Saturday, June 3
The Cavalier Consort at Arlington Porchfest
Karen Burciaga, violin; James Williamson, viola da gamba; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord; with Anna de Bakker, voice
Stirring instrumental music from the court of Charles I interspersed with 17th-century songs about royalist politics, sex and drinking.
3pm - 49a Magnolia St, Arlington, MA
FREE
www.arlingtonporchfest.org
Karen Burciaga, violin; James Williamson, viola da gamba; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord; with Anna de Bakker, voice
Stirring instrumental music from the court of Charles I interspersed with 17th-century songs about royalist politics, sex and drinking.
3pm - 49a Magnolia St, Arlington, MA
FREE
www.arlingtonporchfest.org
Sunday, June 4
Solemn High Mass for Pentecost
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, KV 608
Mozart: Missa Brevis in D, K. 194
Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis apostoli
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Vierne: I. Allegro from Symphonie II, Op. 20
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, KV 608
Mozart: Missa Brevis in D, K. 194
Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis apostoli
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Vierne: I. Allegro from Symphonie II, Op. 20
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Tuesday, June 6
Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Members of Handel & Haydn Society
Works by Bach and Vivaldi
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Members of Handel & Haydn Society
Works by Bach and Vivaldi
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Friday, June 9
Connecticut Early Music Festival
Aisslinn Nosky, violin; Guy Fishman, cello; Ian Watson, fortepiano
W. A. Mozart's Violin Concerto in G; J. Haydn's Cello Concerto in D; Beethoven's Triple Concerto in C
7:30pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Aisslinn Nosky, violin; Guy Fishman, cello; Ian Watson, fortepiano
W. A. Mozart's Violin Concerto in G; J. Haydn's Cello Concerto in D; Beethoven's Triple Concerto in C
7:30pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Saturday, June 10
The Inimitable Mademoiselle La Guerre
Dana Maiben, violin; Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; Lisa Goode Crawford, harpsichord
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's six extraordinary violin sonatas, published in 1707, are some of the first sonatas to be composed in France! Reception to follow.
1pm - Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free Admission
info@rebeccaclarke.org
Dana Maiben, violin; Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; Lisa Goode Crawford, harpsichord
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre's six extraordinary violin sonatas, published in 1707, are some of the first sonatas to be composed in France! Reception to follow.
1pm - Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free Admission
info@rebeccaclarke.org
Spring Concert
Youth pro Musica, the Greater Boston Youth Chorus (Robert Barney, artistic director; Brian Haggar-McKee, Training Chorus director; Yvonne Gobis, accompanist)
Young singers in grades 3-12 in Youth pro Musica's Training Chorus, Repertory Chorus and High School Chorale will sing works by Vecchi, Monteverdi, Bach and others.
7pm - Eliot Church, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA
Tickets $20, $15 st, sr; FREE under age 18. Save $5 with online purchase
http://www.youthpromusica.org/concerts.asp or 617-666-6087
Youth pro Musica, the Greater Boston Youth Chorus (Robert Barney, artistic director; Brian Haggar-McKee, Training Chorus director; Yvonne Gobis, accompanist)
Young singers in grades 3-12 in Youth pro Musica's Training Chorus, Repertory Chorus and High School Chorale will sing works by Vecchi, Monteverdi, Bach and others.
7pm - Eliot Church, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA
Tickets $20, $15 st, sr; FREE under age 18. Save $5 with online purchase
http://www.youthpromusica.org/concerts.asp or 617-666-6087
A Musical Banquet
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble.
7:30pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary
43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble.
7:30pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary
43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
June 11-18
Boston Early Music Festival
The 19th biennial international Festival and Exhibition features the North American premiere of André Campra’s 1699 opéra-ballet Le Carnaval de Venise, a double-bill of Neopolitan comic opera from the BEMF Chamber Opera Series, eighteen concerts showcasing the finest artists in the field today, Organ and Keyboard mini-festivals, the world-famous Exhibition, masterclasses, lectures, and more.
Boston, MA
Subscription packages and individual tickets are available from the BEMF Box Office at www.BEMF.org or 617-661-1812.
List of events: http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/schedule.htm
Festival concert schedule: www.bemf.org/pages/fest/festCon.htm
Fringe concert schedule: www.bemf.org/pages/fest/fringe.htm
The 19th biennial international Festival and Exhibition features the North American premiere of André Campra’s 1699 opéra-ballet Le Carnaval de Venise, a double-bill of Neopolitan comic opera from the BEMF Chamber Opera Series, eighteen concerts showcasing the finest artists in the field today, Organ and Keyboard mini-festivals, the world-famous Exhibition, masterclasses, lectures, and more.
Boston, MA
Subscription packages and individual tickets are available from the BEMF Box Office at www.BEMF.org or 617-661-1812.
List of events: http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/schedule.htm
Festival concert schedule: www.bemf.org/pages/fest/festCon.htm
Fringe concert schedule: www.bemf.org/pages/fest/fringe.htm
Sunday, June 11
Solemn High Mass for Trinity Sunday
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Prelude in Eb Major, BWV 552a
Taverner: Le Roy Kyrie
Taverner: Missa "Sancti Wilhelmi Devotio"
Sheppard: Libera nos, Salva nos
Taverner: Christe Jesu, Pastor Bone
Mundy: Te Deum 'for trebles'
Bach: Fugue in Eb Major, BWV 552b
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Prelude in Eb Major, BWV 552a
Taverner: Le Roy Kyrie
Taverner: Missa "Sancti Wilhelmi Devotio"
Sheppard: Libera nos, Salva nos
Taverner: Christe Jesu, Pastor Bone
Mundy: Te Deum 'for trebles'
Bach: Fugue in Eb Major, BWV 552b
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Campra's Le Carnaval de Venise
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
3:30pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
3:30pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
A Musical Banquet
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble. Performance sponsored by White Mountain Musical Arts.
4pm - First Church of Christ Congregational, 2503 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH
Donation suggested to White Mountain Musical Arts
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble. Performance sponsored by White Mountain Musical Arts.
4pm - First Church of Christ Congregational, 2503 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH
Donation suggested to White Mountain Musical Arts
www.stmaryschola.org
Connecticut Early Music Festival
Susanna Ogata, violin, Guy Fishman, cello, Priscilla Herreid, oboe, Ian Watson, harpsichord
A celebration of the 250th anniversary of Telemann's passing. Works by Telemann, Farina, von Westhoff, Pisendel, Walter and Bach.
5pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 reserved, $30 general, $12 student
www.ctearlymusic.org
Susanna Ogata, violin, Guy Fishman, cello, Priscilla Herreid, oboe, Ian Watson, harpsichord
A celebration of the 250th anniversary of Telemann's passing. Works by Telemann, Farina, von Westhoff, Pisendel, Walter and Bach.
5pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 reserved, $30 general, $12 student
www.ctearlymusic.org
Monday, June 12
BEMF Fringe – Somewhere in Time: Telemann’s Complete ‘Lost’ 12 Fantasias for Solo Viol, 1735
Phillip W. Serna, viola da gamba
Located in 2014 by Thomas Fritzsch, a copy of Telemann’s self-published 1735 fantasias for viola da gamba survived near Hanover at Ledenburg Palace in the collection of Eleonore von Münster. Dedicated to musical subscriber Mr. Pierre Chaunell and published in a period when the viol was already out of fashion in Europe, Telemann’s unique fantasias encompass a plethora of forms - both old and new, inspired by the Polish and Moravian music of his early career, filled with techniques spanning fugal writing to elements of the rondo and concerto, straddling the High Baroque and the galant. We honor the 250th anniversary of Telemann's passing with his fantasias, the last great collection of virtuoso unaccompanied music for viola da gamba - missing since the 18th century!
9am - St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston
138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111
$15 Suggested Donation
http://www.newcommabaroque.org/concerts
Phillip W. Serna, viola da gamba
Located in 2014 by Thomas Fritzsch, a copy of Telemann’s self-published 1735 fantasias for viola da gamba survived near Hanover at Ledenburg Palace in the collection of Eleonore von Münster. Dedicated to musical subscriber Mr. Pierre Chaunell and published in a period when the viol was already out of fashion in Europe, Telemann’s unique fantasias encompass a plethora of forms - both old and new, inspired by the Polish and Moravian music of his early career, filled with techniques spanning fugal writing to elements of the rondo and concerto, straddling the High Baroque and the galant. We honor the 250th anniversary of Telemann's passing with his fantasias, the last great collection of virtuoso unaccompanied music for viola da gamba - missing since the 18th century!
9am - St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston
138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111
$15 Suggested Donation
http://www.newcommabaroque.org/concerts
Tuesday, June 13
A Longy Music Banquet (BEMF Fringe Event)
Longy's Early Music Department presents a BEMF Showcase with a feast of performances by Longy students, faculty and alumni. 11:00am Music of Isaac and Senfl
11:30 Renaissance dance
12pm Monody class including works by Uccellini and Monteverdi
12:30 Baroque flute class
1:00 Concerto grosso
1:30 Concert spirituel
2:00 Fandango
2:30 Excerpts from Juditha Triumphans
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St. Cambridge MA
Longy Early Music Department
Longy's Early Music Department presents a BEMF Showcase with a feast of performances by Longy students, faculty and alumni. 11:00am Music of Isaac and Senfl
11:30 Renaissance dance
12pm Monody class including works by Uccellini and Monteverdi
12:30 Baroque flute class
1:00 Concerto grosso
1:30 Concert spirituel
2:00 Fandango
2:30 Excerpts from Juditha Triumphans
Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St. Cambridge MA
Longy Early Music Department
Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo, Carol Lewis, viola da gamba, Heinrich Christensen, organ
Music of the Italian Early Baroque: works of Frescobaldi, Selma & more
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo, Carol Lewis, viola da gamba, Heinrich Christensen, organ
Music of the Italian Early Baroque: works of Frescobaldi, Selma & more
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
A Musical Banquet
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
Wednesday, June 14
Ornythology: Byrd & Friends
Venere Lute Quartet: Gail Gillispie, Douglas Freundlich, Christopher Morrongiello & Phillip Rukavina, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass lutes
CD Release Concert featuring lute consort arrangements of music by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, John Dowland and Orlando Gibbons.
11am - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA
$10
218-391-3410 http://www.gamutmusic.com/ornythology
Venere Lute Quartet: Gail Gillispie, Douglas Freundlich, Christopher Morrongiello & Phillip Rukavina, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass lutes
CD Release Concert featuring lute consort arrangements of music by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, John Dowland and Orlando Gibbons.
11am - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA
$10
218-391-3410 http://www.gamutmusic.com/ornythology
Courtiers & Costermongers (BEMF Fringe Concert)
Seven Times Salt: Michael Barrett, tenor & recorder; Karen Burciaga, violin; Nathaniel Cox, bandora; Daniel Meyers, flute, recorders, percussion; Olav Chris Henriksen, cittern; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute
Join Seven Times Salt for a tour of 17th-century London’s taverns, markets and well-appointed homes with music for the consort-of-six, a favored ensemble during Elizabeth I’s reign. Works include virtuosic settings from Thomas Morley’s First Booke of Consort Lessons; boisterous country dance tunes; and broadside ballads about epic battles, musicians making trouble, and that most perennial of all subjects...beer.
12pm - Hunnewell Chapel at Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St. Boston, MA
$10 suggested donation. Our new CD will be available for sale.
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Michael Barrett, tenor & recorder; Karen Burciaga, violin; Nathaniel Cox, bandora; Daniel Meyers, flute, recorders, percussion; Olav Chris Henriksen, cittern; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute
Join Seven Times Salt for a tour of 17th-century London’s taverns, markets and well-appointed homes with music for the consort-of-six, a favored ensemble during Elizabeth I’s reign. Works include virtuosic settings from Thomas Morley’s First Booke of Consort Lessons; boisterous country dance tunes; and broadside ballads about epic battles, musicians making trouble, and that most perennial of all subjects...beer.
12pm - Hunnewell Chapel at Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St. Boston, MA
$10 suggested donation. Our new CD will be available for sale.
www.seventimessalt.com
Symposium: Celebrate the Pardessus
Tina Chancey, Thomas Maccracken, Evangelia Kopsolidou, Stuart Cheney, Hester Bell-Jordan, Beverly Jerold
Aristocratic Women Amateurs and the Pardessus in the 18th Century
1-4pm - Wilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott, 275 Tremont St. Boston
FREE
elf@landsedgephoto.com
Tina Chancey, Thomas Maccracken, Evangelia Kopsolidou, Stuart Cheney, Hester Bell-Jordan, Beverly Jerold
Aristocratic Women Amateurs and the Pardessus in the 18th Century
1-4pm - Wilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott, 275 Tremont St. Boston
FREE
elf@landsedgephoto.com
Campra's Le Carnaval de Venise
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
7pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
7pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Thursday, June 15
Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
de Grigny: Selections from Pange Lingua
Lobo: Missa "Maria Magdalena"
Lobo: O quam suavis est
Guerrero: O sacrum convivium
Coprario: Fantasia à 4
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
de Grigny: Selections from Pange Lingua
Lobo: Missa "Maria Magdalena"
Lobo: O quam suavis est
Guerrero: O sacrum convivium
Coprario: Fantasia à 4
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Celebrate the Pardessus: Concert
Tina Chancey, Simone Eckert, Myrna Herzog, Catharina Meints, Annalisa Pappano, John Mark Rosendaal, Webb Wiggins
Works written for and performed on pardessus de viole solo or in consort
2pm - Lindsay Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
FREE
elf@landsedgephoto.com
Tina Chancey, Simone Eckert, Myrna Herzog, Catharina Meints, Annalisa Pappano, John Mark Rosendaal, Webb Wiggins
Works written for and performed on pardessus de viole solo or in consort
2pm - Lindsay Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
FREE
elf@landsedgephoto.com
Carnival, Fandango & Fiesta
Rumbarroco
Latin-Baroque Fusion concert, featuring music associated with Carnival and other celebratory events, featuring Venezuelan virtuoso harpist Eduardo Betancourt.
3pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Boston, MA
$35 reserved, $20 general entrance, seniors $15, students, low income, VDGS and EMA members $5
(617) 461-6973
Rumbarroco
Latin-Baroque Fusion concert, featuring music associated with Carnival and other celebratory events, featuring Venezuelan virtuoso harpist Eduardo Betancourt.
3pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Boston, MA
$35 reserved, $20 general entrance, seniors $15, students, low income, VDGS and EMA members $5
(617) 461-6973
Music for Forbidden Dances
Hector del Curto, bandoneon, with Aston Magna musicians
Sarabands, Chaconas and Tangos. Pre-concert talk with Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place,
the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
$40-$45
Website
Hector del Curto, bandoneon, with Aston Magna musicians
Sarabands, Chaconas and Tangos. Pre-concert talk with Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place,
the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
$40-$45
Website
Friday, June 16
Gamba Gamut (BEMF Fringe Event)
The Viola da Gamba Society of America presents a showcase of music for the viola da gamba. Beautiful and diverse music performed in short programs by a variety of soloists and ensembles from across the US.
9am-12pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Boston, MA
$10 suggested donation
www.vdgsa.org Full Fringe schedule here.
The Viola da Gamba Society of America presents a showcase of music for the viola da gamba. Beautiful and diverse music performed in short programs by a variety of soloists and ensembles from across the US.
9am-12pm - Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St. Boston, MA
$10 suggested donation
www.vdgsa.org Full Fringe schedule here.
Lecture/Demonstration: Celebrate the Pardessus
Alice Brin Renken, Tina Chancey, Myrna Herzog, Robert Green, Susanne Braumann, Gerald Trimble
3 hours of presentations about the Pardessus and the Quinton focussing on repertoire and social usage
9am-12pm
Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA
FREE
elf@landsedgephoto.com
Alice Brin Renken, Tina Chancey, Myrna Herzog, Robert Green, Susanne Braumann, Gerald Trimble
3 hours of presentations about the Pardessus and the Quinton focussing on repertoire and social usage
9am-12pm
Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA
FREE
elf@landsedgephoto.com
Recorder Relay Recitals (BEMF Fringe Event)
The American Recorder Society presents four hours of mini-recitals showcasing outstanding recorder talent. Performances include solo work, young performers, consorts, established virtuosos, classical works, and contemporary pieces and just about anything else you might want to hear played on the recorder!
10am-2pm - Chipman Hall, 88 Tremont Street (6th floor) Boston, MA
Admission FREE, donations welcomed
Information: 781-405-3859 or www.americanrecorder.org Full Fringe schedule here.
The American Recorder Society presents four hours of mini-recitals showcasing outstanding recorder talent. Performances include solo work, young performers, consorts, established virtuosos, classical works, and contemporary pieces and just about anything else you might want to hear played on the recorder!
10am-2pm - Chipman Hall, 88 Tremont Street (6th floor) Boston, MA
Admission FREE, donations welcomed
Information: 781-405-3859 or www.americanrecorder.org Full Fringe schedule here.
Campra's Le Carnaval de Venise
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
7pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
7pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Connecticut Early Music Festival
Guy Fishman, cello
Three of Bach's unaccompanied suites for cello
7:30pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Guy Fishman, cello
Three of Bach's unaccompanied suites for cello
7:30pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
A Musical Banquet
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble.
7:30pm - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola presents excerpts from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Also on the program are English lute songs and French airs de cour. St Mary Schola is Maine's only professional early music ensemble.
7:30pm - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
Saturday, June 17
Family Day Dance Party & Scavenger Hunt at Boston Early Music Festival
Caitlin Klinger and members of the BEMF Dance Company
Part One: 2pm - Dance like it’s 1699!
Children and parents will not want to miss this fun and engaging introduction to the dance and music of the time of André Campra. BEMF Dance Company member Caitlin Klinger will introduce basic popular dance and musical forms from the Le Carnaval de Venise and the Baroque period, including a line dance called the Branle (pronounced “Brawl”). Get up and dance in this lesson for the whole family!
Part Two: 3pm - Scavenger Hunt at the World-Famous BEMF Exhibition
Find old and unusual instruments and meet the people who make them—with special prizes and treats for all.
2-4pm - Wilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott Boston, 275 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Admission FREE for Parents and Children. All ages welcome.
http://bemf.org/pages/fest/family.htm
Caitlin Klinger and members of the BEMF Dance Company
Part One: 2pm - Dance like it’s 1699!
Children and parents will not want to miss this fun and engaging introduction to the dance and music of the time of André Campra. BEMF Dance Company member Caitlin Klinger will introduce basic popular dance and musical forms from the Le Carnaval de Venise and the Baroque period, including a line dance called the Branle (pronounced “Brawl”). Get up and dance in this lesson for the whole family!
Part Two: 3pm - Scavenger Hunt at the World-Famous BEMF Exhibition
Find old and unusual instruments and meet the people who make them—with special prizes and treats for all.
2-4pm - Wilbur/Colonial Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott Boston, 275 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Admission FREE for Parents and Children. All ages welcome.
http://bemf.org/pages/fest/family.htm
Music for Forbidden Dances
Hector del Curto, bandoneon, with Aston Magna musicians
Sarabands, Chaconas and Tangos. Pre-concert talk with Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place,
the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
$40-$45
Website
Hector del Curto, bandoneon, with Aston Magna musicians
Sarabands, Chaconas and Tangos. Pre-concert talk with Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place,
the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
$40-$45
Website
Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona & Livietta e Tracollo
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Erica Schuller, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg
Humor and love abound as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with an encore presentation of a double bill of Neapolitan comic opera—Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo. Originally written as interludes during productions with a more sober tone, Pergolesi’s comedies enchanted audiences with their side-splitting humor and engaging romance. La serva padrona tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in Livietta e Tracollo, a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother.
8pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115
$25-$105
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_chamber.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Erica Schuller, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg
Humor and love abound as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with an encore presentation of a double bill of Neapolitan comic opera—Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo. Originally written as interludes during productions with a more sober tone, Pergolesi’s comedies enchanted audiences with their side-splitting humor and engaging romance. La serva padrona tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in Livietta e Tracollo, a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother.
8pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115
$25-$105
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_chamber.htm
Sunday, June 18
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Sowerby: Requiescat in Pace
Palestrina: Missa Brevis
Scarlatti: Exsultate Deo
Victoria: Estote fortes in bello
Laurin: Étude Héroïque
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Sowerby: Requiescat in Pace
Palestrina: Missa Brevis
Scarlatti: Exsultate Deo
Victoria: Estote fortes in bello
Laurin: Étude Héroïque
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Campra's Le Carnaval de Venise
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
3:30pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director & Set Designer; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Karina Gauvin, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg & others.
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival presents an enchanting spectacle of music and dance with an all-new production of Le Carnaval de Venise, André Campra's captivating 1699 opéra-ballet. Join four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice—enjoying games, dances, and even a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera”, a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. This exquisite gem joins the elegance of French dance with the boisterous hilarity of Italian commedia dell’arte to produce a splendid feast for eyes and ears!
3:30pm - Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$30-$250
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_centerpiece.htm
Connecticut Early Music Festival
Members of Boston's Handel + Haydn Society
After mounting Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas three summers ago, the centerpiece of our 2017 Festival is a performance, by Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, of Purcell's 'semi-opera', The Fairy Queen, which debuted at the Theatre Royal in London in the spring of 1692. The work is referred to as a semi-opera because instrumental music, songs, dances and choruses are interspersed, as extended sections, within a spoken play, in this case an anonymous adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
5pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$40 (reserved), $35 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Members of Boston's Handel + Haydn Society
After mounting Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas three summers ago, the centerpiece of our 2017 Festival is a performance, by Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, of Purcell's 'semi-opera', The Fairy Queen, which debuted at the Theatre Royal in London in the spring of 1692. The work is referred to as a semi-opera because instrumental music, songs, dances and choruses are interspersed, as extended sections, within a spoken play, in this case an anonymous adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
5pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$40 (reserved), $35 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Tuesday, June 20
Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Douglas Witte plays the C.B. Fisk Organ
Bach, Cabanilles, Sweelinck
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Douglas Witte plays the C.B. Fisk Organ
Bach, Cabanilles, Sweelinck
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
CANCELLED: Juxtapositions
Due to a family tragedy affecting one of the ensemble members, we regret that the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band concerts for this week have been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will refund any tickets purchased online.
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Due to a family tragedy affecting one of the ensemble members, we regret that the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band concerts for this week have been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will refund any tickets purchased online.
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Wednesday, June 21
CANCELLED: Juxtapositions
Due to a family tragedy affecting one of the ensemble members, we regret that the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band concerts for this week have been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will refund any tickets purchased online.
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Due to a family tragedy affecting one of the ensemble members, we regret that the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band concerts for this week have been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will refund any tickets purchased online.
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Thursday, June 22
Late, Great Mozart
Aston Magna musicians featuring Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program; reception with the artists follows Saint James Place performance. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place, the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
$40-$45
Website
Aston Magna musicians featuring Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program; reception with the artists follows Saint James Place performance. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place, the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
$40-$45
Website
Winchendon Music Festival
Andrew Arceci, director, viola da gamba; and WMF artists
A program featuring Francesco Barsanti’s A Collection of Old Scots Tunes (published 1742).
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon), 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
FREE
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Andrew Arceci, director, viola da gamba; and WMF artists
A program featuring Francesco Barsanti’s A Collection of Old Scots Tunes (published 1742).
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon), 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
FREE
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
CANCELLED: Juxtapositions
Due to a family tragedy affecting one of the ensemble members, we regret that the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band concerts for this week have been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will refund any tickets purchased online.
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Due to a family tragedy affecting one of the ensemble members, we regret that the 7 Hills Renaissance Wind Band concerts for this week have been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will refund any tickets purchased online.
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Friday, June 23
Connecticut Early Music Festival
Aisslinn Nosky, violin, Ian Watson, harpsichord, Guy Fishman, cello
J.S. Bach Sonatas for violin and harpsichord
7:30pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Aisslinn Nosky, violin, Ian Watson, harpsichord, Guy Fishman, cello
J.S. Bach Sonatas for violin and harpsichord
7:30pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Saturday, June 24
Late, Great Mozart
Aston Magna musicians featuring Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program; reception with the artists follows Saint James Place performance. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place, the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA
$40-$45
Website
Aston Magna musicians featuring Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program; reception with the artists follows Saint James Place performance. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place, the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main Street Great Barrington, MA
$40-$45
Website
Winchendon Music Festival
Andrew Arceci, director, viola da gamba; and WMF artists
A program featuring works by Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1838), as well as other early New England composers.
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon), 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
FREE
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Andrew Arceci, director, viola da gamba; and WMF artists
A program featuring works by Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1838), as well as other early New England composers.
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon), 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
FREE
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona & Livietta e Tracollo
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Erica Schuller, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg
Humor and love abound as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with an encore presentation of a double bill of Neapolitan comic opera—Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo. Originally written as interludes during productions with a more sober tone, Pergolesi’s comedies enchanted audiences with their side-splitting humor and engaging romance. La serva padrona tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in Livietta e Tracollo, a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother.
8pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA
$25-$105
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_chamber.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Erica Schuller, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg
Humor and love abound as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with an encore presentation of a double bill of Neapolitan comic opera—Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo. Originally written as interludes during productions with a more sober tone, Pergolesi’s comedies enchanted audiences with their side-splitting humor and engaging romance. La serva padrona tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in Livietta e Tracollo, a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother.
8pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA
$25-$105
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_chamber.htm
Sunday, June 25
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Buxtehude: Praeludium in C Major, BuxWV 137
Sumsion: Communion Service in F
Crecquillon: Ecce, ego mitto vos
Eben: Hommage à Buxtehude
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Buxtehude: Praeludium in C Major, BuxWV 137
Sumsion: Communion Service in F
Crecquillon: Ecce, ego mitto vos
Eben: Hommage à Buxtehude
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona & Livietta e Tracollo
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Erica Schuller, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg
Humor and love abound as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with an encore presentation of a double bill of Neapolitan comic opera—Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo. Originally written as interludes during productions with a more sober tone, Pergolesi’s comedies enchanted audiences with their side-splitting humor and engaging romance. La serva padrona tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in Livietta e Tracollo, a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother.
3pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA
$25-$105
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_chamber.htm
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director; Robert Mealy, Concertmaster; Amanda Forsythe, Erica Schuller, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg
Humor and love abound as the BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with an encore presentation of a double bill of Neapolitan comic opera—Pergolesi's La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo. Originally written as interludes during productions with a more sober tone, Pergolesi’s comedies enchanted audiences with their side-splitting humor and engaging romance. La serva padrona tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in Livietta e Tracollo, a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother.
3pm - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA
$25-$105
http://www.bemf.org/pages/fest/opera_chamber.htm
Connecticut Early Music Festival
The Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble, featuring Susanna Ogata on violin and conducted by Ian Watson.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, and works by Geminiani and Durante.
5pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
The Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble, featuring Susanna Ogata on violin and conducted by Ian Watson.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, and works by Geminiani and Durante.
5pm - Evans Hall, Connecticut College, New London, CT
$35 (reserved), $30 (general admission) and $12 (student)
www.ctearlymusic.org
Winchendon Music Festival
Andrew Arceci, director, viola da gamba; and WMF artists
A program of Italian baroque repertoire, including works by Vivaldi, Porpora, Broschi, and Bononcini.
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon), 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
FREE
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Andrew Arceci, director, viola da gamba; and WMF artists
A program of Italian baroque repertoire, including works by Vivaldi, Porpora, Broschi, and Bononcini.
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon), 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
FREE
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 27
Tuesday Noon Hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Young Organists Initiative
Showcase Recital: Bach, Zipoli, and more
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Young Organists Initiative
Showcase Recital: Bach, Zipoli, and more
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$3 suggested donation
617-227-2155 or http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Bach's Circle: German Unaccompanied Bass Music
James Williamson, baroque cello and viola da gamba
An accomplished viol player and cellist, James Williamson explores the German repertoire for unaccompanied bass instruments. The program includes three of the newly-discovered Fantasias for solo viol by Telemann, found just last year in a private collection, and taking full advantage of the viol as a chordal and harmonic instrument. These are contrasted with one of the great works of the Baroque – J.S. Bach's Suite in C Major for Solo Cello. Presented by Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP).
8pm - St. Anne's in-the-Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
James Williamson, baroque cello and viola da gamba
An accomplished viol player and cellist, James Williamson explores the German repertoire for unaccompanied bass instruments. The program includes three of the newly-discovered Fantasias for solo viol by Telemann, found just last year in a private collection, and taking full advantage of the viol as a chordal and harmonic instrument. These are contrasted with one of the great works of the Baroque – J.S. Bach's Suite in C Major for Solo Cello. Presented by Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP).
8pm - St. Anne's in-the-Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Wednesday, June 28
Bach's Circle: German Unaccompanied Bass Music
James Williamson, baroque cello and viola da gamba
An accomplished viol player and cellist, James Williamson explores the German repertoire for unaccompanied bass instruments. The program includes three of the newly-discovered Fantasias for solo viol by Telemann, found just last year in a private collection, and taking full advantage of the viol as a chordal and harmonic instrument. These are contrasted with one of the great works of the Baroque – J.S. Bach's Suite in C Major for Solo Cello. Presented by Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP).
8pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
James Williamson, baroque cello and viola da gamba
An accomplished viol player and cellist, James Williamson explores the German repertoire for unaccompanied bass instruments. The program includes three of the newly-discovered Fantasias for solo viol by Telemann, found just last year in a private collection, and taking full advantage of the viol as a chordal and harmonic instrument. These are contrasted with one of the great works of the Baroque – J.S. Bach's Suite in C Major for Solo Cello. Presented by Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP).
8pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Thursday, June 29
Arias and Sinfonias from Biblical Oratorios
Dominique Labelle, soprano, with Aston Magna string ensemble
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program; reception with the artists follows Saint James Place performance. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place, the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
$40-$45
Website
Dominique Labelle, soprano, with Aston Magna string ensemble
Pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Daniel Stepner one hour before each program; reception with the artists follows Saint James Place performance. Aston Magna is the nation’s longest running summer festival of early music, with period instruments in the hands of virtuoso performers and the finest early music vocalists. Join us for our 45th season at Brandeis, Bard and historic Saint James Place, the Berkshires’ newest concert venue and Aston Magna’s original home.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
$40-$45
Website
Bach's Circle: German Unaccompanied Bass Music
James Williamson, baroque cello and viola da gamba
An accomplished viol player and cellist, James Williamson explores the German repertoire for unaccompanied bass instruments. The program includes three of the newly-discovered Fantasias for solo viol by Telemann, found just last year in a private collection, and taking full advantage of the viol as a chordal and harmonic instrument. These are contrasted with one of the great works of the Baroque – J.S. Bach's Suite in C Major for Solo Cello. Presented by Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP).
8pm - First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St. Boston, MA
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
James Williamson, baroque cello and viola da gamba
An accomplished viol player and cellist, James Williamson explores the German repertoire for unaccompanied bass instruments. The program includes three of the newly-discovered Fantasias for solo viol by Telemann, found just last year in a private collection, and taking full advantage of the viol as a chordal and harmonic instrument. These are contrasted with one of the great works of the Baroque – J.S. Bach's Suite in C Major for Solo Cello. Presented by Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP).
8pm - First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St. Boston, MA
$25 general, $20 students & seniors
https://sohipboston.squarespace.com
Friday, June 30
Isabella Unmasked - The Legacy of a Renaissance Italian Woman
Pazzi Lazzi: Chiara Durazzini, actor; Dan Meyers, multi-instrumentalist
In 1589, "The Madness of Isabella" was a triumph at the Medici court in Florence. The protagonist was Isabella Andreini, a poet, a mother, one of the first professional female performers and a true "Renaissance Woman". This show is a tribute to her and to her legacy: all women working in the arts today. This original show, performed in English, features a variety of period Renaissance instruments.
8pm - Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
FREE!
http://www.pazzilazzitroupe.com
Pazzi Lazzi: Chiara Durazzini, actor; Dan Meyers, multi-instrumentalist
In 1589, "The Madness of Isabella" was a triumph at the Medici court in Florence. The protagonist was Isabella Andreini, a poet, a mother, one of the first professional female performers and a true "Renaissance Woman". This show is a tribute to her and to her legacy: all women working in the arts today. This original show, performed in English, features a variety of period Renaissance instruments.
8pm - Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
FREE!
http://www.pazzilazzitroupe.com