Thursday, December 5
A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 5 3pm - Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St. Damariscotta, ME
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 5 3pm - Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St. Damariscotta, ME
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
Friday, December 6
A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 6 7:30pm - First Church Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Ave. Belmont, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 6 7:30pm - First Church Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Ave. Belmont, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
In dulci Jubilo: Music of Praetorius, von Bingen, Lassus, Victoria, and others
The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, Director)
For a thousand years, plainchant represented the heart of Western “classical” music. The legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars revisit this living tradition with a transcendent celebration for the Christmas season. Director Peter Phillips leads his beloved ensemble in their 36th consecutive season performing for BEMF audiences with a journey through centuries of chant music and the polyphony constructed from it, from boundary-pushing chants composed by 12th-century abbess Hildegard von Bingen, to Renaissance works including chant-based motets such as Nunc dimittus by Lassus and Salve regina by Obrecht, Victoria, and Franco, to the medieval In dulci jubilo melody set by Praetorius and Pearsall, and to Arvo Pärt’s reconceptualizing of the chant tradition, inspired in part by Eastern Orthodox practices.
8pm - St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 13, 2024 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 27, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET)
https://bemf.org/concert-season/tallis-scholars/
The Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, Director)
For a thousand years, plainchant represented the heart of Western “classical” music. The legendary voices of The Tallis Scholars revisit this living tradition with a transcendent celebration for the Christmas season. Director Peter Phillips leads his beloved ensemble in their 36th consecutive season performing for BEMF audiences with a journey through centuries of chant music and the polyphony constructed from it, from boundary-pushing chants composed by 12th-century abbess Hildegard von Bingen, to Renaissance works including chant-based motets such as Nunc dimittus by Lassus and Salve regina by Obrecht, Victoria, and Franco, to the medieval In dulci jubilo melody set by Praetorius and Pearsall, and to Arvo Pärt’s reconceptualizing of the chant tradition, inspired in part by Eastern Orthodox practices.
8pm - St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 13, 2024 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 27, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET)
https://bemf.org/concert-season/tallis-scholars/
Saturday, December 7
A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 7 7pm - Central Congregational Church, 14 Titcomb St. Newburyport, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 7 7pm - Central Congregational Church, 14 Titcomb St. Newburyport, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
Sunday, December 8
A Medieval Christmas: Hodie Christus Natus Est
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 8 4pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Boston, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
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.
Dec 8 4pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Boston, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/performances/
Saturday, December 14
Christmas Far & Wide
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Carley DeFranco, soprano; Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor
Celebrate the season with festive 18th-century yuletide music from across the Western Hemisphere! This sojourn takes you to Ireland, England, France, Poland, Germany, the Czech region, New England, and Mexico, with stellar works by Bach and Handel along with delightful rediscoveries.
4pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street, Worcester, MA; and streaming
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Carley DeFranco, soprano; Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor
Celebrate the season with festive 18th-century yuletide music from across the Western Hemisphere! This sojourn takes you to Ireland, England, France, Poland, Germany, the Czech region, New England, and Mexico, with stellar works by Bach and Handel along with delightful rediscoveries.
4pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street, Worcester, MA; and streaming
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Sunday, December 15
Christmas Far & Wide
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Carley DeFranco, soprano; Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor
Celebrate the season with festive 18th-century yuletide music from across the Western Hemisphere! This sojourn takes you to Ireland, England, France, Poland, Germany, the Czech region, New England, and Mexico, with stellar works by Bach and Handel along with delightful rediscoveries.
4pm - Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, MA; and streaming
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Carley DeFranco, soprano; Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor
Celebrate the season with festive 18th-century yuletide music from across the Western Hemisphere! This sojourn takes you to Ireland, England, France, Poland, Germany, the Czech region, New England, and Mexico, with stellar works by Bach and Handel along with delightful rediscoveries.
4pm - Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, MA; and streaming
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Friday, December 20
Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
8:00 PM - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season26/xmas-france-burgundy/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
8:00 PM - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season26/xmas-france-burgundy/
Saturday, December 21
Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
3:00 PM - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season26/xmas-france-burgundy/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
3:00 PM - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season26/xmas-france-burgundy/
The Long Night's Watch: A Winter Solstice Celebration
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, bagpipes, percussion, baritone;
Josh Schreiber, bass viol, bass; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, tenor; with Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano
Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert (now in its 22nd year) celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun with music from the British Isles, Europe, and the New World. To see us through the longest night, we’ll perform a warming blend of familiar carols, festive wassailing songs, wintry consort tunes, Renaissance dances, upbeat Irish reels, and a helping of STS originals. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed!
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
By donation ($20 suggested)
https://www.seventimessalt.com/
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, bagpipes, percussion, baritone;
Josh Schreiber, bass viol, bass; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, tenor; with Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano
Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert (now in its 22nd year) celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun with music from the British Isles, Europe, and the New World. To see us through the longest night, we’ll perform a warming blend of familiar carols, festive wassailing songs, wintry consort tunes, Renaissance dances, upbeat Irish reels, and a helping of STS originals. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed!
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
By donation ($20 suggested)
https://www.seventimessalt.com/
Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
8:00 PM - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season26/xmas-france-burgundy/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
One of Blue Heron’s most beloved programs, presented for the first time since 2018. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a nave lit by candles, according to Blue Heron tradition.
8:00 PM - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season26/xmas-france-burgundy/
Sunday, December 22
The Long Night's Watch: Winter Solstice Celebration
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, bagpipes, percussion, baritone;
Josh Schreiber, bass viol, bass; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, tenor; with Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano
Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert (now in its 22nd year) celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun with music from the British Isles, Europe, and the New World. To see us through the longest night, we’ll perform a warming blend of familiar carols, festive wassailing songs, wintry consort tunes, Renaissance dances, upbeat Irish reels, and a helping of STS originals. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed!
4pm - St. John’s Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St. Beverly Farms, MA
By donation
https://www.seventimessalt.com/
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, alto; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, bagpipes, percussion, baritone;
Josh Schreiber, bass viol, bass; Matthew Wright, lute, bandora, tenor; with Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano
Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert (now in its 22nd year) celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun with music from the British Isles, Europe, and the New World. To see us through the longest night, we’ll perform a warming blend of familiar carols, festive wassailing songs, wintry consort tunes, Renaissance dances, upbeat Irish reels, and a helping of STS originals. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed!
4pm - St. John’s Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St. Beverly Farms, MA
By donation
https://www.seventimessalt.com/