Gambist Carol Lewis is featured in the sixteenth Music For Viols & Friends series presented at Lindsay Chapel, First Church (Congregational), 11 Garden Street in Cambridge for the 2009-2010 season. A founding member of Boston's acclaimed viola da gamba trio, Défense de la viole, and member of the Boston Camerata, Duo Maresienne and other Boston-based early music ensembles, Ms. Lewis received her training at New England Conservatory and Schola Cantorum (Basel, Switzerland) where she studied with virtuoso Jordi Savall. With Boston Camerata, Hesperion XX and Capriccio Stravagante, she toured throughout the US, Europe and Asia and recorded for Erato, Nonesuch and other labels.
Visiting Friends include Pamela Dellal, mezzosoprano; Anne Azèma, soprano; Janet Haas, Paul Johnson, Mai-Lan Broekman & Alice Mroszczyk, viols and Olav Chris Henriksen, lute. The programs explore 16th-18th century music from Germany, England, France and Denmark. Tickets are $22 ($17 for students, seniors). For a series brochure, please call (617) 776-0692.
Music For Viols and Friends: 2009-2010 16th Anniversary Season Summary
Saturday, October 17, 2009 * 8 PM
Info: (617) 776-0692 Tix: $22, $17 st, sr, low-income
Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Streets, Cambridge
* Musick's Recreation: Instrumental Music from the Commonwealth & Restoration.
Works of Locke, Simpson, Jenkins, Matteis, Finger & others.
Performers: Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar).
Saturday, January 16, 2010 * 8 PM
Info: (617) 776-0692 Tix: $22, $17 st, sr, low-income
Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Streets, Cambridge
* The King Of Denmark's Health: Works of Thomas Simpson, Dowland, Brade, Schopp, Ørn & Borchgrevinck.
Performers: El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar)/
Saturday, February 13, 2010 * 8 PM
Info: (617) 776-0692 Tix: $22, $17 st, sr, low-income
Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Streets, Cambridge
* Cantatas, Sonatas & Moral Tales: 18th-century German music by Telemann, Handel,
Weiss, Beyer, Baron & C.P.E. Bach.
Performers: Heart's Ease (Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano, Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar)
Saturday, April 17, 2010 * 8 PM
Info: (617) 776-0692 Tix: $22, $17 st, sr, low-income
Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Streets, Cambridge
* Grand Ballet Du Cour: Renaissance French music from the court of Louis XIII.
Works by Moulinié, Boesset, Mesangeau, Guédron & du Caurroy.
Performers: Anne Azèma, mezzosoprano & El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute)
