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Ars Poetica Ensemble, Inc. fosters creativity through innovative performances and collaborations in the arts, aiming to inspire and engage communities by blending various artistic disciplines.

This concert is presented in memory of Kamran Bayegan, a devoted member of New York&#39;s early music community and a cherished supporter of Ars Poetica.Kamran was an enthusiastic gambist and lutenist whose joy for music was infectious. John Dowland&#39;s Lachrimae gives voice to our remembrance of his life and spirit. &nbsp; Musicians: Caroline NicolasSarah StoneRyan ChengNicholas KleinmanArnie TanimotoKevin Payne

Semper Dowland

The Queen of the Sacred and the Profane centers on Marguerite de Navarre as a pivotal literary and spiritual figure of the French Renaissance. The program explores her musical world, featuring composers such as Claude de Sermisy, Josquin des Prez, as well as works from the Canconiero del Palacio. Ars Poetica&rsquo;s vocal, instrumental, and narrative-driven programming offers a unique interpretation of this repertoire, illuminating the interplay between sacred and secular expression in Marguerite&rsquo;s lifetime. This concert will also feature a special collaboration with Sian Ricketts and Tracy Cowart of Alkemie.

The Queen of the Sacred and the Profane

Tod und der Landsknecht presents an imagined portrait of a 16th-century mercenary through works by Ludwig Senfl, Heinrich Isaac, Leonhard Lechner, Georg Forster, Benedictus Ducis, and anonymous sources. Structured in five stages, the program traces a trajectory from pastoral simplicity and youthful aspiration, through enlistment and the allure of martial life, to experiences of loss, fear, and displacement, concluding with a retrospective longing for home and stability. Framed as an anti-war narrative, it interrogates the cultural idealization of the Landsknecht, foregrounding instead the psychological and human costs embedded within early modern military life.

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