Saturday, December 3
Sprightly & Cheerful Musick
Olav Chris Henricksen, lute & cittern, and Matthew Wright, lute & bandora, perform English Renaissance duets by Johnson, Robinson, Dowland, Lawes & others.
1:30pm - Old Schwamb Mill, 17 Mill Lane, Arlington, MA
Free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5.00
www.oldschwambmill.org
Olav Chris Henricksen, lute & cittern, and Matthew Wright, lute & bandora, perform English Renaissance duets by Johnson, Robinson, Dowland, Lawes & others.
1:30pm - Old Schwamb Mill, 17 Mill Lane, Arlington, MA
Free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5.00
www.oldschwambmill.org
A Medieval Christmas
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, 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. The sounds 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.
4pm - First Parish Church, 20 High Rd. Newbury, MA
$65/43/27/10
www.bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, 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. The sounds 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.
4pm - First Parish Church, 20 High Rd. Newbury, MA
$65/43/27/10
www.bostoncamerata.org
Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas
The Berkshire Bach Players
In this festive concert, part of the “Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas” celebration, the Berkshire Bach Players present a program of Baroque favorites performed by a quartet of violin, viola, cello, and harpsichord, complete with an audience sing-along.
7pm - First Congregational Church of Stockbridge, 4 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262
$40
https://berkshirebach.org/events
The Berkshire Bach Players
In this festive concert, part of the “Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas” celebration, the Berkshire Bach Players present a program of Baroque favorites performed by a quartet of violin, viola, cello, and harpsichord, complete with an audience sing-along.
7pm - First Congregational Church of Stockbridge, 4 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262
$40
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Handel's Messiah
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director)
Join Boston Baroque for its annual Messiah performance, featuring soloists Heidi Stober, Ann McMahon Quintero, Thomas Cooley, and Sidney Outlaw, in his Boston Baroque debut. Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation of Handel’s beloved oratorio shines, telling a timeless story of redemption.
7:30pm - GBH's Calderwood Studio
https://baroque.boston
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director)
Join Boston Baroque for its annual Messiah performance, featuring soloists Heidi Stober, Ann McMahon Quintero, Thomas Cooley, and Sidney Outlaw, in his Boston Baroque debut. Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation of Handel’s beloved oratorio shines, telling a timeless story of redemption.
7:30pm - GBH's Calderwood Studio
https://baroque.boston
With a Joyful Heart
The Jameson Singers
Join the Jameson Singers for our winter concert series, "With A Joyful Heart," featuring a cappella and accompanied works by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, Johannes Brahms, Dmytro Bortniansky, Pēteris Vasks and Stephen Paulus. We also continue our beloved tradition of singing carols with the audience.
8pm - First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street Cambridge, MA
$15 - $30 (discounted tickets online!)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/with-a-joyful-heart-tickets-449819150187
The Jameson Singers
Join the Jameson Singers for our winter concert series, "With A Joyful Heart," featuring a cappella and accompanied works by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, Johannes Brahms, Dmytro Bortniansky, Pēteris Vasks and Stephen Paulus. We also continue our beloved tradition of singing carols with the audience.
8pm - First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street Cambridge, MA
$15 - $30 (discounted tickets online!)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/with-a-joyful-heart-tickets-449819150187
Sunday, December 4
Handel's Messiah
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director)
Join Boston Baroque for its annual Messiah performance, featuring soloists Heidi Stober, Ann McMahon Quintero, Thomas Cooley, and Sidney Outlaw, in his Boston Baroque debut. Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation of Handel’s beloved oratorio shines, telling a timeless story of redemption.
3pm - NEC's Jordan Hall
https://baroque.boston
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director)
Join Boston Baroque for its annual Messiah performance, featuring soloists Heidi Stober, Ann McMahon Quintero, Thomas Cooley, and Sidney Outlaw, in his Boston Baroque debut. Martin Pearlman’s GRAMMY®-nominated interpretation of Handel’s beloved oratorio shines, telling a timeless story of redemption.
3pm - NEC's Jordan Hall
https://baroque.boston
With a Joyful Heart
The Jameson Singers
Join the Jameson Singers for our winter concert series, "With A Joyful Heart," featuring a cappella and accompanied works by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, Johannes Brahms, Dmytro Bortniansky, Pēteris Vasks and Stephen Paulus. We also continue our beloved tradition of singing carols with the audience.
3pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton, MA
$15 - $30(discounted tickets online!)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/with-a-joyful-heart-tickets-450530798747
The Jameson Singers
Join the Jameson Singers for our winter concert series, "With A Joyful Heart," featuring a cappella and accompanied works by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, Johannes Brahms, Dmytro Bortniansky, Pēteris Vasks and Stephen Paulus. We also continue our beloved tradition of singing carols with the audience.
3pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton, MA
$15 - $30(discounted tickets online!)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/with-a-joyful-heart-tickets-450530798747
All the Long Echoes: A Score of Solstice Celebrations
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, vielle, percussion, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
December marks the 20th year of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe and the British Isles performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear a pleasing variety of carols, festive wassailing songs, Sephardic tunes, rousing Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged. Please join us!
4pm - St. John’s Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St. Beverly Farms, MA
FREE admission; freewill offerings will be gratefully received. Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, vielle, percussion, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
December marks the 20th year of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe and the British Isles performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear a pleasing variety of carols, festive wassailing songs, Sephardic tunes, rousing Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged. Please join us!
4pm - St. John’s Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St. Beverly Farms, MA
FREE admission; freewill offerings will be gratefully received. Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
A Medieval Christmas
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, 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. The sounds 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.
4pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St.
$65/43/27/10
www.bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, 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. The sounds 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.
4pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St.
$65/43/27/10
www.bostoncamerata.org
Monday, December 5
Holiday Organ Concert
Miyuki Tsurutani, organ, and The Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director)
Joyous holiday music on University Lutheran Church's beautiful Noack organ. Also featuring The Boston Recorder Orchestra. Works of Sweelinck, Byrd, J.S.Bach, Buxtehude and more!
8pm - University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA
Admission Free. Donations gratefully accepted.
www.bostonrecorderorchestra, 617-460 4653
Miyuki Tsurutani, organ, and The Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director)
Joyous holiday music on University Lutheran Church's beautiful Noack organ. Also featuring The Boston Recorder Orchestra. Works of Sweelinck, Byrd, J.S.Bach, Buxtehude and more!
8pm - University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, MA
Admission Free. Donations gratefully accepted.
www.bostonrecorderorchestra, 617-460 4653
Tuesday, December 6
A Medieval Christmas
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, 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. The sounds 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.
7:30pm - Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Rd #3104, Storrs, CT
www.bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, 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. The sounds 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.
7:30pm - Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Rd #3104, Storrs, CT
www.bostoncamerata.org
Friday, December 9
Hymns to the Virgin
The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, director)
Join us this holiday season for a gorgeous program of music inspired by the Virgin Mary with the voices of The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips. Firmly established as one of Early Music’s truly essential ensembles, these singers are heralded around the globe for performances of unparalleled clarity. Selections include Josquin’s finely wrought Missa Ave maris stella, Isaac’s magnificent Virgo prudentissima, and masterpieces by Lassus, Guerrero, and Pärt.
8pm - St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 30, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, director)
Join us this holiday season for a gorgeous program of music inspired by the Virgin Mary with the voices of The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips. Firmly established as one of Early Music’s truly essential ensembles, these singers are heralded around the globe for performances of unparalleled clarity. Selections include Josquin’s finely wrought Missa Ave maris stella, Isaac’s magnificent Virgo prudentissima, and masterpieces by Lassus, Guerrero, and Pärt.
8pm - St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 30, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Saturday, December 10
Making Bassano’s Ornamentation on “Frais et Gaillard”
Work for You
Tina Chancey, instructor
Among the many divisions over Jacob Clemens non Papa’s chanson, Frais et Gaillard, those by Giovanni Bassano are the most approachable. No strings of quintuplets, unending figuration, viola bastarda-like skips. Bassano in fact leaves much of the original top line bare of ornamentation. Sensing an opportunity, Tina added some figuration that ties Bassano’s ideas together, and recorded it with the Folger Consort on the album “Playing with Fire”. In this lecture-demo with participation, we’ll explore the options, detailing Tina’s additions; then, intermediate and advanced bass and treble players will have the opportunity to try it themselves. The solo part is in treble clef; bass players will add an 8 and play it down the octave. Participants and listeners of all levels are welcome! Class will be recorded and made available to registrants for one month. **PLEASE NOTE** pitch is A=440.
10-11:30am - on Zoom. Zoom link and materials will be sent to registrants.
$15 members/$20 nonmembers
Register by Dec. 7 at https://vdgsne.org/.../december-2022-workshop-registration/
Tina Chancey, instructor
Among the many divisions over Jacob Clemens non Papa’s chanson, Frais et Gaillard, those by Giovanni Bassano are the most approachable. No strings of quintuplets, unending figuration, viola bastarda-like skips. Bassano in fact leaves much of the original top line bare of ornamentation. Sensing an opportunity, Tina added some figuration that ties Bassano’s ideas together, and recorded it with the Folger Consort on the album “Playing with Fire”. In this lecture-demo with participation, we’ll explore the options, detailing Tina’s additions; then, intermediate and advanced bass and treble players will have the opportunity to try it themselves. The solo part is in treble clef; bass players will add an 8 and play it down the octave. Participants and listeners of all levels are welcome! Class will be recorded and made available to registrants for one month. **PLEASE NOTE** pitch is A=440.
10-11:30am - on Zoom. Zoom link and materials will be sent to registrants.
$15 members/$20 nonmembers
Register by Dec. 7 at https://vdgsne.org/.../december-2022-workshop-registration/
American Originals: A Moravian Christmas
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Jessica Petrus, soprano; Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo- soprano; Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violin; Marcia Cassidy; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Beattie, organ
Immerse yourself in beautiful music for the season by a unique 18th-century community. For Moravian immigrants to the American colonies, music was an essential part of everyday life. In addition to works penned by the Moravians themselves, we include selections by Handel, Graun, and Haydn that they carefully imported and preserved. With soprano Jessica Petrus and mezzo-soprano Hilary Walker.
4pm - Emmanuel Church Boston, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116
$10-$50
https://www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Jessica Petrus, soprano; Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo- soprano; Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violin; Marcia Cassidy; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Beattie, organ
Immerse yourself in beautiful music for the season by a unique 18th-century community. For Moravian immigrants to the American colonies, music was an essential part of everyday life. In addition to works penned by the Moravians themselves, we include selections by Handel, Graun, and Haydn that they carefully imported and preserved. With soprano Jessica Petrus and mezzo-soprano Hilary Walker.
4pm - Emmanuel Church Boston, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116
$10-$50
https://www.oldpostroad.org
Resonet In Laudibus – Resounding Joyful Praises
Crescendo Chorus, Berkshire Brass , Christine Gevert, organ & director
Some of the most festive music in all eras was written for the Christmas season! Immerse yourself in the rich vocal music on which some of today’s beloved Christmas Carols are based: popular motets for four to eight voices, such as “In dulci jubilo” (Sweet rejoicing), “O magnum mysterium” (O great mystery), and “Resonet in laudibus” (Resounding joyful praises), and instrumental canzonas and toccatas by Italian and German composer: Praetorius, Gabrieli, Handl, Schein, Bassano, Bonelli, and others. And hear some of the familiar chorales from the Christmas Oratorio by the great Johan Sebastian Bach, an expression of joyful expectation and the celebration of Christ’s incarnation – a love story between God and humanity.
6pm - St. Paul Church, 29 Main St, Stockbridge, MA
$40 general admission, $75 premium (preferential seating), and $10 for youth under 18
https://crescendomusic.org
Crescendo Chorus, Berkshire Brass , Christine Gevert, organ & director
Some of the most festive music in all eras was written for the Christmas season! Immerse yourself in the rich vocal music on which some of today’s beloved Christmas Carols are based: popular motets for four to eight voices, such as “In dulci jubilo” (Sweet rejoicing), “O magnum mysterium” (O great mystery), and “Resonet in laudibus” (Resounding joyful praises), and instrumental canzonas and toccatas by Italian and German composer: Praetorius, Gabrieli, Handl, Schein, Bassano, Bonelli, and others. And hear some of the familiar chorales from the Christmas Oratorio by the great Johan Sebastian Bach, an expression of joyful expectation and the celebration of Christ’s incarnation – a love story between God and humanity.
6pm - St. Paul Church, 29 Main St, Stockbridge, MA
$40 general admission, $75 premium (preferential seating), and $10 for youth under 18
https://crescendomusic.org
Sunday, December 11
American Originals: A Moravian Christmas
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Jessica Petrus, soprano; Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo- soprano; Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violin; Marcia Cassidy; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Beattie, organ
Immerse yourself in beautiful music for the season by a unique 18th-century community. For Moravian immigrants to the American colonies, music was an essential part of everyday life. In addition to works penned by the Moravians themselves, we include selections by Handel, Graun, and Haydn that they carefully imported and preserved. With soprano Jessica Petrus and mezzo-soprano Hilary Walker.
4pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St, Worcester, MA 01609
$10-$50
https://www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Jessica Petrus, soprano; Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo- soprano; Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violin; Marcia Cassidy; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Beattie, organ
Immerse yourself in beautiful music for the season by a unique 18th-century community. For Moravian immigrants to the American colonies, music was an essential part of everyday life. In addition to works penned by the Moravians themselves, we include selections by Handel, Graun, and Haydn that they carefully imported and preserved. With soprano Jessica Petrus and mezzo-soprano Hilary Walker.
4pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St, Worcester, MA 01609
$10-$50
https://www.oldpostroad.org
Resonet In Laudibus – Resounding Joyful Praises
Crescendo Chorus, Berkshire Brass , Christine Gevert, organ & director
Some of the most festive music in all eras was written for the Christmas season! Immerse yourself in the rich vocal music on which some of today’s beloved Christmas Carols are based: popular motets for four to eight voices, such as “In dulci jubilo” (Sweet rejoicing), “O magnum mysterium” (O great mystery), and “Resonet in laudibus” (Resounding joyful praises), and instrumental canzonas and toccatas by Italian and German composer: Praetorius, Gabrieli, Handl, Schein, Bassano, Bonelli, and others. And hear some of the familiar chorales from the Christmas Oratorio by the great Johan Sebastian Bach, an expression of joyful expectation and the celebration of Christ’s incarnation – a love story between God and humanity.
4pm - Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd Lakeville, CT
$40 general admission, $75 premium (preferential seating), and $10 for youth under 18
https://crescendomusic.org
Crescendo Chorus, Berkshire Brass , Christine Gevert, organ & director
Some of the most festive music in all eras was written for the Christmas season! Immerse yourself in the rich vocal music on which some of today’s beloved Christmas Carols are based: popular motets for four to eight voices, such as “In dulci jubilo” (Sweet rejoicing), “O magnum mysterium” (O great mystery), and “Resonet in laudibus” (Resounding joyful praises), and instrumental canzonas and toccatas by Italian and German composer: Praetorius, Gabrieli, Handl, Schein, Bassano, Bonelli, and others. And hear some of the familiar chorales from the Christmas Oratorio by the great Johan Sebastian Bach, an expression of joyful expectation and the celebration of Christ’s incarnation – a love story between God and humanity.
4pm - Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd Lakeville, CT
$40 general admission, $75 premium (preferential seating), and $10 for youth under 18
https://crescendomusic.org
Thursday, December 14
A Baroque Christmas
Handel & Haydn Society
Our musical gift for the holidays is sure to brighten your spirits with the joy of the season: Bach’s exhilarating cantata—a partnership of soprano and solo trumpet in friendly “rivalry,” enlivened by H+H’s period instruments—ends in a spectacular fugue on the word “Alleluia”; tours-de-force for soprano Robin Johannsen: Silete Venti, in which her opening words quite literally silence turbulent instrumental forces; and a heavenly Gloria. Plus Handel’s Concerto grosso and the H+H premiere of the lively Simphonie by much-admired Bach contemporary Jan Zelenka.
7:30pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
Our musical gift for the holidays is sure to brighten your spirits with the joy of the season: Bach’s exhilarating cantata—a partnership of soprano and solo trumpet in friendly “rivalry,” enlivened by H+H’s period instruments—ends in a spectacular fugue on the word “Alleluia”; tours-de-force for soprano Robin Johannsen: Silete Venti, in which her opening words quite literally silence turbulent instrumental forces; and a heavenly Gloria. Plus Handel’s Concerto grosso and the H+H premiere of the lively Simphonie by much-admired Bach contemporary Jan Zelenka.
7:30pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Friday, December 16
Shabbat Service
Carol Lewis (coordinator), Karen Burciaga, James Perretta, Mai-Lan Broekman, and Alice Mroszczyk, viola da gambas; Olav Chris Henriksen, chitarrone; with Il Concerto di Salamone Rossi Hebreo: Cantor Louise Treitman and Rich Lustig (co-founders and co-directors), Betty Bauman, Anne Levy, Deborah Melkin, Phyllis Werlin, Steve Ebstein, Kyler Taustin
Temple Beth David of Westwood will offer a special Jewish Sabbath service with a consort of viols. The music will include selections from Salamone Rossi’s 1622 publication HaShirim Asher LiShlomo (the first Jewish choral compositions) as well as instrumental and madrigal music of Rossi.All are welcome – please check COVID protocols on the website beforehand if you plan to attend in person. It will also be live-streamed on the temple website. This service is supported by the 2022-23 Gian Silbiger grant for music with viol players and singers.
6:30 pm at Temple Beth David, 7 Clapboardtree Street, Westwood MA
www.vdgsne.org
Carol Lewis (coordinator), Karen Burciaga, James Perretta, Mai-Lan Broekman, and Alice Mroszczyk, viola da gambas; Olav Chris Henriksen, chitarrone; with Il Concerto di Salamone Rossi Hebreo: Cantor Louise Treitman and Rich Lustig (co-founders and co-directors), Betty Bauman, Anne Levy, Deborah Melkin, Phyllis Werlin, Steve Ebstein, Kyler Taustin
Temple Beth David of Westwood will offer a special Jewish Sabbath service with a consort of viols. The music will include selections from Salamone Rossi’s 1622 publication HaShirim Asher LiShlomo (the first Jewish choral compositions) as well as instrumental and madrigal music of Rossi.All are welcome – please check COVID protocols on the website beforehand if you plan to attend in person. It will also be live-streamed on the temple website. This service is supported by the 2022-23 Gian Silbiger grant for music with viol players and singers.
6:30 pm at Temple Beth David, 7 Clapboardtree Street, Westwood MA
www.vdgsne.org
Saturday, December 17
Messiah
A holiday spectacular: George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah. With Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble and soloists. Andrew Arceci will conduct.
7pm - Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
http://www.arcadiaplayers.org
A holiday spectacular: George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah. With Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble and soloists. Andrew Arceci will conduct.
7pm - Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
http://www.arcadiaplayers.org
Sunday, December 18
A Baroque Christmas
Handel & Haydn Society
Our musical gift for the holidays is sure to brighten your spirits with the joy of the season: Bach’s exhilarating cantata—a partnership of soprano and solo trumpet in friendly “rivalry,” enlivened by H+H’s period instruments—ends in a spectacular fugue on the word “Alleluia”; tours-de-force for soprano Robin Johannsen: Silete Venti, in which her opening words quite literally silence turbulent instrumental forces; and a heavenly Gloria. Plus Handel’s Concerto grosso and the H+H premiere of the lively Simphonie by much-admired Bach contemporary Jan Zelenka.
3pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
Our musical gift for the holidays is sure to brighten your spirits with the joy of the season: Bach’s exhilarating cantata—a partnership of soprano and solo trumpet in friendly “rivalry,” enlivened by H+H’s period instruments—ends in a spectacular fugue on the word “Alleluia”; tours-de-force for soprano Robin Johannsen: Silete Venti, in which her opening words quite literally silence turbulent instrumental forces; and a heavenly Gloria. Plus Handel’s Concerto grosso and the H+H premiere of the lively Simphonie by much-admired Bach contemporary Jan Zelenka.
3pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
All the Long Echoes: A Score of Solstice Celebrations
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
December marks twenty years of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of the 16-18th centuries from across the British Isles and New World performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear festive wassailing songs, carols and dances, rugged tunes from early America and the Quebecois tradition, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged. Please join us!
4pm - St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 399 Hope St. Bristol, RI
$20 admission. Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
December marks twenty years of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of the 16-18th centuries from across the British Isles and New World performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear festive wassailing songs, carols and dances, rugged tunes from early America and the Quebecois tradition, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged. Please join us!
4pm - St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 399 Hope St. Bristol, RI
$20 admission. Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Winchendon Music Festival (Andrew Arceci, Director)
WMF presents William Simms, theorbo
7pm - Winchendon History & Cultural Center , 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475
To reserve tickets (free, but reservations required), please follow this link.
WMF presents William Simms, theorbo
7pm - Winchendon History & Cultural Center , 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475
To reserve tickets (free, but reservations required), please follow this link.
Tuesday, December 20
All the Long Echoes: A Score of Solstice Celebrations
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; and special guests - ten and counting!
Seven Times Salt celebrates 20 years of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe, the British Isles, and the New World performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear festive wassailing songs, carols and dances, rugged shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Join us and sing back the Sun!
4:30pm - VENUE CHANGE: now at Eliot Church, 474 Centre St. Newton, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; and special guests - ten and counting!
Seven Times Salt celebrates 20 years of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe, the British Isles, and the New World performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear festive wassailing songs, carols and dances, rugged shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Join us and sing back the Sun!
4:30pm - VENUE CHANGE: now at Eliot Church, 474 Centre St. Newton, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Messiah
Connecticut Early Music Society
Join us for a special performance of Handel's oratorio conducted by Connecticut Early Music Festival's Artistic Director, Ian Watson.
7pm - Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College; New London, CT
$40 ($15 for students)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Connecticut Early Music Society
Join us for a special performance of Handel's oratorio conducted by Connecticut Early Music Festival's Artistic Director, Ian Watson.
7pm - Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College; New London, CT
$40 ($15 for students)
www.ctearlymusic.org
All the Long Echoes: A Score of Solstice Celebrations
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, viol, voice; Josh Schreiber, viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; and special guests - ten and counting!
Seven Times Salt celebrates 20 years of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe, the British Isles, and the New World performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear festive wassailing songs, carols and dances, rugged shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Join us and sing back the Sun!
7:30pm - VENUE CHANGE: now at Eliot Church, 474 Centre St. Newton, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, viol, voice; Josh Schreiber, viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; and special guests - ten and counting!
Seven Times Salt celebrates 20 years of our beloved winter solstice concerts. This holiday program features seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe, the British Isles, and the New World performed with period instruments and dialect. You'll hear festive wassailing songs, carols and dances, rugged shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Jollity guaranteed and audience participation encouraged, with a few surprises along the way. Join us and sing back the Sun!
7:30pm - VENUE CHANGE: now at Eliot Church, 474 Centre St. Newton, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks required.
seventimessalt.com
Tuesday, December 27
Winchendon Music Festival (Andrew Arceci, Director)
WMF presents Asako Takeuchi, violin
7pm - Winchendon History & Cultural Center , 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475
To reserve tickets (free, but reservations required), please follow this link.
WMF presents Asako Takeuchi, violin
7pm - Winchendon History & Cultural Center , 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475
To reserve tickets (free, but reservations required), please follow this link.
Wednesday, December 28
Winchendon Music Festival (Andrew Arceci, Director)
WMF presents Philipp A. Stäudlin, saxophone & Yoko Hagino, piano
7pm - Winchendon History & Cultural Center , 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475
To reserve tickets (free, but reservations required), please follow this link.
WMF presents Philipp A. Stäudlin, saxophone & Yoko Hagino, piano
7pm - Winchendon History & Cultural Center , 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475
To reserve tickets (free, but reservations required), please follow this link.
Saturday, December 31
Berkshire Bach at New Year’s: A Baroque Concerto Showcase
Eugene Drucker, conductor and violin; The Berkshire Bach Players
Nine-time Grammy Award winner and Music Director Eugene Drucker leads The Berkshire Bach Ensemble in a special program that showcases the virtuosity of The Society’s individual musicians--playing violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, trumpet, and harpsichord--in single, double, and even triple concertos. The program includes Bach’s double violin concerto, one of Telemann’s suites from his Tafelmusik, and works by Handel and Vivaldi. Start your New Year on a high note!
6pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street Great Barrington, MA
$45
https://berkshirebach.org/events
Eugene Drucker, conductor and violin; The Berkshire Bach Players
Nine-time Grammy Award winner and Music Director Eugene Drucker leads The Berkshire Bach Ensemble in a special program that showcases the virtuosity of The Society’s individual musicians--playing violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, trumpet, and harpsichord--in single, double, and even triple concertos. The program includes Bach’s double violin concerto, one of Telemann’s suites from his Tafelmusik, and works by Handel and Vivaldi. Start your New Year on a high note!
6pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street Great Barrington, MA
$45
https://berkshirebach.org/events
New Year's Celebration
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director)
Boston Baroque rings in the New Year with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and Telemann’s Concerto in E minor for Recorder and Flute. This hour-long program is the ideal way to kick off 2023 with family and friends both near and far.
8pm - GBH's Calderwood Studio
https://baroque.boston
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director)
Boston Baroque rings in the New Year with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 and Telemann’s Concerto in E minor for Recorder and Flute. This hour-long program is the ideal way to kick off 2023 with family and friends both near and far.
8pm - GBH's Calderwood Studio
https://baroque.boston