2022 Silbiger Concert Announcement

The Gian Lyman Silbiger Grant for 2021 has been awarded to Boston-based soprano Elise Groves and viol consort Long & Away (Anne Legêne, viol player/organizer). Their concert “So Trinken Wir Alle” will take place twice next June in Boston and Shirley, MA, and will likely be filmed as well to share with those unable to attend. The program celebrates the many delights (and a few travails) of spring. Splendid 16th-c. works for voices and viols explore age old themes of love, nature, dancing, and drinking. You’ll hear the full range of Lassus’ incomparable writing in French,German, and Latin, as well as Senfl’s humorous take on farmers and Marenzio’s divine springtime madrigals. The musicians are Elise Groves, soprano; Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano; Corey Dalton Hart, tenor; Stephan Griffin, bass; and Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, James Perretta, viols. Performances will be Friday, June 10 at 7:30pm at Shirley Meeting House, Shirley, MA and Saturday, June 11 at 7:00pm at Church of the Advent, Boston, MA.