https://www.miryamensemble.org/new-index daily 1.0 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1536027023300-PQVJZQPCLZ6ED6GICH58/MIRYAM+Hebrew.png New Index https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/318a76a7-f72e-4754-b66f-b90ed88eedfe/MIRYAM+2023+copy.png New Index - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Alex Koppel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/f223c673-f5f6-41d7-bb76-d15b51817166/Youtube+cover+2.png New Index - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1624991186637-ZITBH3GOX1DILBWMKXY1/BWV+199.png New Index - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1624991227443-U80W9GLU3IKJH501AKDN/Jacquet+de+la+Guerre.png New Index - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1533095948714-509R0DODXBUHTK2DCQKW/Emanuel_de_Witte_-_Interior_of_the_Portuguese_Synagogue_in_Amsterdam_-_WGA25814.jpg New Index Emanuel de Witte - Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1624991208939-YBADQWNIJWWNY73NJTN4/Esther.png New Index - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1524108647526-CURT2PZOEQ93WNP7H8W4/Screen+Shot+2017-06-04+at+7.21.07+PM.png New Index Kaddish- Salamone Rossi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1524108468684-MT20QLA8CY1D01JEDFHM/Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_King_David_Playing_the_Harp_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg New Index King David Playing the Harp Gerard von Honthorst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/6df0409a-ebbe-4dfa-8e3d-468054562b5c/Lev+DePaolo+2024.jpg New Index https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1524255403425-UWXI4F7WA3T9U58RSZCI/Juanmesa.jpg New Index https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/95fcb929-e916-4604-b04c-aa950ead4431/Walker_Headshot+thin+border.jpg New Index Hilary Anne Walker, lyric mezzo soprano, is an avid performer and supporter of early music in the greater Boston area. In concert, she was most recently featured as a soloist with the Miryam ensemble on the Boston SOHIP summer concert series and in the Lord Nelson Mass with the Church of the Advent choir. This fall she is looking forward to joining the Boston Baroque chorus and the roster of Musicians of the Old Post Road. Previous ensemble work includes Odyssey Opera, BMOP, Long and Away, the former Tramontana early music quintet of which she was a founder, Opera Boston, and Lorelei Ensemble. Past operatic roles include Jean de Morcerf in Massenet’s Le Portrait de Manon, Jacquot in Offenbach’s Pierette et Jacquot, Cupid, Orpheus in the Underworld, Cherubino, Hänsel, L'enfant in L'enfant et les sortilèges, and Betty Parris in The Crucible. A student of Michael Meraw, Ms. Walker earned her Masters from New England Conservatory, and her B.A. in music from Vassar College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/7e55f405-908c-4b21-8aee-989467d293b6/Marika+Holmqvist_hires.jpg New Index Marika Holmqvist, baroque violin Marika, whose playing was hailed as “mightily impressive, tonally attractive and intellectually secure” (Philadelphia Inquirer) enjoys an active freelance career performing as concertmaster and or principal for ensembles as diverse as Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra (NYC), Spire Ensemble (Kansas City), Handel Choir (Baltimore), and Barocco Boreale (Finland). She has toured 30 countries with distinguished European and American early music ensembles, led and coached operas at Harvard and Cornell, taught baroque string techniques at Rutgers, and guest lectured at the Novia University of Applied Sciences (Finland). Her 20 – odd recordings include the GRAMMY-nominated Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the Trinity Wall Street Choir and Baroque Orchestra. Marika holds two masters degrees (Baroque Violin Performance and Pedagogy) from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/7f6e5426-a510-4b04-9e8b-c8f460cb05e6/Emily+Hale.jpg New Index Emily Hale, baroque violin Audiences have described violinist Emily Hale’s performances as animated, intuitive and elegant. Fueled by a sense of curiosity and discovery, Emily performs baroque and classical repertoire on period instruments and creates interactive performance experiences. Her credits include recording with the London-based Early Opera Company for a BBC Channel 4 series about life in the 18th century. She’s played chamber music and opera repertoire at the Valletta International Baroque Music Festival in Malta and at the London Handel Festival. In New York, she has appeared with the Four Nations Ensemble and The Sebastians, and in Boston with Emmanuel Music. From intimate house concerts to leading a pop-up baroque orchestra at Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood Porchfest, Emily is focused on connecting with audiences. Her Pajama Concerts have proved popular with family audiences at libraries and schools in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. Pajama Concerts offer innovative “musical story-telling,” pairing classic children’s literature with chamber music in an open, inclusive format. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1533247490041-WVKUMFZILF6BI21BZPN4/Dylan+Saurewald%40+Baroque+Bushwick+NYC%E2%80%94TopFive-web_4.JPG New Index Dylan Sauerwald, harpsichord and conductor Dylan Sauerwald is a distinctive historical keyboardist and conductor. At the keyboard, he has been praised for his “fleet fingers” and “sophisticated playing,” (Capriccio) and as a conductor, his productions have been called “heart-wrenching and self-reflecting” (OperaWire). Mr. Sauerwald has performed in venues from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to Taipei's National Recital Hall, and his playing is featured in the BBC historical drama Poldark. As a recording artist, Mr. Sauerwald can be heard on the New Focus, Coro, and Urtext labels, as soloist and continuo player on the harpsichord, organ, fortepiano, and lautenwerck, performing works from the 16th century to the 21st. A champion of early opera, he has led productions of rarely-performed works acclaimed as “refined and flexible,” (Boston Globe) “fearless,” (Voce di Meche) and “a remarkable musical experience” (OperaWire). He is in demand as a guest conductor, appearing with Sunshine City Opera, the Cantanti Project, Dorian Baroque, Ensemble Musica Humana, and others. Mr. Sauerwald directs Polyphemus, an early music collective and concert series in lower Manhattan, and is Director of Music at the New Dorp Moravian Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/46e985c8-4875-4de3-a397-168f3e57c696/SoHIP+2024+%281%29.png New Index - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1548024089256-7AV87GOM98PLWYA6KU1A/Web%2Bbanner.jpg New Index https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1536025188748-CL1EROHBG5CGOGTLI1MO/MIRYAM+Banner.png New Index https://www.miryamensemble.org/calendar daily 0.75 2018-09-04 https://www.miryamensemble.org/calendar/2019/3/3/lidartis-esther monthly 0.5 2019-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1536025826799-7MCZJB5L2QYV1XD0343H/%27Esther%2C_Ahasuerus%2C_and_Haman%27%2C_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_Jan_Steen%2C_c._1668.jpeg Calendar - Lidarti's Esther Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman. 1668. 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Artist: Gerard van Honthorst https://www.miryamensemble.org/calendar/2018/9/3/8g74xs2ohzi3hbxafxtvre3ztczktp monthly 0.5 2018-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1536024912249-Z79ESBMZTYUIB4WF3NOB/Emanuel_de_Witte_-_Interior_of_the_Portuguese_Synagogue_in_Amsterdam_-_WGA25814.jpg Calendar - Bo'i B'Shalom: Music from Amsterdam's Portuguese Synagogue Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Artist: Emanuel de Witte, Rijksmuseum https://www.miryamensemble.org/esther-bios daily 0.75 2019-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad73e2cc3c16a83d8d7cd61/1551563327098-EIU6P9CZHPQEYV49Z3QJ/Esther+Manuscript+page+1.jpg New Page Scan of the libretto for Lidarti’s Esther. Generously shared with the permission of the Ets Haim Livraria Montezinos at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.