Burrillville concert series moves indoors for October

BURRILLVILLE – Grace Note Farm and co-sponsor Burrillville Land Trust are launching their second season of indoor concerts.

“Music at the Farm” presents a series of concerts on the second Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. through December 8th. Programs showcase musicians and music from around the world.

The series continues Oct. 13, with Duo Maresienne hosting a program of Scottish music from the Baroque and Renaissance. Artists Olav Chris Henriksen and Carol Lewis play early (historic) music on some fascinating and elegant instruments – the lute, theorbo, viola da gamba and early guitars.

Duo Maresienne is named for the great French Baroque composer and gambist Marin Marais.

“Carol Lewis is a “champion” of the viola da gamba,” says Virginia Sindelar, producer of the concert series. Lewis has frequently performed as a soloist in recitals in the United States and abroad. An accomplished ensemble musician, Ms. Lewis has toured and recorded with Hespèrion, Boston Camerata, Ensemble Chaconne and Capriccio Stravagante. She recently appeared with Boston Camerata at The Cloisters (New York) and the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), and with Dunya at College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts). Ms. Lewis teaches a viol consort class at Somerville High School, and she has taught at Festival dei Saraceni (Pamparato, Italy), Milano Civica Scuola di Musica (Italy), New England Conservatory of Music, Amherst Early Music, Pinewoods Early Music Week, and the annual summer conclave of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. She has recorded on Astrée, EMI, Lyrichord, Harmonia Mundi, Nonesuch, Erato, Atma Classique and Koch International. She is past president of the Viola da Gamba Society – New England, and she was a co-founder of the Society for Historically Informed Performance. She holds a soloist diploma from the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland.

Olav Chris Henriksen, acclaimed throughout Europe and North America as a soloist on lute, theorbo and early guitars, has performed and recorded with the Boston Camerata, Handel & Haydn Society, Waverly Consort, Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, Ensemble Chaconne, and Musicians of the Old Post Road, among others.

Recent performances include appearances at the American Antiquarian Society (Worcester), Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), and with Ensemble Chaconne at Misericordia University (Pennsylvania). His latest solo recording, “Guitar of the North,” is on the Centaur label; his first solo recording, “La Guitarre Royalle: French Baroque and Classical Guitar Music,” is on the Museum Music label. Mr. Henriksen performs and lectures frequently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, playing musical instruments from the Museum’s collection. He has also lectured at Harvard University, Cambridge; Northeastern University, Boston; Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City; Musikkhögskolen, Oslo; Aston Magna Academy, Rutgers University; and Lincoln Center Institute, New York. He has taught at the Boston Conservatory and the University of Southern Maine. Mr. Henriksen holds a soloist diploma from the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland.

Music at the Farm concerts are indoor concerts and co-sponsored by Grace Note Farm and the Burrillville Land Trust. A family friendly environment, guests are invited to enjoy home made desserts, tour the grounds and visit vendors from the Burrillville Farmer’s Market after the concert. Tickets are $20, $10 students available at the door or through Eventbrite.com.