2026 concert Series
Concerts are at 7:30pm Tuesdays in Lincoln / Wednesdays in Andover / Thursdays in Boston.
Venue information Tickets on sale April 10.
Photography: Janet Conrad, John McKean, Liuqi Ba
Nova Vetera
Nate Kim, violin
Thomas Conrad, traverso, viol
Luping Robyn Xu, harpsichord
June 2-4 Nova Vetera
On the Move: italian Style beyond borders
SoHIP opens our 40th season with the debut of rising group Nova Vetera. Their program juxtaposes two Italian Baroque composers whose travels, fame, and (mis)fortune played a crucial role in the dissemination of Italian style throughout Europe. Pietro Locatelli’s life and work encouraged a radical exploration of the Italian violin style’s technical and expressive possibilities—past Italian borders his work became a strong influence, particularly on the development of the virtuosic French violin school. Johann Rosenmüller’s move was markedly shaped by his scandalous exile from Germany. Forging a distinctive synthesis of foreign and native musical elements, he helped shape an Italianate turn in German composition upon his ultimate return. Both exemplify how musical migration shaped the European landscape, allowing their native or adopted styles to take root beyond borders.
June 9-11 Pandora Consort
The Fire Within Her:
An American Folktale About Women’s Liberation
Pandora Consort returns to the SoHIP series with a powerful folk opera that weaves together the voices of trailblazing women across centuries. From Anne Hutchinson’s defiance in Puritan Boston to Susan B. Anthony’s fight for women’s suffrage to Betty Friedan’s challenge to the “feminine mystique,” their stories unfold through shape-note songs, Shaker hymns, protest anthems, and contemporary folk music. Through resilience, courage, and song, “The Fire Within Her” ignites the voices of the past to inspire today’s changemakers. Learn More
Pandora Consort
Kendra Comstock, soprano, director
Angie Tyler, soprano, harmonium
Gina Marie Falk, soprano
Laura Thomas, soprano, banjo, guitar
Riley Mullany, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar
Photography: McKenna Poe
Photography: Maura McConnell, Michael Stewart, Barbara Allen Hill
Aberdeen Bestiary, 12th c.
June 16-18 HESPERUS
The Wild Kingdom: A Book of Beasts
HESPERUS offers an irreverent exploration of the animal kingdom. The program features a quartet of multi-instrumentalists along with spirited narration in a concert meant for anyone who ever had a pet turtle, gerbil or snake. The mysterious cat, slithering panther, mythical phoenix, and majestic lion all come alive in texts from Medieval and Renaissance bestiaries (illuminated books of beasts) and music by Machaut, Vaillant, Isaac, Arbeau, Ciconia, and Morley. Thrill to the original story of Androcles and the lion, and the tale of the dog who unearthed a murderer! Learn More
HESPERUS
Tina Chancey, viol, vielle, rebec, Renaissance fiddle, dumbek
Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, sackbut, bagpipes, percussion
Brian Kay, Medieval and Renaissance lutes
Spiff Wiegand, narrator, percussion
June 23-25
Silentwoods Collective
Lessons for a King
Silentwoods offers a new program showcasing the innovation and virtuosity that flourished in the middle years of France's ancien régime. French composers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries—and their English counterparts across the Channel—addressed the crushing authority and repression of their time through music. These humble and most obedient musical servants (as they were obliged to designate themselves on their publications’ title pages) wove cautionary tales and reflection into their work, implicitly reminding rulers of their own fragility, moral responsibility, and temporal existence. The works of Clérambault, Rameau, Rebel, Barriere, Purcell, and Locke draw on mythology and rhetoric to navigate an environment of social hegemony. Hidden within these gorgeous pieces, we find cryptic warnings to rulers on the dangers of hubris and greed, as well as messages of hope that humanity will triumph over cruelty. Learn More
Silentwoods Collective
Howell Petty, soprano
Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins
Andrew Koutroubas, cello
John McKean, harpsichord
Luce Burrell, theorbo
Concerto Incognito
Dana Maiben, violin
Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord
June 30 - July 2
Concerto Incognito
An Outburst of Improvisors:
The 17th-c. Invention of Modern Music
Concerto Incognito unites two longtime collaborators in their SoHIP debut. This new program explores music of 17th-century Italy—a hotbed of musical experimentation, where musical improvisors were breaking old rules and inventing new ones to create a new expressive and virtuoso music for both singers and instrumentalists. Concerto Incognito dives into these improvisatory practices in an intimate program for two, featuring instrumental covers of songs by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Claudio Monteverdi, and Barbara Strozzi, with diminutions and improvisations by the performers; compositions and mash-ups on grounds by Salamone Rossi and G. Frescobaldi; solo harpsichord music by Girolamo Frescobaldi and Michelangelo Rossi; and violin sonatas by Dario Castello, Biagio Marini, and Marco Uccellini.
July 7-9 Sempervirens
Fantasies and Fugues, Modes
and Moods
Throughout history, countless listeners have been dazzled, uplifted, comforted, inspired to dance, or otherwise deeply moved by music’s cathartic power. Sempervirens unites a quartet of virtuoso recorder players in a diverse program of music ranging from the early Renaissance through the 20th century, all of which inspires intense feelings that link us with the people of past eras and other cultures. Be transported by the masterful works of Josquin, Dufay, Isaac, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Shostakovich, and Cowell performed on recorders ranging from sopranino to contrabass.
Sempervirens
Héloïse Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Duo Tarasque
Luce Burrell, Medieval lute, vielle
Howell Petty, soprano, Gothic harp
July 14-16 Duo Tarasque
Esperance et Croyance:
Hope and Faith in MedIeval France
In their SoHIP debut, Duo Tarasque presents music centered on the idea of Esperance (Lady Hope) so prominent in French Medieval thought. The famed Chantilly Codex, with songs by Cordier, Senleches, and their contemporaries, forms the backbone of the program, with a focus on the “En attendant” song cycle. These works, written in the ars subtilior style popular in the late 14th century, are among the most complex, thoughtful, and beautiful pieces to emerge from the Middle Ages. Their meditative melodies and heartfelt texts seamlessly connect Medieval ideals and our own modern need for hope. They are paired with songs of croyance (faith) that state the speaker's alternating beliefs that the world is broken and that better things are yet to come.
July 21-23 The Berry Collective
May the Fours Be With You
To celebrate SoHIP’s 40th anniversary, The Berry Collective plays chamber music from the final four decades of the 18th century, featuring four players in varying configurations. Between the 1760’s and 1790’s the domestic music-making scene was buoyed by a burgeoning middle class, a rapid rise in the number of music publishers, and a proliferation of piano builders. The “accompanied keyboard sonatas” of the 60’s and 70’s, in which the string instruments mostly played supporting roles, increasingly morphed into works in which everyone played an integral part. The keyboard quartets of Schobert and Mozart that bookend the program clearly illustrate this seismic shift. Ernst Eichner’s Op. 10 Duos for Violin and Viola require two virtuosos, as do Beethoven’s Op. 5 Cello Sonatas, which were vehicles for himself and cellist Jean-Louis Duport. Performing and hearing this repertoire with period instruments reveals the intimacy and collegial nature of the music. Join us for a modern-day salon and delight in these musical conversations! Learn More
Photography: Zamani Feelings, Lauren Desberg, Teddie Hwang
The Berry Collective
Keats Dieffenbach, violin
Emily Rideout, violin, viola
Rebecca Shaw, cello
Sylvia Berry, Viennese five-octave fortepiano
These programs are supported in part by grants from the Lincoln and Andover Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.