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Musica Spei

presents the 8th Annual

Rochester Early Music Festival 2008

Friday, November 7 at 7:30 pm

St. Anne Church, 1600 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620

Hosted by WXXI's Brenda Tremblay

Tickets: General Admission - in advance $13, at the door $15, Students $5
Advance tickets available by phoning 377-3537 or at Borders - Henrietta and Parkleigh.

Performers include:

James E. Bobb, harpsichord Deborah Fox, theorbo
Elizabeth Phillips, soprano Eastman Collegium Musicum
Anna Hendrickson, oboe Bonnie Choi, harpsichord
Christel Thielmann, viol The Cathedral Choir School
 Musica Spei

The evening will present a wide variety of vocal and instrumental music from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods in Europe. Click here to view a draft of the program.

Musica Spei has chosen to present this wide variety of music and styles in a PRISM concert, allowing the music to flow between groups with minimal interruption. Chorally, we will hear everything from solo chant at the opening to a closing number combining the singers of both Musica Spei and the Cathedral Choir School in a piece for two antiphonal choirs. Choral selections will also be woven in amidst the instrumental pieces by the Collegium Musicum string ensemble, as well as individual performances by Christel Thielmann, Deborah Fox and Bonnie Choi. Bridging the mediums, Elizabeth Phillips will sing two Purcell arias, accompanied by James Bobb and Anna Hendrickson (oboe).

There will be a brief intermission, and a reception will follow, encouraging performers and audience to end the evening in conversation about this wonderful music.