[MR] Early Music concert---DC area

[Diane]

For those who are in northern Atlantia..

Enjoy

Brigantia

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Constance Whiteside <cwharps at ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Subject: Concert by Armonia Nova Sunday November 8 'Mon Cuer, Chansons des
Femmes'
To: Whiteside Constance <cwharps at ix.netcom.com>


Hello to all of you,

It is my pleasure to invite you to the first of Armonia Nova's concerts for
the 2009-2010 season.  I so hope you can join us!

Constance Whiteside, director Armonia Nova

*ARMONIA NOVA*

*Performs*

*‘Mon Cuer: Chansons des Femmes’*

* *

*Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.*



*This concert is the second in Armonia Nova’s series of ‘Medieval Women in
Music’.*

* Join three modern women of Armonia Nova - Constance Whiteside, medieval
harp; Marjorie Bunday, alto; and Allison Mondel, soprano - as they explore
how medieval women across Europe viewed love, both sacred and secular; and
how they viewed the men they loved.*

* Armonia Nova is delighted to discover and offer music composed by women
trouveres (12th-13th C. poet-musicians of northern France), whose music has
almost vanished from the earth.  Composers of other pieces in this concert
might be anonymous, but their voices and points of view are definitely
feminine.  Women sing of their desire for love, dissatisfaction with a bad
husband, concern over a lover’s fidelity, fear a lover may never return from
a long journey.  Songs of sacred love focus on the Virgin Mary, a supportive
and loving sacred figure in the medieval era.*

 The beautiful words and music in this performance perfectly express the
heartfelt emotion of love experienced by women of the Middle Ages.  Often
powerless to control their outward lives, these women lived a rich inner
life.  Come and hear the clear and perfect sound of their voices.



*St. Mark’s Episcopal Church*

*3rd & A Sts. S.E.*

*Washington D.C.*

*Metro: Capitol Hill South*

*$20/$15 seniors & students.  Purchase tickets at the door.*

*For more information: www.armonianova.org*