CSEM Presents Les Bostonades, with tenor Zachary Wilder
Cambridge Society for Early Music will present its final concert of the season at the Salem Athenaeum on Saturday, March 17: French Baroque music perfect for spring and thoughts of love. The performers are Les Bostonades, an ensemble with a “voluptuous” sound, directed by acclaimed harpsichordist Akiko Sato. They are joined by the captivating American tenor Zachary Wilder, whose bright and silken voice evokes sighs. His manner is easy-going, and his career soaring. This year alone he performs in six European countries, Japan and the USA. The program is entitled Amours Contrariées — Tragic Loves: Cantatas of Clérambault & Rameau. The cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, tales of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter despairs of star-crossed lovers: Pyramus and Thisbe, and Orpheus and Euridice. From Rameau, there is a romantic-pastoral cantata in which an impatient lover awaits “the charming object” of his affection, as well as pieces for harpsichord — also charming. Don’t miss this evening of ravishing music! A convivial reception follows. The ensemble: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, Baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba. All are welcome. Bring your friends! Tickets at the door (cash or check): $30 | $25 seniors & Athenaeum members | students free. Information: www.csem.org | 617-489-2062. Listen to Zachary Wilder at www.zacharywilder.com.
Theo Theoharis, instructor
6 Saturdays
The term Victorian has accumulated many meanings in the 100 years since its century and ruler have passed–stodgy, disciplined, sentimental are a few words associated with English life during the century that made England the ruling power economically and politically in much of the world. In this class we will read some of the literature which presents different moods, ideas, and aspirations from those we are accustomed to thinking of as Victorian, namely: antic comedy and cultural fantasizing in two novels, and longing, depth psychology, and sublimity in three poets. We will start with Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, then move on to the poems of Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and end with the Imperial Adventure story She, by H. Rider-Haggard, a great popular favorite whose readers included Sigmund Freud. There is a light-heartedness and well as intensity about the literature of this era. Let’s discover how these two tones relate to a world now past, which in many ways created and continues in ours.
The following is the list of preferred editions for the course texts:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll, Modern Library
ISBN 978-0-375-76-138-6
The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse, editor Daniel Karlin, Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0-140-44578-7
She, H. Rider Haggard, Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0-140-43763-8
Syllabus
Class 1, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
Class 2, Through the Looking Glass
Class 3, Poems by Arnold, Browning, Tennyson
Class 4, Poems by Arnold, Browning, Tennyson
Class 5, She: A History of Adventure
Class 6, She: A History of Adventure
Theo Theoharis, instructor
6 Saturdays
The term Victorian has accumulated many meanings in the 100 years since its century and ruler have passed–stodgy, disciplined, sentimental are a few words associated with English life during the century that made England the ruling power economically and politically in much of the world. In this class we will read some of the literature which presents different moods, ideas, and aspirations from those we are accustomed to thinking of as Victorian, namely: antic comedy and cultural fantasizing in two novels, and longing, depth psychology, and sublimity in three poets. We will start with Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, then move on to the poems of Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and end with the Imperial Adventure story She, by H. Rider-Haggard, a great popular favorite whose readers included Sigmund Freud. There is a light-heartedness and well as intensity about the literature of this era. Let’s discover how these two tones relate to a world now past, which in many ways created and continues in ours.
The following is the list of preferred editions for the course texts:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll, Modern Library
ISBN 978-0-375-76-138-6
The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse, editor Daniel Karlin, Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0-140-44578-7
She, H. Rider Haggard, Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0-140-43763-8
Syllabus
Class 1, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
Class 2, Through the Looking Glass
Class 3, Poems by Arnold, Browning, Tennyson
Class 4, Poems by Arnold, Browning, Tennyson
Class 5, She: A History of Adventure
Class 6, She: A History of Adventure
Theo Theoharis, instructor
6 Saturdays
The term Victorian has accumulated many meanings in the 100 years since its century and ruler have passed–stodgy, disciplined, sentimental are a few words associated with English life during the century that made England the ruling power economically and politically in much of the world. In this class we will read some of the literature which presents different moods, ideas, and aspirations from those we are accustomed to thinking of as Victorian, namely: antic comedy and cultural fantasizing in two novels, and longing, depth psychology, and sublimity in three poets. We will start with Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, then move on to the poems of Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and end with the Imperial Adventure story She, by H. Rider-Haggard, a great popular favorite whose readers included Sigmund Freud. There is a light-heartedness and well as intensity about the literature of this era. Let’s discover how these two tones relate to a world now past, which in many ways created and continues in ours.
The following is the list of preferred editions for the course texts:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll, Modern Library
ISBN 978-0-375-76-138-6
The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse, editor Daniel Karlin, Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0-140-44578-7
She, H. Rider Haggard, Penguin Classics
ISBN 978-0-140-43763-8
Syllabus
Class 1, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
Class 2, Through the Looking Glass
Class 3, Poems by Arnold, Browning, Tennyson
Class 4, Poems by Arnold, Browning, Tennyson
Class 5, She: A History of Adventure
Class 6, She: A History of Adventure