Our Tenth Season: 2007-2008
Upcoming Performances
The 2008 CarminaFest & Silent Auction
Come and enjoy a delightful afternoon of wonderful music, delicious food, and good company in the spacious and elegant private home of a Carmina supporter. Performances by Carmina and Illuminare will feature secular works of Monteverdi, and highlights from the upcoming Carmina concert Love and War. Our silent auction will include such enticing items as CDs, floral arrangements, restaurant gift certificates, a weekend stay at the Willard Hotel and much more!
Sunday, April 6, at 3 p.m.
| 3:00 pm | Auction Opens |
| Sweets & Savories, Coffee, Tea & Wine | |
| 3:30 pm | Opening remarks |
| 3:45 pm | Concert with Carmina and Illuminare |
| Douglas Wolters, baroque cello | |
| Vera Kochanowsky, harpsichord | |
| 4:50 pm | Auction Concludes |
CarminaFest 2008 will take place in a private home in McLean, VA. For location, directions and to make your reservation, please call 703-532-9356. Reservations: $20 per person (adults only please). Space is limited, so make your reservations soon. Admission at the door and all auction items must be paid with cash or by check; credit cards are not accepted.
All proceeds from CarminaFest will fund future Carmina and Illuminare programs.
Thank you for your support.
We hope to see you on April 6th!
CARMINA: Love and War
Showcasing Clement Janequin’s admired chanson “La guerre,” we will explore the fascination early composers had with these two seemingly contradictory concepts. Hear the rambunctious Marche before the battell by Byrd; tender chansons by Sermisy and Janequin; dramatic madrigals by Wert, Monteverdi, and d’India; and lyrical Song of Songs settings by a variety of Renaissance composers. Do not miss this unique program!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 8 pm
St. Columba’s Episcopal Church
4201 Albemarle Street, NW
Washington, DC
Free street parking
Metro: Tenleytown
Suggested donation: $15
Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 4 pm
Odeon Chamber Music Series
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
3241 Brush Drive
Falls Church, VA
Free parking
Donation
For more information about this series go to: www.odeonchambermusicseries.org
CARMINA and Illuminare: The Poetry of Song
In June of 2008, Carmina and Illuminare will present a program focusing on the works of Hildegard von Bingen, and other medieval composers who explored the expansive poetic-musical form of the sequence. Originally an extension of the Alleluia within the Roman Mass, the sequence took on an independence which other embellishments to chant did not, becoming a “canvas” for remarkable literary and musical creativity.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 4 pm
St. Marks Church
118 Third Street, SE
Washington, DC
More information will be forthcoming.