Thursday, June 1
Songs of Time: 700 Years of Delights for the Muses
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Anne Legêne, James Perretta, violas da gamba
Viol consort Long & Away presents an eclectic new program traveling with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” from The Legend of Zelda, our program includes a treasure trove of 15th-c. music by Dufay, Binchois and their contemporaries, then highlights the great 16-17th-c. English consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins and Purcell. Moving forward in time, we’ll visit Crathes Castle in Scotland and journey through Ireland and the British Isles, performing traditional folk tunes and Celtic inspired contemporary compositions by William Ayton and Larry Wallach. We bid farewell to the Muses and conclude with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30 PM - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave, Watertown, MA
Suggested donation $20
www.longandaway.com
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Anne Legêne, James Perretta, violas da gamba
Viol consort Long & Away presents an eclectic new program traveling with the Muses from the 1400s to the present day. Inspired by the time hopping “Song of Time” from The Legend of Zelda, our program includes a treasure trove of 15th-c. music by Dufay, Binchois and their contemporaries, then highlights the great 16-17th-c. English consort composers Gibbons, Jenkins and Purcell. Moving forward in time, we’ll visit Crathes Castle in Scotland and journey through Ireland and the British Isles, performing traditional folk tunes and Celtic inspired contemporary compositions by William Ayton and Larry Wallach. We bid farewell to the Muses and conclude with James Perretta’s Consort Fantasy on The Song of Time.
7:30 PM - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave, Watertown, MA
Suggested donation $20
www.longandaway.com
Saturday, June 3
Winchendon Music Festival
Arpeggione: Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Thomas Carroll & Elise Bonhivert, clarinets; Elizabeth Axtell & Linda Dempf, horns; Manami Mizumoto & Emily Hale, violins; Renée Hemsing, viola; Jacques Lee Wood, cello; Andrew Arceci, bass
“The Eroica Project” will feature the North American premiere of Carl Friedrich Eber’s 1817 arrangement of Beethoven’s revolutionary Third Symphony. This unique transcription for five winds and five strings evokes all the colors of Beethoven’s original masterpiece, with a uniquely intimate texture.
7pm - Murdock-Whitney House, Winchendon History & Culture Center, 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA, 01475
Free, but reservations required. Reserve Here
https://www.arpeggione-ensemble.com
Arpeggione: Andrea LeBlanc, flute; Thomas Carroll & Elise Bonhivert, clarinets; Elizabeth Axtell & Linda Dempf, horns; Manami Mizumoto & Emily Hale, violins; Renée Hemsing, viola; Jacques Lee Wood, cello; Andrew Arceci, bass
“The Eroica Project” will feature the North American premiere of Carl Friedrich Eber’s 1817 arrangement of Beethoven’s revolutionary Third Symphony. This unique transcription for five winds and five strings evokes all the colors of Beethoven’s original masterpiece, with a uniquely intimate texture.
7pm - Murdock-Whitney House, Winchendon History & Culture Center, 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA, 01475
Free, but reservations required. Reserve Here
https://www.arpeggione-ensemble.com
June 4-11
Boston Early Music Festival - "A Celebration of Women"
Our Festival will be an inspiring week honoring the work of women musicians both living and departed, as well as poets, painters, librettists, actors, scholars, publishers, dedicatees, and patrons, in addition to administrators, directors, and theater technicians, reminding us that women have been an integral part of classical music all along! Concerts, opera, masterclasses, Exhibition, fringe concerts, dance, lectures and more every day in downtown Boston.
Schedule of Events
Fringe Concert Schedule
www.bemf.org
Our Festival will be an inspiring week honoring the work of women musicians both living and departed, as well as poets, painters, librettists, actors, scholars, publishers, dedicatees, and patrons, in addition to administrators, directors, and theater technicians, reminding us that women have been an integral part of classical music all along! Concerts, opera, masterclasses, Exhibition, fringe concerts, dance, lectures and more every day in downtown Boston.
Schedule of Events
Fringe Concert Schedule
www.bemf.org
Sunday, June 5
Winchendon Music Festival
Emily Marvosh, contralto, Andrew Arceci, bass, & WMF Artists
Works by Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), and others.
7pm - Murdock-Whitney House, Winchendon History & Culture Center, 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA, 01475
Free, but reservations required. Reserve Here
Emily Marvosh, contralto, Andrew Arceci, bass, & WMF Artists
Works by Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), and others.
7pm - Murdock-Whitney House, Winchendon History & Culture Center, 151 Front Street, Winchendon, MA, 01475
Free, but reservations required. Reserve Here
June 9-18
Connecticut Early Music Festival
June 9 at 7:30pm - Beethoven Program with violinist Susanna Ogata, New London CT
June 10 at 5pm - Easy As Lying: The Music of Shakespeare's Globe with Seven Times Salt, Stonington CT
June 11 at 5pm - Mozart Program with Todd Williams, horn, New London CT
June 16 at 7:30pm - Schubert's Winterreise with Woodrow Bynum, bass, Ian Watson, fortepiano, Old Lyme CT
June 17 at 7:30pm - Monteverdi and his Contemporaries with Duo Lyra, New London CT
June 18 at 5pm - Bach's Mass in B-minor with Connecticut Early Music Ensemble, New London CT
Tickets $40 general / $15 student
https://www.ctearlymusic.org/
June 9 at 7:30pm - Beethoven Program with violinist Susanna Ogata, New London CT
June 10 at 5pm - Easy As Lying: The Music of Shakespeare's Globe with Seven Times Salt, Stonington CT
June 11 at 5pm - Mozart Program with Todd Williams, horn, New London CT
June 16 at 7:30pm - Schubert's Winterreise with Woodrow Bynum, bass, Ian Watson, fortepiano, Old Lyme CT
June 17 at 7:30pm - Monteverdi and his Contemporaries with Duo Lyra, New London CT
June 18 at 5pm - Bach's Mass in B-minor with Connecticut Early Music Ensemble, New London CT
Tickets $40 general / $15 student
https://www.ctearlymusic.org/
Saturday, June 17
Twilight Viol: 18th century music for viola da gamba
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba; and Elm City Consort
Elm City Consort audiences have raved about the virtuosic and soulful performances of award-winning viola da gambist Arnie Tanimoto. We are delighted to welcome Arnie back, along with harpsichordist Marc Bellassai and cellist Chelsea Bernstein in a recital of works by the last generation of great composers writing for the gamba in the 18th century.
5pm - Bethesda Lutheran Church, 305 St Ronan St, New Haven, CT
https://www.elmcityconsort.org/upcoming-events2.html
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba; and Elm City Consort
Elm City Consort audiences have raved about the virtuosic and soulful performances of award-winning viola da gambist Arnie Tanimoto. We are delighted to welcome Arnie back, along with harpsichordist Marc Bellassai and cellist Chelsea Bernstein in a recital of works by the last generation of great composers writing for the gamba in the 18th century.
5pm - Bethesda Lutheran Church, 305 St Ronan St, New Haven, CT
https://www.elmcityconsort.org/upcoming-events2.html
Intentionally Unpremeditated: Blurring the Boundaries Between Written and Unscripted
Newton Baroque: Jesse Irons, violin, Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Two virtuoso musicians will improvise into and out of written works, in addition to offering several completely improvised musical experiences.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton MA
http://www.newtonbaroque.org
Newton Baroque: Jesse Irons, violin, Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Two virtuoso musicians will improvise into and out of written works, in addition to offering several completely improvised musical experiences.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton MA
http://www.newtonbaroque.org
Tuesday, June 20
The Road Less Traveled
Tutti Bassi: Sarah Freiberg, Colleen McGary-Smith, baroque cellos
SoHIP welcomes back Handel and Haydn Society cellists Sarah Freiberg and Colleen McGary-Smith, who formed the duo Tutti Bassi in 2012 to explore the rich repertoire of baroque cello sonatas and duos on original instruments. The duo chose some favorites to record on their 2022 album "Have Cellos, Will Travel" and is excited to share these 18th-c. musical gems with SoHIP audiences. The program includes works by Johann Ernst Galliard, Giovanni Batista Cirri, Stephen Paxton, Willem De Fesch, Francesco Barsanti, the slightly better-known Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) and the very popular Anonymous–-in the form of cello duos of popular 18th-century French tunes published in Paris.
7:30pm - St. Anne's in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Tutti Bassi: Sarah Freiberg, Colleen McGary-Smith, baroque cellos
SoHIP welcomes back Handel and Haydn Society cellists Sarah Freiberg and Colleen McGary-Smith, who formed the duo Tutti Bassi in 2012 to explore the rich repertoire of baroque cello sonatas and duos on original instruments. The duo chose some favorites to record on their 2022 album "Have Cellos, Will Travel" and is excited to share these 18th-c. musical gems with SoHIP audiences. The program includes works by Johann Ernst Galliard, Giovanni Batista Cirri, Stephen Paxton, Willem De Fesch, Francesco Barsanti, the slightly better-known Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) and the very popular Anonymous–-in the form of cello duos of popular 18th-century French tunes published in Paris.
7:30pm - St. Anne's in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Wednesday, June 21
The Road Less Traveled
Tutti Bassi: Sarah Freiberg, Colleen McGary-Smith, baroque cellos
SoHIP welcomes back Handel and Haydn Society cellists Sarah Freiberg and Colleen McGary-Smith, who formed the duo Tutti Bassi in 2012 to explore the rich repertoire of baroque cello sonatas and duos on original instruments. The duo chose some favorites to record on their 2022 album "Have Cellos, Will Travel" and is excited to share these 18th-c. musical gems with SoHIP audiences. The program includes works by Johann Ernst Galliard, Giovanni Batista Cirri, Stephen Paxton, Willem De Fesch, Francesco Barsanti, the slightly better-known Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) and the very popular Anonymous–-in the form of cello duos of popular 18th-century French tunes published in Paris.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Tutti Bassi: Sarah Freiberg, Colleen McGary-Smith, baroque cellos
SoHIP welcomes back Handel and Haydn Society cellists Sarah Freiberg and Colleen McGary-Smith, who formed the duo Tutti Bassi in 2012 to explore the rich repertoire of baroque cello sonatas and duos on original instruments. The duo chose some favorites to record on their 2022 album "Have Cellos, Will Travel" and is excited to share these 18th-c. musical gems with SoHIP audiences. The program includes works by Johann Ernst Galliard, Giovanni Batista Cirri, Stephen Paxton, Willem De Fesch, Francesco Barsanti, the slightly better-known Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) and the very popular Anonymous–-in the form of cello duos of popular 18th-century French tunes published in Paris.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Thursday, June 22
The Devil’s in the Tales
Aston Magna: Kristen Watson, soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Jack Greenberg as the Soldier; David McFerrin as the Devil.
A revival of the partnering of two morality tales: Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Humanitá e Lucifero,” and Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du soldat.”
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
https://astonmagna.org/50th-summer-2023/
Aston Magna: Kristen Watson, soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Jack Greenberg as the Soldier; David McFerrin as the Devil.
A revival of the partnering of two morality tales: Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Humanitá e Lucifero,” and Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du soldat.”
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
https://astonmagna.org/50th-summer-2023/
The Road Less Traveled
Tutti Bassi: Sarah Freiberg, Colleen McGary-Smith, baroque cellos
SoHIP welcomes back Handel and Haydn Society cellists Sarah Freiberg and Colleen McGary-Smith, who formed the duo Tutti Bassi in 2012 to explore the rich repertoire of baroque cello sonatas and duos on original instruments. The duo chose some favorites to record on their 2022 album "Have Cellos, Will Travel" and is excited to share these 18th-c. musical gems with SoHIP audiences. The program includes works by Johann Ernst Galliard, Giovanni Batista Cirri, Stephen Paxton, Willem De Fesch, Francesco Barsanti, the slightly better-known Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) and the very popular Anonymous–-in the form of cello duos of popular 18th-century French tunes published in Paris.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Tutti Bassi: Sarah Freiberg, Colleen McGary-Smith, baroque cellos
SoHIP welcomes back Handel and Haydn Society cellists Sarah Freiberg and Colleen McGary-Smith, who formed the duo Tutti Bassi in 2012 to explore the rich repertoire of baroque cello sonatas and duos on original instruments. The duo chose some favorites to record on their 2022 album "Have Cellos, Will Travel" and is excited to share these 18th-c. musical gems with SoHIP audiences. The program includes works by Johann Ernst Galliard, Giovanni Batista Cirri, Stephen Paxton, Willem De Fesch, Francesco Barsanti, the slightly better-known Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) and the very popular Anonymous–-in the form of cello duos of popular 18th-century French tunes published in Paris.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Saturday, June 24
The Devil’s in the Tales
Aston Magna: Kristen Watson, soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Jack Greenberg as the Soldier; David McFerrin as the Devil.
A revival of the partnering of two morality tales: Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Humanitá e Lucifero,” and Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du soldat.”
6pm - Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/50th-summer-2023/
Aston Magna: Kristen Watson, soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Jack Greenberg as the Soldier; David McFerrin as the Devil.
A revival of the partnering of two morality tales: Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Humanitá e Lucifero,” and Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du soldat.”
6pm - Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
https://astonmagna.org/50th-summer-2023/
Scarlatti's Stabat Mater
Zenith Ensemble (Matthew Leese, director)
Featuring Zenith professional artists and local community members. The program also includes works by Tallis, Phillips, Aleotti, Zumaya, Mendelssohn, Kitchener, Runestad and Dienes-Williams.
7:00PM - St Bernard Church, 185 Main Street, Keene NH
Suggested donation $25 (pay-what-you-can)
https://thezenithensemble.com/
Zenith Ensemble (Matthew Leese, director)
Featuring Zenith professional artists and local community members. The program also includes works by Tallis, Phillips, Aleotti, Zumaya, Mendelssohn, Kitchener, Runestad and Dienes-Williams.
7:00PM - St Bernard Church, 185 Main Street, Keene NH
Suggested donation $25 (pay-what-you-can)
https://thezenithensemble.com/
Tuesday, June 27
Many Voices
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director, Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director)
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more.
7:30pm - St. Anne's in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director, Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director)
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more.
7:30pm - St. Anne's in the Fields, 147 Concord Rd. Lincoln, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Wednesday, June 28
Many Voices
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director, Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director)
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director, Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director)
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more.
7:30pm - Chapel at West Parish, 210 Lowell St. Andover, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Thursday, June 29
Robert Levin's Mozart
Aston Magna: Robert Levin, fortepiano; Daniel Stepner, violin
Solo- and duo- sonatas and fantasies, including completions of Mozart fragments.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
https://astonmagna.org/50th-summer-2023/
Aston Magna: Robert Levin, fortepiano; Daniel Stepner, violin
Solo- and duo- sonatas and fantasies, including completions of Mozart fragments.
7pm - Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
https://astonmagna.org/50th-summer-2023/
Many Voices
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director, Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director)
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director, Miyuki Tsurutani, Assistant Director)
The Boston Recorder Orchestra, the nation’s only Renaissance recorder orchestra, brings together professional and community players performing on a handmade, matched set of instruments ranging from garklein to contrabass by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. This program presents the many voices of the orchestra in intertwining conversations of Renaissance polyphony, madrigals of women and black composers, grand works for antiphonal choirs, Ukrainian traditional music, sparkling dances, and a few crickets. Ten sizes of Renaissance recorders highlight the magnificent works of Josquin des Prés, John Dunstable, Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Claude Gervaise and more.
7:30pm - Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston, MA
$25 general, $20 student & senior, $5 WIC and EBT cardholders
sohipboston.org