Thursday, May 2
Stars in Their Eyes
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Discover rarely-heard chamber works by cutting-edge scientist-musicians along with Baroque music inspired by gazing at the sky. Astronomical imaginations!
7:30pm - Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, MA
$30-35
www.oldpostroad.org, (781)466-6694, musicians@oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Discover rarely-heard chamber works by cutting-edge scientist-musicians along with Baroque music inspired by gazing at the sky. Astronomical imaginations!
7:30pm - Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, MA
$30-35
www.oldpostroad.org, (781)466-6694, musicians@oldpostroad.org
Saturday, May 4
Easy as Lying: The Music of Shakespeare's Globe
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
This spirited musical celebration was conceived in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and the marvelous music heard at the original Globe theatre. We present songs the Bard mentions by name, works by his talented musical contemporaries including Thomas Morley, John Dowland, and Robert Johnson, plus excerpts from the plays read aloud in historic pronunciation. Dance tunes from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts and a saucy ballad or two round out the evening’s festivities! Presented by The 1717 Meetinghouse Foundation.
7pm - The 1717 Meetinghouse, 2049 Meetinghouse Way, West Barnstable, MA
$15 general/$10 members & students
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
This spirited musical celebration was conceived in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and the marvelous music heard at the original Globe theatre. We present songs the Bard mentions by name, works by his talented musical contemporaries including Thomas Morley, John Dowland, and Robert Johnson, plus excerpts from the plays read aloud in historic pronunciation. Dance tunes from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts and a saucy ballad or two round out the evening’s festivities! Presented by The 1717 Meetinghouse Foundation.
7pm - The 1717 Meetinghouse, 2049 Meetinghouse Way, West Barnstable, MA
$15 general/$10 members & students
www.seventimessalt.com
Winchendon Music Festival, Inc. (Andrew Arceci, Director)
Early American repertoire featuring works by Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690-1750), Jeremiah Ingalls, (1764-1838),
William Billings (1746-1800), and others.
FREE, with general seating
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon) 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Early American repertoire featuring works by Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690-1750), Jeremiah Ingalls, (1764-1838),
William Billings (1746-1800), and others.
FREE, with general seating
7pm - Old Centre Church (First Congregational Church of Winchendon) 10 Old Centre, Winchendon, MA 01475
winchendonmusicfestival@gmail.com
Stars in Their Eyes
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Discover rarely-heard chamber works by cutting-edge scientist-musicians along with Baroque music inspired by gazing at the sky. Astronomical imaginations!
8pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
$30-35
www.oldpostroad.org, (781)466-6694, musicians@oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Discover rarely-heard chamber works by cutting-edge scientist-musicians along with Baroque music inspired by gazing at the sky. Astronomical imaginations!
8pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
$30-35
www.oldpostroad.org, (781)466-6694, musicians@oldpostroad.org
Sunday, May 5
Berkshire Bach Society Fundraiser
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
The acclaimed Bach pianist performs a solo recital including works from the 17th-21st centuries in a private residential setting:
Couperin | Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Schumann | Arabesque, Op. 18
Glass | Mad Rush
Couperin | Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins
Satie | Gnossienne No 3
Schumann | Kreisleriana, Op 16
4pm - Private Residence, South Egremont, MA 01258 (Directions provided upon ticket purchase)
Limited Seating: $75 General | $100 Preferred, by advance reservation only
https://berkshirebach.org/dinnerstein-recital-2019/
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
The acclaimed Bach pianist performs a solo recital including works from the 17th-21st centuries in a private residential setting:
Couperin | Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Schumann | Arabesque, Op. 18
Glass | Mad Rush
Couperin | Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins
Satie | Gnossienne No 3
Schumann | Kreisleriana, Op 16
4pm - Private Residence, South Egremont, MA 01258 (Directions provided upon ticket purchase)
Limited Seating: $75 General | $100 Preferred, by advance reservation only
https://berkshirebach.org/dinnerstein-recital-2019/
Thursday, May 9
Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String: Early Music of Scotland
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle, voice; Dan Meyers, bagpipes, recorder, flute, bodhran, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, archlute, guitar, voice; with Barbara Allen Hill, soprano; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord, voice
Our program explores the unique crossroads of 18th-century Scottish folk and classical traditions. In 1707, the nation's Union with England sparked a patriotic surge of interest in Scotland's own music tradition. As the Scottish Enlightenment swept the nation, Edinburgh became a hotbed of concerts, dances, and patronage of the arts. Professional musicians and country fiddlers crossed paths at the new coffeehouses and music salons that sprang up, while Scottish composers produced masterful settings of familiar folk tunes. You’ll hear traditional tunes for fiddle and pipes; virtuosic variations by James Oswald, William McGibbon, and Robert Bremner; songs of love, mourning and patriotism by revered poet Robert Burns; and the choicest jigs, reels, and strathspeys to set your toes tapping. We include selections from early Scots sources including the Balcarres lute book, the Dixon bagpipe manuscript, and the Scots Musical Museum. We’ll pay homage to 18th-century Scottish drawing rooms and dance halls where the only difference between a fiddler and a violinist was the music in front of him!
7:30pm - First Religious Society, 27 School St. Carlisle, MA
$25 suggested donation
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle, voice; Dan Meyers, bagpipes, recorder, flute, bodhran, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, archlute, guitar, voice; with Barbara Allen Hill, soprano; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord, voice
Our program explores the unique crossroads of 18th-century Scottish folk and classical traditions. In 1707, the nation's Union with England sparked a patriotic surge of interest in Scotland's own music tradition. As the Scottish Enlightenment swept the nation, Edinburgh became a hotbed of concerts, dances, and patronage of the arts. Professional musicians and country fiddlers crossed paths at the new coffeehouses and music salons that sprang up, while Scottish composers produced masterful settings of familiar folk tunes. You’ll hear traditional tunes for fiddle and pipes; virtuosic variations by James Oswald, William McGibbon, and Robert Bremner; songs of love, mourning and patriotism by revered poet Robert Burns; and the choicest jigs, reels, and strathspeys to set your toes tapping. We include selections from early Scots sources including the Balcarres lute book, the Dixon bagpipe manuscript, and the Scots Musical Museum. We’ll pay homage to 18th-century Scottish drawing rooms and dance halls where the only difference between a fiddler and a violinist was the music in front of him!
7:30pm - First Religious Society, 27 School St. Carlisle, MA
$25 suggested donation
www.seventimessalt.com
Friday, May 10
L'Univers de Marin Marais
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, harpsichord & director; Emily Walhout and Shirley Hunt, violas da gamba; Héloïse Degrugillier, traverso and recorder; Emily Dahl Irons, violin
Join Les Bostonades for an evening of of dazzling instrumental chamber music by legendary viol player and composer Marin Marais. Fans of the viola da gamba will not want to miss this performance. The program includes Marin Marais' Suite in F major, Book V; Chaconne in G major, Book 1; Suite d'un goût Étranger, Book IV; Pièces en Trio in C major; and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre's Pièces pour la flûte traversière, Op.2 No.3 in G major.
7:30pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
$30 General; $25 Senior; $15 Student; 17 and under free
https://marinmarais.brownpapertickets.com/
Les Bostonades: Akiko Sato, harpsichord & director; Emily Walhout and Shirley Hunt, violas da gamba; Héloïse Degrugillier, traverso and recorder; Emily Dahl Irons, violin
Join Les Bostonades for an evening of of dazzling instrumental chamber music by legendary viol player and composer Marin Marais. Fans of the viola da gamba will not want to miss this performance. The program includes Marin Marais' Suite in F major, Book V; Chaconne in G major, Book 1; Suite d'un goût Étranger, Book IV; Pièces en Trio in C major; and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre's Pièces pour la flûte traversière, Op.2 No.3 in G major.
7:30pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
$30 General; $25 Senior; $15 Student; 17 and under free
https://marinmarais.brownpapertickets.com/
Saturday, May 11
Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String: Early Music of Scotland
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle, voice; Dan Meyers, bagpipes, recorder, flute, bodhran, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, archlute, guitar, voice; with Barbara Allen Hill, soprano; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord, voice
Our program explores the unique crossroads of 18th-century Scottish folk and classical traditions. In 1707, the nation's Union with England sparked a patriotic surge of interest in Scotland's own music tradition. As the Scottish Enlightenment swept the nation, Edinburgh became a hotbed of concerts, dances, and patronage of the arts. Professional musicians and country fiddlers crossed paths at the new coffeehouses and music salons that sprang up, while Scottish composers produced masterful settings of familiar folk tunes. You’ll hear traditional tunes for fiddle and pipes; virtuosic variations by James Oswald, William McGibbon, and Robert Bremner; songs of love, mourning and patriotism by revered poet Robert Burns; and the choicest jigs, reels, and strathspeys to set your toes tapping. We include selections from early Scots sources including the Balcarres lute book, the Dixon bagpipe manuscript, and the Scots Musical Museum. We’ll pay homage to 18th-century Scottish drawing rooms and dance halls where the only difference between a fiddler and a violinist was the music in front of him!
8pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
$20 suggested donation
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle, voice; Dan Meyers, bagpipes, recorder, flute, bodhran, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, archlute, guitar, voice; with Barbara Allen Hill, soprano; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord, voice
Our program explores the unique crossroads of 18th-century Scottish folk and classical traditions. In 1707, the nation's Union with England sparked a patriotic surge of interest in Scotland's own music tradition. As the Scottish Enlightenment swept the nation, Edinburgh became a hotbed of concerts, dances, and patronage of the arts. Professional musicians and country fiddlers crossed paths at the new coffeehouses and music salons that sprang up, while Scottish composers produced masterful settings of familiar folk tunes. You’ll hear traditional tunes for fiddle and pipes; virtuosic variations by James Oswald, William McGibbon, and Robert Bremner; songs of love, mourning and patriotism by revered poet Robert Burns; and the choicest jigs, reels, and strathspeys to set your toes tapping. We include selections from early Scots sources including the Balcarres lute book, the Dixon bagpipe manuscript, and the Scots Musical Museum. We’ll pay homage to 18th-century Scottish drawing rooms and dance halls where the only difference between a fiddler and a violinist was the music in front of him!
8pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
$20 suggested donation
www.seventimessalt.com
Mystical Numbers
The Seraphim Singers
Seraphim pays tribute to the tradition of sacred symbolism in numbers, especially 3, 7 and 21. Enjoy three settings of Hopkins’ poem “Peace,” and motets by the three masters Schütz, Bach, and Distler. Seven is represented with the seven gifts of the Spirit in Carson Cooman’s Veni sancte Spiritus and Jonathan Dove’s Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars. Bach’s “St. Anne” fugue makes the deepest dive into the numerology, playing with three and seven, a seven note fugue entering in multiples of three, and proportions of length in the three parts that suggest the “golden section” or “section divina.” And since this is Seraphim’s 21st birthday, we’ll present songs by Schubert and David Mooney celebrating the fruit of the vine! The men sing the Schubert expressing the love for both their sweetheart and wine, while the women (unusually) get their own drinking song, Quick We Have but a Second, urging us on as time (“the churl”) beckons!
8pm - Eliot Church of Newton, 474 Centre Street, Newton, MA
$22 adults/$18 students & seniors in advance. Door prices: $25 adults/$20 students & seniors
www.seraphimsingers.org
The Seraphim Singers
Seraphim pays tribute to the tradition of sacred symbolism in numbers, especially 3, 7 and 21. Enjoy three settings of Hopkins’ poem “Peace,” and motets by the three masters Schütz, Bach, and Distler. Seven is represented with the seven gifts of the Spirit in Carson Cooman’s Veni sancte Spiritus and Jonathan Dove’s Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars. Bach’s “St. Anne” fugue makes the deepest dive into the numerology, playing with three and seven, a seven note fugue entering in multiples of three, and proportions of length in the three parts that suggest the “golden section” or “section divina.” And since this is Seraphim’s 21st birthday, we’ll present songs by Schubert and David Mooney celebrating the fruit of the vine! The men sing the Schubert expressing the love for both their sweetheart and wine, while the women (unusually) get their own drinking song, Quick We Have but a Second, urging us on as time (“the churl”) beckons!
8pm - Eliot Church of Newton, 474 Centre Street, Newton, MA
$22 adults/$18 students & seniors in advance. Door prices: $25 adults/$20 students & seniors
www.seraphimsingers.org
Sunday, May 12
Lautengalanterie: German Baroque Lute Duets
Timothy Burris and Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lutes
A rare opportunity to hear two baroque lutes together! There will be works by Gumprecht, Radolt, Telemann, Corignani, Hagen and Weiss.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.)
$20/$15
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Timothy Burris and Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lutes
A rare opportunity to hear two baroque lutes together! There will be works by Gumprecht, Radolt, Telemann, Corignani, Hagen and Weiss.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.)
$20/$15
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Music for Bach's Favorite Instruments
The Bach Project: Shirley Hunt, baroque 'cello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord; Andrew Sheranian, organ
The Bach Project at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music presents this concert features some of the nation’s finest period musicians performing solo works by the composer including Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Suite for Harpsichord in E minor, BWV 996; and Passacaglia and Fugue for organ in C minor, BWV 582.
4pm - The Parish of All Saints - Ashmont, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
$25 for adults, $18 for students, $3 with EBT card, children under 13 free.
https://www.ahchambermusic.org/concerts
The Bach Project: Shirley Hunt, baroque 'cello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord; Andrew Sheranian, organ
The Bach Project at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music presents this concert features some of the nation’s finest period musicians performing solo works by the composer including Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Suite for Harpsichord in E minor, BWV 996; and Passacaglia and Fugue for organ in C minor, BWV 582.
4pm - The Parish of All Saints - Ashmont, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
$25 for adults, $18 for students, $3 with EBT card, children under 13 free.
https://www.ahchambermusic.org/concerts
Friday, May 17
Handel's Silla
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
7:30pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
7:30pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
Songs of Love & Death
Blue Heron: Margot Rood, soprano; Martin Near, countertenor; Owen McIntosh, tenor; Jason McStoots, tenor; Sumner Thompson, tenor; Paul Guttry, bass; Scott Metcalfe, director; with special guest Alessandro Quarta, reader.
Join Blue Heron for an evening of madrigals by Cipriano de Rore, one of the most expressive and influential composers of the mid-sixteenth century, whom Monteverdi called “il divino.” Rore launched his career with the landmark publication of I madrigali a cinque voci in 1542, a collection of twenty madrigals, many of which set sonnets from Petrarch’s Canzoniere, which changed the course of music history. In 2015 the American Musicological Society awarded the Noah Greenberg Prize to Blue Heron and to musicologist Jessie Ann Owens to support a world-premiere recording of the complete book, which is scheduled for release in the fall of 2019. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
7:30pm - Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Advance Tix: $40 / $35 / $10 / Under 18 Free
www.blueheron.org
Blue Heron: Margot Rood, soprano; Martin Near, countertenor; Owen McIntosh, tenor; Jason McStoots, tenor; Sumner Thompson, tenor; Paul Guttry, bass; Scott Metcalfe, director; with special guest Alessandro Quarta, reader.
Join Blue Heron for an evening of madrigals by Cipriano de Rore, one of the most expressive and influential composers of the mid-sixteenth century, whom Monteverdi called “il divino.” Rore launched his career with the landmark publication of I madrigali a cinque voci in 1542, a collection of twenty madrigals, many of which set sonnets from Petrarch’s Canzoniere, which changed the course of music history. In 2015 the American Musicological Society awarded the Noah Greenberg Prize to Blue Heron and to musicologist Jessie Ann Owens to support a world-premiere recording of the complete book, which is scheduled for release in the fall of 2019. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
7:30pm - Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Advance Tix: $40 / $35 / $10 / Under 18 Free
www.blueheron.org
Saturday, May 18
Handel's Silla
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
7:30pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
7:30pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
Sunday, May 19
English Country Dance
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle; Dan Meyers, recorders, percussion; Matthew Wright, lute; caller TBA
Seven Times Salt will play for Monadnock Folklore Society's third Sunday dance series. English Country Dance is a form of social dance that harkens back to the days of Jane Austen and “Pride and Prejudice”, but its roots extend further back; its traditions and innovations continue up to the present. Hauntingly beautiful tunes, elegant yet simple steps, friendly people and beautiful surroundings combine to make an English Country Dance a pleasant and energizing experience. No special clothing is required, but comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. Beginners and singles are welcome and all dances are taught throughout the session.
2-5pm - Nelson Town Hall, Nelson, NH
$10
Monadnock Folklore Society
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, fiddle; Dan Meyers, recorders, percussion; Matthew Wright, lute; caller TBA
Seven Times Salt will play for Monadnock Folklore Society's third Sunday dance series. English Country Dance is a form of social dance that harkens back to the days of Jane Austen and “Pride and Prejudice”, but its roots extend further back; its traditions and innovations continue up to the present. Hauntingly beautiful tunes, elegant yet simple steps, friendly people and beautiful surroundings combine to make an English Country Dance a pleasant and energizing experience. No special clothing is required, but comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. Beginners and singles are welcome and all dances are taught throughout the session.
2-5pm - Nelson Town Hall, Nelson, NH
$10
Monadnock Folklore Society
Handel's Silla
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
2pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
2pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
Handel's Silla
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
6:30pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
Lucio Cornelio Silla was a ruthless Roman dictator who quashed civic liberties and forced himself on the wives of his subordinates. Not all bowed to his ruthless intent. Handel’s opera drives with passion toward its powerful conclusion. The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble presents G.F. Handel’s exciting and provocative opera Silla in a new English edition that marries an understandable text with Handel's glorious Baroque music. Set in a modern-day Rome Empire (it has never fallen!), a chamber ensemble accompanies our superb singers as they vie with Silla for control of the empire and their lives!
6:30pm - Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn St. Union Sq, Somerville, MA
Tickets: https://bpt.me/4081996 $25/adults; $20/seniors & students; $10/children
www.cambridgechamberensemble.org
Friday, May 24
La Vesuviana: Tracing the Sources of Neapolitan Folk Music
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Fabio Pirozzolo, percussion and voice;
Dan Meyers, winds and percussion; Simon Martyn-Ellis, guitar
While northern Italy in the seventeenth century was a patchwork of independent city-states and principalities, all of the South was ruled by Spain. Spanish influence can still be heard in the folk music of southern Italy, which prominently features the Spanish guitar and castanets. Our final program of the season combines the living tradition of folk music from across southern Italy with music by seventeenth-century Neapolitans Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Montesardo and Simone Coya. We are joined by Italian folk percussionist and singer Fabio Pirozzolo, multi-instrumentalist Dan Meyers, and our favorite Spanish guitar player, Simon Martyn-Ellis. Boston-based ensemble In Stile Moderno combines fidelity to historical performance practice with a drive to make early music accessible and relevant.
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT 05301
$10-$20
www.instilemoderno.com
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Fabio Pirozzolo, percussion and voice;
Dan Meyers, winds and percussion; Simon Martyn-Ellis, guitar
While northern Italy in the seventeenth century was a patchwork of independent city-states and principalities, all of the South was ruled by Spain. Spanish influence can still be heard in the folk music of southern Italy, which prominently features the Spanish guitar and castanets. Our final program of the season combines the living tradition of folk music from across southern Italy with music by seventeenth-century Neapolitans Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Montesardo and Simone Coya. We are joined by Italian folk percussionist and singer Fabio Pirozzolo, multi-instrumentalist Dan Meyers, and our favorite Spanish guitar player, Simon Martyn-Ellis. Boston-based ensemble In Stile Moderno combines fidelity to historical performance practice with a drive to make early music accessible and relevant.
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT 05301
$10-$20
www.instilemoderno.com
Saturday, May 25
La Vesuviana: Tracing the Sources of Neapolitan Folk Music
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Fabio Pirozzolo, percussion and voice; Dan Meyers, winds and percussion; Simon Martyn-Ellis, guitar
While northern Italy in the seventeenth century was a patchwork of independent city-states and principalities, all of the South was ruled by Spain. Spanish influence can still be heard in the folk music of southern Italy, which prominently features the Spanish guitar and castanets. Our final program of the season combines the living tradition of folk music from across southern Italy with music by seventeenth-century Neapolitans Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Montesardo and Simone Coya. We are joined by Italian folk percussionist and singer Fabio Pirozzolo, multi-instrumentalist Dan Meyers, and our favorite Spanish guitar player, Simon Martyn-Ellis. Boston-based ensemble In Stile Moderno combines fidelity to historical performance practice with a drive to make early music accessible and relevant.
7:30pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA 02138
$10-$25
www.instilemoderno.com
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Fabio Pirozzolo, percussion and voice; Dan Meyers, winds and percussion; Simon Martyn-Ellis, guitar
While northern Italy in the seventeenth century was a patchwork of independent city-states and principalities, all of the South was ruled by Spain. Spanish influence can still be heard in the folk music of southern Italy, which prominently features the Spanish guitar and castanets. Our final program of the season combines the living tradition of folk music from across southern Italy with music by seventeenth-century Neapolitans Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Montesardo and Simone Coya. We are joined by Italian folk percussionist and singer Fabio Pirozzolo, multi-instrumentalist Dan Meyers, and our favorite Spanish guitar player, Simon Martyn-Ellis. Boston-based ensemble In Stile Moderno combines fidelity to historical performance practice with a drive to make early music accessible and relevant.
7:30pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA 02138
$10-$25
www.instilemoderno.com
Friday, May 31
The Enchanted Island
St Mary Schola
The Enchanted Island features excerpts from Purcell’s masque The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, bringing to life the fate of usurping dukes tormented by fiery spirits, the commanding Prospero, the gentle spirit Ariel and the young lovers’ trials. The genius of Monteverdi’s mastery of the madrigals will feature sublime five part madrigals, later concerted madrigals and a final the toe tapping ballo: Tirsi e Clori. Join us for a special lecture (for all concert ticket holders) by Dr. Andrew R. Walkling: “The Tempest” and the Dramatick Opera in Purcell’s England
7:30pm - Cathedral of St. Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME
$20
stmaryschola.org
St Mary Schola
The Enchanted Island features excerpts from Purcell’s masque The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, bringing to life the fate of usurping dukes tormented by fiery spirits, the commanding Prospero, the gentle spirit Ariel and the young lovers’ trials. The genius of Monteverdi’s mastery of the madrigals will feature sublime five part madrigals, later concerted madrigals and a final the toe tapping ballo: Tirsi e Clori. Join us for a special lecture (for all concert ticket holders) by Dr. Andrew R. Walkling: “The Tempest” and the Dramatick Opera in Purcell’s England
7:30pm - Cathedral of St. Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME
$20
stmaryschola.org
Boston Recorder Orchestra (John Tyson, Director)
America's only Renaissance Recorder Orchestra performing on a matched set of nine sizes of Renaissance recorders, soprano to contrabass, made by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. Renaissance madrigals, chansons and dances, contemporary and popular music. Works of Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Gabrieli, Salamone Rossi, Luca Marenzio, John Bennet, Sören Sieg, and more!
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Donations gratefully accepted
bostonrecorderorchestra.com
America's only Renaissance Recorder Orchestra performing on a matched set of nine sizes of Renaissance recorders, soprano to contrabass, made by Italian master craftsman Francesco LiVirghi. Renaissance madrigals, chansons and dances, contemporary and popular music. Works of Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Gabrieli, Salamone Rossi, Luca Marenzio, John Bennet, Sören Sieg, and more!
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Donations gratefully accepted
bostonrecorderorchestra.com