Folger Consort 2007-2008

Folger Consort is recognized nationwide as a model chamber music ensemble, performing music from the twelfth through eighteenth centuries. Artistic Directors and Founding Members Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall form the core of the ensemble, having met when they played music as undergraduates at Antioch College in Ohio. They are joined by magnificent guest artists, both singers and instrumentalists.

The ensemble’s recording–two titles on cassette and twelve more on compact disc–are distributed nationwide by Albany Music Distributor Inc., 1 (800) 752-1951. The Folger Consort has performed for audiences all over the United States, with numerous national broadcasts on National Public Radio.

2007-2008 Season Shows:

Groves of Antiquity
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
October 5, 2007 8pm
October 6, 2007 5pm
October 6, 2007 8pm
October 7, 2007 2pm

The Second Shepherds’ Play
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
December 12-30, 2007

Victoria’s Requiem
Washington National Cathedral
Massachusetts & Wisconsin Avenues NW
January 11-12, 2008 8pm

Seven Songs of Love
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
February 15, 2008 8pm
February 16, 2008 5pm
February 16, 2008 8pm
February 17, 2008 2pm

Highland Ayres
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
April 18, 2008 8pm
April 19, 2008 5pm
April 19, 2008 8pm
April 20, 2008 2pm