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TEXAS EARLY MUSIC PROJECT
2012-2013 SEASON
Amazing destinations await!
Texas Early Music Project (TEMP) invites you to explore
more than 700 years of musical change and evolution.
Over the course of six programs, you’ll be transported
by the sounds of rich and diverse cultures while tasting
the harmonic palettes and musical delights of our
ancestors. You’ll hear some old (very old) classics and
discover many “new” ancient tunes. Specially discounted Season Subscriber packages as well as regularly priced single tickets will be available by visiting the tickets page later this summer.
For more information, call 377-6961 and leave a message,
or email info@early-music.org.
ANNOUNCING!
TEMP 2012-2013 Season (Venues TBA)
![[img: gold leaf]](http://www.early-music.org/graphics/goldleaf.jpg) The Tudors: From Henry To Elizabeth
Saturday, September 15, 2012, 8PM
Sunday, September 16, 2012, 3PM
Thanks to boosts from popular culture on television and in movies, more people than ever are aware of and interested in the very important Tudor courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. We will perform entertaining works written by Henry VIII as well as masterpieces from the court composers from both rulers. In addition to solo and small ensemble vocal works by our renowned singers, viola da gamba superstar Mary Springfels will lead our consort of viols.
Noches, Noches: Sephardic Songs Of Love & Life
Saturday, October 20, 2012, 8PM
Sunday, October 21, 2012, 3PM
The beautiful and haunting music of the Sephardim becomes even more poignant when the extreme hardships and misfortunes they suffered are considered. Created after the Sephardic Diaspora but with links to their early life in Spain, this music reflects the daily lives and loves of the Sephardim after they migrated and settled in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Europe. TEMP feels that it is important to continually revive this important music as it is one of the very few non-Eurocentric repertoires available to early music groups and the diversity it entails broadens our scope and vision exponentially. We are pleased that German recorder player Annette Bauer will join us for this concert, as will the Bay Area’s Peter Maund, a specialist in early and ethnic percussion.
A Eurotour With TEMP For An Early Christmas
Friday, December 14 & Saturday December 15, 2012, 8PM
Sunday, December 16, 2012, 3PM
TEMP will explore the music of sacred and secular Christmas traditions from as many diverse European cultures as we can within a concert. The music of Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the British Isles, and more have served to create most of the musical traditions we maintain in the USA when it comes to Christmas, so we are going to take a “tour” and try to create a musical postcard that represents all these cultures. A small ensemble of singers, skilled in all of these languages and a small instrumental ensemble playing on period instruments will help realize the Christmas music of our ancestors.
Celtic Trinity: Music From Ireland, Scotland, & Brittany, c.1500–1800
Saturday, January 26, 2013, 8PM
Sunday, January 27, 2013, 3PM
In 1999, TEMP created its first recording, “The Bonny Broom and other Scottish Ballads,” and has since continued to expand its research and performance to include Irish and Breton music, the two other great spokes of the Celtic wheel. The sources we use date from the 15th-18th centuries, and help to give wonderful insight into the cultures, social traditions, and lifestyles of the people who helped create the music that is so popular now, several hundred years later. Special guest artist: Therese Honey, harp.
Troubadours Of France And Spain, c.1100–1300
Saturday, March 2, 2013, 8PM
Sunday, March 3, 2013, 3PM
The poetry, music, and culture of the troubadours of Occitania informed and influenced musicians and poets from all over Europe for several generations. They were emulated, revered, and romanticized for centuries after their demise by storytellers and artists. Even now, more than a thousand years later, cultures all over the globe refer to favored singers as troubadours. We will explore the extraordinarily influential troubadour genre from its birth in what is now southern France as well as some of its branches in Iberia. Special guest artist: Tom Zajac of Piffaro.
Secret No More: Renaissance And Baroque Music By Nuns, Courtesans, & Queens
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 8PM
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 3PM
Throughout the early modern periods, it was usually considered unsuitable behavior for women to be involved in composition, acting, or musical performance. Though there were pockets of enlightened thought in various places and various times throughout Europe, women composers usually worked in secret in convents and courts all over Europe. There were some instances in which women of artistic families were allowed some measure of artistic freedom, but even they ran the risk of being ostracized if the political tides turned to repression. Despite all this, there is a sizable amount of wonderful music, both sacred and secular, composed by women for women to perform. Join us for delicious but rarely heard music for female soloists & chorus with a small period instrument orchestra.
Our new Sephardic music CD is now available for
purchase online!
Night and Day: Sephardic Songs of Love and Exile
Swirling rhythms and exotic melodies of the Iberian Peninsula, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, transport you through an amazing exploration of everything from fantastical themes to the more universal aspects of love, attraction, and heartbreak. Selections on this CD were recorded live at concerts from 2001–2010. Visit the Recordings page for more information.
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