The vocal group Cantabile is a self-directed ensemble based in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, which specializes in a cappella performances of vocal chamber music from the European Renaissance of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Among their programs in the last several years have been Saints and Sailors: Sacred, Sad and Silly Songs of the Sixteenth Century and a concert pairing Marenzio’s madrigal cycle Baci soavi e cari with a complete performance of Adriano Banchieri’s madrigal comedy Barca di Venetia per Padova. Other programs have included music of Josquin, Salamone Rossi, Heinrich Schütz, English madrigals, Dutch baroque music and Bach cantata 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit. Cantabile has been featured in the concert series of Arcadia Players and Springfield’s Tuesday Morning Music Club, as well as at Pacem in Terris in Warwick, NY. They have also performed 18th and 20th century music by special invitation. The ensemble is currently a sextet of D
