Tuesday, July 9
A Jewish Baroque Showcase
Kevin Lubin, Katja Pennypacker, Harry Otero-Rivera, Ryan Closs, Chelsea Winter, Guinevere Conner, Thomas Conrad
Repertoire by Jewish composers fromacross the Baroque era: Salamone Rossi, Abraham Caceres, Louis Daquin, and Giacobbe Cervetto.
3pm- Longy School of Music, Wolfinssohn Room, 27 Garden St. Cambridge, MA
https://www.kevinlubinmusic.com/upcoming-events
Kevin Lubin, Katja Pennypacker, Harry Otero-Rivera, Ryan Closs, Chelsea Winter, Guinevere Conner, Thomas Conrad
Repertoire by Jewish composers fromacross the Baroque era: Salamone Rossi, Abraham Caceres, Louis Daquin, and Giacobbe Cervetto.
3pm- Longy School of Music, Wolfinssohn Room, 27 Garden St. Cambridge, MA
https://www.kevinlubinmusic.com/upcoming-events
Class: The Songs of Salamone Rossi
Kevin Lubin, instructor
Dive into the first known collection of Jewish art music, Salamone Rossi's "HaShirim Asher L'Shlomo," published in 1622 Venice. Explore this unique gem of late Renaissance choral music that will include live performances by historically informed singers and instrumentalists.
7:30pm - Lehrhaus, 425 Washington Street, Somerville, MA
https://www.lehr.haus/classes/the-songs-of-salamone-rossi
Kevin Lubin, instructor
Dive into the first known collection of Jewish art music, Salamone Rossi's "HaShirim Asher L'Shlomo," published in 1622 Venice. Explore this unique gem of late Renaissance choral music that will include live performances by historically informed singers and instrumentalists.
7:30pm - Lehrhaus, 425 Washington Street, Somerville, MA
https://www.lehr.haus/classes/the-songs-of-salamone-rossi
Fantasticus!
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, with Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, with Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Wednesday, July 10
Fantasticus!
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, with Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, with Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Thursday, July 11
J.S. Bach: The Three Partitas for Solo Violin
Performance and Commentary - Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Baroque Violin
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St. Waltham, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Performance and Commentary - Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Baroque Violin
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St. Waltham, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Summit House Sunset Concert Series
Arcadia Viols: Alice Robbins, Jane Hershey, Robert Eisenstein, Douglas Kelley, Anne Legêne
Arcadia Viols performs works by Baroque composers such as Dowland, Purcell and Couperin, as well as contemporary pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries. Its members have played in such esteemed ensembles as The Folger Consort, Long & Away, Hesperus and The Newberry Consort. For the uninitiated, this is an earthy yet ethereal music that will transport your mind, heart and worldview in any century!
7:30pm - Summit House in Skinner State Park, Hadley, MA
$12 advance (online) / $15 day of show (at gate, cash only)
http://www.friendsofmhr.org/2023-summer-concert-series.html
Arcadia Viols: Alice Robbins, Jane Hershey, Robert Eisenstein, Douglas Kelley, Anne Legêne
Arcadia Viols performs works by Baroque composers such as Dowland, Purcell and Couperin, as well as contemporary pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries. Its members have played in such esteemed ensembles as The Folger Consort, Long & Away, Hesperus and The Newberry Consort. For the uninitiated, this is an earthy yet ethereal music that will transport your mind, heart and worldview in any century!
7:30pm - Summit House in Skinner State Park, Hadley, MA
$12 advance (online) / $15 day of show (at gate, cash only)
http://www.friendsofmhr.org/2023-summer-concert-series.html
Fantasticus!
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, with Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin, Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba, with Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Friday, July 12
Shir Levi'im: A Song of Levites - Virtual Premiere
Lev DePaolo, soprano, Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo-soprano Marika Holmqvist, violin, Emily Hale, violin, Sarah Freiberg, cello, Juan Mesa, Italian virginal
MIRYAM traces the thread of Jewish resilience and creativity from medieval Iberia to Baroque Amsterdam. Shir Levi’im (the song of the Levites) refers both to the ancient Levites who sang psalms of worship in the Temple, and 11th c. Sephardic poet Yehuda Halevi, whose surname evokes this musical heritage. In 1593, Portuguese Jews began to resettle in Amsterdam, and by 1675 the thriving community had built the Esnoga or synagogue. Its library contains a wealth of historical documents including Hebrew-language musical scores spanning the late Baroque and early Classical eras. This collection allows a glimpse into the rich musical life of the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam, who commissioned works from both Christian and Jewish composers. The program features music of Caceres and Lidarti, mystical poems by Yehuda Halevi, and a new setting of the Kaddish Shalem, a central prayer of thanksgiving and praise.
7:30pm - on YouTube. Video remains available.
Free to watch; donations encouraged
https://www.youtube.com/@SoHIPBoston
Lev DePaolo, soprano, Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo-soprano Marika Holmqvist, violin, Emily Hale, violin, Sarah Freiberg, cello, Juan Mesa, Italian virginal
MIRYAM traces the thread of Jewish resilience and creativity from medieval Iberia to Baroque Amsterdam. Shir Levi’im (the song of the Levites) refers both to the ancient Levites who sang psalms of worship in the Temple, and 11th c. Sephardic poet Yehuda Halevi, whose surname evokes this musical heritage. In 1593, Portuguese Jews began to resettle in Amsterdam, and by 1675 the thriving community had built the Esnoga or synagogue. Its library contains a wealth of historical documents including Hebrew-language musical scores spanning the late Baroque and early Classical eras. This collection allows a glimpse into the rich musical life of the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam, who commissioned works from both Christian and Jewish composers. The program features music of Caceres and Lidarti, mystical poems by Yehuda Halevi, and a new setting of the Kaddish Shalem, a central prayer of thanksgiving and praise.
7:30pm - on YouTube. Video remains available.
Free to watch; donations encouraged
https://www.youtube.com/@SoHIPBoston
Saturday, July 13
J.S. Bach: The Three Partitas for Solo Violin
Performance and Commentary - Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Baroque Violin
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Performance and Commentary - Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Baroque Violin
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Quietside Chamber Music Festival
Sylvia Schwartz, violin; Phoebe Durand, harp, Raffael Scheck, cello
So Many Gut Strings …How do a baroque harp, violin, and cello sound together? Join is for a unique exploration into some sound spaces of the 17th and early 18th centuries with historical instruments. The program features works by the influential baroque violinists Johann-Heinrich Schmelzer and Heinrich Biber, the French lutenist Robert de Visée, and Giuseppe Jacchini, one of the earliest composers using the cello as a solo instrument. The concert ends with Antonio Vivaldi’s double concerto for violin and cello in B flat (RV 547), accompanied by harp.
7pm - Somesville Union Meeting House, 1136 Main St. Mt. Desert, ME
$20 suggested donation at the door.
https://www.quietsidechambermusic.com/festival
Sylvia Schwartz, violin; Phoebe Durand, harp, Raffael Scheck, cello
So Many Gut Strings …How do a baroque harp, violin, and cello sound together? Join is for a unique exploration into some sound spaces of the 17th and early 18th centuries with historical instruments. The program features works by the influential baroque violinists Johann-Heinrich Schmelzer and Heinrich Biber, the French lutenist Robert de Visée, and Giuseppe Jacchini, one of the earliest composers using the cello as a solo instrument. The concert ends with Antonio Vivaldi’s double concerto for violin and cello in B flat (RV 547), accompanied by harp.
7pm - Somesville Union Meeting House, 1136 Main St. Mt. Desert, ME
$20 suggested donation at the door.
https://www.quietsidechambermusic.com/festival
Sunday, July 14
From Bach to Ragtime
Folk Baroque plays on the Music at Trinity Summer Concert Series.
3pm - Trinity Church, Honyman Hall, One Queen Anne Square, Newport, RI
$25 suggested donation
https://www.trinitynewport.org/events
Folk Baroque plays on the Music at Trinity Summer Concert Series.
3pm - Trinity Church, Honyman Hall, One Queen Anne Square, Newport, RI
$25 suggested donation
https://www.trinitynewport.org/events
Tuesday, July 16
The 18th-century Salon: Music by Bach's Son
The Berlin Trio: Mary Oleskiewicz, flute, Georgina McKay Lodge, viola, David Schulenberg, fortepiano
The Berlin Trio will present a set of quartets featuring the enchanting and unusual instrumentation of flute, viola, and fortepiano. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these distinctive quartets in 1788, and they embody the expressive and innovative style characteristic of Berlin court composers during this transitional period between the late Baroque and early Classical eras. The writing is equitable for all three instruments, with elegant motives and virtuosic embellishments gracefully exchanged between them. Autographs from arts patron Sara Levy’s personal library suggest that she commissioned these quartets for her salon, which served as a hub for intellectuals, attracting some of the most talented composers associated with King Frederick “the Great’s” court.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
The Berlin Trio: Mary Oleskiewicz, flute, Georgina McKay Lodge, viola, David Schulenberg, fortepiano
The Berlin Trio will present a set of quartets featuring the enchanting and unusual instrumentation of flute, viola, and fortepiano. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these distinctive quartets in 1788, and they embody the expressive and innovative style characteristic of Berlin court composers during this transitional period between the late Baroque and early Classical eras. The writing is equitable for all three instruments, with elegant motives and virtuosic embellishments gracefully exchanged between them. Autographs from arts patron Sara Levy’s personal library suggest that she commissioned these quartets for her salon, which served as a hub for intellectuals, attracting some of the most talented composers associated with King Frederick “the Great’s” court.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Wednesday, July 17
The 18th-century Salon: Music by Bach's Son
The Berlin Trio: Mary Oleskiewicz, flute, Georgina McKay Lodge, viola, David Schulenberg, fortepiano
The Berlin Trio will present a set of quartets featuring the enchanting and unusual instrumentation of flute, viola, and fortepiano. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these distinctive quartets in 1788, and they embody the expressive and innovative style characteristic of Berlin court composers during this transitional period between the late Baroque and early Classical eras. The writing is equitable for all three instruments, with elegant motives and virtuosic embellishments gracefully exchanged between them. Autographs from arts patron Sara Levy’s personal library suggest that she commissioned these quartets for her salon, which served as a hub for intellectuals, attracting some of the most talented composers associated with King Frederick “the Great’s” court.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
The Berlin Trio: Mary Oleskiewicz, flute, Georgina McKay Lodge, viola, David Schulenberg, fortepiano
The Berlin Trio will present a set of quartets featuring the enchanting and unusual instrumentation of flute, viola, and fortepiano. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these distinctive quartets in 1788, and they embody the expressive and innovative style characteristic of Berlin court composers during this transitional period between the late Baroque and early Classical eras. The writing is equitable for all three instruments, with elegant motives and virtuosic embellishments gracefully exchanged between them. Autographs from arts patron Sara Levy’s personal library suggest that she commissioned these quartets for her salon, which served as a hub for intellectuals, attracting some of the most talented composers associated with King Frederick “the Great’s” court.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Thursday, July 18
The 18th-century Salon: Music by Bach's Son
The Berlin Trio: Mary Oleskiewicz, flute, Georgina McKay Lodge, viola, David Schulenberg, fortepiano
The Berlin Trio will present a set of quartets featuring the enchanting and unusual instrumentation of flute, viola, and fortepiano. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these distinctive quartets in 1788, and they embody the expressive and innovative style characteristic of Berlin court composers during this transitional period between the late Baroque and early Classical eras. The writing is equitable for all three instruments, with elegant motives and virtuosic embellishments gracefully exchanged between them. Autographs from arts patron Sara Levy’s personal library suggest that she commissioned these quartets for her salon, which served as a hub for intellectuals, attracting some of the most talented composers associated with King Frederick “the Great’s” court.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
The Berlin Trio: Mary Oleskiewicz, flute, Georgina McKay Lodge, viola, David Schulenberg, fortepiano
The Berlin Trio will present a set of quartets featuring the enchanting and unusual instrumentation of flute, viola, and fortepiano. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these distinctive quartets in 1788, and they embody the expressive and innovative style characteristic of Berlin court composers during this transitional period between the late Baroque and early Classical eras. The writing is equitable for all three instruments, with elegant motives and virtuosic embellishments gracefully exchanged between them. Autographs from arts patron Sara Levy’s personal library suggest that she commissioned these quartets for her salon, which served as a hub for intellectuals, attracting some of the most talented composers associated with King Frederick “the Great’s” court.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Side-by-Side-by-Sde: Schubert, Chopin, and Three Grand Pianos
David Hyun-su Kim, Piano, Guest Curator. Schubert Bb Sonata, D. 960. Chopin: Mosaic Suite in the Style of Clara Schumann.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St. Waltham, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
David Hyun-su Kim, Piano, Guest Curator. Schubert Bb Sonata, D. 960. Chopin: Mosaic Suite in the Style of Clara Schumann.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St. Waltham, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Friday, July 19
Hildegard Reanimated: Vision in Vision - Virtual Premiere
The Pandora Consort: Kendra Comstock, Angie Tyler, Gina Marie Falk, voices & harmonium; Cate Duckwall, visual artist
The Pandora Consort explores the mystical visions of Hildegard von Bingen through her illuminations and music. Hildegard is an impressive figure in many regards; she was a theologian, philosopher, botanist, doctor, magistra (mother superior), and one of the first named composers of music. Hildegard experienced visions (“umbra viventis lucis” or “the reflection of the living light”) from the age of three up to her death, and many of her writings and illuminations are a result of these visions. Hildegard’s writings, visions, and music are inextricably linked in her life and philosophy. Taking inspiration from her life, we weave them together in a concert program focused on four of her most famous visions that influenced her spiritual philosophy. Working with visual artist Cate Duckwall to bring these visions to life, this concert features music from Hildegard’s vast oeuvre accompanied by artistic animations of key illuminations, creating a multimedia experience.
7:30pm - on YouTube. Video remains available.
Free to watch; donations encouraged
https://www.youtube.com/@SoHIPBoston
The Pandora Consort: Kendra Comstock, Angie Tyler, Gina Marie Falk, voices & harmonium; Cate Duckwall, visual artist
The Pandora Consort explores the mystical visions of Hildegard von Bingen through her illuminations and music. Hildegard is an impressive figure in many regards; she was a theologian, philosopher, botanist, doctor, magistra (mother superior), and one of the first named composers of music. Hildegard experienced visions (“umbra viventis lucis” or “the reflection of the living light”) from the age of three up to her death, and many of her writings and illuminations are a result of these visions. Hildegard’s writings, visions, and music are inextricably linked in her life and philosophy. Taking inspiration from her life, we weave them together in a concert program focused on four of her most famous visions that influenced her spiritual philosophy. Working with visual artist Cate Duckwall to bring these visions to life, this concert features music from Hildegard’s vast oeuvre accompanied by artistic animations of key illuminations, creating a multimedia experience.
7:30pm - on YouTube. Video remains available.
Free to watch; donations encouraged
https://www.youtube.com/@SoHIPBoston
Saturday, July 20
Side-by-Side-by-Sde: Schubert, Chopin, and Three Grand Pianos
David Hyun-su Kim, Piano, Guest Curator. Schubert Bb Sonata, D. 960. Chopin: Mosaic Suite in the Style of Clara Schumann.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
David Hyun-su Kim, Piano, Guest Curator. Schubert Bb Sonata, D. 960. Chopin: Mosaic Suite in the Style of Clara Schumann.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Sunday, July 21
Hildegard Reanimated: Vision in Vision
The Pandora Consort: Kendra Comstock, Angie Tyler, Gina Marie Falk, voices; Cate Duckwall, visual artist
The Pandora Consort explores the mystical visions of Hildegard von Bingen through her illuminations and music. Hildegard is an impressive figure in many regards; she was a theologian, philosopher, botanist, doctor, magistra (mother superior), and one of the first named composers of music. Hildegard experienced visions (“umbra viventis lucis” or “the reflection of the living light”) from the age of three up to her death, and many of her writings and illuminations are a result of these visions. Hildegard’s writings, visions, and music are inextricably linked in her life and philosophy. Taking inspiration from her life, we weave them together in a concert program focused on four of her most famous visions that influenced her spiritual philosophy. Working with visual artist Cate Duckwall to bring these visions to life, this concert features music from Hildegard’s vast oeuvre accompanied by artistic animations of key illuminations, creating a multimedia experience.
2pm - First Universalist Society Church, 8 Brownsville Rd. Hartland, VT
Free with a goodwill donation
Info: [email protected]
The Pandora Consort: Kendra Comstock, Angie Tyler, Gina Marie Falk, voices; Cate Duckwall, visual artist
The Pandora Consort explores the mystical visions of Hildegard von Bingen through her illuminations and music. Hildegard is an impressive figure in many regards; she was a theologian, philosopher, botanist, doctor, magistra (mother superior), and one of the first named composers of music. Hildegard experienced visions (“umbra viventis lucis” or “the reflection of the living light”) from the age of three up to her death, and many of her writings and illuminations are a result of these visions. Hildegard’s writings, visions, and music are inextricably linked in her life and philosophy. Taking inspiration from her life, we weave them together in a concert program focused on four of her most famous visions that influenced her spiritual philosophy. Working with visual artist Cate Duckwall to bring these visions to life, this concert features music from Hildegard’s vast oeuvre accompanied by artistic animations of key illuminations, creating a multimedia experience.
2pm - First Universalist Society Church, 8 Brownsville Rd. Hartland, VT
Free with a goodwill donation
Info: [email protected]
Vivaldi and Bach Concertos
Ian Watson harpsichord/director, Andrea LeBlanc, flute, Susanna Ogata & Amy Rawstron Watson, violins, Renée Hemsing, violin, viola, Jenny Stirling, viola, Sarah Freiberg, Guy Fishman & Colleen McGary-Smith, cellos, Guinevere Conner, violone
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531
Vivaldi Concerto No. 10 in B minor for four violins, RV 580
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
5:00pm - St. Ann’s Chapel, 167 Ocean Ave. Kennebunkport, ME.
$40
https://stannskennebunkport.org/church-events/2024-concerts/
Ian Watson harpsichord/director, Andrea LeBlanc, flute, Susanna Ogata & Amy Rawstron Watson, violins, Renée Hemsing, violin, viola, Jenny Stirling, viola, Sarah Freiberg, Guy Fishman & Colleen McGary-Smith, cellos, Guinevere Conner, violone
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531
Vivaldi Concerto No. 10 in B minor for four violins, RV 580
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
5:00pm - St. Ann’s Chapel, 167 Ocean Ave. Kennebunkport, ME.
$40
https://stannskennebunkport.org/church-events/2024-concerts/
Tuesday, July 23
Lazy Polyphony: Relaxed Reflections
Sam Bradley, leader
Laxy Polyphony kicks off a new series called “relaxed reflections.” Each “relaxed reflection” session features a guest clinician, a music scholar, veteran performer, or someone else who works with music. The idea is that the clinician will pick a sight-readable work, give a little presentation on why it’s important to them, while everyone who comes has the chance to continue the learning by sight-reading it! Just bring a tablet or laptop, and whatever instrument you’ll need to read it! Our first guest will be Dr. Sam Bradley, a local Josquin scholar, Church of the Advent chorister, and amateur celebrity impressionist. Come see Dr. Bradley present, and then sight-read some circa 1500 polyphony with us. Music and more info to come.
7pm - St. Peter's Episcopal Church , 838 Massachusetts Ave. (Central Square) Cambridge, MA
FREE and open to all
For info: [email protected]
Sam Bradley, leader
Laxy Polyphony kicks off a new series called “relaxed reflections.” Each “relaxed reflection” session features a guest clinician, a music scholar, veteran performer, or someone else who works with music. The idea is that the clinician will pick a sight-readable work, give a little presentation on why it’s important to them, while everyone who comes has the chance to continue the learning by sight-reading it! Just bring a tablet or laptop, and whatever instrument you’ll need to read it! Our first guest will be Dr. Sam Bradley, a local Josquin scholar, Church of the Advent chorister, and amateur celebrity impressionist. Come see Dr. Bradley present, and then sight-read some circa 1500 polyphony with us. Music and more info to come.
7pm - St. Peter's Episcopal Church , 838 Massachusetts Ave. (Central Square) Cambridge, MA
FREE and open to all
For info: [email protected]
Let's Make Arrangements
Sempervirens: Heloise Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Sempervirens presents a brand new program spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Four virtuoso recorder players join forces to perform music originally written for lute, organ, piano, voice, saxophone, and even symphony orchestra, all arranged to highlight the remarkable sound of the recorder consort. This highly varied repertoire includes vocal works by 15th-c. Franco-Flemish masters Busnois and Josquin, keyboard variations of Bach and Sweelinck, selections from Ligeti’s Bagatelles and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and dances ranging from the Medieval estampie to the Romantic tango. You’ll discover music that’s so compelling, Sempervirens just had to make arrangements to play it!
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Sempervirens: Heloise Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Sempervirens presents a brand new program spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Four virtuoso recorder players join forces to perform music originally written for lute, organ, piano, voice, saxophone, and even symphony orchestra, all arranged to highlight the remarkable sound of the recorder consort. This highly varied repertoire includes vocal works by 15th-c. Franco-Flemish masters Busnois and Josquin, keyboard variations of Bach and Sweelinck, selections from Ligeti’s Bagatelles and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and dances ranging from the Medieval estampie to the Romantic tango. You’ll discover music that’s so compelling, Sempervirens just had to make arrangements to play it!
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Wednesday, July 24
Let's Make Arrangements
Sempervirens: Heloise Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Sempervirens presents a brand new program spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Four virtuoso recorder players join forces to perform music originally written for lute, organ, piano, voice, saxophone, and even symphony orchestra, all arranged to highlight the remarkable sound of the recorder consort. This highly varied repertoire includes vocal works by 15th-c. Franco-Flemish masters Busnois and Josquin, keyboard variations of Bach and Sweelinck, selections from Ligeti’s Bagatelles and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and dances ranging from the Medieval estampie to the Romantic tango. You’ll discover music that’s so compelling, Sempervirens just had to make arrangements to play it!
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Sempervirens: Heloise Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Sempervirens presents a brand new program spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Four virtuoso recorder players join forces to perform music originally written for lute, organ, piano, voice, saxophone, and even symphony orchestra, all arranged to highlight the remarkable sound of the recorder consort. This highly varied repertoire includes vocal works by 15th-c. Franco-Flemish masters Busnois and Josquin, keyboard variations of Bach and Sweelinck, selections from Ligeti’s Bagatelles and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and dances ranging from the Medieval estampie to the Romantic tango. You’ll discover music that’s so compelling, Sempervirens just had to make arrangements to play it!
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Thursday, July 25
Sonata, What Do You Want From Me?
Julie Andrijeski, Guest Director, Violin, and ensemble. Sonatas and solo works from 1600-1713.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St. Waltham, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Julie Andrijeski, Guest Director, Violin, and ensemble. Sonatas and solo works from 1600-1713.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St. Waltham, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Let's Make Arrangements
Sempervirens: Heloise Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Sempervirens presents a brand new program spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Four virtuoso recorder players join forces to perform music originally written for lute, organ, piano, voice, saxophone, and even symphony orchestra, all arranged to highlight the remarkable sound of the recorder consort. This highly varied repertoire includes vocal works by 15th-c. Franco-Flemish masters Busnois and Josquin, keyboard variations of Bach and Sweelinck, selections from Ligeti’s Bagatelles and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and dances ranging from the Medieval estampie to the Romantic tango. You’ll discover music that’s so compelling, Sempervirens just had to make arrangements to play it!
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Sempervirens: Heloise Degrugillier, Daniel Meyers, Emily O’Brien, Roy Sansom, recorders
Sempervirens presents a brand new program spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Four virtuoso recorder players join forces to perform music originally written for lute, organ, piano, voice, saxophone, and even symphony orchestra, all arranged to highlight the remarkable sound of the recorder consort. This highly varied repertoire includes vocal works by 15th-c. Franco-Flemish masters Busnois and Josquin, keyboard variations of Bach and Sweelinck, selections from Ligeti’s Bagatelles and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and dances ranging from the Medieval estampie to the Romantic tango. You’ll discover music that’s so compelling, Sempervirens just had to make arrangements to play it!
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Friday, July 26
Fantasticus! - Virtual Premiere
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin; Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba; with featured guest Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - on YouTube. Video remains available.
Free to watch; donations encouraged
https://www.youtube.com/@SoHIPBoston
Guts Baroque: Sylvia Schwartz, violin; Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba; with featured guest Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Guts Baroque with featured guest Andrus Madsen will perform whimsical, varied, and fantastical instrumental music from the 17th-century courts of what is now Germany and Austria. Emperor Leopold I, himself a musician and composer, brought several prominent Italian musicians across the Alps to Vienna. These guests, including violin virtuoso Antonio Bertali, received good salaries and plenty of opportunities to perform, to compose, and to teach the new generation of German musicians the Stylus Fantasticus: the Italian style of purely instrumental fantasies made popular by Italian composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi. Bertali’s student Johann Heinrich Schmelzer further developed the style, and his innovations helped spread it throughout what is now Germany, teaching and inspiring other prominent composers including Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.
7:30pm - on YouTube. Video remains available.
Free to watch; donations encouraged
https://www.youtube.com/@SoHIPBoston
Saturday, July 27
Park Sounds: Il Contrapposto
Il Contrapposto: Judah Coffman, viola da gamba, voice; Charles Iner, lute
Il Contrapposto is an early music ensemble and continuo team dedicated to traversing the more untrodden paths of 16th- and 17th-century European music. Performing on historical instruments, with historically informed performance practices, their varied and engaging live performances are a step back into the homes and courts of Renaissance Europe. PARK SOUNDS 2024 brings free outdoor musical performances featuring local artists to the front lawn of the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch. These events are all-ages. Bring a chair, food, and loved ones to celebrate the summer! Funding is provided by the CPL Foundation.
1:30pm - Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Rain date: Saturday, August 3 from 1:30 – 3 pm.
FREE
https://www.cambridgema.gov/citycalendar/view.aspx?guid=cf5ab18778804c108065da2386b7cb45
Il Contrapposto: Judah Coffman, viola da gamba, voice; Charles Iner, lute
Il Contrapposto is an early music ensemble and continuo team dedicated to traversing the more untrodden paths of 16th- and 17th-century European music. Performing on historical instruments, with historically informed performance practices, their varied and engaging live performances are a step back into the homes and courts of Renaissance Europe. PARK SOUNDS 2024 brings free outdoor musical performances featuring local artists to the front lawn of the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch. These events are all-ages. Bring a chair, food, and loved ones to celebrate the summer! Funding is provided by the CPL Foundation.
1:30pm - Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Rain date: Saturday, August 3 from 1:30 – 3 pm.
FREE
https://www.cambridgema.gov/citycalendar/view.aspx?guid=cf5ab18778804c108065da2386b7cb45
Sonata, What Do You Want From Me?
Julie Andrijeski, Guest Director, Violin, and ensemble. Sonatas and solo works from 1600-1713.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Julie Andrijeski, Guest Director, Violin, and ensemble. Sonatas and solo works from 1600-1713.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington, MA
Advance Tickets $40/ Standard Admission: $50/ or pay-what-you-will
https://astonmagna.org/summer-festival/
Tuesday, July 30
Passion and Nostalgia
ScheckMate: Raffael Scheck, Baroque and Romantic Cello & Timothy Burris, Archlute and Romantic Guitar
The program features pieces that express deep passion, sometimes inward-looking and soft, and sometimes exuberant and powerful. From Antonio Vivaldi's introspective but happy and suite-like B-flat major cello sonata, we move to the expressive capriccio #8 by Giuseppe Maria Dell'Abaco and to the passionate Bolero and Solea by Spanish guitar composer Julián Arcas (1832-82). In direct response, the program features an homage to Arcas written in 2017 by German cellist and gambist Dietmar Berger and culminates in the nostalgic three nocturnes by German composer Friedrich Burgmüller. The first two pieces are performed on baroque instruments (cello and archlute). The other pieces use a romantic guitar and a romantic cello.
3pm - Freeport Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, ME
Free admission
ScheckMate: Raffael Scheck, Baroque and Romantic Cello & Timothy Burris, Archlute and Romantic Guitar
The program features pieces that express deep passion, sometimes inward-looking and soft, and sometimes exuberant and powerful. From Antonio Vivaldi's introspective but happy and suite-like B-flat major cello sonata, we move to the expressive capriccio #8 by Giuseppe Maria Dell'Abaco and to the passionate Bolero and Solea by Spanish guitar composer Julián Arcas (1832-82). In direct response, the program features an homage to Arcas written in 2017 by German cellist and gambist Dietmar Berger and culminates in the nostalgic three nocturnes by German composer Friedrich Burgmüller. The first two pieces are performed on baroque instruments (cello and archlute). The other pieces use a romantic guitar and a romantic cello.
3pm - Freeport Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, ME
Free admission
Cantos y Suspiros
Xacarilla: Camila Parias, soprano, Christa Patton, harp, Jason Priset, guitar, Heloise Degrugillier, recorder, Dan Meyers, percussion
Xacarilla explores the sumptuous sound world of 17th-c. Spanish songs and dances. “Cantos y Suspiros” tells of the pleasures and treacheries of love as depicted in nature by the birds, wind, sea, and forest. This rich poetic landscape is illuminated by the music of master composers Juan Hidalgo, Juan de Návas, José Marín, Cristóbal Galán, Santiago de Murcia, Diego Fernández de Huete, and others. Selected songs from a collection held at the Hispanic Society of America in New York City round out the program. Colombian soprano Camila Parias’ crystalline tone joins eloquent plucked strings, plaintive winds, and colorful percussion to bring to life these rarely-heard love songs.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Xacarilla: Camila Parias, soprano, Christa Patton, harp, Jason Priset, guitar, Heloise Degrugillier, recorder, Dan Meyers, percussion
Xacarilla explores the sumptuous sound world of 17th-c. Spanish songs and dances. “Cantos y Suspiros” tells of the pleasures and treacheries of love as depicted in nature by the birds, wind, sea, and forest. This rich poetic landscape is illuminated by the music of master composers Juan Hidalgo, Juan de Návas, José Marín, Cristóbal Galán, Santiago de Murcia, Diego Fernández de Huete, and others. Selected songs from a collection held at the Hispanic Society of America in New York City round out the program. Colombian soprano Camila Parias’ crystalline tone joins eloquent plucked strings, plaintive winds, and colorful percussion to bring to life these rarely-heard love songs.
7:30pm - St. Anne's Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Wednesday, July 31
Cantos y Suspiros
Xacarilla: Camila Parias, soprano, Christa Patton, harp, Jason Priset, guitar, Heloise Degrugillier, recorder, Dan Meyers, percussion
Xacarilla explores the sumptuous sound world of 17th-c. Spanish songs and dances. “Cantos y Suspiros” tells of the pleasures and treacheries of love as depicted in nature by the birds, wind, sea, and forest. This rich poetic landscape is illuminated by the music of master composers Juan Hidalgo, Juan de Návas, José Marín, Cristóbal Galán, Santiago de Murcia, Diego Fernández de Huete, and others. Selected songs from a collection held at the Hispanic Society of America in New York City round out the program. Colombian soprano Camila Parias’ crystalline tone joins eloquent plucked strings, plaintive winds, and colorful percussion to bring to life these rarely-heard love songs.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series
Xacarilla: Camila Parias, soprano, Christa Patton, harp, Jason Priset, guitar, Heloise Degrugillier, recorder, Dan Meyers, percussion
Xacarilla explores the sumptuous sound world of 17th-c. Spanish songs and dances. “Cantos y Suspiros” tells of the pleasures and treacheries of love as depicted in nature by the birds, wind, sea, and forest. This rich poetic landscape is illuminated by the music of master composers Juan Hidalgo, Juan de Návas, José Marín, Cristóbal Galán, Santiago de Murcia, Diego Fernández de Huete, and others. Selected songs from a collection held at the Hispanic Society of America in New York City round out the program. Colombian soprano Camila Parias’ crystalline tone joins eloquent plucked strings, plaintive winds, and colorful percussion to bring to life these rarely-heard love songs.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
Tickets $35/25/15/5
https://www.sohipboston.org/2024-concert-series