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A Celebration of Epiphany and the Winter Solstice THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY WITH ARMONIA NOVA in their sixth annual performance of Twelfth Night Armonia Nova, a medieval and Renaissance ensemble of instruments and voices, will perform "Twelfth Night" -- a concert celebrating epiphany and the winter solstice with beautiful music from 12th-17th century England, Germany, Spain, and France. They return for their sixth year to historic Christ Church in Old Town Alexandria. By request, this special concert will also be offered at Our Savior Lutheran in Arlington. For centuries the Feast of Epiphany has been a time to celebrate with fire, light, and music – to fend off the cold winter and mark the arrival of the three wise men into Bethlehem. Medieval music blends the sacred and secular to create some of the most moving and sublime music ever written. Equally fascinating is to experience the pure harmonies of the Renaissance. All this plus the lingering remembrances of the Christmas, create a concert that is beautiful and intricate, and that extends the joys of the glorious holiday season for those of all ages. Come and be a part of this tradition!
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Date: A concert for Lent So you ... Lent heralds the rebirth of humankind, as the first buds on the trees herald the rebirth of nature. For centuries this time has been commemorated in music, but nowhere more so than in the music of the medieval and early Renaissance worlds. Music enlivened the monasteries and the churches, illustrated and dramatized the liturgy, the moral tales and stories of the Christian heritage. Each note, carefully thought out to reflect the immensity of the words, became a thing of great beauty and meaning. Music gave expression to these deep emotions -- emotions that are as timeless as the music itself. The music of these past centuries speaks to us today and sounds as though it was newly created for us, for our ears, for our hearts. Join Armonia Nova in celebration of the sacred season of Lent. CONCERT DETAILS
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Tickets: Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen 'The early music of Germany'
O glittering starlight ... The visions, poetry and music of Hildegard von Bingen reached a pinnacle of artistic and spiritual creativity surpassed by none in an age of aesthetic brilliance -- the age of the social innovation, economic progress, theological renewal -- the twelfth century. A composer of immense diversity, ranging from perfect serenity to ecstatic outpouring, her music comprises the range of human emotions and the unquenchable search for spiritual growth. Armonia Nova explores the music she created to give voice to her most intense visionary thought -- or in her words, "the symphony of the harmony of celestial revelations." CONCERT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Songs of Medieval Women PERFORMERS Constance Whiteside, Artistic Director of Armonia Nova, and medieval, renaissance and baroque harpist. "a musician of uncommon depth" (The Washington Post) "The wonderful alto Marjorie Bunday" [Washington Post, 10/20/2004]. CONCERT DETAILS Date: September 16, 2008 at 12:10 p.m.
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