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Baroque Transitions Saturday,
October 18, 8 p.m. Sunday,
October 19, 7:30 p.m. At no other time in music history did critics, theorists and musicians reject all that was past, indulging in wild experiments in text expression, harmony and texture. Hear excerpts of the landmark Florentine wedding celebration of 1589, Carissimi's sumptuous Jephte, Cavalieri's Rappresentazione di anima e di corpo, and daring experimental madrigals and motets by Monteverdi, Caccini, d'India, Viadana, Gabrieli, and Grandi. Ave
Maria! Saturday,
May 10, 8 p.m. Sunday,
May 11, 7 p.m. Come celebrate mothers past and present with a concert featuring Palestrina’s Missa Beata virgine, Hassler’s Missa Dixit Maria, and Marian motets by Josquin, Byrd, Dufay, Sweelinck, and that great medieval composer, Anonymous. The Christmas Story Sunday,
January 20, 3 p.m. Sunday, January 27, 4:30 p.m. Jouyssance will unite with the Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Axworthy, in a special presentation of The Christmas Story by Heinrich Schütz. Stay tuned for more details! An
International Twelfth Night Saturday,
January 5, 8 p.m. Sunday,
January 6, 7 p.m. Travel throughout Europe and the Americas as Jouyssance and JDI present early music from Cyprus to Scotland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ukraine,Byzantium, Mexico, and Peru. Chiaroscuro: Saturday,
October 27, 8 p.m. Sunday,
October 28, 7 p.m. Jouyssance
and JDI celebrate the new season, and its new (old) leadership, A Renaissance Requiem Sunday
May 27, 2007 at 5 p.m Saturday
June 2, 2007 at 8 p.m. Jouyssance and Jouyssance des Instruments pay their respects to early musicians and their responses to mortality. Join us for the solemn chant and inspiring polyphony of Victoria's Requiem Mass and other songs of commemoration. Timon of Athens Sunday January
21, 2007 at 2:00 pm Sunday
January 28, 2007 at 5:00 pm We will be collaborating with the Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra to bring you Purcell's famous Masque from"Timon of Athens". Natus Est Saturday
December 9, 2006 at 8:00 pm Join Jouyssance and Jouyssance des Instruments as we welcome the holiday season! We will present a Christmas program of Renaissance and medieval tunes from Europe, and a sing-along for all to enjoy. Lust und Freud Saturday
May 20, 2006 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of the
Angels Jouyssance and Jouyssance des Instruments present a program of solo and choral Lieder and instrumental works by Hans Leo Hassler, Ludwig Senfl, Heinrich Isaac, and other lesser-known composers. A Visit from La Befana: an Italian Twelfth Night Saturday
January 14, 2006 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of
the Angels Jouyssance continues its series of Twelfth Night celebrations across Europe with the rich traditions and music of Italy. Join Italy’s resident Christmas spirit, La Befana, on her legendary journey to follow the Magi, with songs and dances from Palestrina, Marenzio, Victoria, Vinci, and other surprises. A Charming Affair Saturday
October 22, 2005 at 8 o'clock p.m., Church of
the Angels Join
Jouyssance in welcoming Dr. Carol Lisek to her inaugural concert! Going for Baroque: The Music of Monteverdi Sunday,
May 29th, 2005 at 4 o'clock p.m., Church of the
Angels Claudio Monteverdi both perfected the Renaissance style of music and helped to originate the Baroque style. Join Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble as we explore his musical evolution, including early motets, famous madrigals, operatic choruses, and pioneering later works. We will also perform some pieces by his musical contemporaries, Wert and de Rore. A Tour of Two Centuries (reprise) Sunday, April 17th, 2005, at 4 o'clock p.m. St. Mary of the Angels Anglican Church Join Jouyssance on a journey through late Mediæval and Renaissance Europe. Featured will be music by Dunstable, Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, and many others. Jouyssance and its interim director, Colleen Kennedy, will serve as your tour guides in old England, France, Burgundy, Italy, Portugal, and Bavaria. An Eastern European Christmas Saturday,
January 8, 2005 at 8 o'clock p.m., St. Paul's
Lutheran Church Jouyssance
Early Music Ensemble presents a special night of Advent, Saturday, October
16th, 2004, at 8 o'clock p.m., Blessed Sacrament
Church Join Jouyssance on a journey through late Mediæval and Renaissance Europe. Featured will be music by Dunstable, Power, Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, and many others. Jouyssance and its director, Nicole Baker, will serve as your tour guides in old England, France, Burgundy, Italy, Portugal, and Bavaria. The Versatile Genius of Orlando di Lasso Sunday, May 23rd,
2004, at 3 o'clock p.m., Church of the Angels Jouyssance will present a concert entirely devoted to the music of Orlando di Lasso, that prolific, international composer of the 16th Century. The group will present his Missa Quinti Toni, as well as madrigals, Lieder, chansons, and motets. Joyeux
Noël! Join us this holiday season on a fanciful Twelfth Night voyage through Mediæval and Renaissance France. Director Nicole Baker and assistant director Colleen Kennedy will enchant us with Christmas carols, dances, and sacred polyphony ranging from the 12th - 17th Centuries. Featured composers include Brumel, Compère, Dufay, Arbeau, Goudimel, and lesser-knowns Bouzignac and Waelrant. Jouyssance
Favorites Under the direction of Nicole Baker, Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will present "Jouyssance Favorites" comprising pieces chosen by Ensemble members. Included are portions of the Mass of Tournai (arranged by Southern California composer, John Biggs) and Dufay's Missa Se La Face Ay Pale, the complete Palestrina Sicut Cervus, Gibbons' O Clap Your Hands, Ave Maria by Parsons and polychoral works by Gabrieli and Guerrero. Other featured composers are Machaut, Josquin, Monteverdi, Gesualdo and that old standby, Anonymous. Josquin
and Friends Josquin des Prez and his generation set the standards for Renaissance polyphony. Jouyssance explored some of Josquin's most beloved sacred music, as well as sampled his widely varied secular works. Music by Brumel, Isaac and de la Rue also were featured.
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