The Nashville Early Music Ensemble is designed to perform the vocal and instrumental music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods as well as folk music from several world cultures. The twenty-seven member ensemble features musicians with diverse musical backgrounds but all with experience in early music. Instruments used by the ensemble include viols, lutes, guitars, ud, psaltery, harp, violin, recorders, sackbut, and a wide variety of percussion. The singers perform in original languages. The ensemble director is Dr. Gerald Moore, a retired music professor from Lipscomb University, who taught music theory and directed the university Early Music Consort for over twenty-five years.

Spring 2010 Performances:

The Nashville Early Music Ensemble will soon be presenting She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, songs of love and unrequited love.  On Tuesday, March 30, at 8:00 p.m., the ensemble will be performing in Ward Hall on the the campus of Lipscomb University.  On Tuesday, April 6, at 8:00 p.m., the ensemble will be repeating the concert at the Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee.

The ensemble performs music from past centuries, and the concert will include music from Afghanistan, England, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Spain and Turkey.  The ensemble performs on period instruments and sings in original languages.  For additional information, telephone (615)966-5794.

For directions to Lipscomb University, Click Here.

For directions to the Renaissance Center, Click Here.

Photos and Videos from the 2009 Christmas Concerts

Audio for the WPLN "Live in Studio C" performance:

Here is the page for the performance on WPLN.org

The audio broadcast of this performance has been divided into individual songs and is shown with a photo slideshow of images taken from that performance. (photos may not match the song that is playing but the photos were taken at that performance.)

The entire performance on YouTube

1) Dadme albricias - Anonymous, Cancionero de Upsala (1556)

2) Angelus ad virginum - England Carol (14 C.)

3) As on the night - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

4) Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht' - Friedrich von Spee (1591-1635)

5) The Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells) - Catalonian Carol (1714)

6) Blessed be that maid Mary - from William Ballet's Lute Book (ca.1600)

7) Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein - Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

8) Still, still, still - Salzburger Volkslieder, Austrian Carol (1819)

9) Niño-Dios d'amor - Fransisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Photos: (Click image to enlarge)

 

 

Christ Church Cathedral Performance:

The entire performance on YouTube

Prophesy and Advent

1) Eliyahu Hana - Ladino Folk Tune

2) Midnight Cry

3) Dadme Albricias - Anonymous, Cancionero de Upsala (1556)

Angels, Shepherds and Kings

4) Angelus ad virginum - English Carol (14th Century)

5) As on the night - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

6) Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht' - Friedrich von Spee (1591-1635)

7) De drie Koingen - Dutch Carol

The Star

8) Canzone di Zampognari - Traditional Carol (c. 1700)

9) Hare Inna Makha - Chotanapuri, Indian Carol

10) The Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells) - Catalonian Carol (1714)

Mary

11) Blessed be that maid Mary - from William Ballet's Lute Book (ca. 1600)

12) Dostojno Jest - Eastern Orthodox Liturgy, Bulgaria

13) Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein - Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

Bethlehem and the Manger

14) Nova Radost' Stala - Byzantine Hymn, Belarus

15) Still, still, still - Salzburger Volkslieder, Austrian Carol (1819)

16) Patapan - Burgundian Dance Carol (1701)

The Child

17) Canzone di Natale - Alfonso de' Liguori (1696-1787)

18) Jesous Antanhia (Nöel Huron) - Jean de brébeuf (1593-1649)

19) Niño-Dios d'amor - Fransisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Joy and Celebration

20) Greensleeves - William Cutting (fl.1583-ca.1603)

21) Sigalagala - Lou Spiritual, Kenyan

22) Gloria - Giovanni Gabrielli (c. 1557-1612)

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