A Distant Mirror: The Twilight of the Gothic Era & Dawn of the Renaissance
Date/Time
9/27/2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Event Type(s)
Concert
Event Description

Severall Friends presents a concert illuminating the rich musical traditions from the end of the

Gothic era and the rise of the Renaissance.

From an ensemble, all of whom are experts in medieval performance, comes a performance of

beautiful and highly complex chansons of the late 14th century ars subtilior and limpid French

chansons that also became popular in Italy in the early fifteenth century.

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Location
Setting: In-Person
St George's Episcopal Church
915 N. Oakland
Arlington, VA 22203

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Contact Person
Ellen Farrell
(phone: 410-303-2053)
Details

Featuring both voice and instrumental performance on vielle, lute, gittern, harp, recorder,

douçaine, and bagpipe, the program will include works by, among others, Johannes Ciconia,

Trebor, Johannes Senleches, Solage, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, and Gilles

Binchois, rousing dance music from medieval Florence and finely wrought instrumental

arrangements from the Faenza codex and the Buxheim Organ book.

Details and Ticketshttps://capitolearlymusic.org/september-27-2026/

General Admission $40 | Students $15 |

Concert/Workshop Special $35 (one concert ticket with workshop registration)

2026-2027 Season Ticket to all three Capitol Early Music concerts: $105

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