Booking and details
Get TicketsDates Wed, Dec 9, 2026 at 6pm ET
Venue Virtual - On Zoom
Tickets $10; free for Folger Members and Subscribers
Duration 60 minutes
Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively virtual seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming concert An English Christmas for the Ages.
About the concert
Celebrate the holidays with a centuries-spanning program of medieval Yuletide songs, English Christmas carols, and festive works from the royal courts of both King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I, including beautiful music by composers Thomas Tallis and William Byrd. In a commemorative nod to the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, the performance culminates in delightful Christmas anthems by New England composer William Billings.
Who’s Who
Robert Eisenstein
Robert Eisenstein, Artistic Director (bass viol)
Robert Eisenstein has led over 200 productions and performances with Folger Consort over the past 40 years, including Measure + Dido at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Napa Valley Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice at Strathmore, The Fairy Queen, and Hildegard Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum at the Washington National Cathedral. Recently retired as the Director of the Five College Early Music Program; Music Director for the Five College Opera Project production of Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero; Mount Holyoke College faculty emeritus, where he taught music history and performed on the viola de gamba, violin, and medieval fiddle. He is an active participant in Five College Medieval Studies. Recipient of Early Music America’s Thomas Binkley Award for outstanding achievement in performance and scholarship by the director of a college early music ensemble.
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