CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT | Musick’s Recreation: 17th and 18th-Century Historic Music of New England

Saturday, September 12, 6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Before recorded sound, music happened at home—played and sung by families, friends, and neighbors gathered in close quarters. This concert brings that tradition to our Waterman Room, overlooking the garden, with a performance by Lyracle, an acclaimed ensemble specializing in historically informed vocal and viol music, featuring mezzo-soprano Ashley Mulcahy and viola da gambist James Perretta.

Together they perform English songs and instrumental works that would have been familiar in colonial and early federal New England parlors, connecting local history to the sound of the era. It’s a rare chance to hear chamber music the way it was designed to be experienced: in a small, resonant room, with the performers close enough to feel the music.

Tickets: $25 | $18 Members

About the Performers

Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano, is a graduate of the Voxtet program at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music and has performed with Bach Collegium Japan, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Newberry Consort, among others.

James Perretta, viola da gamba, is a Boston-based performer, arranger, and teacher who has appeared with the Boston Camerata and Nota Bene and twice participated in the Silkroad Ensemble’s Global Musicians Workshop.

Together, Mulcahy and Perretta founded the ensemble Lyracle in 2018.