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Blue Heron

Classical Music Preview: “Help the Children” Concert — An Eclectic Vocal Program

“It’s not a concert about despair,” observes Joel Cohen, “there’s a lot of festive music in it.”

By: Adeline Sire Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: Blue Heron, Dünya, Help the Children, Joel Cohen, The Boston Camerata

Concert Review: Genius Finally Getting its Proper Due — Blue Heron’s “Ockeghem@600”

The first in what is surely going to be Blue Heron’s memorable series of testaments to the neglected brilliance of composer Johannes Ockeghem.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Binchois & Du Fay, Blue Heron, Johannes Ockeghem, Ockeghem, Ockeghem@600, Scott Metcalfe, Sean Gallagher

Fuse Concert Review: The Calming Artistry of Blue Heron

Simply put, Blue Heron is one of the best perks of concertgoing in 21st century Boston.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe

Fuse Concert Review: Blue Heron, A Superbly Classy Renaissance Choir

Blue Heron

Blue Heron explores a rarely performed repertoire with a choir made up of sensational soloists.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Blue Heron, Daniela Tosic, David McFerrin, Gerrod Pagenkopf, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, Martin Near, Michael Barrett, Owen McIntosh, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, Scott Metcalfe

Classical Music Review: The Sound of Blue Heron — Pleasure Aplenty

Several merits distinguish Blue Heron’s concerts, the most salient being the always-gorgeous singing of this pre-eminent Renaissance vocal choir.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Blue Heron, Christmas in 15th-century France & Burgundy, Scott Metcalfe

Classical Music Sampler: October 2012

The highlights of the month include appearances by star performers Joshua Bell, Stefan Jackiw, Jorge Luis Prats, and Arabella Steinbacher.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Featured, Music Tagged: Anthony McGill, Arabella Steinbacher, Blue Heron, Boston Chamber Music Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Callithumpian Consort, Celebrity-Series, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Discovery Ensemble, Jorge Luis Prats, Joshua Bell, Musica Sacra, Nareh Arghamanyan, Narek Hakhnazaryan, New-England-Philharmonic, Pacifica String Quartet, Sound Icon, Stefan Jackiw, The Boston Philharmonic, The Callithumpian Consort, The Celebrity Series, The Radius Ensemble

Concert Review: The Song of Songs and Songs of Love in Sixteenth-century Spain

Song of Songs

The vocal ensemble Blue Heron closed its season with “a marvelously expansive concept of the divine” in a program of 16th-century Spanish music based on or inspired by the Song of Songs.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Blue Heron, Francisco Guerrero, Nicolas Gombert, Scott Metcalfe, Sebastian de Vivanco, Song of Songs, Tomás Luis de Victoria

Concert Review: An Embarrassment of Vocal Riches — Blue Heron and The Tallis Scholars

It was, for this listener, an embarrassment of riches, even in this early music town. Both groups gave excellent performances of music written at approximately the same time.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Blue Heron, The Tallis Scholars

Classical Music Sampler: March 2012

This month I am simply listing concerts I expect will be great. My pick of the month is the Boston debut of a new Flute, Viola, and Harp trio, starring instrumental superstars Marina Piccinini, Kim Kashkashian, and Sivan Magen.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Featured, Music Tagged: Blue Heron, Bridget Kibbey, Cantata Singers, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Church of St. John Evangelist, David Hoose, First Monday at Jordan Hall, Frederic Chiu, John Gibbons, Kim Kashkashian, Marina Piccinini, Masterworks Chorale, Musica Sacra, Sequentia, Sivan Magen, The Chamber Music Center of Lincoln Center

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