Past Themes and Performers
2019
The Grand Tour: A 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Madison Early Music Festival
Dark Horse Consort · Alchymy Viols · HESPERUS · Calmus
2018
A Cabinet of Curiosities: Journey to Lübeck
Quicksilver · Piffaro, the Renaissance Band · James Kennerly, John Chappell Stowe, organists, and MEMF faculty · Schola Antiqua
2017
Quixotic Musical Treasures from the Golden Age of Spain
Daphna Mor & Kane Mathis Duo · Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · Sonnambula · Xavier Díaz-Latorre
2016
Shakespeare 400: An Elizabethan Celebration
New York Polyphony · The Newberry Consort · The Baltimore Consort
2015
Slavic Discoveries: Early Music from Eastern Europe
The Rose Ensemble · East of the River · Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · Ensemble Peregrina
2014
Italia Mia: 1300-1600
Toronto Consort · LIBER · Ex Umbris · Trefoil
2013
A Festive Celebration of the German Renaissance
Calmus Ensemble · The Dark Horse Consort · Parthenia · Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
2012
Welcome Home Again! An American Celebration
Anonymous 4 · Chatham Baroque · The Newberry Consort · The Rose Ensemble
2011
El Nuevo Mundo—The Age of Exploration in the New World
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · The Rose Ensemble · Ensemble Visera · Chatham Baroque
2010
England: Merry and Musical before Elizabeth
Parthenia with Julianne Baird · The King’s Noyse · Hesperus · LIBER · Benjamin Bagby
2009
Telescopic Vistas: MEMF X & Music of the Spheres
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · Newberry Consort · Quicksilver · Marion Verbruggen · Venere Lute Quartet
2008
Handel’s Journey: From Germany to England via Italy
Newberry Consort · Marion Verbruggen · Tempesta di Mare · Quicksilver · Baroque Band
2007
Early Music from the Low Countries: The Age of the Netherlanders
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · Marion Verbruggen · Fortune’s Wheel · The King’s Noyse
2006
Early Music from the Iberian Peninsula: Spain & the Age of Discovery
Baltimore Consort · Ex Umbris · Chatham Baroque · Ivory Consort
2005
The Fairest Isle: Early Music from England and Scotland
The King’s Noyse · Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · Ex Umbris · The Baltimore Consort · Second City Musick
2004
The Glories of 17th-Century Venice
Spiritus Collective · Catacoustic Consort · La Venexiana · The Newberry Consort · Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
2003
Bach and His World
Musica Pacifica · The Newberry Consort · Piffaro, The Renassiance Band
2002
A Distant Mirror: French Medieval and Renaissance Music
Concord Ensemble · The Folger Consort · Piffaro, The Renaissance Band · The Newberry Consort
2001
Music of Elizabethan England and Its Italian Influences
The Newberry Consort · Marion Verbruggen · The Scholars of Cambrai · Kielson/Spears/Trompeter
2000
Monteverdi and Schütz
Cecilia’s Circle · The Newberry Consort · Trio Atlantica · Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble