Sunday, January 6
Night Song
Alison Larosa Montez, cantor; Ben Schwendener, piano
Music for the Feast of Epiphany: Gregorian chant propers for Epiphany from The Liber Usualis; Hymn: O sola magna rum erbium; Instrumental improvisations including on We Three Kings of Orient Are
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free
www.nightsong.org
Alison Larosa Montez, cantor; Ben Schwendener, piano
Music for the Feast of Epiphany: Gregorian chant propers for Epiphany from The Liber Usualis; Hymn: O sola magna rum erbium; Instrumental improvisations including on We Three Kings of Orient Are
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free
www.nightsong.org
Tuesday, January 8
King's Chapel Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals
David Hughes, countertenor & lute performs "Songs of Sadness, Satire, and Seduction."
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$5 suggested donation
617-227-2155
David Hughes, countertenor & lute performs "Songs of Sadness, Satire, and Seduction."
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$5 suggested donation
617-227-2155
Friday, January 11
The Return of the King: Music of the English Restoration
Très Maresienne (Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo and baroque lute).
Tres Maresienne will play sonatas, fantasies & grounds from the time after the English Civil War, including works by Purcell, Locke, Finger, Matteis, Young, Simpson & Mace.
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA 02138
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Très Maresienne (Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo and baroque lute).
Tres Maresienne will play sonatas, fantasies & grounds from the time after the English Civil War, including works by Purcell, Locke, Finger, Matteis, Young, Simpson & Mace.
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA 02138
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Saturday, January 12
Violin Unleashed
Susanna Ogata, violin; Sarah Freiberg Ellison, cello; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Rambunctious repertoire for solo violin from late 17th-century Germany, featuring the incomparable Susanna Ogata.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
http://www.newtonbaroque.org/
Susanna Ogata, violin; Sarah Freiberg Ellison, cello; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Rambunctious repertoire for solo violin from late 17th-century Germany, featuring the incomparable Susanna Ogata.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
http://www.newtonbaroque.org/
Sunday, January 13
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Johann Pachelbel: Partita on “Salzburg” Chorale and Seven Variations
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Missa “Misericorde”
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Super ripam Jordanis
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Vox de coelo sonuit
George Frederick Handel: Water Music, HWV 348 - XII. Allegro maestoso (alla Hornpipe)
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Johann Pachelbel: Partita on “Salzburg” Chorale and Seven Variations
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Missa “Misericorde”
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Super ripam Jordanis
Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Vox de coelo sonuit
George Frederick Handel: Water Music, HWV 348 - XII. Allegro maestoso (alla Hornpipe)
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Return of the King: Music of the English Restoration
Très Maresienne (Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo and baroque lute).
Tres Maresienne will play sonatas, fantasies & grounds from the time after the English Civil War, including works by Purcell, Locke, Finger, Matteis, Young, Simpson & Mace.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Très Maresienne (Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo and baroque lute).
Tres Maresienne will play sonatas, fantasies & grounds from the time after the English Civil War, including works by Purcell, Locke, Finger, Matteis, Young, Simpson & Mace.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Night Song: Music in observance of the baptism of Christ
Beneficia lucis, Night Song's chorus of men
Join our observance in the darkened church wafting with the scent of incense and with icons glowing in candlelight. Chant from the Liber Usualis; Tritone chant setting for compline by Daryl Bichel; Psalm 4, set by Bichel; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam by Melchior Franck; Plainchant Hymn: Hostis Herodes impie, with polyphonic verses set by Victoria; Alma Redemptoris mater by Francisco Guerrero; improvised instrumental contemplations and chant accompaniments.
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free
www.nightsong.org
Beneficia lucis, Night Song's chorus of men
Join our observance in the darkened church wafting with the scent of incense and with icons glowing in candlelight. Chant from the Liber Usualis; Tritone chant setting for compline by Daryl Bichel; Psalm 4, set by Bichel; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam by Melchior Franck; Plainchant Hymn: Hostis Herodes impie, with polyphonic verses set by Victoria; Alma Redemptoris mater by Francisco Guerrero; improvised instrumental contemplations and chant accompaniments.
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free
www.nightsong.org
Tuesday, January 15
King's Chapel Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals
Gregg Bunn plays the C.B. Fisk Organ, featuring works by Bruhns and Mendelssohn
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
617-227-2155
Gregg Bunn plays the C.B. Fisk Organ, featuring works by Bruhns and Mendelssohn
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
617-227-2155
Thursday, January 17
Baroque at Heart: JS & JC Bach, Ehrlebach, Lully, Geminiani & New Gems in the Baroque Spirit
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
8pm - First Religious Society, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
$35 |$30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
8pm - First Religious Society, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
$35 |$30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
Friday, January 18
Baroque at Heart: JS & JC Bach, Ehrlebach, Lully, Geminiani & New Gems in the Baroque Spirit
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
8pm - Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
$35 |$30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
8pm - Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
$35 |$30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
Saturday, January 19
Baroque at Heart: JS & JC Bach, Ehrlebach, Lully, Geminiani & New Gems in the Baroque Spirit
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
8pm - The Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
$35 | $30 seniors |$25 Athenaeum Members | $10 students
www.csem.org
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
8pm - The Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
$35 | $30 seniors |$25 Athenaeum Members | $10 students
www.csem.org
Sunday, January 20
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Alonso Lobo: Missa “Petre ego pro te rogavi”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tu es Petrus à 6
Francisco Guerrero: Petre ego pro te rogavi
Henri Mulet: Esquisses byzantines - X. Tu es petra et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus te
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Alonso Lobo: Missa “Petre ego pro te rogavi”
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Tu es Petrus à 6
Francisco Guerrero: Petre ego pro te rogavi
Henri Mulet: Esquisses byzantines - X. Tu es petra et portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus te
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
Baroque at Heart: JS & JC Bach, Ehrlebach, Lully, Geminiani & New Gems in the Baroque Spirit
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
4pm - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
$35 | $30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
4pm - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
$35 | $30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
Night Song: Music for Treble Voices
Harriet Bridges, soprano; Leah Costlow, soprano; Alison Larosa Montez, alto and cantor
**In the event of inclement weather, we will post on the Night Song Facebook page about a cancellation the afternoon of Sun. Jan. 20.**
Gregorian chant from The Liber Usualis, Compline Chant setting in Latin by Daryl Bichel, Epiphany by Patricia Van Ness, Psalm 61 from Birds of the Psalms by Van Ness, Te lucis ante terminum, plainchant, arr. Bichel, Alma Redemptoris Mater by Bichel
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free
www.nightsong.org
Harriet Bridges, soprano; Leah Costlow, soprano; Alison Larosa Montez, alto and cantor
**In the event of inclement weather, we will post on the Night Song Facebook page about a cancellation the afternoon of Sun. Jan. 20.**
Gregorian chant from The Liber Usualis, Compline Chant setting in Latin by Daryl Bichel, Epiphany by Patricia Van Ness, Psalm 61 from Birds of the Psalms by Van Ness, Te lucis ante terminum, plainchant, arr. Bichel, Alma Redemptoris Mater by Bichel
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free
www.nightsong.org
Monday, January 21
Baroque at Heart: JS & JC Bach, Ehrlebach, Lully, Geminiani & New Gems in the Baroque Spirit
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
7:30pm - Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
$35 | $30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Martin Bernstein, recorder
The Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (HBCO) will perform a dazzling concert. This group is dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. Their small size fosters clarity of the musical lines and lively expressive gestures. The program is a splendid mix of works: There are overtures by Erlebach & J.S. Bach, a concerto by J.C. Bach, adapted and performed by the exciting young recorder virtuoso Martin Bernstein; variations by Lully & Geminiani (the rapturous "La Folia," after A. Corelli), and three new commissions inspired by the spirit of the Baroque, its forms and styles. A reception follows. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music--CSEM--on their concert series, Chamber Music by Candlelight.
7:30pm - Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
$35 | $30 seniors |$10 students
www.csem.org
Tuesday, January 22
King's Chapel Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals
Concordia Baroque: Eileen Cecelia Callahan, soprano; Sheila Beardslee, recorder; Douglas Freundlich, lute; Alice Mroszczyk,
viola da gamba
Birthday Lunch with Robbie Burns -- traditional Scottish songs by Burns and others, Balcarres lute solos, Barsanti Scottish tunes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St. Boston MA
$5 suggested donation
617-227-2155
Concordia Baroque: Eileen Cecelia Callahan, soprano; Sheila Beardslee, recorder; Douglas Freundlich, lute; Alice Mroszczyk,
viola da gamba
Birthday Lunch with Robbie Burns -- traditional Scottish songs by Burns and others, Balcarres lute solos, Barsanti Scottish tunes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St. Boston MA
$5 suggested donation
617-227-2155
Wednesday, January 23
Pilgrims’ Progress: Music of the Plimoth Colony Settlers
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Join us for an hour-long concert in Boston’s historic North End. The Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists. They brought with them music experiences as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World, and the Plimoth Colony heard not just solemn English psalms, but also catches, ballads, and dance tunes, to which we add instrumental music of the English court and countryside. You'll also hear fictional "diary entries" read in Original Pronunciation. Hosted by The Friends of the North End Library with a generous grant from the City Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library.
6:30pm - North End branch of the BPL, 25 Parmenter St. Boston MA
FREE admission
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Join us for an hour-long concert in Boston’s historic North End. The Plimoth colonists, or “Pilgrims” as they were later called, were a diverse group of Separatists and Anglicans, religious zealots and irreverent opportunists. They brought with them music experiences as varied as their reasons for coming to the New World, and the Plimoth Colony heard not just solemn English psalms, but also catches, ballads, and dance tunes, to which we add instrumental music of the English court and countryside. You'll also hear fictional "diary entries" read in Original Pronunciation. Hosted by The Friends of the North End Library with a generous grant from the City Wide Friends of the Boston Public Library.
6:30pm - North End branch of the BPL, 25 Parmenter St. Boston MA
FREE admission
www.seventimessalt.com
Friday, January 25
English Country Dance
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute; with Alastair Thompson, harpsichord; and Christine Robb, caller
Seven Times Salt will provide splendid live music for the Harvard Square English Dance. You’ll hear tunes popular from 1650 up to the present; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. Caller Christine Robb will teach all the dances, and beginners are welcome. Dancers take a different partner for each dance of the evening, and join a “set” of couples. Each couple dances a series of figures with another couple, then repeats the same with each pair in the set. Come dance with us!
7:30-9:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA
$7 general, $6 members, $4 students
https://www.cds-boston.org/harvard-sq-english-dance
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute; with Alastair Thompson, harpsichord; and Christine Robb, caller
Seven Times Salt will provide splendid live music for the Harvard Square English Dance. You’ll hear tunes popular from 1650 up to the present; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. Caller Christine Robb will teach all the dances, and beginners are welcome. Dancers take a different partner for each dance of the evening, and join a “set” of couples. Each couple dances a series of figures with another couple, then repeats the same with each pair in the set. Come dance with us!
7:30-9:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA
$7 general, $6 members, $4 students
https://www.cds-boston.org/harvard-sq-english-dance