In 1582, four teenage Japanese boys of noble birth set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyushu and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daiymo, or feudal lords, who had converted to Christianity. Known collectively as the Tenshō Embassy, their […]
This Early Music program celebrates the musical accomplishments of Japanese students at Jesuit missionary schools in Japan (1549–1613) who became accomplished viol players and singers. European Jesuits ran the schools where music was considered essential learning. Although surviving accounts by the Jesuits about the mission in Japan are laden with racism and eurocentrism, the students […]
Classical music concerts often center around a particular composer, canonical masterwork, or geographical compositional style. Consequently, today’s programs celebrate a relatively small group of composers, and we miss opportunities to approach music in ways that incorporate a broader range of music-making experiences by a diverse range of music-makers. Curating concert programs to focus on people who, […]
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at this performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as […]
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at this performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as […]
Welcome the sweater weather and cozy up with tea and cookies to enjoy music and dance for a Swedish living room!
Welcome the sweater weather and cozy up with tea and cookies to enjoy music and dance for a Swedish living room! We'll explore how music from 17th-century Europe's courts, theatres, churches, and street corners all made its way into the very same pages where it delighted communities of friends and family in Sweden's living rooms. […]
Lyracle will present in an early music history course at the University of Massachusetts Amherst taught by Professor Emiliano Ricciardi, whose Tasso in Music Project aided in the curation of our program, "Molza: Music for a Muse." We'll perform a few excerpts from the program and use them as a spring board to engage with […]
History and storytelling meet in this program that explores the musical experiences of the Tenshō Embassy and their classmates at Jesuit schools in 16th and early 17th century Japan.
History and storytelling meet in this program that explores the musical experiences of the Tenshō Embassy and their classmates at Jesuit schools in 16th and early 17th century Japan.
Lyracle Co-Artistic Directors Ashley Mulcahy & James Perretta will coach voice majors a the University of Michigan on select arias composed before 1750. More information forthcoming.
Lyracle Co-Artistic Directors Ashley Mulcahy & James Perretta will visit Professor Stefano Mengozzi's musicology seminar on music of the European Renaissance. They will relate topics in 16th-c music theory and history to Lyracle's program Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy.