Performances + Events
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: The Boston Camerata
Jordan Hall
$25 and up
In-Person Event
Open to the Public
A Gallery of Kings: Uses and Abuses of Power, ca. 1300
Celebrating their 70th-anniversary season, The Boston Camerata remains one of the world’s most celebrated Early Music ensembles. Artistic Director Anne Azéma leads a production first performed to honor the 800th anniversary of the Reims Cathedral. Songs and stories of powerful Kings, both good and bad, abound in the Middle Ages. While the crowd sings “May he reign forever,” the monarch’s power is limited: by his fallible judgement, his formidable adversaries, his love of power, and his own precarious mortality. These ancient songs of kingship and its snares in Latin, German, Galician, Old English, and Old French resonate strongly down the centuries, into our own, turbulent time.
Please reach out to BEMF's Box Office with any questions regarding programming or ticketing details forthe 2025 Festival at 617-661-1812.
Celebrating their 70th-anniversary season, The Boston Camerata remains one of the world’s most celebrated Early Music ensembles. Artistic Director Anne Azéma leads a production first performed to honor the 800th anniversary of the Reims Cathedral. Songs and stories of powerful Kings, both good and bad, abound in the Middle Ages. While the crowd sings “May he reign forever,” the monarch’s power is limited: by his fallible judgement, his formidable adversaries, his love of power, and his own precarious mortality. These ancient songs of kingship and its snares in Latin, German, Galician, Old English, and Old French resonate strongly down the centuries, into our own, turbulent time.
Please reach out to BEMF's Box Office with any questions regarding programming or ticketing details forthe 2025 Festival at 617-661-1812.
Artist(s)
Anne Azéma, voice & hurdy gurdy, Director
Shira Kammen, vielle & harp
Dan Meyers, winds
Michael Barrett, Joel Frederiksen, Ryan Lustgarten & John Taylor Ward, voice
