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Upcoming PerformancesTues, Oct 4, 2016
My heart remains with you
Medieval love songs inspired by Arthurian Romance
Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
Recent NewsEager for new music from Asteria?
Worry not – we are busy this winter 2016 arranging and recording our 5th CD, an album of medieval English songs from the time of Richard III.
An often overlooked repertoire because of the relative paucity of English sources from this time, these gems will surprise you with their clever melodies and dramatic lyrics. Worth the wait!
Living a Dream in Burgundy
Electrum Magazine
Recent Reviews"Meltingly beautiful..."
-The New York Times"Captivating and intimate..."
-Goldberg Magazine"Asteria gave a brilliant performance - an exquisite feast for the eyes, the ears, the mind and the heart."
-Kathy Gaubatz, President, Miami Bach Society"Asteria was wonderful! Their concert was magical and mesmerizing. Their workshop was informative, well organized, and inspiring for my students."
-Mark Cudek, Peabody Conservatory
Category Archives: Concert Reviews
The New York Times: Asteria – Bargemusic
by ZACHARY WOLFE The gifted early-music duo Asteria — the tenor and lutenist Eric Redlinger and the soprano Sylvia Rhyne — returned to Bargemusic on Sunday afternoon with a concert entitled “The Body Departs — the Heart Remains With You.” That is … Continue reading
Le Jouer de Luth: Ensemble Asteria Concert à la salle Ockeghem de Tours (Festival Les Méridiennes)
by DIDIER JARNY/PB Depuis plusieurs années, le festival des Méridiennes, à l’initiative de l’ensemble Diabolus in Musica et de son chef Antoine Guerber, ravit le public tourangeau par l’originalité de sa programmation et sa convivialité. Là encore, ce concert convenait … Continue reading
New York Times: “Capturing a Yearning Fit for a Prince”
By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER It might seem a stretch to ask audience members at Bargemusic, the floating concert hall on the East River with an expansive view of the Manhattan skyline, to imagine themselves next to the Rhine in 1475, as the … Continue reading
dial “m” for musicology – “Asteria in Boulder”
By JONATHAN BELLMAN Imagine the Platonic Ideal of a performance of songs about Love—Love incarnated as a poetic idealization. You might conceive of vocal lines sinuously interwoven with the kind of insouciance born only from total contrapuntal command. You might … Continue reading
France-Amérique – le Journal Français des États-Unis
By JUDITH ORINGER Eric Redlinger, luthiste et ténor, et Sylvia Rhyne, soprano, forment, à la scène comme à la ville, un couple d’une grande poésie, soudé par un amour commun de la musique médiévale. Leur formation, Asteria, en concert vendredi … Continue reading
The Boston Globe: “Romantic Music”
By MILVA DIDOMIZIO Theatergoers may remember Sylvia Rhyne from her portrayal as the Baroness in a 2005 production of “The Sound of Music” by Waltham’s Reagle Players. Rhyne returns to the area this week to perform songs of a different … Continue reading
SF Classical Voice: “Illuminating the Chanson”
By MICHELLE DULAK THOMSON One of the pleasures of working in the field of early music – really early music, that is, music from well outside the ordinary classical musician’s realm of experience – must be the sense of having … Continue reading
Toccata: “Tage Alter Musik performance”
By ROBERT STROBL ” …eine wahre Perle im Konzertreigen. Das war ein in sich stimmiges, hervorragend und auswendig vorgetragenes Programm, das über eine Stunde das Publikum vollkommen fesselte.”
Mittelbayerische Zeitung: Concert Review
Von RANDOLF JESCHEK, MZ REGENSBURG. Der Rosenroman von Guillaume de Lorris und Jean de Meung aus dem 13. Jahrhundert ist das zentrale literarische Ereignis des Mittelalters. Kein anderer Text der Zeit hat Denken und Dichtung bis weit übers Mittelalter – … Continue reading
Journal de Saone et Loire: Concert Review
Sylvia Rhyne et Eric Redlinger, primés en musique du Moyen-Age aux Etats Unis, ont offert un concert intimiste, presque religieux dans une salle du chateau de Germolles, devant la cheminée monumentale. Le public a peu auparavant, guidé par les maitres … Continue reading
Merkur, Wiesbach: “Emotionale Reise ins Mittelalter”
Von THOMAS FÜßLER Eindrucksvolles Benefiz-Konzert von Asteria in Wiesbach Wie lebendig mittelalterliche Musik sein kann, bewies das amerikanische Duo Asteria bei einem Benefiz-Konzert in Wiesbach für die Carl-Orff-Grundschule. Das Besondere: Eric Redlinger und Sylvia Rhyne wagten sich an eigene, emotionale … Continue reading
SF Classical Voice: “Asteria Performs Songs of Burgundy”
The duo Asteria – Sylvia Rhyne, soprano; Eric Redlinger, lute and tenor – captivated their audience on the evening of June 9 at Hertz Hall with a program of largely Burgundian chansons, with a few sacred and English pieces offered, as well. Continue reading
BEMF: Boston’s Early Music Extravaganza
…Winners of EMA’s Unicorn Prize for Medieval and Renaissance Music, the duo Asteria (Sylvia Rhyne, soprano, and Eric Redlinger, tenor and lute) presented ‘Flower of Passion, Thorn of Despair,’ a beautifully enacted program of songs about ‘chivalry and courtly love … Continue reading
Columbus Dispatch: Gentle Chansons Create Intimate Space in Cavernous Chapel
By JENNIFER HAMBRICK The 26th season of Early Music in Columbus began Friday with the refined sounds of Renaissance Europe. Award-winning early-music vocal duo Asteria’s performances of 15 thcentury Burgundian chansons transformed the Pontifical College Josephinum’s St. Turibius Chapel into … Continue reading
New York Times: …May Best Singers Win
…Ms. Rhyne and Mr. Redlinger put across not only their music, Burgundian songs from the mid-15th century, but also a style of performance, intimate and deeply communicative. They sang these songs of love and loss as if to each other, yet drew a listener in completely, sealing the process with a meltingly beautiful rendition of Claudin de Sermisy’s “Languir Me Fais.” Continue reading
