The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more. Learn More

Boston Recorder Orchestra
John Tyson, Director
Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director