Saturday, April 2
Sounding Together: Origins of the Symphony
Arcadia Players
Andrew Arceci, the new Artistic Director of Arcadia Players, the Northampton-based period instrument ensemble, will lead his inaugural in-person concert exploring the origins of the symphonic genre. The program will include Vivaldi’s Sinfonia-Al Santo Sepolcro, Handel’s "Sinfony" from Messiah, and early string symphonies by Johan Helmich Roman, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and others. The safety of our audience and our performers is of the utmost importance. Proof of full vaccination will be required at the door. Masks are required at all times. The approximately one-hour program will be performed without intermission. Attendees are invited to meet Andrew Arceci following the performance. This concert is supported by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council, the South Hadley Cultural Council, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
7pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley, MA
Tickets "pay what you wish" ($25 suggested) and are available online or at the door.
www.arcadiaplayers.org
Arcadia Players
Andrew Arceci, the new Artistic Director of Arcadia Players, the Northampton-based period instrument ensemble, will lead his inaugural in-person concert exploring the origins of the symphonic genre. The program will include Vivaldi’s Sinfonia-Al Santo Sepolcro, Handel’s "Sinfony" from Messiah, and early string symphonies by Johan Helmich Roman, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and others. The safety of our audience and our performers is of the utmost importance. Proof of full vaccination will be required at the door. Masks are required at all times. The approximately one-hour program will be performed without intermission. Attendees are invited to meet Andrew Arceci following the performance. This concert is supported by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council, the South Hadley Cultural Council, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
7pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley, MA
Tickets "pay what you wish" ($25 suggested) and are available online or at the door.
www.arcadiaplayers.org
Songs of Parting: Music by Mozart, Haydn, and others
Carolyn Sampson & Kristian Bezuidenhout
Experience a thrilling collaboration between two Early Music superstars as soprano Carolyn Sampson and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout present a recital of music by Mozart, Haydn, and their contemporaries. The program explores themes of love and separation to richly varied effect. From the pleading of Mozart’s Lied der Trennung to the pathos and longing of Haydn’s Die Verlassene, from the tender lament of Mozart’s Abendempfindung to the anguished despair of Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos, explore the gamut of emotions when lovers are parted.
8pm - New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until April 23, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Carolyn Sampson & Kristian Bezuidenhout
Experience a thrilling collaboration between two Early Music superstars as soprano Carolyn Sampson and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout present a recital of music by Mozart, Haydn, and their contemporaries. The program explores themes of love and separation to richly varied effect. From the pleading of Mozart’s Lied der Trennung to the pathos and longing of Haydn’s Die Verlassene, from the tender lament of Mozart’s Abendempfindung to the anguished despair of Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos, explore the gamut of emotions when lovers are parted.
8pm - New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until April 23, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Friday, April 8
Fair Phoenix (Virtual Premiere)
Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano, percussion; Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder; Karen Burciaga, violin, tenor viol; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, theorbo; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion, baritone; David H. Miller, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora
“Fair Phoenix” tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Born in Scotland in 1596, Elizabeth later married Frederick V of the Palatinate, who ascended to the throne of Bohemia in 1619 only to be deposed the following year. Elizabeth’s brief reign earned her the nickname “The Winter Queen.” We follow The Winter Queen’s tumultuous life story with celebratory music from England on the occasion of her wedding in 1613, music borne of religious anguish during the Thirty Years’ War, and finally music of mourning and hope following Elizabeth’s exile from Bohemia and eventual return home in the first years of the Restoration. We are pleased to join our colleagues from In Stile Moderno. Filmed March 25 at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, MA by Samuel Gossner.
7:30pm ET - Free to watch, with $10 suggested donation to support the musicians. Donate here or PayPal to inquiries@seventimessalt.com.
Download Program PDF
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano, percussion; Corey Dalton Hart, tenor, recorder; Karen Burciaga, violin, tenor viol; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, theorbo; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, percussion, baritone; David H. Miller, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora
“Fair Phoenix” tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Born in Scotland in 1596, Elizabeth later married Frederick V of the Palatinate, who ascended to the throne of Bohemia in 1619 only to be deposed the following year. Elizabeth’s brief reign earned her the nickname “The Winter Queen.” We follow The Winter Queen’s tumultuous life story with celebratory music from England on the occasion of her wedding in 1613, music borne of religious anguish during the Thirty Years’ War, and finally music of mourning and hope following Elizabeth’s exile from Bohemia and eventual return home in the first years of the Restoration. We are pleased to join our colleagues from In Stile Moderno. Filmed March 25 at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, MA by Samuel Gossner.
7:30pm ET - Free to watch, with $10 suggested donation to support the musicians. Donate here or PayPal to inquiries@seventimessalt.com.
Download Program PDF
www.seventimessalt.com
Saturday, April 9
Lyracle with Historian Barbara Lambert
Ashley Mulcahy, Mezzo-soprano; James Perretta, Viola da gamba
Lyracle joins historian Barbara Lambert, editor of Music in Colonial Massachusetts v. 53 and 54, for an exploration of at-home music-making in 17th and early 18th century Massachusetts at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Lambert's publication formed the backbone of our research in curating our program, "'Musick's Recreation: At-Home Music Making in 17th and 18th Century MA." We're delighted to join her for a celebration of all types of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious, and everything in between! Building on our short video "Home Is Where the Music Is," this program focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial MA as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. We connect what we can infer about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire by Purcell and contemporaries for voice with bass viol accompaniment and for solo viol that was likely present in colonial MA. With an introduction by Barbara Lambert.
2pm - Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 87 Mount Vernon St., Boston, MA 02108
FREE!
https://www.lyraclemusic.com/event/lyracle-with-barbara-lambert/
Ashley Mulcahy, Mezzo-soprano; James Perretta, Viola da gamba
Lyracle joins historian Barbara Lambert, editor of Music in Colonial Massachusetts v. 53 and 54, for an exploration of at-home music-making in 17th and early 18th century Massachusetts at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Lambert's publication formed the backbone of our research in curating our program, "'Musick's Recreation: At-Home Music Making in 17th and 18th Century MA." We're delighted to join her for a celebration of all types of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious, and everything in between! Building on our short video "Home Is Where the Music Is," this program focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial MA as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. We connect what we can infer about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire by Purcell and contemporaries for voice with bass viol accompaniment and for solo viol that was likely present in colonial MA. With an introduction by Barbara Lambert.
2pm - Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 87 Mount Vernon St., Boston, MA 02108
FREE!
https://www.lyraclemusic.com/event/lyracle-with-barbara-lambert/
Arpeggione Ensemble Launch Party
Andrea LeBlanc, Traverso and Keyed Flute; Thomas Carroll, Clarinet and Basset Clarinet; Susanna Ogata, Violin; Emily Hale, Violin; Renée Hemsing, Viola; Guy Fishman, Cello
Join us online for an official launch of Arpeggione Ensemble, the North Shore's newest chamber ensemble specializing in classical and romantic chamber music performances in historic venues. We will be unveiling our first series of recordings at the Long Hill estate in Beverly as well as plans for the 2022-23 Season.
7:30pm - online, visit website to RSVP
FREE!
https://www.arpeggione-ensemble.com/
Andrea LeBlanc, Traverso and Keyed Flute; Thomas Carroll, Clarinet and Basset Clarinet; Susanna Ogata, Violin; Emily Hale, Violin; Renée Hemsing, Viola; Guy Fishman, Cello
Join us online for an official launch of Arpeggione Ensemble, the North Shore's newest chamber ensemble specializing in classical and romantic chamber music performances in historic venues. We will be unveiling our first series of recordings at the Long Hill estate in Beverly as well as plans for the 2022-23 Season.
7:30pm - online, visit website to RSVP
FREE!
https://www.arpeggione-ensemble.com/
Friday, April 22
Mozart & Haydn on a Historical Fortepiano
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Phillips House — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
7pm - Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Phillips House — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
7pm - Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Many Voices
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director) & Dünya (Mehmet Sanlıkol, artistic director)
MANY VOICES is a celebration of diverse voices and styles. European music before 1600 is represented by the Salve regina for six voices by the 15th-century Flemish composer Jacob Obrecht and a pair of madrigals by one of the few published female composers of the 16th century, Vittoria Aleotti. Leaping forward to the 20th century, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des cantiques (1952) sets poetry from the Song of Songs, translated into French, in a rich texture of twelve solo voices. Boston’s own Grammy-nominated composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings us into the present day with Devran, a polyphonic work that marries Sufi Muslim texts, Renaissance counterpoint, and elements of traditional Middle Eastern music. Finally, we will perform a motet by Kevin Allen, from whom we commissioned a new piece for Christmas 2020. The concert also features a guest appearance by Sanlikol’s ensemble DÜNYA, a collective specializing in music from Turkish traditions. Free pre-concert talk by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol 45 minutes before each concert. Doors and box office open one hour before each concert.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
and online
www.blueheron.org/concerts/23rd-season-subscription/many-voices/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director) & Dünya (Mehmet Sanlıkol, artistic director)
MANY VOICES is a celebration of diverse voices and styles. European music before 1600 is represented by the Salve regina for six voices by the 15th-century Flemish composer Jacob Obrecht and a pair of madrigals by one of the few published female composers of the 16th century, Vittoria Aleotti. Leaping forward to the 20th century, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des cantiques (1952) sets poetry from the Song of Songs, translated into French, in a rich texture of twelve solo voices. Boston’s own Grammy-nominated composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings us into the present day with Devran, a polyphonic work that marries Sufi Muslim texts, Renaissance counterpoint, and elements of traditional Middle Eastern music. Finally, we will perform a motet by Kevin Allen, from whom we commissioned a new piece for Christmas 2020. The concert also features a guest appearance by Sanlikol’s ensemble DÜNYA, a collective specializing in music from Turkish traditions. Free pre-concert talk by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol 45 minutes before each concert. Doors and box office open one hour before each concert.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
and online
www.blueheron.org/concerts/23rd-season-subscription/many-voices/
Saturday, April 23
Many Voices
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director) & Dünya (Mehmet Sanlıkol, artistic director)
MANY VOICES is a celebration of diverse voices and styles. European music before 1600 is represented by the Salve regina for six voices by the 15th-century Flemish composer Jacob Obrecht and a pair of madrigals by one of the few published female composers of the 16th century, Vittoria Aleotti. Leaping forward to the 20th century, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des cantiques (1952) sets poetry from the Song of Songs, translated into French, in a rich texture of twelve solo voices. Boston’s own Grammy-nominated composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings us into the present day with Devran, a polyphonic work that marries Sufi Muslim texts, Renaissance counterpoint, and elements of traditional Middle Eastern music. Finally, we will perform a motet by Kevin Allen, from whom we commissioned a new piece for Christmas 2020. The concert also features a guest appearance by Sanlikol’s ensemble DÜNYA, a collective specializing in music from Turkish traditions. Free pre-concert talk by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol 45 minutes before each concert. Doors and box office open one hour before each concert.
2:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
and online
www.blueheron.org/concerts/23rd-season-subscription/many-voices/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director) & Dünya (Mehmet Sanlıkol, artistic director)
MANY VOICES is a celebration of diverse voices and styles. European music before 1600 is represented by the Salve regina for six voices by the 15th-century Flemish composer Jacob Obrecht and a pair of madrigals by one of the few published female composers of the 16th century, Vittoria Aleotti. Leaping forward to the 20th century, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur’s Le Cantique des cantiques (1952) sets poetry from the Song of Songs, translated into French, in a rich texture of twelve solo voices. Boston’s own Grammy-nominated composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol brings us into the present day with Devran, a polyphonic work that marries Sufi Muslim texts, Renaissance counterpoint, and elements of traditional Middle Eastern music. Finally, we will perform a motet by Kevin Allen, from whom we commissioned a new piece for Christmas 2020. The concert also features a guest appearance by Sanlikol’s ensemble DÜNYA, a collective specializing in music from Turkish traditions. Free pre-concert talk by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol 45 minutes before each concert. Doors and box office open one hour before each concert.
2:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
and online
www.blueheron.org/concerts/23rd-season-subscription/many-voices/
Berkshire Bach presents Organist Peter Sykes
Peter Sykes presents a program of masterworks by J.S. Bach and his Followers, as well as Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Reger on the historic Roosevelt Organ of the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington.
4pm ET - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
$35 | $30 Berkshire Bach Members | Free for Children & Students w/ID
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Peter Sykes presents a program of masterworks by J.S. Bach and his Followers, as well as Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Reger on the historic Roosevelt Organ of the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington.
4pm ET - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
$35 | $30 Berkshire Bach Members | Free for Children & Students w/ID
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Sunday, April 24
Mozart & Haydn on a Historical Fortepiano
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Langdon House — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
2pm - Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Langdon House — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
2pm - Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Fourth Sundays with Guts: Italian Virtuosi, Part II
Guts Baroque (Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, & John Ott, baroque cello)
Following the ripples of Corelli’s earth-moving Opus 5 sonatas through the 18th-century violin world. A different sonata by Corelli, plus sonatas by Veracini, Somis and Tartini. (Get ready by watching the replay of October’s Italian Virtuosi Part I, available by donation here: https://square.link/u/T3gN35D6)
7pm - Online, donate via Square at https://square.link/u/mPICBLLY to receive viewing link. Available on-demand following the live premiere.
$20 suggested donation per household
https://gutsbaroque.com or info@gutsbaroque.com
Guts Baroque (Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, & John Ott, baroque cello)
Following the ripples of Corelli’s earth-moving Opus 5 sonatas through the 18th-century violin world. A different sonata by Corelli, plus sonatas by Veracini, Somis and Tartini. (Get ready by watching the replay of October’s Italian Virtuosi Part I, available by donation here: https://square.link/u/T3gN35D6)
7pm - Online, donate via Square at https://square.link/u/mPICBLLY to receive viewing link. Available on-demand following the live premiere.
$20 suggested donation per household
https://gutsbaroque.com or info@gutsbaroque.com
Thursday, April 28
Mozart & Haydn on a Historical Fortepiano
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Lyman Estate — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
7pm - Lyman Estate, 185 Lyman Street, Waltham MA
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Lyman Estate — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
7pm - Lyman Estate, 185 Lyman Street, Waltham MA
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Friday, April 29
Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri: Music of Buxtehude and Schütz
Ensemble Correspondances (Sébastien Daucé, director)
Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances are renowned for recordings and performances of Baroque masterpieces that merge passion and elegance. They return to BEMF for the final concert of our 2021–2022 Season with a program showcasing two unique approaches to the Passion story from 17th-century Germany. Buxtehude’s seven-part cycle of Passion cantatas, Membra Jesu nostri, is written to texts from a medieval poem offering a mystical meditation of Christ on the cross. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund by Schütz focuses on the seven words of Christ on the cross with intense expressivity and diverse stylistic inspirations.
8pm - St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn St. Cambridge MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, May 13, 2022 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until May 27, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Ensemble Correspondances (Sébastien Daucé, director)
Sébastien Daucé and Ensemble Correspondances are renowned for recordings and performances of Baroque masterpieces that merge passion and elegance. They return to BEMF for the final concert of our 2021–2022 Season with a program showcasing two unique approaches to the Passion story from 17th-century Germany. Buxtehude’s seven-part cycle of Passion cantatas, Membra Jesu nostri, is written to texts from a medieval poem offering a mystical meditation of Christ on the cross. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund by Schütz focuses on the seven words of Christ on the cross with intense expressivity and diverse stylistic inspirations.
8pm - St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn St. Cambridge MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, May 13, 2022 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until May 27, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Saturday, April 30
De-Mystifying the Prelude
Alissa Duryee, harpsichord
Join me at the harpsichord for an overview of the prelude as a form. Through examples which may be played by participants and/or by myself, we will address issues such as rhythmic freedom, measured vs non-measured notation, the role the prelude plays in a larger musical entity, the different styles of various composers, and finally, a simple framework for improvising a prelude. Though the examples I will use to illustrate are all keyboard pieces, any musician is welcome to join. Materials will be posted in advance. Anyone wishing to work on one of the pieces and play it during the class is welcome to do so, and any non-keyboardist wishing to contribute an illustration should not hesitate to contact me. Geared to: open to all. Pitch: A=415.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Alissa Duryee, harpsichord
Join me at the harpsichord for an overview of the prelude as a form. Through examples which may be played by participants and/or by myself, we will address issues such as rhythmic freedom, measured vs non-measured notation, the role the prelude plays in a larger musical entity, the different styles of various composers, and finally, a simple framework for improvising a prelude. Though the examples I will use to illustrate are all keyboard pieces, any musician is welcome to join. Materials will be posted in advance. Anyone wishing to work on one of the pieces and play it during the class is welcome to do so, and any non-keyboardist wishing to contribute an illustration should not hesitate to contact me. Geared to: open to all. Pitch: A=415.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Mozart & Haydn on a Historical Fortepiano
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Otis House — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
2pm - Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano
Enjoy the rare experience of Mozart and Haydn’s piano works performed as the composers intended: on a period instrument in a stately home. Did you know that Mozart didn’t compose for the modern piano? He composed for Viennese fortepianos — early pianos that are profoundly different from Steinways. Piano music was meant to entertain relatively small audiences in grand homes — such as Otis House — rather than today’s large concert halls. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the Viennese fortepianos used by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, utilizing the performance practices and vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. Seating is limited, so get your tickets for this uncommon concert now.
$50/$45 Historic New England members. Ticket Link: https://www.danieladammaltz.com/
2pm - Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston
$50, $45 for Historic New England members
https://www.danieladammaltz.com/historicne
Locke Unlocked
Martha Bishop, viola da gamba
Unlock access to the incredible music of Matthew Locke! In his mere 55 years an irascible Matthew served Charles II and hobnobbed with the Purcell brothers, the Lawes brothers, the Gibbons brothers, Christopher Simpson, Playford, and Pepys. Locke actually influenced those aforementioned composers with his forward-thinking compositions. Insights into Locke’s life, and religious and political leanings, will be interspersed amidst the playing of his music. How did such a vain and vindictive composer write such divine music? (New Groves description—not mine!) Geared to: all music will be accessible to treble, tenor, and bass viols at low pitch. The music is challenging and viol players should play at the UI-A level. Pitch: A=415.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Martha Bishop, viola da gamba
Unlock access to the incredible music of Matthew Locke! In his mere 55 years an irascible Matthew served Charles II and hobnobbed with the Purcell brothers, the Lawes brothers, the Gibbons brothers, Christopher Simpson, Playford, and Pepys. Locke actually influenced those aforementioned composers with his forward-thinking compositions. Insights into Locke’s life, and religious and political leanings, will be interspersed amidst the playing of his music. How did such a vain and vindictive composer write such divine music? (New Groves description—not mine!) Geared to: all music will be accessible to treble, tenor, and bass viols at low pitch. The music is challenging and viol players should play at the UI-A level. Pitch: A=415.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online-classes
Taking Inspiration
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Musicians of the Old Post Road presents Taking Inspiration, the final concert of its 2021-22 subscription series, “Reimagining, Rediscovering!” Join the ensemble on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 pm EDT at Harvard-Epworth Church in Cambridge and online via livestream to discover the exciting ways in which Handel reimagined music by his contemporaries in his own compositions. As the saying goes, “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” Whether subliminal or intentional, Handel’s borrowing of musical ideas from works by Corelli, Telemann, Rameau, Kaiser, and Scarlatti is on display in his concertos, overtures, and sonatas on this program. The ensemble will pair each work by Handel with the chamber work that served as its muse. Listeners will hear the origins of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah in a fugue by Corelli. Also featured is a Telemann concerto for three violins that sparked Handel’s lovely and lively Adagio and Allegro for flute and strings, HWV 338; and one of Rameau’s Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts for harpsichord, flute, and violin, which Handel reimagines in his overture to Joseph and his Brethren.
7:30pm ET - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
$10-$70
https://oldpostroad.org/
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Musicians of the Old Post Road presents Taking Inspiration, the final concert of its 2021-22 subscription series, “Reimagining, Rediscovering!” Join the ensemble on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 pm EDT at Harvard-Epworth Church in Cambridge and online via livestream to discover the exciting ways in which Handel reimagined music by his contemporaries in his own compositions. As the saying goes, “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” Whether subliminal or intentional, Handel’s borrowing of musical ideas from works by Corelli, Telemann, Rameau, Kaiser, and Scarlatti is on display in his concertos, overtures, and sonatas on this program. The ensemble will pair each work by Handel with the chamber work that served as its muse. Listeners will hear the origins of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah in a fugue by Corelli. Also featured is a Telemann concerto for three violins that sparked Handel’s lovely and lively Adagio and Allegro for flute and strings, HWV 338; and one of Rameau’s Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts for harpsichord, flute, and violin, which Handel reimagines in his overture to Joseph and his Brethren.
7:30pm ET - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
$10-$70
https://oldpostroad.org/