The Helderberg Madrigal Singers present "Earthly Elements and Celestial Bodies" (cancelled)

The Helderberg Madrigal Singers present Earthly Elements and Celestial Bodies

Europe in the late Renaissance was a place of intellectual upheaval.  Old ideas were being challenged, but the new ideas that would eventually replace them were not yet fully formed.  The worldview inherited from the ancient Greeks -- of an Earth in which everything is composed of the four "elements" earth, water, air, and fire, and a Heaven in which celestial bodies of a totally different nature revolve around the Earth in a stately procession of cycles and epicycles -- no longer held exclusive sway, but it still provided a common framework from which poets could draw their metaphors.  In this program, the Helderberg Madrigal Singers perform musical settings of texts, both sacred and secular, that make reference to this worldview.

The Helderberg Madrigal Singers perform a capella music of the Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque periods, usually in the original language.  The group was founded in 1978, and has performed throughout the area over the past four decades at such venues as First Nights Saratoga and Albany, Medieval Faire at Cathedral of All Saints, concert series at area libraries and churches, and at lunchtime concert series at Troy Music Hall and St. Paul’s and First United Presbyterian Churches in Troy.  The singers are all Capital District residents, and also lend their skills to numerous area choral endeavors, including Albany Pro Musica, Glimmerglass Opera, Berkshire Choral Festival, the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, and several church and synagogue choirs.

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