Rochester Early Music Festival Gala Concert
Fri, Nov 20
|Saint Anne Roman Catholic Church
The REMF celebrates Western New York’s rich tradition of early music performance and scholarship. Now in its 26th year, this fall season highlight features a dynamic "prism-style" concert performed by a variety of instrumental and choral ensembles, hosted by WXXI’s Brenda Tremblay.
Time & Location
Nov 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Saint Anne Roman Catholic Church, 1600 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
About the event
The twenty-fifth annual gala concert of the Rochester Early Music Festival, hosted by WXXI’s Brenda Tremblay, showcases a number of Rochester’s early music ensembles and performers. Held in the sonorous acoustic of St. Anne Church on Mt. Hope Avenue in Rochester, the concert unfolds in prism format, with musicians located throughout the church surrounding the audience with sound. Those in attendance will hear a wide selection of medieval, renaissance and baroque masterworks presented in two 50-minute halves.
Scivias Medieval Ensemble has programmed works by Hildegarde von Bingen, while Musica Spei will present works by the renaissance masters Mouton, Byrd and Deering. There will be Lute songs by Dowland, and the Eastman Collegium Viol Consort will play compositions of Weelkes and Morley. A lively overture and suite by Telemann is on the program as well.
This year’s gala concert features first time participant, Renée Anne Louprette, internationally acclaimed organist, performing her…
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