The Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP) of Boston is returning to Andover this summer. The group again will perform on Wednesday evenings this summer at the Chapel at West Parish. Concerts run from July 1 through Aug. 5 and all shows start at 8 p.m.
Music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Early Romantic eras will be presented by New England young ensembles. This SoHIP series will feature several returning artists and welcome the debut of talented local musicians.
Through voice, instrument and dramatic interpretation each week listeners are transported back in time. There's the sacred vocal music of Renaissance Spain, the wind bands of the Hapsburg Courts of Hungary and Northern Peru's music of the Canichanas Indians, for starters.
The musical journey this summer features musicians playing on authentic early musical instruments such as the harpsichord, dulcian, recorder, violin, cornetto and recorder.
The Chapel at West Parish, off Route 133 (Lowell Street) offers listeners a fine acoustic and air-conditioned venue. The series kicks off next Wednesday, July 1 with Zefiro performing the sacred music of Renaissance Spain and England. Zefiro is a vocal octet dedicated chiefly to the performance of a capella music of the Renaissance. Zefiro is committed to professional, historically accurate passionate and nuanced performances of the extraordinary repertoire of the 15th to 17th-centuiries, according to series organizers.
Here is the rest of the SoHIP summer series in Andover:
July 8, Amphion's Lyre - Say It Ain't So
July 15, Duo de L'Inconnue - Cosmopolitan Baroque
July 22, Musica Nuova - Blackberry Jam: Modern Romance in 17th-century Style
July 29, 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band - Musicians of the Golden Fleece: 16th-Century German Wind Music from the Hapsburg Courts
Aug. 5, Ensemble Trinitas directed by Tom Zajac, Celebrations and Sacred Music: The Bishop of Trujillo's Journey Along the Peruvian Coast
For tickets, visit www.sohipboston.org; purchase at the door, or call 508-212-6038.
Single tickets are $20/$15 (seniors/students), and six- and four-concert passes are available.
