Saturday, December 4
Bicinia 1642-2012
Tom Beets, recorder
In this session Tom Beets will guide us through two of his favourite recorder duets. The first piece, La Tristesse, is a delightfully sober yet challenging piece by Glen Shannon. It develops a rather serious ground motive into an emotional narrative, using even the highest register of the tenor and bass recorder. The second piece is a fantaisie from the Fantaisies à deux parties print of Nicolas Métru (Paris 1642). This set, although clearly composed with didactic purposes in mind, contains vivid and Italian-style bicinia that are fun to investigate and play. Both a barred and an unbarred version is available. Both pieces are set for tenor and bass recorder. It goes without saying that the top part can also be played on a soprano. Please, if possible, prepare both parts of these delightful duets. Geared to: upper intermediate to advanced recorders. Pitch: A=440.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Tom Beets, recorder
In this session Tom Beets will guide us through two of his favourite recorder duets. The first piece, La Tristesse, is a delightfully sober yet challenging piece by Glen Shannon. It develops a rather serious ground motive into an emotional narrative, using even the highest register of the tenor and bass recorder. The second piece is a fantaisie from the Fantaisies à deux parties print of Nicolas Métru (Paris 1642). This set, although clearly composed with didactic purposes in mind, contains vivid and Italian-style bicinia that are fun to investigate and play. Both a barred and an unbarred version is available. Both pieces are set for tenor and bass recorder. It goes without saying that the top part can also be played on a soprano. Please, if possible, prepare both parts of these delightful duets. Geared to: upper intermediate to advanced recorders. Pitch: A=440.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Favorite flute duets!
Na'ama Lion, flute
A collection of duets to please and to challenge! A relatively unknown, charming duet by Naudot, a haunting duet by Pierre Philidor, and the first duet from the well-known set by W.F. Bach, which will keep you on your toes! Join me for an afternoon of beautiful and varied favorite flute duets! Geared to: upper intermediate and up, flute and voice flute players. Pitch: A=415.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Na'ama Lion, flute
A collection of duets to please and to challenge! A relatively unknown, charming duet by Naudot, a haunting duet by Pierre Philidor, and the first duet from the well-known set by W.F. Bach, which will keep you on your toes! Join me for an afternoon of beautiful and varied favorite flute duets! Geared to: upper intermediate and up, flute and voice flute players. Pitch: A=415.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Sunday, December 5
The Holly and the Oak: Nature Images in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Shira Kammen, vielle
Medieval and Renaissance compositions of one to five parts with texts celebrating trees, flowers, stars, and creatures of all kinds, with compositions by Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Henry VIII, Thomas Ravenscroft, Anonymous, and more!
Geared to: intermediate and up singers and instrumentalists. Pitch: A=440.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Shira Kammen, vielle
Medieval and Renaissance compositions of one to five parts with texts celebrating trees, flowers, stars, and creatures of all kinds, with compositions by Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Henry VIII, Thomas Ravenscroft, Anonymous, and more!
Geared to: intermediate and up singers and instrumentalists. Pitch: A=440.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
The Viol that Sings: Playing the Fantasies of Giovanni Coperario
Mary Springfels, viol
Giovanni Coperario, aka John Cooper, was an innovative and influential composer, active in the first decades of the 17th Century. Dozens of his five-part fantasies bear evocative Italian titles; this suggests that players should think of them as songs without words. We’ll try to find poetic structures buried in his beautiful writing, and to apply bowed nuances apt for the poetry. Geared to: intermediate to advanced viols. Pitch: A=415.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Mary Springfels, viol
Giovanni Coperario, aka John Cooper, was an innovative and influential composer, active in the first decades of the 17th Century. Dozens of his five-part fantasies bear evocative Italian titles; this suggests that players should think of them as songs without words. We’ll try to find poetic structures buried in his beautiful writing, and to apply bowed nuances apt for the poetry. Geared to: intermediate to advanced viols. Pitch: A=415.
3-4:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Monday, December 6
Make a Joyful Noise!
Vox Lucens (Holly Druckman, director)
Celebrate the season with a festive concert combining the artistry of Vox Lucens, organist Miyuki Tsurutani, and the Boston Recorder Orchestra, directed by John Tyson. Enjoy works by Bach, Buxtehude, Praetorius, Gabrieli, Gombert, and beloved carols.
7:30pm - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St. Cabridge MA
Free admission; donations gratefully accepted
voxlucens.net
Vox Lucens (Holly Druckman, director)
Celebrate the season with a festive concert combining the artistry of Vox Lucens, organist Miyuki Tsurutani, and the Boston Recorder Orchestra, directed by John Tyson. Enjoy works by Bach, Buxtehude, Praetorius, Gabrieli, Gombert, and beloved carols.
7:30pm - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St. Cabridge MA
Free admission; donations gratefully accepted
voxlucens.net
Tuesday, December 7
Baroque Christmas: Music of Corelli and Stradella
BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles (Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors) with Amanda Forsythe, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Teresa Wakim, sopranos, Nathan Medley, countertenor, Aaron Sheehan, tenor, Jesse Blumberg, baritone, bass-baritone Douglas Williams
Join the GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival for a holiday program showcasing masterworks from the Italian Baroque by Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Stradella. Acclaimed Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs and Concertmaster Robert Mealy lead the all-star BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles in two Christmas Cantatas by Stradella alongside Corelli’s cherished Christmas Concerto. Infamously assassinated when he was just 43, the roguish Stradella led a life filled with personal scandals and professional triumphs. He wrote more than 170 cantatas and originated the concerto grosso form made famous by Corelli and Handel. Stradella’s two cantatas written for Christmastime are exquisite and richly colorful works, here performed by a magnificent cast of singers.
7pm - online on IDAGIO streaming service
Free to watch. Available until Monday, March 7, 2022. Free IDAGIO account is needed to watch the concert.
www.bemf.org
BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles (Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors) with Amanda Forsythe, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Teresa Wakim, sopranos, Nathan Medley, countertenor, Aaron Sheehan, tenor, Jesse Blumberg, baritone, bass-baritone Douglas Williams
Join the GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival for a holiday program showcasing masterworks from the Italian Baroque by Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Stradella. Acclaimed Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs and Concertmaster Robert Mealy lead the all-star BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles in two Christmas Cantatas by Stradella alongside Corelli’s cherished Christmas Concerto. Infamously assassinated when he was just 43, the roguish Stradella led a life filled with personal scandals and professional triumphs. He wrote more than 170 cantatas and originated the concerto grosso form made famous by Corelli and Handel. Stradella’s two cantatas written for Christmastime are exquisite and richly colorful works, here performed by a magnificent cast of singers.
7pm - online on IDAGIO streaming service
Free to watch. Available until Monday, March 7, 2022. Free IDAGIO account is needed to watch the concert.
www.bemf.org
Friday, December 10
Handel's Messiah
Boston Baroque
Ring in the holidays with Boston Baroque’s celebrated annual holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah.Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation will feature soloists Maya Kherani, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.
7:30pm - GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest St. Boston MA
https://baroque.boston
Boston Baroque
Ring in the holidays with Boston Baroque’s celebrated annual holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah.Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation will feature soloists Maya Kherani, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.
7:30pm - GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest St. Boston MA
https://baroque.boston
Handel's Messiah
St Mary Schola
Maine's premiere professional early music ensemble presents Handel's Messiah, parts I and II. This beloved masterpiece will feature the soloists drawn from the rank of Schola's excellent Maine singers as well as guest musicians from Boston playing natural trumpets and a Baroque bass.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME 04101
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/messiah
St Mary Schola
Maine's premiere professional early music ensemble presents Handel's Messiah, parts I and II. This beloved masterpiece will feature the soloists drawn from the rank of Schola's excellent Maine singers as well as guest musicians from Boston playing natural trumpets and a Baroque bass.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME 04101
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/messiah
Josquin 500: Music of Josquin, Palestrina, and Byrd
The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, director)
Celebrate the season in high style as Peter Phillips leads the legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars in a program honoring the incomparable composer Josquin des Prez on the 500th anniversary of his death in 1521. With thousands of concerts across the globe—including three decades of visits to Boston—these singers have established themselves as one of Early Music’s truly essential ensembles with performances of unparalleled clarity. The centerpiece of their program is Josquin’s monumental and sublimely beautiful Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, which is interwoven with motets by Renaissance masters Byrd and Palestrina.
Live concert cancelled - now online!
Virtual Tickets: $15
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 10, 2021 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until December 24, 2021 at 11:59pm (ET)
www.bemf.org
The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, director)
Celebrate the season in high style as Peter Phillips leads the legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars in a program honoring the incomparable composer Josquin des Prez on the 500th anniversary of his death in 1521. With thousands of concerts across the globe—including three decades of visits to Boston—these singers have established themselves as one of Early Music’s truly essential ensembles with performances of unparalleled clarity. The centerpiece of their program is Josquin’s monumental and sublimely beautiful Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, which is interwoven with motets by Renaissance masters Byrd and Palestrina.
Live concert cancelled - now online!
Virtual Tickets: $15
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 10, 2021 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until December 24, 2021 at 11:59pm (ET)
www.bemf.org
Saturday, December 11
Tis the Season for Polyphony
Amy Bearden, voice
Ring in the upcoming Winter holidays with polyphony traditionally sung at this time of the year! This class will be a play-through, repertoire reading class with carols, antiphony, polyphony, and so much more. Come prepared with multiple parts or stick with your favorite. You will sing or play along with my multi-tracked vocal ensemble. We won’t be able to hear each other, but we can imagine we are one big ensemble presenting our Holiday Concert! Geared to: all - instrumentalists and singers. Pitch: A = 440.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Amy Bearden, voice
Ring in the upcoming Winter holidays with polyphony traditionally sung at this time of the year! This class will be a play-through, repertoire reading class with carols, antiphony, polyphony, and so much more. Come prepared with multiple parts or stick with your favorite. You will sing or play along with my multi-tracked vocal ensemble. We won’t be able to hear each other, but we can imagine we are one big ensemble presenting our Holiday Concert! Geared to: all - instrumentalists and singers. Pitch: A = 440.
1-2:30pm EDT - online course (link sent to registrants)
$25 per session
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/weekend_online_classes
Handel's Messiah
Boston Baroque
Ring in the holidays with Boston Baroque’s celebrated annual holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah.Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation will feature soloists Maya Kherani, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.
7:30pm - GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest St. Boston MA and streamed on IDAGIO
https://baroque.boston
Boston Baroque
Ring in the holidays with Boston Baroque’s celebrated annual holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah.Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation will feature soloists Maya Kherani, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.
7:30pm - GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest St. Boston MA and streamed on IDAGIO
https://baroque.boston
Handel's Messiah
St Mary Schola
Maine's premiere professional early music ensemble presents Handel's Messiah, parts I and II. This beloved masterpiece will feature the soloists drawn from the rank of Schola's excellent Maine singers as well as guest musicians from Boston playing natural trumpets and a Baroque bass.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME 04101
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/messiah
St Mary Schola
Maine's premiere professional early music ensemble presents Handel's Messiah, parts I and II. This beloved masterpiece will feature the soloists drawn from the rank of Schola's excellent Maine singers as well as guest musicians from Boston playing natural trumpets and a Baroque bass.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME 04101
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/messiah
Sunday, December 12
Handel's Messiah
Boston Baroque
Ring in the holidays with Boston Baroque’s celebrated annual holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah.Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation will feature soloists Maya Kherani, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.
3pm - GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest St. Boston MA
https://baroque.boston
Boston Baroque
Ring in the holidays with Boston Baroque’s celebrated annual holiday tradition, Handel’s Messiah.Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation will feature soloists Maya Kherani, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Aaron Sheehan, tenor; and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.
3pm - GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest St. Boston MA
https://baroque.boston
Handel's Messiah
St Mary Schola
Maine's premiere professional early music ensemble presents Handel's Messiah, parts I and II. This beloved masterpiece will feature the soloists drawn from the rank of Schola's excellent Maine singers as well as guest musicians from Boston playing natural trumpets and a Baroque bass.
3:00pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME 04101
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/messiah
St Mary Schola
Maine's premiere professional early music ensemble presents Handel's Messiah, parts I and II. This beloved masterpiece will feature the soloists drawn from the rank of Schola's excellent Maine singers as well as guest musicians from Boston playing natural trumpets and a Baroque bass.
3:00pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME 04101
$25
https://stmaryschola.org/messiah
French Music for Everyone
Carol Lewis, instructor
Play music by some of the greatest 17th-century French viol player-composers, including Hotman, Dubuisson, and even a little Marin Marais! For Intermediate-High Int. viol players; auditors welcome.
3-4:30pm - on Zoom
$15 members / $20 nonmembers, per class. Materials and Zoom link will be sent to registrants.
Register at vdgsne.org. Deadline: Dec. 8, 2021
Carol Lewis, instructor
Play music by some of the greatest 17th-century French viol player-composers, including Hotman, Dubuisson, and even a little Marin Marais! For Intermediate-High Int. viol players; auditors welcome.
3-4:30pm - on Zoom
$15 members / $20 nonmembers, per class. Materials and Zoom link will be sent to registrants.
Register at vdgsne.org. Deadline: Dec. 8, 2021
Friday, December 17
Christmas in Baroque Germany
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, artistic director) Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin
Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Margot Rood, Mark Sprinkle, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Teresa Wakim; with Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders; and
Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, violin; Anna Griffis, Laura Jeppesen, viola; Emily Walhout, bass violin; Robert Wiemken, contrabass dulcian; Eric Milnes, organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & voice
Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Doors and box office open 30 minutes before each concert. (N.B. There are no pre-concert talks this December.)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, artistic director) Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin
Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Margot Rood, Mark Sprinkle, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Teresa Wakim; with Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders; and
Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, violin; Anna Griffis, Laura Jeppesen, viola; Emily Walhout, bass violin; Robert Wiemken, contrabass dulcian; Eric Milnes, organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & voice
Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Doors and box office open 30 minutes before each concert. (N.B. There are no pre-concert talks this December.)
blueheron.org
Hodie Christus Natus Est
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, Artistic Director)
Experience our newest Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. A glimpse of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to the Virgin Mary, processionals from Saint Martial of Limoges, hymns, lyrics, and miracle ballads sung in Latin, Old French, Old Provençal, and Saxon, interlaced with Medieval English texts of the Nativity.
8pm - Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
bostoncamerata.orgbostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, Artistic Director)
Experience our newest Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. A glimpse of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to the Virgin Mary, processionals from Saint Martial of Limoges, hymns, lyrics, and miracle ballads sung in Latin, Old French, Old Provençal, and Saxon, interlaced with Medieval English texts of the Nativity.
8pm - Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
bostoncamerata.orgbostoncamerata.org
A Medieval Christmas
Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore (voices), Allison Monroe (vielle), Christa Patton (harp and winds).
Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity.
8pm - Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave. Lexington, MA
www.bostoncamerata.org
Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore (voices), Allison Monroe (vielle), Christa Patton (harp and winds).
Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity.
8pm - Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave. Lexington, MA
www.bostoncamerata.org
Saturday, December 18
Christmas in Baroque Germany
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, artistic director) Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin
Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Margot Rood, Mark Sprinkle, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Teresa Wakim; with Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders; and
Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, violin; Anna Griffis, Laura Jeppesen, viola; Emily Walhout, bass violin; Robert Wiemken, contrabass dulcian; Eric Milnes, organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & voice
Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.
2:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Doors and box office open 30 minutes before each concert. (N.B. There are no pre-concert talks this December.)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, artistic director) Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin
Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Margot Rood, Mark Sprinkle, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Teresa Wakim; with Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders; and
Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, violin; Anna Griffis, Laura Jeppesen, viola; Emily Walhout, bass violin; Robert Wiemken, contrabass dulcian; Eric Milnes, organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & voice
Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.
2:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Doors and box office open 30 minutes before each concert. (N.B. There are no pre-concert talks this December.)
blueheron.org
Sounding Joy
Musicians of the Old Post Road with Jessica Petrus, soprano
Classical works to celebrate the season include Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate along with some of our favorite rediscoveries — charming pastorellas by Hupfeld and Werner, an aria for Advent by Haydn, and Leopold Mozart’s Musical Sleigh Ride! Online and in-person.
7:30pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA
$10-300
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Musicians of the Old Post Road with Jessica Petrus, soprano
Classical works to celebrate the season include Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate along with some of our favorite rediscoveries — charming pastorellas by Hupfeld and Werner, an aria for Advent by Haydn, and Leopold Mozart’s Musical Sleigh Ride! Online and in-person.
7:30pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA
$10-300
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Christmas in Baroque Germany
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, artistic director) Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin
Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Margot Rood, Mark Sprinkle, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Teresa Wakim; with Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders; and
Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, violin; Anna Griffis, Laura Jeppesen, viola; Emily Walhout, bass violin; Robert Wiemken, contrabass dulcian; Eric Milnes, organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & voice
Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Doors and box office open 30 minutes before each concert. (N.B. There are no pre-concert talks this December.)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, artistic director) Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin
Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Margot Rood, Mark Sprinkle, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Teresa Wakim; with Dark Horse Consort: Kiri Tollaksen, Alexandra Opsahl, Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz & Mack Ramsey, cornettos, trombones & recorders; and
Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, violin; Anna Griffis, Laura Jeppesen, viola; Emily Walhout, bass violin; Robert Wiemken, contrabass dulcian; Eric Milnes, organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & voice
Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Doors and box office open 30 minutes before each concert. (N.B. There are no pre-concert talks this December.)
blueheron.org
Sunday, December 19
A Medieval Christmas
Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore (voices), Allison Monroe (vielle), Christa Patton (harp and winds).
Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity.
4pm - First Church Cong. 11 Garden St. Cambridge MA
www.bostoncamerata.org
Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore (voices), Allison Monroe (vielle), Christa Patton (harp and winds).
Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity.
4pm - First Church Cong. 11 Garden St. Cambridge MA
www.bostoncamerata.org
Monday, December 20
The Moon Before Yule: A Solstice Celebration (SOLD OUT)
Seven Times Salt: Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano; Ari Nieh, bass; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, voice
This beloved annual tradition—our nineteenth!—features seasonal music of Europe, the British Isles and the New World. This year's program includes French noels, Spanish villancicos, shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and more. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Join us for hot cider outside after the concert.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Rd. Watertown, MA
$20 suggested donation. SOLD OUT; please join the waitlist in case a seat becomes available. Masks+vaccination required.
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano; Ari Nieh, bass; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, voice
This beloved annual tradition—our nineteenth!—features seasonal music of Europe, the British Isles and the New World. This year's program includes French noels, Spanish villancicos, shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and more. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Join us for hot cider outside after the concert.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Rd. Watertown, MA
$20 suggested donation. SOLD OUT; please join the waitlist in case a seat becomes available. Masks+vaccination required.
seventimessalt.com
Tuesday, December 21
The Moon Before Yule (Virtual Premiere)
Seven Times Salt: Ari Nieh, bass; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, harp, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Enjoy our winter solstice concert at home! This beloved annual tradition heads online once more to bring you seasonal music of Europe, the British Isles, and the New World. This year's program includes a sampling of French Baroque noels, Spanish villancicos, shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and seasonal readings. Filmed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms, MA.
8pm - Online on our YouTube channel
FREE to watch; $20 suggested donation
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Ari Nieh, bass; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, harp, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Enjoy our winter solstice concert at home! This beloved annual tradition heads online once more to bring you seasonal music of Europe, the British Isles, and the New World. This year's program includes a sampling of French Baroque noels, Spanish villancicos, shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and seasonal readings. Filmed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms, MA.
8pm - Online on our YouTube channel
FREE to watch; $20 suggested donation
seventimessalt.com
Friday, December 31
Bach at New Year’s Live! The “Brandenburg Concerti”
Eugene Drucker, violin; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord; The Berkshire Bach Ensemble
The Berkshire Bach Society presents a program of all six of Johann Sebastian Bach’s "Brandenburg Concerti" from December 31, 2021, through January 2, 2022, in Great Barrington, Troy, and Northampton. The concerts are dedicated in memoriam to the late Kenneth Cooper, Music Director Emeritus. Celebrate the New Year in Classical Style!
6pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA 01230
$30-$90
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Eugene Drucker, violin; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord; The Berkshire Bach Ensemble
The Berkshire Bach Society presents a program of all six of Johann Sebastian Bach’s "Brandenburg Concerti" from December 31, 2021, through January 2, 2022, in Great Barrington, Troy, and Northampton. The concerts are dedicated in memoriam to the late Kenneth Cooper, Music Director Emeritus. Celebrate the New Year in Classical Style!
6pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA 01230
$30-$90
https://berkshirebach.org/events