A restless collective of medieval experimentalists, the Flatbush-based band Alkemie recently gained recognition beyond Brooklyn with their soundtrack for the video game Pentiment (directed by Obsidian studios and published by Xbox). Locally and nationally, they have been presented by the Amherst Early Music Festival, Arizona Early Music Society, Brooklyn Public Library, Cambridge Society for Early […]
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This new program presents Alkemie’s creative arrangements of favorite works by Guillaume Dufay – considered the foremost European composer by his 15th-century contemporaries – alongside the compositions of modern medieval luminary Shira Kammen. Though written centuries ago, many of the texts on this program have a strong sense of place recognizable to us today –
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Alkemie presents “Call Me Marie: Fables from Marie de France” Alkemie continues its 2022-2023 season with a new program based on the fables told by a 12th-century woman who pen-named herself “Marie de France.” Created and performed in collaboration with the Grammy-nominated duo Chapter House, this English-language version of her tales is sure to delight
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“Singing Truth to Power – Medieval Protest Music” is a new Alkemie program of medieval and traditional protest music that calls on us all to continue the centuries-old tradition of resistance to the forces of corruption and oppression. This program includes works from the Carmina Burana and the Roman de Fauvel, as well as the
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“Singing Truth to Power” is a new program of medieval and traditional protest music. Rousing, wry, and sublime – these tunes call on us all to continue the centuries-old tradition of resistance to the forces of corruption and oppression. With works from the Carmina Burana and the Roman de Fauvel, as well as the region of Brittany.
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