Oswald in Constance
Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands
Le Roman de Fauvel
Monks Singing Pagans
Frankish Phantoms
Fragments for the End of Time
The Medieval ‘Carmina Burana’
Benjamin Bagby
Lydia Brotherton
Agnethe Christensen
Stef Conner
Jasmina Črnčič
Elizabeth Gaver
Esther Labourdette
Sabine Lutzenberger
Hanna Marti
Christine Mothes
Elodie Mourot
Lena Susanne Norin
Sarah Richards
Norbert Rodenkirchen
Tessa Roos
Wolodymyr Smishkewych
Contact
E-mail: info@sequentia.org
Representation
(Europe)
Katja Zimmermann
VCzimmermann@gmx.net
Representation
(exclusive of Europe)
Seth Cooper
Seth Cooper Arts Inc.
4592 Hampton Ave.
Montréal, QC,
Canada
www.sethcooperarts.com
sethcooper.arts@gmail.com
Tel: 514-467-5052
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Concert Schedule
Forthcoming Concerts
22 August 2024
| Venue | Brauweiler, Germany (Abteikirche St. Nikolaus Brauweiler), 7.30 pm |
| Program | Musen der Sphären (World Premiere) |
24 October 2024
| Venue | Prague, University of Prague (Boethius 150th anniversary) |
| Program | Boethius - Songs of Consolation (Quartet) |
14 February 2025
| Venue | Kulturzentrum Peterskirche, Kempen |
| Program | Musen der Sphären |
Recent Concerts
8 october 2023
| Venue | Early Music in Columbus, Trinity Episcopal Church, Ohio, US |
| Program | Hildegard von Bingen (Quintet) |
6 October 2023
| Venue | Carleton College, Nothfield, US (Kracum Performance Hall) |
| Program | Hildegard von Bingen (Quintet) |
20 August 2023
| Venue | Jarosław, Poland |
| Program | The Wanderer - Medieval songs of travel |
15 August 2023
| Venue | Kyiv, Ukraine (Hall at the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Art of Ukraine) |
| Program | The Wanderer - Medieval songs of travel |
27 May 2023
| Venue | Wunderhoeren Festival, Worms, Germany, 8 pm |
| Program | Words of Power – Worte der Macht |
4 Febuary 2023
| Venue | Early Music Now, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, USA, 5 pm |
| Program | Words of Power: Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands |
27 January 2023
| Venue | Prince Anneberg Center, Philiadelphia PA, USA |
| Program | Beowulf |
10 November 2022
| Venue | Tage Alter Musik Herne, Herne, Germany |
| Program | Roman de Fauvel (music only) |
3 November 2022
| Venue | Auditorium du Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, Geneva, Swistzerland, 8 pm |
| Program | Benjamin Bagby's Beowulf |
14 October 2022
| Venue | "Cerco de la ciudad", Zamora cathedral, Zamora, Spain |
| Program | Hus in Himile |
30 April 2022
| Venue | Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ (USA), 8 pm |
| Program | Benjamin Bagby's Beowulf |
18 to 26 March 2022
| Venue | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France |
| Program | Roman de Fauvel |
8 December 2021
| Venue | Actus humanus, Main town Hall, Gdansk, Poland |
| Program | Beowulf (60 mins.) |
22 to 26 November 2021
| Venue | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France |
| Program | Workshop Roman de Fauvel – part III |
29 October 2021
| Venue | Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City, Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, USA, 7.30 pm |
| Program | Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf |
22 August 2021
| Venue | Radovlijica Early music Festival, Radvljica, Slovenia |
| Program | Hus in Himile |
30 June 2021
| Venue | Zamus early music Festival, Cologne, Germany |
| Program | Hus in Himile |
28 and 29 February 2020
| Venue | Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain (at 7 PM) |
| Program | Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands (8th-11th centuries) |
23 January 2020
| Venue | New York City, 92nd St. Y / Buttenwieser Hall |
| Program | Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf |
19 January 2020
| Venue | New York City (USA) Music Before 1800, Corpus Christi Church (121st St. and Broadway) |
| Program | Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands |
14 January 2020
| Venue | Pittsburgh, PA (USA), Chatham Baroque, PNC Theatre |
| Program | Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands |
11 January 2020
| Venue | Vancouver BC, Early Music Vancouver |
| Program | Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf |
10 January 2020
| Venue | Vancouver BC (Canada), Early Music Vancouver |
| Program | Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands (Canadian premiere) |
20 september 2019
| Venue | Zweibrücken/St. Fabianstift, Hornbach (D), Via Mediaeval |
| Program | Oswald von Wolkenstein in Konstanz |
04 October 2019
| Venue | Bingen (D), Festival Musica Antiqua Bingen |
| Program | Monks singing pagans |
16 June 2019
| Venue | Putney, VT (USA), Yellow Barn Festival |
| Program | Beowulf |
12 June 2019
| Venue | Boston Early Music Festival (USA) |
| Program | Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands |
11 May 2019
| Venue | Trollhättan Early Music Festival, Sweden |
| Program | Beowulf |
24 March 2019
| Venue | Köln, Forum Alte Musik |
| Program | Monks Singing Pagans |
01 March 2019
| Venue | Swarthmore PA (USA) Swarthmore College |
| Program | Words of Power – Charms, Riddles and Elegies of the Medieval Northlands |
14 December 2018
| Venue | Gdansk, Poland / Actus Humanus Nativitas |
| Program | Monks singing pagans |
7 December 2018
| Venue | Amherst, MA / Amherst College |
| Program | Monks singing pagans |
19-20 November 2018
| Venue | Madrid (tbc) |
| Program | Beowulf |
17 October 2018
| Venue | London (British Library) |
| Program | Beowulf |
30 September 2018
| Venue | New York City (Music Before 1800) |
| Program | Beowulf |
23 August 2018
| Venue | Antwerpen, Belgium / Laus Polyphoniae Festival |
| Program | Beowulf |
19 August 2018
| Venue | Curio (TI) Switzerland / Garden of the Seven Mountains |
| Program | European and Japanese Epic Song (Bagby, with Hanna Marti and Sylvain Guignard) |
19 July 2018
| Venue | Amherst Early Music Festival Concerts |
| Program | The Wanderer (Bagby solo) |
9 June 2018
| Venue | Berkeley Early Music Festival (Berkeley, California) |
| Program | Monks Singing Pagans |
07 June 2018
| Venue | Berkeley Early Music Festival (Berkeley, California) |
| Program | Boethius: Songs of Consolation (Bagby, Marti, Rodenkirchen) North American premiere |
05 May 2018
| Venue | Canberra International Music Festival (Australia) |
| Program | Beowulf |
27 April 2018
| Venue | Leuven, BE, (Uit in Vlaanderen) |
| Program | Monks Singing Pagans (Bagby, Marti, Rodenkirchen) |
20 April 2018
| Venue | Konstanz, D |
| Program | Oswald von Wolkenstein in Konstanz (Bagby & Rodenkirchen) Premiere! |
08 March 2018
| Venue | Poughkeepsie, NY / Vassar College |
| Program | Beowulf |
04 March 2018
| Venue | New York City, NY / The Cloisters |
| Program | The Wanderer (solo program) North American premiere |
01 March 2018
| Venue | Dallas, Texas / Nasher Sculpture Center |
| Program | Beowulf |
27 February 2018
| Venue | Omaha, Nebraska / University of Nebraska, BSB Theatre |
| Program | Beowulf |
News
Benjamin Bagby's teaching activities in 2019
In March 2019, Benjamin will give two weekend courses on the solo songs of Philippe le Chancelier (d. 1236). The courses are being hosted by the Centre de Musique Médiévale de Paris.
Dates: 9-10 and 30-31 March.
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After retiring from his teaching position at the University of Paris - Sorbonne, where he taught between 2005 and 2018 in the professional masters program, Benjamin Bagby continues to travel widely in 2019 to teach practical workshops for young professionals:
Folkwang Universität der Künste (Essen-Werden, Germany).
Benjamin has joined the faculty of this renowned masters program for liturgical chant performance and medieval music. The dates of his courses in 2019: 5-7 April; 26-28 April; 17-19 May; 30 May–01 June.
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For the second year in a row, Benjamin will teach an intensive course in the 8th International Course on Medieval Music Performance (Besalú, Spain): Songs of the troubadours (for singers and instrumentalists).
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Amherst Early Music Festival (Connecticut College, New London CT) 21-28 July:
An intensive course on the solo cansos of the Occitan troubadours, with a focus on songs from the great Milan songbook Bibl. Ambr. R71 sup. (for singers and instrumentalists).
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