Early Music at Saint James
Introducing our 2021 - 2022 Season!
About Early Music at Saint James
Early Music at Saint James was the vision of founder and Director Emerita Kathleen Spencer. Now, more than ten years after its inception, Early Music at Saint James is a sought-after venue in the world of historic performance practice. Each season, concerts of music composed before 1800 are presented in the acoustically rich sanctuary of Saint James Church. The performances of primarily Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music are played on faithful reproductions of period instruments. The series offers a venue for small and/or emerging ensembles as well as established artists, presenting a rich repertoire of music not generally available to the Lancaster community.
Tickets available online and at the door.
Adults: $25
Students & Children: $10
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Saint James is a mask-optional campus for congregations and audiences. We have installed an advanced air filtration system and all our staff are fully vaccinated. We invite those uncomfortable attending in person to use our streaming option for attending concerts.
All concerts are being recorded and will be available to ticket holders after the concert.
Thursday, November 4, 7:30 PM | Available online and in person
The Baltimore Consort
The Food of Love: Songs, Dances and Fancies for Shakespeare
Now in their 41st year, the Baltimore Consort, a “rambunctious sextet” (Washington Post), known for their lively renditions of Renaissance tunes, presents music of the Elizabethan era with songs and consort music from Shakespeare plays. Ethereal soprano Danielle Svonavec performs some of the greatest hits from the Bard's songbook including It Was a Lover and His Lass, Where the Bee Sucks and Full Fathom Five and The Willow Song, and the BC instrumentalists play sparkling arrangements of dances and consort music with their exquisite consort of instruments—lute, cittern, viols and flute.
Friday, February 25, 2022; 7:30 PM | Available online and in person
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
The Musical Legacy of Charles V: The Spanish-Flemish Connection
Few monarchs of the Renaissance can rival the impact Charles V had on the musical arts. His traveling musical establishment was sumptuous, replete with some of the most notable composers of the day, and his support of music and the arts in general was incomparable. This concert will be a cornucopia of some of the greatest composers and works that owe a debt either directly or indirectly to Charles V’s exemplary patronage of the musical arts from this fabled time.
Thursday May 26, 2022; 7:30 PM | Available online and in person
Les Canards Chantants
1.500 Surround Sound
Founded in England in 2011, Les Canards Chantants (the singing ducks) is a vocal octet now based in Philadelphia and known for their elegant vocalism (Philadelphia Inquirer), finely tuned vocals, robust singing and sense of adventure (Broad Street Review). Come experience the acoustical architecture and grand polychoral style of the 1500s in lavish works by Victoria, Lassus, Gabrieli and more in a program that exploits the drama of sound!
