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Classical music: The Madison Early Music Festival announces the theme and dates for next summer
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By Jacob Stockinger
The final figures from this summer’s 17th annual Madison Early Music Festival – which celebrated William Shakespeare and the reign of Queen Elizabeth I — are not in yet.
But from what The Ear saw and heard, it sure looked like a successful one.
So what can we expect next summer?
The 18th annual Madison Early Music Festival will take place July 8-15, 2017 and have the theme “The Musical World of Don Quixote.” That would suggest Spanish and Iberian music of the 17th century Golden Age during the time when Miguel de Cervantes (below) wrote and published what is generally considered the first modern novel.
From what The Ear has learned so far, the group Piffaro (below top) has been booked to return and the always impressive All-Festival Concert will be assembled and directed by MEMF veteran faculty member and performer Bob Wiemken (below bottom), who is a member of the Renaissance band Piffaro.
According to MEMF officals, more information will become available at the end of September.
Here is a link to the MEMF website:
https://artsinstitute.wisc.edu/memf/
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