Meeting report We played: Palestrina, Adoramus te Entre vous qui aymés Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby Gabrielli, Giovanni; Canzon II à 6 Ravenscroft, To Portsmouth Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes. Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come. Party Our annual holiday party will be on January 1, 2026, starting at 4 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge.

Meeting report We played: Palestrina, Adoramus te Arcadelt, O felici occhi miei Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby Lasso, In me transierunt irae tuae Ravenscroft, He that will an Alehouse keep Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come. Party Our annual holiday party will be on January 1, 2026, starting at 4 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge.

Meeting report We played: Palestrina, Adoramus te Byrd, Lullaby, my sweet little baby Palestrina, Sicut cervus Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come. Party Our annual holiday party will be on January 1, 2026, starting at 4 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge. Tell everybody you know to bring everybody they know.

Meeting report We played: Campian, Never weather-beaten saile josquin: Adieu mes amours; Faute d'Argent; Mille regrets; O Venus bant Dowland: Come heavy sleep; All ye whom love or fortune hath betraid; Now, o now, I needs must part Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report We played: Campian, Never weather-beaten saile Verdelot, Dormendo un giorno Morley, See see myne own sweet jewel Willaert, Faulte d'argent Ravenscroft: Now God be with old Simeon; Of all the birds Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report We played: Campian, Never weather-beaten saile Josquin, Petite camusette Lassus, Fiera Stella/Ma tu prendi Palestrina, Vestiva i colli Farmer, Fair Phyllis Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report Between there being more ballots per voter, more voters per precinct, and more early voters than ever, I was still feeding ballots into the scanners at the end of the meeting. So I wasn't there, but Ishmael tells me they played: Campian, Never weather-beaten saile Josquin, Petite camusette Guerrero, Adios mi amor Gabrielli, Giovanni; …

Meeting report We played: Arcadelt, Dormend'un giorno Campian, Never weather-beaten saile Fortuna Desperata Busnois, Fortuna Desperata Dowland, Go, crystall teares Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come. We will be meeting tomorrow, November 4, even though it's election day and I won't be there for the beginning.

Meeting report We played: Arcadelt, Dormend'un giorno Ruffo, Dormend'un giorno Verdelot, Dormendo un giorno Campian, Never weather-beaten saile Wilbye, Weep, weep mine eyes Wise, Judith and Holofernes Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting reports October 7, 2025 We played: Arcadelt, Dormend'un giorno A. Gabrielli: Laura Soave, vita di mia vita Lassus, Fiera Stella/Ma tu prendi Lasso, In me transierunt irae tuae Cider round October 14, 2025 We played: Arcadelt, Dormend'un giorno A. Gabrielli: Laura Soave, vita di mia vita Rore, Cantai mentre ch'i' arsi del mio…

Meeting report We played: Arcadelt, Dormend'un giorno Willaert: Dulcis exuviae; Giunto m'à Amor Lassus, Fiera Stella/Ma tu prendi Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report We played: Arcadelt, Dormend'un giorno Byrd: Haec dies East, Hence stars too dim of light Morley, Hard by a crystal fountain Wise, Judith and Holofernes Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting reports September 9, 2025 We played: Weelkes, Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! Byrd: Why do I use my paper, ink, and pen; Memento homo; Haec dies Ravenscroft: Now God be with old Simeon September 16, 2025 We played: Ruffo, La Sol Fa Re Mi Morley: Lady, those eyes; Hould out my hart…

Meeting report We played: Weelkes, Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! Holborne: 21. Infernum; 37. Pavan; 42. Galliard Cavendish: Come gentle swains Morley, Hard by a crystal fountain Ravenscroft: Now God be with old Simeon; Three blind mice Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

What's been happening No meeting reports, because we haven't been meeting. I got sick, and stopped hosting the meetings. What seems to have happened is that I got lyme disease, which was undiagnosed because the rash was where I sit down, so I couldn't see it, and the fever was atypically low, so the doctors weren't interested. But since I couldn't eat and couldn't move much, I stopped being able to poop, and when I hadn't pooped for a week, I went to the doctor and they took it seriously, although by then the fever was even less impressive.

Meeting report We played: Weelkes, Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! Byrd: O Lord my God; Why do I use my paper, ink and pen Arcadelt, Je ne suis pas si sot Farmer, Fair Phyllis Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes. Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report We played: Weelkes, Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! Holborne: 37. Pavan; 51. Posthuma; 65. Heigh Ho, Holiday; 63. The fairie-round Weelkes, As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes. Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report We played: Weelkes, Come, Sirrah Jack, Ho! Lassus, Fiera Stella/Ma tu prendi Morley: Now is the month of Maying; April is in my mistress' face Wise, Judith and Holofernes Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes. Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting reports July 8 We played: Weelkes, O now weepe, now sing Arcadelt, Je ne suis pas si sot Byrd, Memento homo Josquin, La deploration de la morte de Johannes Ockeghem Row, row, row your boat Ravenscroft, To Portsmouth Thanks to Pace for taking notes. July 15 We played: Weelkes, O now weepe, now sing…

Meeting reports June 24 We played: Weelkes, O now weepe, now sing Morley, Blow, shepherds, blow; See see myne own sweet jewel; Love learns by laughing July 1 We played: Weelkes, O now weepe, now sing Mundy: My prime of youth; In deep distress; Lightly she whipped o'er the dales Smith, …

Meeting report We played: Weelkes, O now weepe, now sing Arcadelt, Margot labourez les vignes Lassus, Margot labourez les vignes A. Gabrielli: Laura Soave, vida di via mia Ravenscroft: Now God be with old Simeon Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes. Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

Meeting report We played: Morley, It was a lover and his lass Senfl, Im Meyen Holborne: 6. The New-yeeres gift; 55. The night watch; 37. Pavan; 63. The fairie-round; The Marie-Golde Ravenscroft, Of all the birds Thanks to Ishmael for taking notes. Schedule We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA.

This was the second concert I went to at this year's Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF). It was at Jordan Hall at 10:30pm on Monday, June 9. Unlike the first one, this one was exactly what I expected, and I enjoyed it a lot. Instead of wondering when they'd get to what I'd come for, I wondered things like where I could find the music so I could sing it too and whether there would still be wine left in the wine glasses they clinked and pretended to sip from at the end of the concert.

This was the first concert I got to from this year's Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF). I don't normally go to Tallis Scholars concerts. My ideal of Renaissance music is that all the parts are equal and all the performers are performing their own line as the spirit moves them. Magically, if they are all feeling the same beat and moved by the same or similar spirit, it comes out beautiful.