Upcoming Concerts
Join Musica Spei and St. Anne musicians, Alexander Little (organ) and vocalist Jack Leslie (bass), for a contemplative Good Friday program.
April 18, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
St. Anne Church, 1600 Mount Hope Ave.
The program features emotionally expressive sung works by Renaissance composers, including Lassus, Victoria, and Croce, as well as a soulful vocal solo composed by Hugo Wolf. Organ selections include compositions by Smyth, Brahms, and Barraine.
The concert ends with the sanctuary enveloped in darkness. Everyone is asked to depart the sanctuary in silence in observance of the solemnity of the day.
Baroque Voices: Black and Brown Composers of Latin America
June 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
St. Mary Church, 15 Clark St,Auburn, NY
June 7, 2025 at 8:00 pm
St. Anne Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Ave.
Musica Spei performs rarely heard music written by black and brown composers of Central and South America, in collaboration with Pedro Sperb, a student of -- and dedicated performer on -- the various members of the Lute family. Initiated into the Brazilian early music scene under Dr. Silvana Scarinci, Pedro's South American origins guide his mission to present diverse demographics in performance, especially Latin-American Baroque composers of mixed-race. Musica Spei looks forward to this exciting opportunity to explore new repertoire from lands and composers often overlooked when music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods is discussed and performed. We hope you will join us for this musical odyssey on June 6 (Auburn NY) and June 7 (Rochester NY).