[MR] Washington Early Music Festival: La Musica Antica d'Italia

[Karen]

Today's the beginning of the Washington Early Music Festival!  There are concerts throughout this month in Washington, DC (and a few in College Park, MD) of Italian music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early Baroque.
 
There are even two FREE concerts this year -- both at the National Gallery of Art (which is hosting exhibits of Venetian drawings and paintings from the Renaissance) -- there's a concert of madrigals on June 18, and then a program of late Renaissance and early Baroque works on June 25.  But lots of other concerts too!  Some performances by DC-area groups, and some coming in for the Festival from other parts of the world.  
 
See http://www.earlymusicdc.org for more information about the Festival and this year's concerts. :)
 
Karen