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==About the Folger Consort==
Folger Consort is the early music ensemble-in-residence at the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]]. Founding Artistic Directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall create musical programs from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. The Consort performs concerts in the ensemble’s home, the Folger’s [[Elizabethan Theatre]], the [https://cathedral.org/ Washington National Cathedral], and the [http://www.strathmore.org/ Music Center at Strathmore], and brings internationally noted guest artists to Washington, D.C. to join in its “early music chamber society.”  
Engaging Washington-area audiences since 1977, the Folger Consort is the early music ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Founding Artistic Directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall create programs that offer opportunities to discover and enjoy music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Whether presenting concerts in the ensemble’s intimate home, the Folger’s Elizabethan-styled theater, or in the splendid reaches of Washington National Cathedral, the Folger Consort continues its tradition of bringing internationally noted guest artists to Washington, DC to join in its “early music chamber society.”


Beyond its concert series, the Folger Consort strives to deepen audiences’ understanding and appreciation of early music through seminars, discussions, recordings, radio broadcasts, and unique collaborations with other programs of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Folger Consort has been named Best Classical Chamber Ensemble by the Washington Area Music Awards for the last five years.
Beyond its concert series, Folger Consort strives to deepen audiences’ understanding and appreciation of early music through seminars, discussions, recordings, radio broadcasts, and unique collaborations with other programs of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Folger Consort won the Best Classical Chamber Ensemble award from the [http://wamadc.com/wama/the_wammies.html Washington Area Music Awards] in 2006, and every year from 2008-2012.  


==Robert Eisenstein==
==Founders ==  


Robert Eisenstein, ''violin, viol, recorder'', is a founding member and the program director of the Folger Consort. In addition to his work with the Consort, he is the director of the Five College Early Music Program in western Massachusetts, where he teaches music history, performs regularly on viola da gamba, violin, and medieval fiddle, and coordinates and directs student performances of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. He is an active participant in Five College Medieval Studies with a particular interest in the use of computer technology in the service of music.
===Robert Eisenstein===


Eisenstein has performed with many ensembles including the Washington Bach Consort, the Newberry Consort, the National Symphony, Western Wind, and recently at Tanglewood, Amherst Early Music, and other summer festivals. He studied viola da gamba with Judith Davidoff and Richard Taruskin.
Robert Eisenstein is a founding member and the program director of Folger Consort. In addition to his work with the Consort, he is the director of the [https://www.fivecolleges.edu/earlymusic Five College Early Music Program] in western Massachusetts, where he teaches music history, performs regularly on viola da gamba, violin, and medieval fiddle, and coordinates and directs student performances of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. He is an active participant in Five College Medieval Studies with a particular interest in the use of computer technology in the service of music.  


==Christopher Kendall==
Eisenstein has performed with many ensembles including the [http://www.bachconsort.org/ Washington Bach Consort], the [http://newberryconsort.org/ Newberry Consort], the [http://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/ National Symphony Orchestra], [http://www.westernwind.org/ Western Wind], and recently at Tanglewood, Amherst Early Music, and other summer festivals. He studied viola da gamba with Judith Davidoff and Richard Taruskin.


Christopher Kendall, ''lute, vihuela, Renaissance guitar, theorbo'', is the founder of the Folger Consort, which emerged as a significant and enduring presence on the DC cultural scene in 1977. Kendell has been the Dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor since 2005, where he has launched a university-wide initiative recognizing the fundamental role of the all the arts in the human condition and in human culture called "Arts on Earth."  
===Christopher Kendall===
 
Christopher Kendall is the founder of Folger Consort. Kendall has been the Dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor since 2005, where he has launched a university-wide initiative recognizing the fundamental role of the all the arts in the human condition and in human culture called "Arts on Earth."  
   
   
From 1996 to 2005, he was Director of the School of Music at the University of Maryland, during a period of significant institutional growth related to the building of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony from 1987 to 1992 and Director of the Music Division and Tanglewood Institute of the Boston University School for the Arts from 1993 to 1996, Kendall is also Artistic Director, founder and conductor of the 21st Century Consort, the new music ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution.
From 1996 to 2005, he was Director of the School of Music at the University of Maryland, during a period of significant institutional growth related to the building of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony from 1987 to 1992 and Director of the Music Division and Tanglewood Institute of the Boston University School for the Arts from 1993 to 1996, Kendall is also Artistic Director, founder and conductor of the [http://21stcenturyconsort.org/ 21st Century Consort], the new music ensemble-in-residence at the [http://www.si.edu/ Smithsonian Institution].
   
   
Kendall has guest conducted many professional orchestras and ensembles from San Francisco to New York, in repertoire from the 18th to the 21st centuries. His recordings can be heard on the Bard, Delos, Nonesuch, Centaur, ASV, Arabesque, Innova, and Smithsonian Collection labels.
Kendall has guest-conducted many professional orchestras and ensembles from San Francisco to New York, in repertoire from the 18th to the 21st centuries. His recordings can be heard on the Bard, Delos, Nonesuch, Centaur, ASV, Arabesque, Innova, and Smithsonian Collection labels.


==Recordings==
==Recordings==


Folger Consort recordings are available online through the [http://www.folger.edu/store/sd4/department/recordings-10049.cfm?killnav=1&level=top Folger Gift Shop].
Folger Consort recordings are available for purchase online through [http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FolgerConsort CD Baby].
 
==Current season==
 
[http://www.folger.edu/folger-consort Folger Consort 2017-2018]
 
*''[[An English Garden: Music from the Age of Shakespeare (2017)|An English Garden: Music from the Age of Shakespeare]]''[[An English Garden: Music from the Age of Shakespeare (2017)| (2017) September 22 - September 24 (2017)]]
*''[[Tempesta di Mare: Telemann 360 (2017)|Tempesta di Mare: Telemann 360°]]''[[Tempesta di Mare: Telemann 360 (2017)| (2017) October 12 (2017)]]
*''[[Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Seasonal Early Music of Germany (2017)|Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Seasonal Early Music of Germany]]''[[Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Seasonal Early Music of Germany (2017)| (2017) December 15 - December 23 (2017)]]
*[[A Branch of Freshest Green: Music of Hildegard Von Bingen (2018)|A Branch of Freshest Green:Music of Hildegard Von Bingen (2018) February 2 - February 3 (2018)]]
*[[Il Lauro Verde: The Blossoming of the Italian Baroque (2018)|Il Lauro Verde: The Blossoming of the Italian Baroque (2018) February 23 - February 25 (2018)]]
*[[Ovid's Vineyard: Music of the French Baroque (2018)|Ovid's Vineyard: Music of the French Baroque (2018) April 27 - April 29 (2018)]]
==Past seasons==
 
===2010s===


===Highlighted recording===
*''[[Measure+Dido (2016)]]''
*[[The Second Shepherds' Play (2016)]]
*[[Medieval Illuminations (2017)]]
*[[Starry Messenger (2017)]]
*[[The Play of Love (2017)]]
*[[Chanson Medieval: Music of Machaut and Dufay (2015)|''Chanson Medieval: Music of Machaut and Dufay (2015)'']]


==Upcoming season==
*[[The Season Bids Us: Christmas Music featuring Guido's Four Seasons (2015)|''The Season Bids Us: Christmas Music featuring Guido's Four Seasons (2015)'']]


[http://www.folger.edu/whatsontype.cfm?wotypeid=3 Folger Consort 2014-2015]
*[[The Wonder of Will: Early and New Music Celebrating Shakespeare (2016)|''The Wonder of Will: Early and New Music Celebrating Shakespeare (2016)'']]


*[[Courting Elizabeth: Music and Patronage in Shakespeare's England (2014)|''Courting Elizabeth: Music and Patronage in Shakespeare's England'' (2014)]] September 26-28, 2014
*[[Playing with Fire: Virtuoso Instrumental Music of the Renaissance (2016)|''Playing with Fire: Virtuoso Instrumental Music of the Renaissance (2016)'' ]]


*[[A Renaissance Christmas: Music of Flanders and Italy circa 1500 (2014)|''A Renaissance Christmas: Music of Flanders and Italy circa 1500'' (2014)]] December 16-23, 2014
*[[Shakespeare and Purcell: Music of The Fairy Queen and Other Works (2016)|''Shakespeare and Purcell: Music of The Fairy Queen and Other Works (2016)'' ]]
*[[Courting Elizabeth: Music and Patronage in Shakespeare's England (2014)|''Courting Elizabeth: Music and Patronage in Shakespeare's England'' (2014)]]


*[[The Road to Canterbury: Music of Medieval England (2015)|''The Road to Canterbury: Music of Medieval England'' (2015)]] January 9-10, 2015
*[[A Renaissance Christmas: Music of Flanders and Italy circa 1500 (2014)|''A Renaissance Christmas: Music of Flanders and Italy circa 1500'' (2014)]]


*[[The Merchant of Venice: Music and Poetry of Shakespeare's Play (2015)|''The Merchant of Venice: Music and Poetry of Shakespeare's Play'' (2015)]] February 27, 2015
*[[The Road to Canterbury: Music of Medieval England (2015)|''The Road to Canterbury: Music of Medieval England'' (2015)]]


*[[Ships, Clocks and Stars: Music of Telemann and Other Baroque Masters (2015)|''Ships, Clocks and Stars: Music of Telemann and Other Baroque Masters'' (2015)]] April 10-12, 2015
*[[The Merchant of Venice: Music and Poetry of Shakespeare's Play (2015)|''The Merchant of Venice: Music and Poetry of Shakespeare's Play'' (2015)]]


==Current season==
*[[Ships, Clocks and Stars: Music of Telemann and Other Baroque Masters (2015)|''Ships, Clocks and Stars: Music of Telemann and Other Baroque Masters'' (2015)]]
 
*[[A Polish Renaissance: Music of Poland's Golden Age (2014)|''A Polish Renaissance: Music of Poland's Golden Age'' (2014)]]
 
*[[Le Jardin Chinois: Music of 18th-Century France (2014)|''Le Jardin Chinois: Music of 18th-Century France'' (2014)]]


==Past seasons==
*[[Brave New World: Music of the Tempest (2014)|''Brave New World: Music of the Tempest'' (2014)]]


===2010s===
*[[Christmas in New Spain: Early Music of Mexico and Peru (2013)|''Christmas in New Spain: Early Music of Mexico and Peru'' (2013)]]


*[[A Polish Renaissance: Music of Poland's Golden Age (2014)|''A Polish Renaissance: Music of Poland's Golden Age'' (2014)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Map of the World: Music from 13th- and 15th-Century Spain (2013)|''Map of the World: Music from 13th- and 15th-Century Spain'' (2013)]]


*[[Vienna: Music for Maximilian (2013)|''Vienna: Music for Maximilian'' (2013)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Vienna: Music for Maximilian (2013)|''Vienna: Music for Maximilian'' (2013)]]  


*[[Dublin: Celtic Art and Music (2013)|''Dublin: Celtic Art and Music'' (2013)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Dublin: Celtic Art and Music (2013)|''Dublin: Celtic Art and Music'' (2013)]]


*[[Paris: Music from the City of Light (2013)|''Paris: Music from the City of Light'' (2013)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Paris: Music from the City of Light (2013)|''Paris: Music from the City of Light'' (2013)]]  


*[[Florence: Christmas Music of the Trecento (2012)|''Florence: Christmas Music of the Trecento'' (2012)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Florence: Christmas Music of the Trecento (2012)|''Florence: Christmas Music of the Trecento'' (2012)]]  


*[[London: Music from the City of Shakespeare (2012)|''London: Music from the City of Shakespeare''(2012)]] (no link on public site)
*[[London: Music from the City of Shakespeare (2012)|''London: Music from the City of Shakespeare'' (2012)]]


*[[City of Ladies (2012)|''City of Ladies''(2012)]] (no link on public site)
*[[City of Ladies (2012)|''City of Ladies'' (2012)]]  


*[[The Songbird (2012)|''The Songbird'' (2012)]] (no link on public site)
*[[The Songbird (2012)|''The Songbird'' (2012)]]  


*[[Heavenly Revelations (2012)|''Heavenly Revelations''(2012)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Heavenly Revelations: Hildegard von Bingen and Medieval France (2012)|''Heavenly Revelations: Hildegard von Bingen and Medieval France'' (2012)]]


*[[O Magnum Mysterium (2011)|''O Magnum Mysterium'' (2011)]] (no link on public site)
*[[O Magnum Mysterium: Christmas Music of Renaissance Spain (2011)|''O Magnum Mysterium: Christmas Music of Renaissance Spain'' (2011)]]  


*[[A New Song (2011)|''A New Song'' (2011)]] (no link on public site)
*[[A New Song (2011)|''A New Song'' (2011)]]


*[[Fete d'Ete: French Cantatas and Suites (2011)|''Fete d'Ete: French Cantatas and Suites'' (2011)]]
*[[Fete d'Ete: French Cantatas and Suites (2011)|''Fete d'Ete: French Cantatas and Suites'' (2011)]]


*[[Stile Antico (Presented by the Folger Consort, 2011)|''Stile Antico'' (Presented by the Folger Consort, 2011)]]
*[[Stile Antico (Presented by Folger Consort, 2011)|''Stile Antico'' (Presented by Folger Consort, 2011)]]


*[[Ecco la Primavera (2011)|''Ecco la Primavera'' (2011)]]
*[[Ecco la Primavera: 14th- and 15th-Century Music from Italy (2011)|''Ecco la Primavera: 14th- and 15th-Century Music from Italy'' (2011)]]


*[[The Four Seasons (2011)|''The Four Seasons'' (2011)]]
*[[The Four Seasons: Antonio Vivaldi, Christopher Simpson & John Cage (2011)|''The Four Seasons: Antonio Vivaldi, Christopher Simpson & John Cage'' (2011)]]


*[[A Renaissance Christmas (2010)|''A Renaissance Christmas'' (2010)]]
*[[A Renaissance Christmas (2010)|''A Renaissance Christmas'' (2010)]]


*[[Pastime With Good Company (2010)|''Pastime With Good Company'' (2010)]]
*[[Pastime with Good Company: Music from the Court of Henry VIII (2010)|''Pastime with Good Company: Music from the Court of Henry VIII'' (2010)]]


*[[Tempest (2010)| ''Tempest'' (2010)]]
*[[Tempest (2010)|''Tempest'' (2010)]]


*[[A Musical Banquet: Songs for Lute, Voice, and Viol (2010)|''A Musical Banquet: Songs for Lute, Voice, and Viol'' (2010)]]
*[[A Musical Banquet: Songs for Lute, Voice, and Viol (2010)|''A Musical Banquet: Songs for Lute, Voice, and Viol'' (2010)]]
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*[[Don Quixote (2009)|''Don Quixote'' (2009)]]
*[[Don Quixote (2009)|''Don Quixote'' (2009)]]


*[[Mosaic (2009)|''Mosaic'' (2009)]]
*[[Mosaic: Medieval Song from Spain and Cyprus (2009)|''Mosaic: Medieval Song from Spain and Cyprus'' (2009)]]


*[[Gloria (2009)|''Gloria'' (2009)]]
*[[Gloria: Music of Vivaldi (2009)|''Gloria: Music of Vivaldi'' (2009)]]


*[[A Spanish Christmas (2008)|''A Spanish Christmas'' (2008)]]
*[[A Spanish Christmas: Festive Music from Spain's Golden Age (2008)|''A Spanish Christmas: Festive Music from Spain's Golden Age'' (2008)]]


*[[Isabella's Court (2008)|''Isabella's Court'' (2008)]]
*[[Isabella's Court: Italian Music of the High Renaissance (2008)|''Isabella's Court: Italian Music of the High Renaissance'' (2008)]]


*[[Highland Ayres (2008)|''Highland Ayres'' (2008)]]
*[[Highland Ayres: Distinctive Scottish Music with Pipes and Fiddle (2008)|''Highland Ayres: Distinctive Scottish Music with Pipes and Fiddle'' (2008)]]


*[[Seven Songs of Love (2008)|''Seven Songs of Love'' (2008)]]
*[[Seven Songs of Love: Entrancing Love Songs from the Galician Poet (2008)|''Seven Songs of Love: Entrancing Love Songs from the Galician Poet'' (2008)]]


*[[Victoria's Requiem (2008)|''Victoria's Requiem'' (2008)]]
*[[Victoria's Requiem: Rich and Resounding in the Great Cathedral (2008)|''Victoria's Requiem: Rich and Resounding in the Great Cathedral'' (2008)]]


*[[The Second Shepherds' Play (2007)|''The Second Shepherds' Play'' (2007)]]
*[[The Second Shepherds' Play: A Medieval Mystery for the Yuletide Season (2007)|''The Second Shepherds' Play: A Medieval Mystery for the Yuletide Season'' (2007)]]


*[[Groves of Antiquity (2007)|'' Groves of Antiquity'' (2007)]]
*[[Groves of Antiquity: Ancient Myths in Baroque Guise (2007)|'' Groves of Antiquity: Ancient Myths in Baroque Guise'' (2007)]]


*[[The Fairy Queen (2007)|''The Fairy Queen'' (2007)]]
*[[The Fairy Queen (2007)|''The Fairy Queen'' (2007)]]
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*[[Ballads and Brawls for the Bard (2007)|''Ballads and Brawls for the Bard'' (2007)]]
*[[Ballads and Brawls for the Bard (2007)|''Ballads and Brawls for the Bard'' (2007)]]


*[[The Elizabeth Muse (2007)|''The Elizabeth Muse'' (2007)]]
*[[The Elizabethan Muse: William Shakespeare, William Byrd, and John Dowland  (2007)|''The Elizabethan Muse: William Shakespeare, William Byrd, and John Dowland'' (2007)]]


*[[Greensleeves (2006)|''Greensleeves'' (2006)]]
*[[Greensleeves (2006)|''Greensleeves'' (2006)]]
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*[[Tales from Canterbury (2006)| ''Tales from Canterbury'' (2006)]]
*[[Tales from Canterbury (2006)| ''Tales from Canterbury'' (2006)]]


*[[Marenzio & Morley (2006)|''Marenzio & Morley'' (2006)]] (no link on public site)
*[[Marenzio & Morley: Master of the Notes (2006)|''Marenzio & Morley: Master of the Notes'' (2006)]] (no link on public site)


*[[Landini & Machaut (2006)|''Landini & Machaut'' (2006)]]
*[[Landini & Machaut: Master of the Notes (2006)|''Landini & Machaut: Master of the Notes'' (2006)]]


*[[Hildegard & Jaufre (2006)|''Hildegard & Jaufre'' (2006)]]
*[[Hildegard & Jaufre: Master of the Notes (2006)|''Hildegard & Jaufre: Master of the Notes'' (2006)]]


*[[Monteverdi & Palestrina (2006)|''Monteverdi & Palestrina'' (2006)]]
*[[Monteverdi & Palestrina: Master of the Notes (2006)|''Monteverdi & Palestrina: Master of the Notes'' (2006)]]


*[[Corelli & Charpentier (2005)|''Corelli & Charpentier'' (2005)]]
*[[Corelli & Charpentier: Master of the Notes (2005)|''Corelli & Charpentier: Master of the Notes'' (2005)]]


*[[Josquin & Isaac (2005)|''Josquin & Isaac'' (2005)]]
*[[Josquin & Isaac: Master of the Notes (2005)|''Josquin & Isaac: Master of the Notes'' (2005)]]


*[[Playing with Fire (2005)|''Playing with Fire'' (2005)]]
*[[Playing with Fire (2005)|''Playing with Fire'' (2005)]]


*[[Italian Fantasia (2005)|''Italian Fantasia'' 2005]]
*[[Italian Fantasia (2005)|''Italian Fantasia'' (2005)]]


*[[Flauto Dolce (2005)|''Flauto Dolce'' (2005)]]
*[[Flauto Dolce (2005)|''Flauto Dolce'' (2005)]]
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*[[Sounds and Sweet Ayres (2004)|''Sounds and Sweet Ayres'' (2004)]]
*[[Sounds and Sweet Ayres (2004)|''Sounds and Sweet Ayres'' (2004)]]
*[[Making Music (2004)|''Making Music'' (2004)]] (No link on public site)
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[[Category: Folger Consort]]

Revision as of 14:52, 7 November 2017

Folger Consort is the early music ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Founding Artistic Directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall create musical programs from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. The Consort performs concerts in the ensemble’s home, the Folger’s Elizabethan Theatre, the Washington National Cathedral, and the Music Center at Strathmore, and brings internationally noted guest artists to Washington, D.C. to join in its “early music chamber society.”

Beyond its concert series, Folger Consort strives to deepen audiences’ understanding and appreciation of early music through seminars, discussions, recordings, radio broadcasts, and unique collaborations with other programs of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Folger Consort won the Best Classical Chamber Ensemble award from the Washington Area Music Awards in 2006, and every year from 2008-2012.

Founders

Robert Eisenstein

Robert Eisenstein is a founding member and the program director of Folger Consort. In addition to his work with the Consort, he is the director of the Five College Early Music Program in western Massachusetts, where he teaches music history, performs regularly on viola da gamba, violin, and medieval fiddle, and coordinates and directs student performances of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. He is an active participant in Five College Medieval Studies with a particular interest in the use of computer technology in the service of music.

Eisenstein has performed with many ensembles including the Washington Bach Consort, the Newberry Consort, the National Symphony Orchestra, Western Wind, and recently at Tanglewood, Amherst Early Music, and other summer festivals. He studied viola da gamba with Judith Davidoff and Richard Taruskin.

Christopher Kendall

Christopher Kendall is the founder of Folger Consort. Kendall has been the Dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor since 2005, where he has launched a university-wide initiative recognizing the fundamental role of the all the arts in the human condition and in human culture called "Arts on Earth."

From 1996 to 2005, he was Director of the School of Music at the University of Maryland, during a period of significant institutional growth related to the building of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony from 1987 to 1992 and Director of the Music Division and Tanglewood Institute of the Boston University School for the Arts from 1993 to 1996, Kendall is also Artistic Director, founder and conductor of the 21st Century Consort, the new music ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution.

Kendall has guest-conducted many professional orchestras and ensembles from San Francisco to New York, in repertoire from the 18th to the 21st centuries. His recordings can be heard on the Bard, Delos, Nonesuch, Centaur, ASV, Arabesque, Innova, and Smithsonian Collection labels.

Recordings

Folger Consort recordings are available for purchase online through CD Baby.

Current season

Folger Consort 2017-2018

Past seasons

2010s

2000s