Tue 11/15 @ 7:30-8:30PM
Baroque ensemble ACRONYM was founded in 2012 by Oberlin Conservatory alumni with the goal of premiering 17th-century music for modern audiences, unearthing things they hadn’t heard at every baroque concert out there. The ten-piece ensemble has given the first modern performances of works by composers such as Heinrich Biber, Johann Rosenmüller and Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, and their latest album of the ten they’ve released, 2020’s Cantica Obsoleta, includes the first modern recordings of obscure works from Sweden’s Düben Collection.
The groups makes its return to Oberlin with a concert featuring its “Dreams of a Wounded Musketeers,” in which a dying soldier recalls the music that shaped his life. It includes music by Biber, Schmelzer, Valentini, Vertali, Poglietti, Pezel, Drese and Capricornus.
The concert takes place at Oberlin’s Warner Concert Hall. Get tickets here.