The Cincinnati Early Music Festival – a collaboration among several area ensembles specializing in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music – returns in February with a 16-concert lineup in venues across the region.
The festival, which runs Feb. 1-23, gets off to a fast start with four opening-day events: an Early Music Sing-a-Long at Church of the Redeemer in Hyde Park; the North American premiere of newly discovered Portuguese polyphony at St. Martin of Tours Church; a concert by the University of Kentucky Early Music Collective at Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Church; and a program of duets for theorbo and baroque guitar by Brandon Jack Acker and Christopher Wilke at Playhouse in the Park.
One festival highlight will be the annual Tapestry Concert on Feb. 15 at Church of the Redeemer, in which musicians from around the area perform early-music sets of their own choosing.
The Catacoustic Consort ensemble started festival in 2014. The current organizers are Krista Cornish Scott, director of the ensemble Heri et Hodie, and Erin Sigmund, a nonprofit marketing specialist who describes herself as an “enthusiastic amateur” in early music.
The lineup of ensembles participating in the festival is a who’s who of the local early music scene: Seven Hills Baroque, Moyen Age, Heri et Hodie, Ars Perpetuum, Collegium Cincinnati, Bach Ensemble of St. Thomas, Classical Revolution, Cincinnati Camerata and more.
Most festival events are free, but some require registration. Check the festival website for times, venues and other details.
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