Welcome to our Media page! Below you can watch videos of some of our recent online performances and lectures, and listen to samples from our various CDs.
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All of these concert and lecture videos are made available free of charge, but donations are gratefully accepted. Thank you for supporting STS and our continued music-making!
Our 21st annual winter solstice show, this year full of wassail-inspired favorites with a twist at the end. With guest Elise Groves, soprano. Performed December 5, 2023. Program PDF
Celebrate our 20th winter solstice concert! Many guests join us for Renaissance carols and dances, shapenote hymns, Irish reels, 20th-c. works, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Presented Dec. 20, 2022. Program PDF
Knight-errant Esplandián rides off in search of chivalric adventure. We tell his tale with music of Narváez, Milán, Cabezón, and Encina, and villancicos from the Cancionero del Palacio. Presented May 13, 2022. Program PDF
“Banbury Ale” brings the best of the Elizabethan pub scene to the present day with rousing drinking songs, love ballads, rustic catches, and energetic country dances. Presented February 20, 2022. Program PDF
STS brings bustling, bewigged, and bawdy Restoration London to life with dramatic readings from Samuel Pepys’ diaries along with music by his many friends—and Sam himself! Presented Feb. 27, 2023. Program PDF
Songs and dances of 17th-c. Italy. Inspired by our late friend Scott Harney’s poetry, we visit Elizabethan England, then take a sea voyage to southern Italy to tour the city of Naples. Presented Oct. 2, 2022. Program PDF
Follow the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, through music of 17th c. Scotland, England, Germany and the Netherlands. Presented March 25, 2022. Program PDF
“The Moon Before Yule” marks our 19th annual solstice show! Enjoy seasonal works from France, Spain, Scotland and the New World. With special guest Ari Nieh, bass-baritone. Presented on Dec. 21, 2021. Program PDF
“Upon a Summer’s Day” takes us on a midsummer frolic through the woods, conjuring visions of fairy queens and ancient kings. As harvest approaches, we toast at a country tavern. Presented by Amherst Early Music Festival, July 19, 2021. Program PDF
In 2020 we decided to “Banish Misfortune” and take our 18th annual Solstice Concert online! Some musical revelry is sure to make your winter a bit warmer. Presented on Dec. 21st, 2020. Program PDF
The Making of Pilgrims’ Progress: A behind-the-scenes look at Seven Times Salt's creative process of programming around a historical topic. Presented for Early Music America, Sep. 28, 2020.
A special online presentation for 2020: "Fair Phoenix", the tumultuous life story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, with music of England, Germany, and Holland. Presented for the SoHIP Summer Concert Series, Aug. 26, 2020. Program PDF
In “A Health to the Company” we visit the 17th c. pub with drinking songs, love ballads both naughty and nice, and rustic catches for carousing with friends. Presented by SoHIP on August 4, 2021. Program PDF
“For As Many As Will” takes a tour of English country dances in their many guises from 1651 to the present day! Presented with CDS-Boston on March 19, 2021. Program PDF
In this session we share a musical backdrop for the Plimoth settlers with English and Dutch music of 1590-1650. This special holiday presentation includes anecdotes about the Plimoth Separatists and the original “war on Christmas”! Presented for Alden House Historic Site, Dec. 26, 2020.
In “Pilgrims’ Progress” we imagine a musical backdrop for the Plimoth settlers, with English and Dutch music of 1590-1650. Presented for the Massachusetts Historical Society, Sep. 16, 2020.