Thursday, March 1
Missa Fors seullement (Ockeghem@600, Concert 7)
Blue Heron: Megan Chartrand, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Steven Hrycelak, voices
The Ockeghem@600 series continues with a program of sacred music based on secular song, featuring Ockeghem’s song Fors seullement and his own Mass based on it, as well as Binchois’s Je ne vis onques la pareille and pieces that quote it by Agricola and Ghiselin.
7:30pm - St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Road, Boston, MA 02115
Advance Tickets: $65 Preferred / $32 General / $27 Senior (General) / $10 Student (General)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron: Megan Chartrand, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Steven Hrycelak, voices
The Ockeghem@600 series continues with a program of sacred music based on secular song, featuring Ockeghem’s song Fors seullement and his own Mass based on it, as well as Binchois’s Je ne vis onques la pareille and pieces that quote it by Agricola and Ghiselin.
7:30pm - St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Road, Boston, MA 02115
Advance Tickets: $65 Preferred / $32 General / $27 Senior (General) / $10 Student (General)
blueheron.org
Friday, March 2
Missa Fors seullement (Ockeghem@600, Concert 7)
Blue Heron: Megan Chartrand, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Steven Hrycelak, voices
The Ockeghem@600 series continues with a program of sacred music based on secular song, featuring Ockeghem’s song Fors seullement and his own Mass based on it, as well as Binchois’s Je ne vis onques la pareille and pieces that quote it by Agricola and Ghiselin.
7:30pm - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Street Wellesley, MA 02482
Advance tickets: $65 Preferred / $32 General / $27 Senior / $10 Student (Under 18 admitted free)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron: Megan Chartrand, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Steven Hrycelak, voices
The Ockeghem@600 series continues with a program of sacred music based on secular song, featuring Ockeghem’s song Fors seullement and his own Mass based on it, as well as Binchois’s Je ne vis onques la pareille and pieces that quote it by Agricola and Ghiselin.
7:30pm - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Street Wellesley, MA 02482
Advance tickets: $65 Preferred / $32 General / $27 Senior / $10 Student (Under 18 admitted free)
blueheron.org
Saturday, March 3
Concord Chorale Sings Mozart for 50th
Concord Chorale, Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir, sopranos Erin M. Smith and Annamarie Zmolek, tenor Matthew Corcoran, and bass Mark Andrew Cleveland
Join the Concord Chorale’s 50th year celebration with Mozart’s “Great Mass” in C minor (K. 427) and the “Paris” Symphony (K.297). The stage will be filled with the Concord Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir plus Phillips Exeter Academy Orchestra under the baton of Kristofer Johnson, in his eighth season as music director.
7pm - Forrestal-Bow Music Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Donation Requested
www.concordchorale.org
Concord Chorale, Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir, sopranos Erin M. Smith and Annamarie Zmolek, tenor Matthew Corcoran, and bass Mark Andrew Cleveland
Join the Concord Chorale’s 50th year celebration with Mozart’s “Great Mass” in C minor (K. 427) and the “Paris” Symphony (K.297). The stage will be filled with the Concord Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir plus Phillips Exeter Academy Orchestra under the baton of Kristofer Johnson, in his eighth season as music director.
7pm - Forrestal-Bow Music Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Donation Requested
www.concordchorale.org
Les délices de la solitude
Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba; Jennifer Morsches, Baroque cello and piccolo cello
Introducing the exemplary musician and gambist, Reiko Ichise, to our Sarasa family, this intimate program provides clear evidence why the bass viol was so revered by the Sun King, Louis XIV. As well as a celebration of the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, this will be a rare chance to hear re-discovered works by two of the finest players of Georgian England, who were also great friends, Carl Friedrich Abel and Giacobbe Cervetto.
8pm - Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba; Jennifer Morsches, Baroque cello and piccolo cello
Introducing the exemplary musician and gambist, Reiko Ichise, to our Sarasa family, this intimate program provides clear evidence why the bass viol was so revered by the Sun King, Louis XIV. As well as a celebration of the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, this will be a rare chance to hear re-discovered works by two of the finest players of Georgian England, who were also great friends, Carl Friedrich Abel and Giacobbe Cervetto.
8pm - Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Missa Fors seullement (Ockeghem@600, Concert 7)
Blue Heron: Megan Chartrand, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Steven Hrycelak, voices
The Ockeghem@600 series continues with a program of sacred music based on secular song, featuring Ockeghem’s song Fors seullement and his own Mass based on it, as well as Binchois’s Je ne vis onques la pareille and pieces that quote it by Agricola and Ghiselin.
8pm - First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Advance tickets: $65 Sec. A / $45 Sec. B / $32 Sec. C (General) / $27 Senior (General) / $10 Student/Low Income (General)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron: Megan Chartrand, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Steven Hrycelak, voices
The Ockeghem@600 series continues with a program of sacred music based on secular song, featuring Ockeghem’s song Fors seullement and his own Mass based on it, as well as Binchois’s Je ne vis onques la pareille and pieces that quote it by Agricola and Ghiselin.
8pm - First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Advance tickets: $65 Sec. A / $45 Sec. B / $32 Sec. C (General) / $27 Senior (General) / $10 Student/Low Income (General)
blueheron.org
Sunday, March 4
Songs of Three Marys
A Joyful Noyse
Marian songs of the Renaissance and Baroque, inspired by the Bible, Apocrypha and sacred legends, by Cozzolani, Caldara, Handel, Telemann and others.
2pm - Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA
$15 donation to support Hancock Music Program
http://www.hancockchurch.org/hancockconcertseries/
A Joyful Noyse
Marian songs of the Renaissance and Baroque, inspired by the Bible, Apocrypha and sacred legends, by Cozzolani, Caldara, Handel, Telemann and others.
2pm - Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA
$15 donation to support Hancock Music Program
http://www.hancockchurch.org/hancockconcertseries/
Concord Chorale Sings Mozart for 50th
Concord Chorale, Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir, sopranos Erin M. Smith and Annamarie Zmolek, tenor Matthew Corcoran, and bass Mark Andrew Cleveland
Join the Concord Chorale’s 50th year celebration with Mozart’s “Great Mass” in C minor (K. 427) and the “Paris” Symphony (K.297). The CCA stage will be filled with the Concord Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir plus Phillips Exeter Academy Orchestra under the baton of Kristofer Johnson, in his eighth season as music director. A pre-concert lecture in Concord at 2:15 will be delivered by renowned fortepiano and harpsichord professional Sylvia Berry, open to all with a concert ticket.
3pm - Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S Main Street, Concord, NH
$25. Tickets may be purchased from Chorale members, from the Capitol Center for the Arts, or at Gibson’s Bookstore and Merrimack County Savings Bank in Concord.
www.concordchorale.org
Concord Chorale, Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir, sopranos Erin M. Smith and Annamarie Zmolek, tenor Matthew Corcoran, and bass Mark Andrew Cleveland
Join the Concord Chorale’s 50th year celebration with Mozart’s “Great Mass” in C minor (K. 427) and the “Paris” Symphony (K.297). The CCA stage will be filled with the Concord Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir plus Phillips Exeter Academy Orchestra under the baton of Kristofer Johnson, in his eighth season as music director. A pre-concert lecture in Concord at 2:15 will be delivered by renowned fortepiano and harpsichord professional Sylvia Berry, open to all with a concert ticket.
3pm - Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S Main Street, Concord, NH
$25. Tickets may be purchased from Chorale members, from the Capitol Center for the Arts, or at Gibson’s Bookstore and Merrimack County Savings Bank in Concord.
www.concordchorale.org
Les délices de la solitude
Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba; Jennifer Morsches, Baroque cello and piccolo cello
Introducing the exemplary musician and gambist, Reiko Ichise, to our Sarasa family, this intimate program provides clear evidence why the bass viol was so revered by the Sun King, Louis XIV. As well as a celebration of the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, this will be a rare chance to hear re-discovered works by two of the finest players of Georgian England, who were also great friends, Carl Friedrich Abel and Giacobbe Cervetto.
3:30pm - First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba; Jennifer Morsches, Baroque cello and piccolo cello
Introducing the exemplary musician and gambist, Reiko Ichise, to our Sarasa family, this intimate program provides clear evidence why the bass viol was so revered by the Sun King, Louis XIV. As well as a celebration of the 350th anniversary of François Couperin’s birth, this will be a rare chance to hear re-discovered works by two of the finest players of Georgian England, who were also great friends, Carl Friedrich Abel and Giacobbe Cervetto.
3:30pm - First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Prelude Recital & Choral Evensong
Concordia Consort (Eileen Cecelia Callahan, soprano; Sheila Beardslee, Nouri Newman & Brian Warnock, recorders); Parish Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church (Robert Barney, director)
Prelude Recital by Concordia Consort featuring contemplative works by Byrd, Tallis, Morley, Bull & others; followed by Choral Evensong with works of Gibbons.
5pm - Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA
FREE
concordiaconsort.com
Concordia Consort (Eileen Cecelia Callahan, soprano; Sheila Beardslee, Nouri Newman & Brian Warnock, recorders); Parish Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church (Robert Barney, director)
Prelude Recital by Concordia Consort featuring contemplative works by Byrd, Tallis, Morley, Bull & others; followed by Choral Evensong with works of Gibbons.
5pm - Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA
FREE
concordiaconsort.com
Tuesday, March 6
Tuesday Noon-hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Boston Organ Studio
Jennifer Hsiao & Elliot Parlin play the CB Fisk Organ. Program includes works by Dietrich Buxtehude.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$5 suggested donation (proceeds benefit the performers)
www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Boston Organ Studio
Jennifer Hsiao & Elliot Parlin play the CB Fisk Organ. Program includes works by Dietrich Buxtehude.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$5 suggested donation (proceeds benefit the performers)
www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Friday, March 9
Floods & Tears
Camila Parias, soprano, Nathaniel Cox, theorbo; Sophia Subbayya Vastek piano; David Ibbett, electronic musician
Music of Reality presents an interdisciplinary concert inspired by the research of Paola Rizzoli, Professor of Physical Oceanography at MIT. A native Venetian, Paola has been studying the “Venice Problem” of floods, rising seas, and climate change for her entire career, and will explore the topic in a series of lectures woven throughout the concert.
Lectures will be interspersed by musical performances drawn from the Venetian past and the high point of the Renaissance, together with contemporary works that provide perspectives on climate change, the vulnerability of sea-level cities, the power of humans over the sea and our climate, and the complex psychology of safeguarding the environment in the modern era.
Music by Venetian composers, Tigran Hamasyan, and including the premiere of a newly commissioned work for the occasion by David Ibbett.
7pm - Killian Hall at MIT, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
$10-$100 (sliding scale)
http://www.musicofreality.com
Camila Parias, soprano, Nathaniel Cox, theorbo; Sophia Subbayya Vastek piano; David Ibbett, electronic musician
Music of Reality presents an interdisciplinary concert inspired by the research of Paola Rizzoli, Professor of Physical Oceanography at MIT. A native Venetian, Paola has been studying the “Venice Problem” of floods, rising seas, and climate change for her entire career, and will explore the topic in a series of lectures woven throughout the concert.
Lectures will be interspersed by musical performances drawn from the Venetian past and the high point of the Renaissance, together with contemporary works that provide perspectives on climate change, the vulnerability of sea-level cities, the power of humans over the sea and our climate, and the complex psychology of safeguarding the environment in the modern era.
Music by Venetian composers, Tigran Hamasyan, and including the premiere of a newly commissioned work for the occasion by David Ibbett.
7pm - Killian Hall at MIT, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
$10-$100 (sliding scale)
http://www.musicofreality.com
Many Happy Returns
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores magical melodic variation atop beautiful, repeating bass lines that circle their way through works of Couperin, Telemann, Purcell, and others. Soprano Teresa Wakim will return as soloist in this program.
7:30pm - First Parish in Wayland, 225 Boston Post Rd, Wayland, MA
$35 preferred seating/ $30 general admission / $10 students Children admitted FREE with an adult.
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores magical melodic variation atop beautiful, repeating bass lines that circle their way through works of Couperin, Telemann, Purcell, and others. Soprano Teresa Wakim will return as soloist in this program.
7:30pm - First Parish in Wayland, 225 Boston Post Rd, Wayland, MA
$35 preferred seating/ $30 general admission / $10 students Children admitted FREE with an adult.
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Masterworks of Lent
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
7:30pm - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 143 State Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
7:30pm - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 143 State Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
Saturday, March 10
Many Happy Returns
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores magical melodic variation atop beautiful, repeating bass lines that circle their way through works of Couperin, Telemann, Purcell, and others. Soprano Teresa Wakim will return as soloist in this program.
3pm - Old South Church
645 Boylston Street
$35 preferred seating/ $30 general admission / $10 students Children admitted FREE with an adult.
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores magical melodic variation atop beautiful, repeating bass lines that circle their way through works of Couperin, Telemann, Purcell, and others. Soprano Teresa Wakim will return as soloist in this program.
3pm - Old South Church
645 Boylston Street
$35 preferred seating/ $30 general admission / $10 students Children admitted FREE with an adult.
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
A Consort to Delight: English Renaissance Music for Broken Consort
Na'ama Lion, flute; James Williamson & Carol Lewis, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute; Matthew Wright, bandora; Peter Lehman, cittern
The consort will play a selection of ballad tunes, pavans, galliards and almains by Alison, Morley, Dowland, Reade & John Johnson. There will even be a fantasy for broken consort by Reade!
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge Congregational, 11 Garden St.(entrance on Mason St.) Cambridge MA 02138
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Na'ama Lion, flute; James Williamson & Carol Lewis, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute; Matthew Wright, bandora; Peter Lehman, cittern
The consort will play a selection of ballad tunes, pavans, galliards and almains by Alison, Morley, Dowland, Reade & John Johnson. There will even be a fantasy for broken consort by Reade!
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge Congregational, 11 Garden St.(entrance on Mason St.) Cambridge MA 02138
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Sunday, March 11
Zelenka Lenten Music
Soloists and Chancel Choir of Second Church in Newton, with instrumentalists from Newton Baroque, conducted by Andrus Madsen
In the context of a living church service, the soloists and chancel choir of Second Church in Newton perform Zelenka's Mass in D Minor, ZWV 26, and his heart rending De profundis.
10am - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton 02465
FREE
http://2ndchurch.org
Soloists and Chancel Choir of Second Church in Newton, with instrumentalists from Newton Baroque, conducted by Andrus Madsen
In the context of a living church service, the soloists and chancel choir of Second Church in Newton perform Zelenka's Mass in D Minor, ZWV 26, and his heart rending De profundis.
10am - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton 02465
FREE
http://2ndchurch.org
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
de Kerle: Missa Regina coeli
Schuetz: Eins bitte ich, SWV 294
Marcello: Thy mercy Jehovah
Bach: Aus Tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686
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: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
de Kerle: Missa Regina coeli
Schuetz: Eins bitte ich, SWV 294
Marcello: Thy mercy Jehovah
Bach: Aus Tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Viola da Gamba Journeys- Music from France, England to America
Yi-Li Chang/ Viola da Gamba; Jane Hershey/ Viola da Gamba; Hideki Yamaya/ Theorbo
The ensemble will perform works for viola da gamba and theorbo by Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Matthew Locke, John Joubert and Richard Cornell. Yi-Li Chang is a gambist, violinist and harpsichordist who has been recognized by Boston Musical Intelligencer as a performer with “virtuosic solo ability, and blended as necessary, adding a rich warmth to the group's sound”. She has performed solo and chamber viola da gamba recitals in many well-known concert halls, and toured in the U.S. with various groups.
3pm - Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Suggested donation $15 per person/$25 per family
yilichangmusic.com
Yi-Li Chang/ Viola da Gamba; Jane Hershey/ Viola da Gamba; Hideki Yamaya/ Theorbo
The ensemble will perform works for viola da gamba and theorbo by Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, Matthew Locke, John Joubert and Richard Cornell. Yi-Li Chang is a gambist, violinist and harpsichordist who has been recognized by Boston Musical Intelligencer as a performer with “virtuosic solo ability, and blended as necessary, adding a rich warmth to the group's sound”. She has performed solo and chamber viola da gamba recitals in many well-known concert halls, and toured in the U.S. with various groups.
3pm - Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Suggested donation $15 per person/$25 per family
yilichangmusic.com
A Consort to Delight: English Renaissance Music for Broken Consort
Na'ama Lion, flute; James Williamson & Carol Lewis, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute; Matthew Wright, bandora; Peter Lehman, cittern
The consort will play a selection of ballad tunes, pavans, galliards and almains by Alison, Morley, Dowland, Reade & John Johnson. There will even be a fantasy for broken consort by Reade!
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or (617) 666-9810
Na'ama Lion, flute; James Williamson & Carol Lewis, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute; Matthew Wright, bandora; Peter Lehman, cittern
The consort will play a selection of ballad tunes, pavans, galliards and almains by Alison, Morley, Dowland, Reade & John Johnson. There will even be a fantasy for broken consort by Reade!
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or (617) 666-9810
Masterworks of Lent
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
4pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
4pm - Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
Birthdays, Bohemia, and Bach
Emily Hale, baroque violin; Ben Swartz, viola da gamba; John McKean, harpsichord, Rachel Abrams, mezzo-soprano
“Music on the Corner” presents Emily Hale and Friends in a program entitled “Bach, Birthdays and Bohemia”! The year 2018 marks the 333rd anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach so it is fitting that we will have works by him on the program! We will hear selections from his “Hercules” cantata as well as obbligato sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. There will also be music by Francois Couperin in celebration of his 350th birthday. The program includes works by Buxtehude, von Biber and other surprises! The afternoon is sure to delight fans of Baroque and Early Music. The concert will take place in the historic, acoustically wonderful 200-year-old sanctuary hall of Avon Congregational Church. Known for her dazzling violin playing, Emily is loved by her many Hartford-area fans. A meet-the-artists reception with birthday cake will follow the concert!
4pm - Avon Congregational Church, 6 W. Main St., Avon, CT
Free (donations accepted)
(860)678-0488
Emily Hale, baroque violin; Ben Swartz, viola da gamba; John McKean, harpsichord, Rachel Abrams, mezzo-soprano
“Music on the Corner” presents Emily Hale and Friends in a program entitled “Bach, Birthdays and Bohemia”! The year 2018 marks the 333rd anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach so it is fitting that we will have works by him on the program! We will hear selections from his “Hercules” cantata as well as obbligato sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. There will also be music by Francois Couperin in celebration of his 350th birthday. The program includes works by Buxtehude, von Biber and other surprises! The afternoon is sure to delight fans of Baroque and Early Music. The concert will take place in the historic, acoustically wonderful 200-year-old sanctuary hall of Avon Congregational Church. Known for her dazzling violin playing, Emily is loved by her many Hartford-area fans. A meet-the-artists reception with birthday cake will follow the concert!
4pm - Avon Congregational Church, 6 W. Main St., Avon, CT
Free (donations accepted)
(860)678-0488
Tuesday, March 13
Masterworks of Lent
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
7:30pm - Cathedral of Saint Luke, 143 State Street, Portland, ME
$20 Adult | Students Free
www.stmaryschola.org
Thursday, March 15
Amours Contrariées — Tragic Loves: Cantatas of Clérambault & Rameau
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
8pm - First Religious Society in Carlisle, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
$30./ $25. seniors / students free
www.csem.org
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
8pm - First Religious Society in Carlisle, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
$30./ $25. seniors / students free
www.csem.org
Friday, March 16
Amours Contrariées — Tragic Loves: Cantatas of Clérambault & Rameau
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
8pm - Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
$30/ $25 seniors / students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music.
Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
8pm - Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
$30/ $25 seniors / students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music.
Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Songs of the Soul: Sensual and Spiritual Renaissance Voices
Crescendo Vocal Ensemble, Artistic Director Christine Gevert (organ and conducting), Hideki Yamaya (theorbo), Moving Arts Exchange dancers
Renaissance and Baroque works including Josquin des Prez's Mass L'Homme Armé and Leonhard Lechter's musical setting of The Song of Solomon. Dramatic recitation will emphasize the text. Christine Gevert will direct from the organ and dancers Ellen Gorman and Andrea Blacklow, along with members of their company Moving Arts Exchange, will perform original choreography synchronized with the music.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, MA 01230
$60 premium/$35 general/$10 under 18
www.worldclassmusic.org
Crescendo Vocal Ensemble, Artistic Director Christine Gevert (organ and conducting), Hideki Yamaya (theorbo), Moving Arts Exchange dancers
Renaissance and Baroque works including Josquin des Prez's Mass L'Homme Armé and Leonhard Lechter's musical setting of The Song of Solomon. Dramatic recitation will emphasize the text. Christine Gevert will direct from the organ and dancers Ellen Gorman and Andrea Blacklow, along with members of their company Moving Arts Exchange, will perform original choreography synchronized with the music.
6pm - Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, MA 01230
$60 premium/$35 general/$10 under 18
www.worldclassmusic.org
Saturday, March 17
Night with a Venetian Noble
Newton Baroque: Sarah Freiberg, cello; Tai Oney, countertenor; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord.
Music by Benedetto Marcello. Includes secular cantatas, cello sonatas and harpsichord sonatas all by Marcello, himself a Venetian noble.
7:30 - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
http://newtonbaroque.org
Newton Baroque: Sarah Freiberg, cello; Tai Oney, countertenor; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord.
Music by Benedetto Marcello. Includes secular cantatas, cello sonatas and harpsichord sonatas all by Marcello, himself a Venetian noble.
7:30 - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
http://newtonbaroque.org
Amours Contrariées — Tragic Loves: Cantatas of Clérambault & Rameau
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
8pm - The Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
$30 / $25 seniors & Salem Athenaeum Members /students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music.
Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
8pm - The Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
$30 / $25 seniors & Salem Athenaeum Members /students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music.
Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Sunday, March 18
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
Victoria: Missa quarti toni
Nystedt: O Crux, op 79
Victoria: Jesu dulcis memoria
Bach: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 688
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: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
Victoria: Missa quarti toni
Nystedt: O Crux, op 79
Victoria: Jesu dulcis memoria
Bach: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 688
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Divine Sisters
La Donna Musicale: Camila Parias, Daniela Tošić, voices; Yi-Li Chang, violin & viola da gamba; Fabiola Mendez, Puerto Rican cuatro; Diane Heffner, chalumeaux; Kirsten Lamb, bass; Karolina Meireles, percussion; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & guitars
Divine Sisters is inspired by the pathbreaking lives of two seventeenth-century women whose stories resonate in our current society. Catalina de Erauso was raised in a Spanish convent, then went on to wear men’s clothes and live the life of a soldier. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Mexican nun and poet, became the first feminist voice of Latin America. Along with works incorporating the writings of these two exemplary figures, we present music composed by women throughout the centuries with a Latin twist; composers include Hildegard von Bingen, Diana Arismendi, Diana V. Sáez, and Señora Anonymous.
3pm - Gordon Chapel at the Old South Church in Boston, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
$35 reserved , $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students, $5 low income
www.ladm.org
La Donna Musicale: Camila Parias, Daniela Tošić, voices; Yi-Li Chang, violin & viola da gamba; Fabiola Mendez, Puerto Rican cuatro; Diane Heffner, chalumeaux; Kirsten Lamb, bass; Karolina Meireles, percussion; Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & guitars
Divine Sisters is inspired by the pathbreaking lives of two seventeenth-century women whose stories resonate in our current society. Catalina de Erauso was raised in a Spanish convent, then went on to wear men’s clothes and live the life of a soldier. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Mexican nun and poet, became the first feminist voice of Latin America. Along with works incorporating the writings of these two exemplary figures, we present music composed by women throughout the centuries with a Latin twist; composers include Hildegard von Bingen, Diana Arismendi, Diana V. Sáez, and Señora Anonymous.
3pm - Gordon Chapel at the Old South Church in Boston, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
$35 reserved , $20 general, $15 seniors, $10 students, $5 low income
www.ladm.org
Masterworks of Lent
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
4pm - First Church of Christ Congregational, 2503 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH
Tickets at door by WMMA
www.stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola
Maine's professional early music ensemble presents our annual Lenten concert: Masterworks of Lent. Featuring music by Gesulado: his 'Tenebarae factae sunt.' These motets feature some of his most daring harmonies that powerfully depict the last hours of Christs life. A sublime motet by Josef Rheinberger and 'Beati Quorum Via' by C. V. Stanford. And also in the program are two Bach cantata arias from 'Ich habe genug' and 'Vergnügte Ruh' and an aria from Handel's 'Theodora.' The final work will be Jona, an early oratorio by the Italian master Carissimi. Pre-concert talk 30 minutes prior to performance.
4pm - First Church of Christ Congregational, 2503 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH
Tickets at door by WMMA
www.stmaryschola.org
Amours Contrariées — Tragic Loves: Cantatas of Clérambault & Rameau
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
4pm - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
$30 / $25 seniors /students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music. Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
4pm - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
$30 / $25 seniors /students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music. Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Songs of the Soul: Sensual and Spiritual Renaissance Voices
Crescendo Vocal Ensemble, Artistic Director Christine Gevert (organ and conducting), Hideki Yamaya (theorbo), Moving Arts Exchange dancers
Renaissance and Baroque works including Josquin des Prez's Mass L'Homme Armé and Leonhard Lechter's musical setting of The Song of Solomon. Dramatic recitation will emphasize the text. Christine Gevert will direct from the organ and dancers Ellen Gorman and Andrea Blacklow, along with members of their company Moving Arts Exchange, will perform original choreography synchronized with the music.
4pm - Trinity Church Lakeville, 484 Lime Rock Rd., Lakeville CT
$60 premium/$35 general/$10 under 18
www.worldclassmusic.org
Crescendo Vocal Ensemble, Artistic Director Christine Gevert (organ and conducting), Hideki Yamaya (theorbo), Moving Arts Exchange dancers
Renaissance and Baroque works including Josquin des Prez's Mass L'Homme Armé and Leonhard Lechter's musical setting of The Song of Solomon. Dramatic recitation will emphasize the text. Christine Gevert will direct from the organ and dancers Ellen Gorman and Andrea Blacklow, along with members of their company Moving Arts Exchange, will perform original choreography synchronized with the music.
4pm - Trinity Church Lakeville, 484 Lime Rock Rd., Lakeville CT
$60 premium/$35 general/$10 under 18
www.worldclassmusic.org
Organ Recital and Choral Evensong
Jeremiah Stephenson, organ; sopranos and altos of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
Introit: Des Prez: Ave Verum (Arr. Norman Greyson)
Neswick: Responses for Treble Voices
Dufay: Magnificat octavi toni
Plainsong: Nunc dimittis Tone V with organ interpolations
Poulenc: Ave Verum Corpus
Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
4:30m - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Jeremiah Stephenson, organ; sopranos and altos of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
Introit: Des Prez: Ave Verum (Arr. Norman Greyson)
Neswick: Responses for Treble Voices
Dufay: Magnificat octavi toni
Plainsong: Nunc dimittis Tone V with organ interpolations
Poulenc: Ave Verum Corpus
Bach: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622
4:30m - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
King's Chapel Concert Series - G.F. Handel's Israel in Egypt
King's Chapel Choir, soloists & orchestra (Heinrich Christensen, director)
Dramatic oratorio at its best: 1 cruel Pharoah, 10 plagues, 40 years in the desert, Red Sea parted and a glorious Song of Praise.
5pm - King's Chapel 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Doors open at 4:30pm. Validated discount parking available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from the Chapel. King's Chapel is wheelchair accessible.
$15, $10 students, seniors in advance; $20, $15 students, seniors at the door
617-227-2155 or www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html
King's Chapel Choir, soloists & orchestra (Heinrich Christensen, director)
Dramatic oratorio at its best: 1 cruel Pharoah, 10 plagues, 40 years in the desert, Red Sea parted and a glorious Song of Praise.
5pm - King's Chapel 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Doors open at 4:30pm. Validated discount parking available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from the Chapel. King's Chapel is wheelchair accessible.
$15, $10 students, seniors in advance; $20, $15 students, seniors at the door
617-227-2155 or www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html
Lenten Vespers
The Peregrine Consort (Paul Carlson, director) with mezzo-soprano Thea Lobo
Lenten Vespers service featuring J.S. Bach's "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" (My heart swims in blood), BWV 199, plus works by Henry Purcell, Heinrich Schütz and Tomaso Albinoni.
7pm - Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA
FREE
www.trinityconcord.org
The Peregrine Consort (Paul Carlson, director) with mezzo-soprano Thea Lobo
Lenten Vespers service featuring J.S. Bach's "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" (My heart swims in blood), BWV 199, plus works by Henry Purcell, Heinrich Schütz and Tomaso Albinoni.
7pm - Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA
FREE
www.trinityconcord.org
Monday, March 19
Amours Contrariées — Tragic Loves: Cantatas of Clérambault & Rameau
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
7:30pm - Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
$30 / $25 seniors /students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music. Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, director & harpsichord; Sarah Darling, baroque violin; Teddie Hwang, traverso; & Emily Walhout, viola da gamba; with Tenor Zachary Wilder
Les Bostonades will perform two much-admired cantatas by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (d. 1749), an organist and composer who served the second wife of King Louis XIV. These cantatas are small dramatic gems inspired by ancient myths, stories of the tremulous hopes, tender joys, and utter desperation of star-crossed lovers fated to reunite only after death: Pyramus and Thisbe (the story adapted for Romeo and Juliet), and Orpheus and Euridice. From Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading French Baroque composer, there will be a romantic-pastoral cantata, L’Impatience, in which a lover must wait for “the charming object” of his affection, as well as several pieces for harpsichord — charming objects in themselves.
7:30pm - Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
$30 / $25 seniors /students free. Presented by The Cambridge Society for Early Music. Tickets at the door, cash or check only. Advance sales through the CSEM website. Reception follows.
www.csem.org
Thursday, March 22
The Early Music Evenings presents: Alina Rotaru, harpsichord
Romanian born, internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Alina Rotaru presents a solo harpsichord recital as part of the Early Music Evenings concert series at CMCB. Hailed as “one of our most gifted harpsichordists of the younger generation.” In 2016, together with her husband, viol player Marius Stabinskas, she founded ensemble MORGAINE which has appeared at the most prestigious early music festivals in Europe. Additionally, Alina Rotaru’s CD recordings have been internationally acclaimed and can be heard on the Carpe Diem and Sono Luminus labels. The program will feature music by Bach, Marchand, Jaquet de la Guerre, Rameau.
7pm - Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston MA
Free admission
https://cmcb.org/event/french-trios-with-the-gramercy-trio-2-3/
Romanian born, internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Alina Rotaru presents a solo harpsichord recital as part of the Early Music Evenings concert series at CMCB. Hailed as “one of our most gifted harpsichordists of the younger generation.” In 2016, together with her husband, viol player Marius Stabinskas, she founded ensemble MORGAINE which has appeared at the most prestigious early music festivals in Europe. Additionally, Alina Rotaru’s CD recordings have been internationally acclaimed and can be heard on the Carpe Diem and Sono Luminus labels. The program will feature music by Bach, Marchand, Jaquet de la Guerre, Rameau.
7pm - Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Avenue, Boston MA
Free admission
https://cmcb.org/event/french-trios-with-the-gramercy-trio-2-3/
Friday, March 23
Berkshire Bach Celebrates J.S. Bach’s 333rd Birthday
Ethan Chen, violin, David Ramirez, viola, and Camden Archambeau, cello
Cocktails | Recital | Dinner | Party Games and Prizes. Berkshire Bach has invited three exceptionally talented young musicians from the Juilliard Pre-College Division to perform a program of Bach. They will begin with an opening recital and will engage with party-goers over dessert in Bach-related fun and games. Chef Paul Pearson has prepared a tantalizing menu of foods from the time of Bach tastefully complemented with 21st century presentation.
7pm - The White Hart Inn, 15 Undermountain Road, Salisbury, CT 06068
$80 per person | $75 for Berkshire Bach Members
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5749
Ethan Chen, violin, David Ramirez, viola, and Camden Archambeau, cello
Cocktails | Recital | Dinner | Party Games and Prizes. Berkshire Bach has invited three exceptionally talented young musicians from the Juilliard Pre-College Division to perform a program of Bach. They will begin with an opening recital and will engage with party-goers over dessert in Bach-related fun and games. Chef Paul Pearson has prepared a tantalizing menu of foods from the time of Bach tastefully complemented with 21st century presentation.
7pm - The White Hart Inn, 15 Undermountain Road, Salisbury, CT 06068
$80 per person | $75 for Berkshire Bach Members
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5749
Saturday, March 24
A Pilgrimes Solace: Music of John Dowland
Long & Away: Elise Groves, Caroline Rossiter Olsen, David Evans, Stephan Griffin, voices; Karen Burciaga, Anne Legêne,
Carol Lewis, Jane Hershey, James Williamson, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, Matthew Wright, lutes
Soulful, gorgeous music of John Dowland for voices, viols, and lutes. Heart-wrenching songs from his last published work,
A Pilgrimes Solace, are paired with sparkling lute duets, masterful viol consorts from Lachrimae, and lush, uplifting choral
works to mark the start of spring. Reception to follow.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown, MA
$15 suggested donation
www.longandaway.com
Long & Away: Elise Groves, Caroline Rossiter Olsen, David Evans, Stephan Griffin, voices; Karen Burciaga, Anne Legêne,
Carol Lewis, Jane Hershey, James Williamson, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, Matthew Wright, lutes
Soulful, gorgeous music of John Dowland for voices, viols, and lutes. Heart-wrenching songs from his last published work,
A Pilgrimes Solace, are paired with sparkling lute duets, masterful viol consorts from Lachrimae, and lush, uplifting choral
works to mark the start of spring. Reception to follow.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown, MA
$15 suggested donation
www.longandaway.com
A Night at Bach's Coffeehouse
Apollo's Fire (Jeannette Sorrell, director)
Heralded for their “blend of scholarship and visceral intensity” (Gramophone), American chamber orchestra Apollo’s Fire returns to Boston in a program inspired by J. S. Bach’s lively performances at Zimmermann’s Coffeehouse. The 18th-century Leipzig café is famous for hosting concerts where Bach and his student orchestra liked to let their hair down! Director Jeannette Sorrell leads an ensemble of 18 instrumentalists in rousing concertos by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann, and Bach’s beloved fourth and fifth Brandenburg Concertos. Pre-concert talk at 7pm. Presented by the Boston Early Music Festival.
8pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/17-18/afire.htm
Apollo's Fire (Jeannette Sorrell, director)
Heralded for their “blend of scholarship and visceral intensity” (Gramophone), American chamber orchestra Apollo’s Fire returns to Boston in a program inspired by J. S. Bach’s lively performances at Zimmermann’s Coffeehouse. The 18th-century Leipzig café is famous for hosting concerts where Bach and his student orchestra liked to let their hair down! Director Jeannette Sorrell leads an ensemble of 18 instrumentalists in rousing concertos by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann, and Bach’s beloved fourth and fifth Brandenburg Concertos. Pre-concert talk at 7pm. Presented by the Boston Early Music Festival.
8pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/17-18/afire.htm
Sunday, March 25
Procession, Passion, and Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Ich will dir mein Herze schenken from Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Cardoso: Turbæ quæ præcedebant
Lotti: Crucifixus à 8
Nanino: Adoramus te, Christe
The Passion according to Saint Matthew — Plainsong
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: Ich will dir mein Herze schenken from Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Cardoso: Turbæ quæ præcedebant
Lotti: Crucifixus à 8
Nanino: Adoramus te, Christe
The Passion according to Saint Matthew — Plainsong
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Tuesday, March 27
Tuesday Noon-hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar performs music by J.S. Bach and others
12:15pm - Historic King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$5 suggested donation (proceeds benefit the performers)
www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar performs music by J.S. Bach and others
12:15pm - Historic King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA
$5 suggested donation (proceeds benefit the performers)
www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Wednesday, March 28
Tenebrae Service
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Gregorian chant
Lassus: Adoramus te, Christe
Lassus: Tristis est anima mea
Gesualdo: O vos omnes
7pm - 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
Gregorian chant
Lassus: Adoramus te, Christe
Lassus: Tristis est anima mea
Gesualdo: O vos omnes
7pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Thursday, March 29
High Mass for Maundy Thursday
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Rebelo: Panis angelicus
Anerio: Venite ad me omnes
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
Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir
Rebelo: Panis angelicus
Anerio: Venite ad me omnes
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Friday, March 30
Good Friday Liturgy
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Victoria: Reproaches
Howells: Salvator mundi I
The Passion according to Saint John — Plainsong
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
Victoria: Reproaches
Howells: Salvator mundi I
The Passion according to Saint John — Plainsong
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Saturday, March 31
The Great Vigil of Easter
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Tye: The Mass “Euge bone”
Victoria: Regina cœli à 7
Lassus: Regina cœli à 6
Guerrero: Sicut cervus desiderat
Howells: Paean
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
Tye: The Mass “Euge bone”
Victoria: Regina cœli à 7
Lassus: Regina cœli à 6
Guerrero: Sicut cervus desiderat
Howells: Paean
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org