For our 10th music trip to Europe — and our first to Croatia — Ars & Amici presented concerts and sang masses in Renaissance & Baroque churches in Zagreb, Bjelovar, Djakovo, and Osijek (Croatia) and the Baroque city of Pecs (Hungary).  Our chorus of 22 was complemented by a quartet of recorders and outstanding organist Libor Dudas.

• Sunday, April 19 at 8 PM: Basilika Srca Isusova, Palmoticeva 33, Zagreb
• Monday, April 20 at 7:00 PM: Crkva Sv. Antuna Padovanskog, Bjelovar
• Wednesday, April 22 at 7:30 PM: Konkatedrala Sv. Petra i Pavla, Osijek
• Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 PM: Private performance in Djakovo
• Friday, April 24 at 8:00 PM: Katedrala Sv. Petra i Pavla, Djakovo
• Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 PM: St Elizabeth’s Church, Kertvaros, Pecs (Hungary)
• Sunday, April 26 at 10:30 AM Mass: Zupna crkva Sv, Filipa i Jakova, Vukovar

Our program included

• Medieval works from England, France & Spain
• Venetian Carnival music, ca 1500 featuring penitents, gypsies, scribes & gondoliers
• English music from countryside & chapel by Byrd, Morley, Este, Coprario & Tallis
• Music from High Renaissance Italy by Gastoldi, Maschera, Gabrieli, Marenzio & Frescobaldi
• Early Baroque works by Lotti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Aichinger & Purcell

Interested in future travels with us? Contact Sheila Beardslee, sheilabb@verizon.net.

Concordia Consort: Sheila Beardslee, Christine Alderman, Janet Gibson, George Mastellone & Brian Warnock, recorders

with Ars et Amici guest Harriet Bridges, soprano

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 4 PM

Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street in Concord, MA
directions here:  http://www.trinityconcord.org
Info:  (978) 369-3715
Suggested donation  $5

Refreshments served after this program in the Parish Hall.  Join us for lemonade, cookies and chat.