“Still. Here.” Seraphic Fire looks to the past for a pandemic season

The Classical Review interviews Artistic Director Patrick Dupré Quigley and previews the first concert in Seraphic Fire’s 2019-20 season: “Still. Here. Music of Love and Plague”. The concert will be shown online Sunday, November 8 and remain available to ticket holders on the Vimeo streaming site for up to 72 hours after it begins.

During the years that produced the glories of the Renaissance, Europe endured waves of plague, tuberculosis, influenza and many other diseases. “What we find in the secular music of the time is that people express many of the same feelings that we are going through now,” Quigley said. “The feeling of longing for human connection, the desire for love that has been taken away, the desire for comfort and the benefits of having people around you.”