Palma Choralis Research Group & Early Music Ensemble
Featuring Marcello Mazzetti & Livio Ticli, guest vocal & instrumental performers
With UMass faculty Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano; William Hite, tenor; and Five Colleges performers Robert Eisenstein, viola da gamba; Allison Monroe, violin & Karl Knapp, cello
Music by Monteverdi, Isaac, Caccini, Fontana, Frescobaldi, Barges, Cesti & Strozzi
Palma Choralis, specializing in music of the "Italian Seicento" (17th Century), is in residence at the Five Colleges for the week prior to the 9/22 concert.
Link to concert notes and texts, on the Palma Choralis website