THE ROSE ENSEMBLE’S 15TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE SEASON
FREE Concert & Wine Reception
The Official Opening of our 15th-Anniversary SeasonSaturday, September 11, 2010 | 8pm
The Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 North 17th Street, Minneapolis, MN
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7:00PM.
What better way to start our year-long celebration than a free concert at the gorgeous Basilica of Saint Mary? Join us for a taste of The Rose Ensemble’s signature style and a variety-filled preview of the season ahead, including a generous helping of ethereal Renaissance motets and a stunning new work, “Ave Maria,” by beloved Belorussian composer (now living in Minneapolis), Sergey Khvoshchinsky. Beautiful music in an incredible acoustical space, followed by wine with the performers – and it’s all free! Everyone welcome!
Il Poverello Statewide Tour:
400 Years of Italian Renaissance and Folk Music — across Minnesota!
October 2010
Medieval bagpipe virtuoso from Milan, Isacco Colombo, joins The Rose Ensemble to explore the world of 12th-16th century Italian music through the eyes of Saint is of Assisi and his followers. Experience a wonderful variety of vocal and instrumental music, including beautiful Gregorian chants; ethereal choral works from the cathedrals of Florence and Rome and amazing Umbrian and Tuscan folk songs featuring a variety of exotic medieval and Renaissance instruments.
Monday, October 11, 2010 | 7:30PM
St. Anastasia Catholic Church, 460 Lake Street SW, Hutchinson
$12 ($9 senior/student)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 7:30PM
Bethel Lutheran Church, 411 Becker Ave SW, Willmar
$12 ($9 senior/student)
Monday, October 17, 2010 | 4:00PM
Bethlehem Music Series, 4100 Lyndale Avenue S., Minneapolis
(freewill offering; contact venue for more info)
Monday, October 18, 2010 | 7:30PM
Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel, 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato
$12 ($9 senior/student)
Monday, October 19, 2010 | 7:00PM
Paramount Theater, 125 4th Avenue NE, Austin
(free; contact venue for more info)
Sunday, October 24, 2010 | 7:30PM
Weber Music Hall, UMD, 1151 University Drive, Duluth
$12 ($9 senior/student)
Monday, October 25, 2010 | 7:30PM
St. Francis Catholic Church, 404 North 9th Street, Brainerd
$12 ($9 senior/student)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 | 7:30pm
Alexandria United Methodist Church, 2210 6th Avenue E., Alexandria
$12 ($9 senior/student)
"Il Poverello held the audience's attention from beginning to end through the Rose Ensemble's clever arrangement of material and the near-perfection of their execution. Beautiful, in-tune and well-balanced singing was matched with astonishing instrumental playing."
-Cleveland Classical
VOX FEMINAE: 1,000 years of women’s mysticism, spirituality and song
November 2010
with special guest narrator, author Patricia Hampl
and
David Burk, ‘ud and tar
Tim O’Keefe, riqq and dumbek
Ginna Watson, vielle and harp
This program explores the maternal figure and the works of female musicians and mystics across the centuries, from the Virgin Mary to Minnesota’s own Abbie Betinis. Featuring the women musicians of The Rose Ensemble, this performance includes ethereal 13th-century chant and polyphony from the famous Las Huelgas convent (Burgos, Spain), traditional women’s songs of the Cochin Jewish tradition of Kerala (India); medieval Irish-language laments, weaving songs and fiddle tunes from Cape Breton Island, as well as the other-worldly chant of 12th-century mystic nun Hildegard von Bingen. Patricia Hampl reads medieval mystic poetry from Persia, Jerusalem and Europe and we premiere a gorgeous new work, “Signum Magnum” by our very own singer-composer Linda Kachelmeier.
Friday, November 19, 2010 | 8pm (7PM Pre-Concert Presentation)
St. Mary’s Chapel of the Saint Paul Seminary, 2115 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN
Saturday, November 20, 2010 | 8pm (7PM Pre-Concert Presentation)
Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 N. 17th St, Minneapolis
LA NOCHEBUENA: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas
December 2010
with instrumentalists:
Julie Elhard, viola da gamba
Phillip Rukavina, vihuela da mano
Ginna Watson, Baroque violin, harp
This holiday program features serene choral music from the Spanish Renaissance masters balanced with those intoxicating rhythms found nowhere else but Spain. Highlights include Latin motets by Francisco Guerrero and Cristóbal de Morales; Spanish-language villancicos from the Palace Songbook of Ferdinand and Isabella; and lively dances strummed, bowed and plucked by our very own instrumental consort! Rose Ensemble Christmas concerts sell out each year, so don’t delay getting your tickets!
Thursday, December 16, 2010 | 7:30pm
Sacred Heart Music Center, 201 West 4th Street, Duluth, MN
Friday, December 17, 2010 | 8pm
Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, 1900 Wellesley Avenue, Saint Paul, MN
Saturday, December 18, 2010 | 8pm
Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 N. 17th St, Minneapolis
Sunday, December 19, 2010 | 7pm
Saint Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church, 17205 County Road 6, Plymouth, MN
*Partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Minneapolis Art on Wheels*
CANDLELIGHT CONCERT!
THE MOURNERS: Music from the Courts of the Burgundian Dukes
February 2011
with special guests:
Ali Momeni, visual artist (Minneapolis Art on Wheels)
Ensemble Collinetto:
Isacco Colombo, shawm, bagpipe, fife and drum (Italy)
Dani Pelagatti, bombard (Switzerland)
Sergej Yemelyanenkov, slide trumpet and sackbut (Ukraine)
In association with Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is hosting a national touring exhibition of alabaster tomb sculptures (mourners) from the sarcophagus of 15th-century Burgundian duke, Jean sans Peur (John the Fearless). As part of the exhibit, The Rose Ensemble has created a special companion concert of music from medieval and Renaissance France. Hear deep and resonant choral music, intimate Troubadour songs of love and loss, and heraldic courtly dances performed by an early wind consort from throughout Europe. For this remarkable event, we've commissioned a new work by Minnesota composer William Beckstrand, and through the innovative artistry of Ali Momeni, a breathtaking display of images of the sculptures will be projected against interior walls during the concerts, giving listeners a striking visual sense of the world in which these musicians and mourners lived and died. A feast for the ears and eyes that you simply won't want to miss!
Friday, February 18, 2011| 8pm (7PM Pre-Concert Presentation)
Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 N. 17th St, Minneapolis
Saturday, February 19, 2011 | 8pm (7PM Pre-Concert Presentation)
Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 N. 17th St, Minneapolis
Sunday, February 20, 2011 | 5pm
Mary of the Angels Chapel, 901 Franciscan Way, La Crosse, WI
SONGS OF TEMPERANCE AND TEMPTATION: 100 Years of Restraint and Revelry in Minnesota
featuring:
Patricia Hampl, narrator
with:
David Burk, guitar and banjo
Dirk Freymuth, guitar and mandolin
Greg Hippen, bass
Ginna Watson, fiddle
A musical exploration of the history and humor behind Prohibition and Minnesota’s long-standing love/hate relationship with “King Alcohol,” this research-rich yet light-hearted program features the songs and stories of 19th-century Temperance Society meetings of Northern Minnesota, the Minnesota Dry Federation (1918), the Hutchinson Family Singers (the state’s original protest singer/songwriters and founders of Hutchinson, Minn.), and a full cup of good ol’ tunes about bootlegging, drinking and gambling. Whether your preference is lager or lemonade everyone will learn about important events that shaped our region’s history. Features our very own old-time band and even a sing-a-long!
Thursday, June 16, 2011 | 7:30pm
Weber Music Hall, UMD, Duluth
Friday & Saturday, June 17-18, 2011 | 8pm
The Fitzgerald Theater, downtown Saint Paul
Tickets for both St. Paul concerts are available ONLY through The Fitzgerald Theater box office (651.290.1221), Ticketmaster, or as part of a Rose Ensemble Season Membership.