Apr
10
8:00 PM20:00
On the Breath of Angels
The Breathtaking Collective return to perform On the Breath of Angels for the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.
May
11
5:00 PM17:00
Pietro Verdina: an Expatriate Cornettist in Habsburg Lands
Bruce curates a program on a forgotten cornettist/composer for the Abendmusiken series in the Basler Pedigerkirche.
May
18
7:00 AM07:00
Cappella Artemisia
Bruce joins Annalisa Pappano and Cappella Artemisia for a concert of convent music in Kiefersfelden.
Aug
19
to Aug 24
La nobiltà di Milano
This program presents canzonas, motets, canzona-motets and madrigas from Milan at the time of the Spanish Viceroys
A co-production of the Breathtaking Collective and the Cappella Mariana of Prague: 5 singers (including Hana Blažíková and Barbora Kabatkovà), cornetto, violin, 3 trombones, 3 viols, theorbo and organ.
There will be a concert In Ganderkesee (Bremen) with the beautiful Schnitger organ between August 19 and 24 (stay tuned for updates), and a recording for Passacaille Records following a concert at the AMUZ center in Antwerp on October 19.
Oct
5
8:00 PM20:00
Oct
14
to Oct 19
LAMP Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance
The Musical World of Heinrich Schütz
An Academy celebrating the music of Heinrich Schütz is in the planning stages.
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
Suzie LeBlanc - voice (to be confirmed)
Catherine Motuz - trombone
Veronika Skuplik - violin
Hank Knox - keyboard
Aug
10
8:00 PM20:00
A Moravian Mass for St. John of Nepomuk
A performance of this program with Il Gardellino at the MAfestival in Bruges has been cancelled and the attached recording of the program for Passacaille Records has been indefinitely postponed. Fingers crossed for a rapid rescheduling!
Jul
29
8:00 AM08:00
A Moravian Mass for St. John of Nepomuk
An Anonymous Mass for the Patron Saint of Bohemia:
And other recent discoveries from 18th century Brno
Vancouver Early Music
Jun
22
8:00 PM20:00
Breathtaking
Bruce revives this program with Hana Blažíková combining it with music from their second CD “On the Breath of Angels”
Iffeldorf, Bavaria
May
25
8:00 PM20:00
Heinrich Albert's Pumpkin Hut
Bruce joins the Hathor consort and Dorothee Mields in Gdansk
for their program of music from the Thirty Years’ War:
May
9
6:00 PM18:00
Museo Colombano, Bologna
Bruce makes a “passeggiata” at the Museo Colombano, Tagliavini Collection, speaking of the cornetto and then plays a concert with:
Suzie LeBlanc - soprano
Maximillien Brisson - trombone
Catalina Vicens - organ
Dec
11
7:30 PM19:30
Al-Andalus & the Ancient Hesperia
Bruce rejoins Jordi Savall, the Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hespèrion XXI for
Al-Andalus & the Ancient Hesperia
At the Abu Dhabi Festival
Nov
11
11:00 AM11:00
Musik aus himmlischen Sphären
Stefano Landi Il Sant’Alessio and
Malvezzi/Marenzio Intermedien für La Pellegrina
with Solisten and Musicians of Ensemble La Dolcezza, Concerto Palatino
and the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg
Directed by Antonius Adamske
Sunday, November 11, 11am - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Jun
26
to Jul 2
LAMP Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance
Syntagma Musicum:
The Musical World of Michael Praetorius
An Academy focussed on the music and writings of Michael Praetorius
With Bruce Dickey, Charles Daniels, Catherine Motuz, and Catalina Vicens.
Mar
3
to Mar 13
2023
On the Breath of Angels
Hana Blažíková joins Bruce and the Breathtaking Collective for a North American tour:
March 3: Vancouver
March 5: Columbus, OH
March 8: Montreal
March 10: New York City
March 12: Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC)
March 13: Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC)
Nov
11
to Nov 18
Concerto Palatino Recording Project
Darkness into Light:
Music from Times of Pestilence 1575 - 2022
Music Connected with the Venetian Plague of 1575 and the Construction of the Chiesa del Redentore as a penitential gesture.
Includes a newly commissioned work by Robert Kyr creating a link between Venice’s Plague and the Coronavirus Pandemic 2020-2022
Final Concert Antwerp, AMUZ, November 18
Sep
4
8:00 PM20:00
On the Breath of Angels
Hana Blažíková joins Bruce and the Breathtaking Collective
At the Festival Lípa Musica in the town of Česká Lípa.
Jul
20
8:00 PM20:00
Hathor Consort
Bruce joins the Hathor consort and Dorothee Mields for their program of music from the Thirty Years’ War:
Heinrich Albert’s Pumpkin Hut
Saintes
Jun
27
to Jul 3
LAMP Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Guided by Voices: Course on Virtuoso Italian Music of the Seicento
Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Catherine Motuz, trombone
Robert Mealey, violin
Elinor Frey, bowed bass instruments
Hank Knox, keyboards
May
14
6:00 PM18:00
Prague Spring 2022
Breathtaking
Vocal and Instrumental Dialogues in Old and New Music
Performance of Contemporary works for cornetto with Hana Blažíková, soprano, Bruce Dickey, cornetto , Veronika Skuplik, violin, Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba, and Kris Verhelst, keyboard.
Concert at 18.00, St. Agnes Convent, Prague
Mar
20
4:00 PM16:00
Washington Bach Consort
Bruce joins the Washington Bach Consort for a concert of polychoral music:
Music for the Soul
Polychoral splendors of Venice & Northern Europe
Saint Sophia Orthodox Cathedral
Washington DC
Music of Schütz, Praetorius, and Monteverdi
Nov
15
to Nov 18
Mysterium Cosmographicum
A Conference at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) on Music in the World of Johannes Kepler with various perfomances and talks.
Oct
23
to Nov 4
L'Orfeo of Claudio Monteverdi
Bruce joins ensemble L’Arpeggiata directed by Christina Pluhar in a tour of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with Rolando Villazón in the title role.
Oct. 23 - 27 London (TBC)
Oct. 28 - 30 Graz, Musikverein für Steiermark
Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 Vienna, Konzerthaus
Nov. 3-4 Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (TBC)
Oct
15
to Oct 19
Breathtaking on tour again!
Hana and Bruce take the Breathtaking Collective on tour in Europe
October 15 - Santiago de Compostela
Hana Blažíková, soprano
Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba
Jakob Lindberg
Kris Verlelst, harpsichord
October 19 - Timisoara, Romania
Hana Blažíková, soprano
Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Veronika Skuplik and Catherine Aglibut, violin
Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba
Jakob Lindberg
Kris Verlelst, harpsichord
Sep
25
to Sep 30
Global Breath Festival, Essen
Global Breath Festival, created by trumpeter Marco Blaauw
Sept. 26 - Breathtaking
Hana Blažíková, soprano
Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Rainer Zipperling, viola da gamba
Kris Verlelst, harpsichord
Sept. 27/28 - Workshops dealing with vocality on modern trumpet and a lecture on the history and culture of the cornetto
Sep
12
5:00 PM17:00
Basel, Switzerland
A Mass for the Canonization of Johann Nepomuk (1729) and other Festive Music for the Church of St. Jacob in Brno
A concert for the series Abendmusiken in der Predigerkirche
Aug
15
to Aug 22
LAMP Renaissance Academy, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
The Musical World of Michael Praetorius
Bruce Dickey, cornetto
Charles Daniels, voice
Catherine Motuz, historical trombone
Catalina Vicens, keyboards
Jul
21
7:00 PM19:00
Amherst Early Music
An Online Class for Amherst Early Music
Speech without Words: The imitation of the human voice on instruments
Appropriate for all melody instruments. Pitch 440.
Jul
17
7:00 PM19:00
SFEMS Online Class
Online class together with Linda Pearse for the San Francisco Early Music Society.
O Crux splendidior: A Venetian Motet from a Time of Plague
Time listed is European Central Time
Feb
28
7:30 PM19:30
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Schweinfurt, Theater der Stadt Schweinfurt, 19.30
Cantus Cölln and Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghänel, dir.
Feb
15
8:00 PM20:00
On the Breath of Angels
Ramskapelle, near Gent.
This is the first concert of our new program On the Breath of Angels, with Hana Blažíková and the Breathtaking Collective.
Dec
19
to Dec 22
Bruce at Early Music Vancouver
Christmas in the Venice of Giovanni Gabrieli
Bruce will lead and play in a program of polychoral Christmas music for Early Music Vancouver
Concerts in Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria
Dec
14
to Dec 15
Bruce in Winnepeg
Bruce and Elinor Frey will be among those featured in two concerts with Ensemble Camerata Nova, John Wiens, director.
Dec
5
7:30 AM07:30
Chamber music with Elinor Frey
Concert at the Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal
Nov
20
to Nov 30
LAMP Renassance Academy, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Intermedio
Italian Courtly Entertainments in the 16th Century
November 20 - 30
Suzie LeBlanc – voice
Marie-Natalie Lacoursière – dance and gesture
Bruce Dickey – cornetto
Catherine Motuz – Renaissance trombone
Catalina Vicens – organ and harpishord
This course will be limited to 15 students. It is open to singers, and players of all 16th century instruments.