elena Mullins, soprano
Cynthia Black, vielle
Allison Monroe, vielle
Luke Conklin, douçaine
27-28 February - Cleveland and Akron, OH
Quire Cleveland
The Song of Songs: Choral Settings from Medieval to Modern
27 February - Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland, 7:30pm
28 February - St. Bernard Catholic Church, Akron, 7:30pm
8 March - Oxford, UK
Tom Hammond-Davies and the Oxford Bach Soloists - St. Michael at the North Gate, 3:00pm
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Komm Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
11 March - Oxford, UK
L'Académie du Roi Soleil - The Chapel of New College, Oxford, 8:30pm
Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres, Magnificat
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Rachel Ambrose Evans, soprano
Caroline Halls, soprano
Samuel Stadlen, viola da gamba
James Bramley, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, continuo
1 April - Cleveland, OH
L'Académie du Roi Soleil - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 6:00pm
Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Madeline Healey, soprano
David Ellis, viola da gamba
Nicolas Haigh, continuo
3 April - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Consort - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 7:30pm
Bach Johannes-Passion
Corey Shotwell, evangelista
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Madeline Healey, soprano
John McElliott, alto
Jay White, alto
Shawn Mlynek, tenor
Anthony Gault, bass
Jonathan Cooper, bass
2 May - Hudson, OH
Quire Cleveland - First Congregational Church, 8:00pm
The Land of Harmony: American Choral Gems
14-18 May - Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC
Ensemble Vermillian
14 May - WDAV broadcast, 11:00am
15 May - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, SC
16 May - House concert, Davidson, NC
17 May - St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Davidson, NC, 3:00pm
18 May - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC, 12:00pm
21 June - Oxford, UK
Oxford Bach Soloists - St. Michael at the North Gate, 3:15pm
Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (BWV 135) and Ich hätte viel Bekümmernis (BWV 21)
13 September - Davidson, NC
Ensemble Vermillian - St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 3:00pm
Bachfest! - Music at St. Alban's Concert Series
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Tamsin Simmill, mezzo-soprano
Barbara Krumdieck, baroque cello
William Simms, theorbo
Nicolas Haigh, organ
26-27 September - Nashville, TN
L'Académie du Roi Soleil
Nashville Early Music Festival - Lipscomb University
26 September - Collins Alumni Auditorium, 8:00pm
27 September - Daytime presentations at Lipscomb University
27 September - Collins Alumni Auditorium, 8:00pm
4 October - Asheville, NC
Asheville Baroque Concerts: The Muse's Delight - Oakley United Methodist Church, Asheville, 3:00pm
Works by Clérambault, Krieger, Mayr, and Purcell
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Gesa Kordes, baroque violin
Gail Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba
Barbara Weiss, harpsichord
31 October - Cleveland, OH
CWRU Collegium Mediaeval concert with Shira Kammen
Harkness Chapel, 7:30pm
10 November - Portland, ME
David Del Tredici "An Alice Symphony"
Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland Ballet
Robert Moody, conductor
Programme available here
Tickets available here
16 November - Cleveland, OH
Leclair Scylla et Glaucus (excerpts)
CWRU Baroque Orchestra
Harkness Chapel, 7:30pm
20 November - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Episcopal Church
Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem, 7:30pm
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Jonathan Cooper, baritone
Nicolas Haigh, organ
Trinity Chamber Singers
22 November - Cleveland, OH
CWRU Collegium Mediaeval concert
Harkness Chapel, 3:00pm
4-6 December - Cleveland, OH
Quire Cleveland
"Carols for Quire from the Old and New Worlds VII"
4 December - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 7:30pm
5 December - Historic St. Peter Church, 7:30pm
6 December - Historic St. Peter Church, 4:00pm
Tickets and more information available here
9 December - Cleveland, OH
Trinity Episcopal Church, 12:00pm
Britten - Ceremony of Carols
9 December - Canton, OH
Apollo's Fire - "Sacrum Mysterium/Celtic Christmas"
Christ Presbyterian Church, Canton, 7:00pm
Tickets available here
11 December - Cleveland, OH
Apollo's Fire - Praetorius Christmas Vespers
The Bath Church, UCC, Bath, 7:30pm
Tickets available here
12-13 December - Cleveland, OH
Apollo's Fire - "Sacrum Mysterium/Celtic Christmas"
12 December - First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, 8:00pm
13 December - St. Noel Church, Willoughby Hills, 4:00pm
Tickets and more information available here
"Afterglow" - Following the concerts, there will be a cash bar serving hot cider, Christmas Ale, and Irish Christmas Cake.
Meet the musicians and learn to dance an Irish jig!
18-20 December - Cleveland, OH
Apollo's Fire - Praetorius Christmas Vespers
18 December - First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, 8:00pm
19 December - First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, 8:00pm
20 December - St. Christopher Church, Rocky River, 4:00pm
Tickets available here
2014
7-14 January - Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota Chorale
10 January – St. Joseph Cathedral, Sioux Falls, 7:30pm concert – tickets here
12 January – University of St. Thomas Chapel, St. Paul (MN), 2pm concert – tickets here
16-19 January - Charlotte, NC
Piedmont Baroque Consortium Recording Project: Bach BWV 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern; Lotti Gloria
16 January – WDAV live radio broadcast
17 January – St. Ann’s Catholic Church Gaudium Musicae Concert Series, Charlotte (NC), 7:30pm concert - tickets here
18 January – St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Davidson (NC), 7:30pm concert
19 January – Centenary United Methodist Church, Winston-Salem (NC), 7:30pm concert
25 January - Raleigh, NC
Jacquet de la Guerre L’Isle de Delos - Church of the Nativity
Part of the North Carolina HIP Festival in partnership with the Mallarmé Chamber Players
Raleigh Camerata
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Kelly Nivison Roudabush, flute
Brian Carter, cello
Jennifer Streeter, continuo
11 March - Davidson, NC
Bach BWV 211 (Coffee Cantata) - Davidson College Presbyterian Church
Final performance of the 2013-2014 Organ at Davidson Concert Series
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
James Jones, tenor
Christopher Gilliam, bass
Amy Orsinger Whitehead, flute
Jane Cain, organ
16 March - Charlotte, NC
Catawba River Baroque -- Providence Methodist Church, 7:00pm
Concert of Lotti, Buxtehude, and Clérambault
For more information, please click here
30 March - Charlotte, NC
Lex Voix Hautes -- Myers Park United Methodist Church, 5:00pm
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Jocelyn Somerville, soprano
Murray Somerville, harpsichord
3 April - Charleston, SC
Les Voix Hautes -- Church of the Holy Communion, 6:30pm
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Jocelyn Somerville, soprano
Tina Zenker Williams, soprano
Murray Somerville, harpsichord
15 April - Davidson, NC
Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres -- Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 7:30pm
Margaret Carpenter and Chelsea Bonagura, sopranos
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
Jane Cain, continuo
18 April - Charlotte, NC
Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri -- Sharon Presbyterian Church, 8pm
With David Tang and the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra.
25 May - Cambridge, UK
L'Académie du Roi Soleil -- Clare College Chapel
Enfin la beauté que j’adore - Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676)
Petite fleur, brunette - Bertrand “Bénigne” de Bacilly (1625-1690)
Je languis nuit et jour - Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
L’Amour piqué par une Abeille - Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Samuel Stadlen, viola da gamba
Elena Cicinskaite, lute
Nicolas Haigh, harpsichord
1-3 August - North Carolina
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Summer Concerts
1 August - Church of the Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount, 7:30pm
2 August - St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Durham 7:30pm
3 August - Old Salem Visitors Center, Winston Salem 3:00pm
26-28 September - Cleveland, OH
"The Flower of Flanders" - works by Franco-Flemish composers from DuFay to Lassus
With Ross Duffin and Quire Cleveland - tickets here
26 September - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, 7:30pm
27 September - Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Old Brooklyn (Cleveland), 7:30pm
28 September - Historic St. Peter Church, Downtown Cleveland, 7:30pm
19 October - Raleigh, NC
Close Encounters - 17th c. Dutch and Flemish Exhibition - tickets here
North Carolina Museum of Art - 3pm
Ensemble Vermillian
31 October - 17 November - US Tour
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine with Apollo's Fire
31 Octover - St. Paul's, Akron, OH, 8pm
1 November - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Cleveland, OH, 8pm
2 November - St. Mary of the Falls, Olmsted Falls, OH, 3:30pm
4 November - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 7:30pm
6 November - St. Francis of Assisi, Ann Arbor, MI, 7PM
7 November - First Baptist, Cleveland, OH, 8pm
9 November - University of Florida at Gainesville, 2pm
10 November - Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston, TX, 7:30pm
11 November - University of Texas at Austin, 7pm
13 November - First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA, 8pm
14 November - Stanford University, CA, 7:30pm
2 November - Cleveland, OH
Telemann Orpheus (selections) with Case Western Reserve University Baroque Orchestra, Julie Andrijeski, and Jed Wentz
Harkness Chapel, CWRU, 8pm
24 November - Davidson, NC
Handel Messiah with North Carolina Baroque Orchestra and Davidson College Choirs
Davidson College: Duke Family Performance Hall - tickets here
11-15 December - Cleveland, OH
Handel Messiah with Apollo's Fire
11 December - Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, 7:30pm
12 December - First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, 8pm
13 December - First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, 8pm
14 December - St. Mary of the Falls, Olmsted Falls, 3:30pm
15 December - Fairlawn Lutheran Church, 7:30pm
19-21 December - Cleveland, OH
Charpentier Messe pour Minuit
With Ross Duffin and Quire Cleveland - tickets here
19 December - Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, 7:30pm
20 December - Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Old Brooklyn (Cleveland), 7:30pm
21 December - Historic St. Peter Church, Downtown Cleveland, 4pm
2013
7 March Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres – Chapter House at York Minster (UK)
L’Académie du Roi Soleil
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Cressida Sharp, soprano
Sam Stadlen, viola da gamba
Nicolas Haigh, continuo organ
8 March Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine – St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge (UK)
Choirs of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Edward Wickham, conductor
25 March Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte (NC)
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Chelsea Bonagura, soprano
Barbara Krumdieck, continuo
Aaron Goen, continuo organ
27 March Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres – St Thomas Church Whitemarsh (PA)
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Madeline Healy, soprano
Derrick Goff, continuo
12 April Handel Dixit Dominus -- Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte (NC)
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Virginia Harrod, soprano
Patrick Scott, alto
James Jones, tenor
Christopher Gilliam, bass
Leslie Conner and Kristin Swanson, violin
Tom LaJoie and Joey O'Donnell, viola
Barbara Krumdieck, cello
Aaron Goen, continuo
19 April Strozzi Hor che Apollo – West Market United Methodist Church, Greensboro (NC)
Greensboro Early Music
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Information available here
5 May Cinco de Mayo Baroque Fiesta – Vanderbilt University (TN)
Music City Baroque
Murray Somerville, director
8-16 June Simon Carrington Chamber Singers – Kansas City, MO
13 June – Broadcast on Kansas Public Radio – available here
14 June – Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City (MO), 7.30pm – Tickets here
15 June – Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Lawrence (KS), 7.30pm – Tickets here
29 July-4 August L’Académie du Roi Soleil Tour
29 July – Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia (SC), 7.30pm
30 July – Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Davidson (NC), 7.30pm
31 July – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte (NC), 7.30pm
2 August – Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Greensboro (NC), 7.30pm
3 August – Nelson Music Room, Duke University (NC), 8.00pm
4 August – House concert, Greenville (NC), 5.00pm
13-16 September Bachfest with Tourmaline Baroque
13 September – Live Radio performance on WDAV, 1:00pm
13 September – Centenary United Methodist Church, Winston-Salem (NC), 8:00pm - information here
14 September – St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Durham (NC)
15 September – St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Davidson (NC), 3:00pm – a part of Music @ St. Alban’s Concert Series
16 September – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte (NC), 12:00pm – a part of Music @ St. Peter’s Concert Series, information available here
18-21 October Recording session with L’Académie du Roi Soleil
York Minster (UK)
18 November Clerambault Orphée with Catawba River Baroque – Winthrop University (NC)
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Emily Chatham, baroque violin
Kelly Nivison Roudabush, baroque flute
Barbara Krumdieck, baroque cello
Murray Somerville, continuo
3-4 December Delson Quelle est cette odeur agréable -- Davidson College (NC)
Davidson College Holiday Gala
Davidson Choral Arts Society and Davidson Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Christopher Gilliam
Ticket information available here
13 December North Carolina Baroque Orchestra
In association with the Yorkville Historical Society's Tour of Homes
McCelvey Center, York (SC), 7:30pm - Ticket information available here
18 December A Christmas Collage Concert -- Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte (NC), 10:30am
Information available here
24 December Bach Magnificat – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (NC)
2012
9 March Bach Matthäus-Passion - St Giles Church, Cambridge (UK)
Cambridge University Chamber Choir
Margaret Carpenter, soprano (step-out solo)
Timothy Brown, conductor
17-28 March Bach Matthäus-Passion - Israel
Academy of English Voices with Israel Camerata
Thomas Walker, Evangelista
Avner Biron, conductor
20 March – Jerusalem
21 March – Haifa
24-26 March – Tel Aviv
27 March – Rehovot
5 April Couperin Troisiéme Lecon de Ténèbres – King’s College Chapel, Cambridge (UK)
Part of the Easter at King’s Concert Series
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Cressida Sharp, soprano
Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba
Timothy Brown, continuo
22-27 June Purcell Te Deum in D – Germany
Robinson College Choir with Rubio Baroque Orchestra
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Johnny Kreuter, alto
Graham Buckland, conductor
25 June – Minoritenkirche, Regensburg
26 June – Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Maria-Ramersdorf
11-16 July Haydn Creation – France
Clare College Music Society
Timothy Brown, conductor
12 July – Le Rayon Vert, Saint-Valery-en-Caux
13 July - Abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen
15 July – L’Abbatiale d’Aubazine, Aubazine
25 September Purcell Dido and Aeneas - The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fressingfield (UK)
Anna Harvey, Dido
Margaret Carpenter, Belinda
Stefan Kennedy, Aeneas
Badinage orchestra
David Rowland, conductor
2011
6-11 June Simon Carrington Chamber Singers – Kansas City (MO)
10 June – Juxtapositions, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
11 June – Juxtapositions, Grace Cathedral, Topeka (KS)
Juxtapositions CD available on iTunes
Simon Carrington, conductor
15-18 June Praetorius Vater unser in Himmelreich – Boston (MA)
Young Performers Festival, Boston Early Music Festival
Margaret Carpenter, soprano
Scott Metcalfe, conductor
14 – 20 August Yale School of Music Norfolk Chamber Choir – Norfolk (CT)
Margaret Carpenter, conducting fellow and soprano
Simon Carrington, conductor and clinician
22 October Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music - West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge (UK)
Cambridge University Chamber Choir with Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Peter Ash, conductor
5 November Bach Mass in b-Moll - The Foundling Museum, London (UK)
London Bach Society Singing Day
Margaret Carpenter, soprano (step-out)
Timothy Brown, conductor
23 December Handel Messiah - Trinity Lutheran Church, Kansas City (KS)
Spire Chamber Ensemble
Margaret Carpenter, soprano (step-out)
Ben Spalding, conductor