Saint Nicholas Saves the Day

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

Musica Spei presents St. Nicholas Saves the Day: An evil pagan King, a steadfast Christian boy, and a kindly Saint Featured will be a sung medieval mystery play, based on a miracle attributed to Saint Nicholas. The play tells the story of a boy abducted from his family to serve a pagan king and how, [...]

Early Music Festival at St. Anne Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Ave. on 2011-10-28

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Musica Spei (Music of Hope) presents the 11th Annual Rochester Early Music Festival on Friday, October 28th at 7:30pm at Saint Anne Church (1600 Mount Hope Avenue) in Rochester. The concert includes ensembles and soloists from a broad spectrum of Rochester’s early music community, presenting choral works ranging from medieval chant to contemporary works based [...]

Musica Spei at St. Mary’s Church on 2011-05-20

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

MUSICA SPEI PRESENTS “TONGUES OF FLAME: CHORAL MUSIC FOR PENTECOST.” WITH MUSIC SPANNING 8 CENTURIES OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CHORAL TRADITION, MUSICA SPEI’S CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF PENTECOST FEATURES THE “DUM COMPLERENTUR” MOTET AND MASS BY PALESTRINA, ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC COMPOSERS OF THE 16TH CENTURY, AS WELL AS WORKS BY TALLIS, [...]

Tenth Annual Rochester Early Music Festival at St. Anne Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Ave. on 2010-11-05

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Musica Spei (Music of Hope) presents the Tenth Annual Rochester Early Music Festival on Friday, November 5th at 7:30pm at Saint Anne Church (1600 Mount Hope Avenue) in Rochester. The concert includes ensembles and soloists from a broad spectrum of Rochester’s early music community, presenting works ranging from English Medieval songs, Brass chorales by Byrd [...]

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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

An a cappella choral group that specializes in the sacred choral music of the Renaissance.