The Nashville Early Music Ensemble will be performing at the Nashville Parthenon on Friday, April 18, at 6:00 p.m. This will be a joint performance of the NEME and La Colmena Flamenco Dance Troupe. The concert will be one of a series of Echo Concerts sponsored by the Metro Parks Department and will feature dance and music of Spain.

The program will include music of the court, folk songs, liturgical music, cantigas and flamenco music and dancing. The musicians are directed by Gerald Moore, and the leader of the dance troupe is Reischa Feuerbacher. The concert is free and open to the public.

For directions to the Parthenon, Click Here.

Pictures and Video from the Feb. 10, 2008 Concert

Concert Pictures
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Concert Videos
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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Concert Introduction

I

01 It was a lover and his lass - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
02 If my complaints - John Dowland (1562-1626)
03 Heigh ho! For a husband - John Gamble (16??-1687)
04 The Dumb Wife - William Chappell (1809-1888)

II

05 Yammil abaya - Iraqi Love Song
06 Ida da go sakas - Macedonian Folk Song
07 Iste Hendek - Turkish Dance Song

III

08 Unter alln auf dieser Erden - Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
09 Tanzen und Springen - Hans Leo Hassler
10 My, my, mon dous amy - 15th C., France

IV

11 Si verias - Sephardic Folk Song
12 Du meydele du fayns - Yiddish Folk Song
13 Moja diridika - Croatian Dance Song

V

14 So ben mi ch'a bon tempo - Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
15 Cansados tengo los ojos - Cancionero de la Palacio, c.1500, Madrid
16 El Ole Traditional - Spanish Folk Song

VI

17 Since first I saw your face - Thomas Ford (1575-1648)
18 Fanatsia - Alonso Mudarra (c.1510-1580)
19 Mick McGuire - Irish Drinking Song
20 Fair Phyllis - John Farmer (c.1565-c.1605)

Nashville Early Music Ensemble at First Presbyterian Church

The Nashville Early Music Ensemble will be performing at the First Presbyterian Church, 801 South High Street, in Columbia at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 10.

The ensemble performs the vocal and instrumental music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods as well as traditional folk music from several world cultures. The twenty-five-member ensemble features musicians with diverse music backgrounds but all with experience in early music. The instruments featured in the concert will be viols, violins, lute, ud, rebec, guitars, psaltery, harps, recorders, and a variety of percussion. The director of the ensemble is Dr. Gerald Moore, a retired music professor from Lipscomb University, who taught music theory and directed the Lipscomb Early Music Consort for over twenty-five years.

The NEME will be presenting a Valentine Concert She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, with songs about love and lost love. The concert will feature music from such countries as Croatia, England, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Spain, and Turkey, and will include madrigals, folk songs, dance songs, music from a Shakespeare play, and an Irish drinking song.

The concert is free and open to the public and will be one in a series of concerts hosted by the church. For more information about the First Presbyterian Church, visit the church's web site: http://www.1stprescolumbia.org/

Location(links to Mapquest map - you can get more directions if needed)
The church is located in downtown Columbia at the corner of W. 7th and High Streets. Since there are several churches nearby, look for the church with the dome on top.

Parking
Parking is available on W. 7th St. to the east (the courthouse side) of the church, and also on High Street behind the church. The W. 7th St. lot leads to an elevator entrance with access to all levels of the church.

Pictures and Video from the Dec. 4 Concert at Christ Church Cathedral

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(concert flyer)

Concert Videos
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~ Prophecy and Advent ~

01 Quicumque Christum queritis -- Colonial Mexico
02 Consolaos, pueblo mío -- Mexican American
03 El Dios de paz -- Guatemala
04 Hanacpachap cussicuinin -- Juan Pérez Bocanegra, Peru

~ Mary and Joseph ~

05 Hacia Belén se encamina -- Lutheran, Mexico
06 Asi asdando -- Tomás Pascual, Guatemala
07 Teponazcuicatl -- Aztec Processional

~ Shepherds and Magi ~

08 Los magos que llegaron a Belén -- Puerto Rico (video missing)
09 En la noche los pastores -- Guatemala
10 Vamos, pastorcitos -- Colombia
11 Los tres santos reyes -- Puerto Rico

~ The Manger ~

12 En el Portal Belén -- Puerto Rico
13 Ha nacido en un portal -- Chile
14 A la media noche -- Puerto Rico

~ The Child ~

15 Llegó la nochebuena -- Argentina
16 Niño lindo -- Venezuela
17 A la nanita nana -- Cuba

~ Celebration and Finale ~

18 Pastores, dicite, quidnam vidistis? -- Cristóbal de Morales, Spain

19 El cielo canta -- Argentina

Nashville Early Music Ensemble at Christ Church Cathedral

The recently formed Nashville Early Music Ensemble will perform at Christ Church Cathedral at 900 Broadway in Downtown Nashville on Tuesday, December 4, at 8:00 p.m.

The ensemble is designed to perform the vocal and instrumental music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods as well as traditional folk music from several world cultures. The twenty-member ensemble features musicians with diverse music backgrounds but all with experience in early music. The instruments featured in the concert will be viols, violin, rebec, lute, ud, guitars, psaltery, harp, recorders, and a wide variety of percussion. The director is Dr. Gerald Moore, a retired music professor from Lipscomb University, who taught music theory and directed the Lipscomb Early Music Consort for over twenty-five years.

The NEME will be presenting Feliz Navidad Canciónes de América Latina with twenty selections from several Latin American cultures. Featured in the concert will be carols, folk songs, motets, and processional songs from such countries and cultures as Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.

The concert will open with a measured chant from Colonial Mexico "Quicumque Christum queritis." Also included in the program in celebration of Christmas will be an Aztec drum processional "Teponazcuicatl" and a Lutheran hymn "Hacia Belén se encamina." The concert will close with an Argentinian carol "El cielo canta."

For ticket information call (615)255-7729.

Click Here for the Church's website.
Click Here for a map to the church.

Additional Upcoming Concert:

The NEME will be presenting a Valentine concert, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Columbia, TN, at 3:00, on Sunday, February 10. The concert is free and open to the public.