Arizona Early Music Society

Music from Bach and Before

Now in its 38th season, the Arizona Early Music Society presents a veritable feast of top-ranked national and international ensembles bringing early music to life for Tucson audiences.

• HEINAVANKER: Terra Mariana

  October 13, 2019
  In our first concert of the season, the outstanding Estonian a cappella vocal ensemble Heinavanker returns to Tucson with a program of 15th and 16th century works dedicated to the Virgin Mary in honor of Estonia’s earliest Christian roots.

• FRETWORK with countertenor IESTYN DAVIES: Silent Noon

  November 2, 2019 | Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
  We then present the British viol consort Fretwork with sensational British countertenor Iestyn Davies in an eclectic program of works combining Byrd and Gibbons with Gesualdo and Vaughan Williams, all subject to the consummate musicality and inventive creativity of the artists.

• QUICKSILVER BAROQUE: FANTASTICUS - Extravagant and Virtuosic Music from 17th-century Germany

  December 8, 2019
  For our December offering, prepare to be electrified not by holiday lights but by breathtaking performances as the early music rock stars of Quicksilver come to Tucson to demonstrate their command of the extravagant and experimental German stylus fantasticus.

• AGAVE BAROQUE with countertenor REGINALD MOBLEY: American Originals

  January 19, 2020
  The new year brings the Tucson Desert Song Festival, and we welcome famed countertenor Reginald Mobley with Agave Baroque performing music of the Americas, wide ranging in country, era, and style.

• RACHEL BARTON PINE in TRIO SETTECENTO: An Italian Sojourn

  March 22, 2020
  March showers delight the desert, and Rachel Barton Pine in Trio Settecento will treat our audiences to a concert of virtuosic sonatas by Corelli and his contemporaries.

• ENSEMBLE CAPRICE: Sweet! Chocolate and French Music

  April 19, 2020
  We close our season with this year’s James Anthony Concert featuring Ensemble Caprice performing the greats of the French Baroque repertoire.

Don’t miss any of these fabulous concerts!

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