Welcome to The Newberry Consort’s 38th Season!
Join us for four incredible programs that will take you on a journey all over the world. From England during the time of Shakespeare to the remote missions of Guatemala at Christmas, from romantic Renaissance Europe to the early modern Ottoman Empire, our season pairs early music favorites with rarely-heard works for an exhilarating concert journey that redefines the scope of early music.
I Tremble Not:
Music from Jacobean England for
Viols, Brass, and Voices
October 18-20
The Newberry Consort opens its 2024-2025 season with luscious music from seventeenth-century England for viols, voices, cornetto, lute, and sackbuts, featuring compositions by Orlando Gibbons, John Dowland, Thomas Lupo, the English Bassanos, Thomas Campion, John Coprario, Nicholas Lanier, and more.
So Sweet is Your Return:
Romantic Renaissance
Chansons and Madrigals
February 14-16
Join us Valentine’s Day weekend for a wonderfully intimate evening of poetry and music by Pierre Sandrin, Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Bassano, Philippe Verdelot, Adrian Willaert, and other Renaissance favorites. A five-part vocal consort is complimented by beautiful solo diminutions played on lute, harp, and recorder.
A Latin American Christmas:
A Musical Pilgrimage to
Guatemala, Mexico, and Chile
December 13-15
Our annual musical Christmas pilgrimage takes us to Mexican convents, the Cathedral of Santiago, the secluded missions in the heart of the Guatemala mountains, and more. Celebrate the holiday with lively villancicos, ethereal sacred motets, and sparkling pastorales that herald the Latin-American Baroque.
In the Realm of Osman:
Music from the Early Modern
Ottoman Empire and Beyond
May 9-11
Curated by Ronnie Malley, this program was inspired by the Tarih-i Yeni Dünya, an Ottoman manuscript dated around 1600. Hear the oud, sandouri, sackbut, nay, violin, percussion, and kanun as they highlight varied musical traditions from the realm of Osman Ghazi, founder of the vast territory that would eventually be known as the Ottoman Empire.