Past Concerts

2025

Sospiri di Tempeste

A tempestuous exploration of music about storms and the turbulence of weather!

Saturday, April 5 at 4:00pm
Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Sunday, April 6 at 4:00pm
The Bakken Museum ● 3537 Zenith Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN

2024

Sospiri Volanti

Fluttering, warbling, trilling…all the wonderful sounds and songs of the avian world come to live in historic context!

Saturday, October 26 at 7:30pm
Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Sunday, October 27 at 4:30pm
Harriet Alexander Nature Center ● 2520 North Dale St., Roseville, MN

Sospiri di Follia in partnership with The Bakken Museum

We revel in madness with a delightful performance of music to sooth insanity and inspire delight!

Saturday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Sunday, April 28 at 4:00pm
The Bakken Museum ● 3537 Zenith Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN

2023

Sospiri di Lamento

Sospiri explores the lament; from humorous complaints to the depths of sorrow.

Friday, Dec. 1st and Saturday, Dec. 2nd at 7:30pm
Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Sospiri della Danza

Sospiri brings dance music front and center with live dancers!

Friday, May 5th at 7:30pm
Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

2022

Sospiri del Corpo

Explore the fascinations of the body through early music

Saturday, May 21st at 7:30pm
Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Sunday, May 22nd at 4:00pm
The Art Gallery @ Hennepin Methodist ● 511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis, MN

2021

Sospiri di Merula

Works by Tarquinio Merula, a revolutionary composer of the early Italian Baroque period.

Sunday, November 14th at 4:00pm
Olivet Congregational Church, 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Sospiri del Celeste in partnership with The Bell Museum

Early music inspired by the stars.

June 24th, 2021 – Virtual premiere.

July 8th, 2021 – Online viewing with the Bell Natural History Museum and planetarium.

2019

Sospiri da Morte

An exploration of 17th century musical expressions of death from around the world.

Friday, October 11 – 7:30pm
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, St. Paul

Saturday, October 12 – 7:30pm
The Art Gallery @ Hennepin Methodist, Minneapolis

Sospiri di Natale

An exploration of birth and renewal, seicento-style.

Friday, December 6 – 7:30pm
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, St. Paul

Saturday, December 7 – 7:30pm
The Art Gallery @ Hennepin Methodist, Minneapolis

Sospiri di Primavera

Songs of Spring from the 16th and 17th Century

3:00pm Sunday, March 10th, 2019
St. Clement’s Church
901 Portland Avenue, Saint Paul, MN

2018

Sospiri d’Amore

Love Songs of the Italian Baroque

Thursday, October 4th at 7:30pm, 2018
Summit Center for Arts and Innovation
1524 Summit Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55105