June 4 at 8:00 PM at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Bethesda, Maryland
June 5 at 3:30 PM at Saint Mary Mother of God
Catholic Church, Washington, DC
Collegium Cantorum
English Oddities
A concert of
medieval and Rensissance chant and sacred polyphony
for 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 voices;
presenting music by
Leonel Power, John Dunstable, Walter Lambe,
Robert Wylkynson, Hugh Kellyk, John Sheppard,
Robert White, Thomas Tallis, and the ever-reliable Anonymous.
For more information, call 703-402-1486.
June 5 at 4:00 PM
Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland
The Bach Concert Series
Bach Ascension Oratorio
For more information, call 410-752-7179.
June 12 at 6:30 PM
Concerts at the National Gallery of Art, West Garden Court, Washington, DC
Texas Children’s Choir
Seventeenth-century music from the Netherlands
Presented in honor of Gabriel Metsu, 1629–1667
For more information, call (202) 842-6941.
June 18 at 8:00 PM at St. Mary Mother of God, Washington, DC
June 25 at 7:30 PM at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Virginia
Chantry
William Byrd: Music for Saints Peter and Paul
Gradualia Propers for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
Mass for Five Voices
Byrd’s music stands with Shakespeare’s plays and poetry at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance. The Gradualia, with motet Propers for the entire liturgical year, was the crowning masterpiece of Byrd’s magnificent career.
For more information, call (202) 625-2855.