Description
Convivium Musicum, a Boston-based Renaissance choir of 20 singers, has been praised by the Boston Globe for "the almost dancing lift given to the rhythms, both musical and verbal." Convivium's adventurous programming ranges from Josquin and Mouton to Sweelinck and Le Jeune, from Peñalosa to Victoria, from the Song of Songs to Dido's lament, and from Europe to New Spain, including masterworks by Byrd, Guerrero, Praetorius, and many other lesser-known composers.
Over the past two decades our programs have ranged from the earliest polyphony to the 1991 world premiere of Richard St. Clair’s Missa Syllabica. We have brought this music to concert series, benefits and special events such as First Night Boston and the Boston Early Music Festival.
Convivium Musicum has released "Song of Songs: Music of Renaissance Spain and the New World," a CD with pieces based on texts from the Song of Songs, and "Dido's Lament and other music by Franco-Flemish Composers, c. 1500-1600."