Spring Returns: Bella Madre de’ Fiori
April 10 & 11, 2027 at 3 p.m.
Bachgrounder lecture 35 minutes before each concert
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
Circa 1600 · Directed by Amanda McFadden
Community Partner: Petaluma Bounty
On our bookshelf: The Serviceberry: Abundance/Reciprocity in the Natural World (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
April 10 & 11, 2027 at 3 p.m.
Bachgrounder lecture 35 minutes before each concert
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
Circa 1600 · Directed by Amanda McFadden
Community Partner: Petaluma Bounty
On our bookshelf: The Serviceberry: Abundance/Reciprocity in the Natural World (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
With flowers fully in bloom, Circa 1600 will bask in the colors, textures, and sounds of spring! Given quite an abundance of musical buds to pick, we will carefully arrange our bouquet with Claudio Monteverdi, Orlando Gibbons, and Heinrich Schütz, among many other favorites. With our roots firmly planted in early music, we will also explore how these composers pollinated their musical ideas beyond the Renaissance and Baroque periods by featuring composers like Johannes Brahms (a great lover of the outdoors), Charles Villiers Stanford’s serene setting of The Blue Bird, and more.
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Spring Returns: The Serviceberry:
Abundance/Reciprocity in the Natural World (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
As Indigenous scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”
Abundance/Reciprocity in the Natural World (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
As Indigenous scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”
Susan and Neil Silverman Photography
Circa 1600 is our mixed chamber choir, exploring the rich intersection of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. The group’s core repertoire spans the 16th and 17th centuries, with excursions back into the 15th century and forward to J.S. Bach. The ensemble’s artistic vision is shaped by the works of Josquin Desprez, Claudio Monteverdi, Heinrich Schütz and their contemporaries, bringing early music vividly to life.