Friday, November 1
Telemann: Day of Judgment
Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale Voxtet, Juilliard415, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in D major, TWV 55:D23, and Der Tag des Gerichts, TWV 6:8
6:30pm - Preconcert lecture "Earthquakes, Trumpets, and the End of the World: G. Philipp Telemann's Day of Judgement" by Markus Rathey, Robert S. Tangeman Professor in the Practice of Music History, Yale UniversityWhitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall St. New Haven, CT
7:30pm - Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street New Haven, CT
FREE
https://ism.yale.edu/event/schola-cantorum-telemann-day-judgment
Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale Voxtet, Juilliard415, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in D major, TWV 55:D23, and Der Tag des Gerichts, TWV 6:8
6:30pm - Preconcert lecture "Earthquakes, Trumpets, and the End of the World: G. Philipp Telemann's Day of Judgement" by Markus Rathey, Robert S. Tangeman Professor in the Practice of Music History, Yale UniversityWhitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall St. New Haven, CT
7:30pm - Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange Street New Haven, CT
FREE
https://ism.yale.edu/event/schola-cantorum-telemann-day-judgment
Harmony at Home
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1.
7:30pm - First Parish in Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776
$10-40
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1.
7:30pm - First Parish in Sudbury, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776
$10-40
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Songs of Love & Death: Madrigals of Cipriano de Rore
Blute Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Margot Rood, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, voices; Mario Moroni, reader
An evening of madrigals from "I madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore", celebrating the release of Blue Heron’s world-premiere recording of the complete book. Cipriano’s 1542 publication, conceived as a poetic cycle and organized by mode, features sonnets by Petrarch set in a complex and breathtakingly beautiful web of polyphony. The concert is co-sponsored by the American Musicological Society. Introductory remarks by Jessie Ann Owens (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis). Doors and box office open at 7 PM. Both North and South entrances to District Hall (Northern Ave. & Seaport Blvd.) will be open. Assembly is nearer to the South entrance.
7:30pm - Assembly (at District Hall) 75 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA
Advance: $40 General/ $35 Senior / $10 Student/Low Income. Tickets at the door: $43 / $38 / $10 Under 18 admitted free
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Blute Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Margot Rood, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson, Paul Guttry, voices; Mario Moroni, reader
An evening of madrigals from "I madrigali a cinque voci by Cipriano de Rore", celebrating the release of Blue Heron’s world-premiere recording of the complete book. Cipriano’s 1542 publication, conceived as a poetic cycle and organized by mode, features sonnets by Petrarch set in a complex and breathtakingly beautiful web of polyphony. The concert is co-sponsored by the American Musicological Society. Introductory remarks by Jessie Ann Owens (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis). Doors and box office open at 7 PM. Both North and South entrances to District Hall (Northern Ave. & Seaport Blvd.) will be open. Assembly is nearer to the South entrance.
7:30pm - Assembly (at District Hall) 75 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA
Advance: $40 General/ $35 Senior / $10 Student/Low Income. Tickets at the door: $43 / $38 / $10 Under 18 admitted free
Website
The Venice of the North: 17th-century Music from the Netherlands
Duo Maresienne: Carol Lewis, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lutes & theorbo
Come hear variations on popular tunes by Sweelinck & Schop, a beautiful lute fantasia by Vallet, an astounding sonata by Schenck, and many other treats from the Netherlands.
8pm - Lindsay Chapel First Church in Cambridge Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA
$25 general admission; $20 students, seniors, low income
call (617) 776-0692 or go to www.duomaresienne.com
Duo Maresienne: Carol Lewis, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lutes & theorbo
Come hear variations on popular tunes by Sweelinck & Schop, a beautiful lute fantasia by Vallet, an astounding sonata by Schenck, and many other treats from the Netherlands.
8pm - Lindsay Chapel First Church in Cambridge Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA
$25 general admission; $20 students, seniors, low income
call (617) 776-0692 or go to www.duomaresienne.com
Notes of the Finest Songs: Motets from the Liber Selectarum Cantionum of 1520
Sourcework Ensemble: Katie Boardman, Rachel Carpentier, Caroline R. Olsen, Brett Kostrzewski, Trey Pratt, Paul Kolb, Sam Bradley, Stephan Griffin, voices
Music by Josquin des Prez, Henricus Isaac, Jacob Obrecht and Ludwig Senfl, prepared and performed from a facsimile of one of the most important printed collections of the period compiled and edited by Senfl himself.
8:30pm - Our Lady of Good Voyage Seaport Shrine, 51 Seaport Blvd., Boston, MA
Free, donations accepted
www.sourceworkboston.org
Sourcework Ensemble: Katie Boardman, Rachel Carpentier, Caroline R. Olsen, Brett Kostrzewski, Trey Pratt, Paul Kolb, Sam Bradley, Stephan Griffin, voices
Music by Josquin des Prez, Henricus Isaac, Jacob Obrecht and Ludwig Senfl, prepared and performed from a facsimile of one of the most important printed collections of the period compiled and edited by Senfl himself.
8:30pm - Our Lady of Good Voyage Seaport Shrine, 51 Seaport Blvd., Boston, MA
Free, donations accepted
www.sourceworkboston.org
Saturday, November 2
Flos florum / Flower of Flowers
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood, Martin Near, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry, Steven Hrycelak, bassus
A program of 15th-century Franco-Flemish music mirroring the contents of a Book of Hours, featuring both sacred devotional music and secular chansons that were quoted allegorically in Marian works. Music by Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Regis, Alexander Agricola, and Josquin Desprez.
Doors and box office open at 1:30 PM
2pm - The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage, 51 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA
Advance: $40 General / $35 Senior / $10 Student/Low Income. Tickets at the door: $43 / $38 / $10 Under 18 admitted free
Website
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood, Martin Near, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry, Steven Hrycelak, bassus
A program of 15th-century Franco-Flemish music mirroring the contents of a Book of Hours, featuring both sacred devotional music and secular chansons that were quoted allegorically in Marian works. Music by Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Regis, Alexander Agricola, and Josquin Desprez.
Doors and box office open at 1:30 PM
2pm - The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage, 51 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA
Advance: $40 General / $35 Senior / $10 Student/Low Income. Tickets at the door: $43 / $38 / $10 Under 18 admitted free
Website
Harmony at Home
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1.
3pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116
$10-40
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
Musicians of the Old Post Road
This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1.
3pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116
$10-40
https://oldpostroad.org/concert_series
The Venice of the North: 17th-century Music from the Netherlands
Duo Maresienne: Carol Lewis, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lutes & theorbo
Come hear variations on popular tunes by Sweelinck & Schop, a beautiful lute fantasia by Vallet, an astounding sonata by Schenck, and many other treats from the Netherlands.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville MA
$20 general admission; $15 students, seniors, Museum members
(617) 666-9810 or go to www.somervillemuseum.org
Duo Maresienne: Carol Lewis, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lutes & theorbo
Come hear variations on popular tunes by Sweelinck & Schop, a beautiful lute fantasia by Vallet, an astounding sonata by Schenck, and many other treats from the Netherlands.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville MA
$20 general admission; $15 students, seniors, Museum members
(617) 666-9810 or go to www.somervillemuseum.org
Berkshire Bach presents James Bagwell conducting Bach and Telemann
James Bagwell & the Berkshire Bach Players
The Berkshire Bach Society opens its 29th season with a program of music by J.S. Bach and Georg Philip Telemann. James Bagel returns to lead an ensemble of 14 singers and instrumentalists in the Bach cantatas BWV 153, "Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (See, dear God, how my enemies)" and BWV 192, "Der Herr denket an uns (God is mindful of us)," plus Telemann’s "Missa Brevis in C Major," TWV 9:15, and his setting of Psalm 96, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing to the Lord a new song), TWV 7:30. A reception with the performers follows the concert.
4pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
$20-$50 | Free for Children & Students with ID
https://berkshirebach.org/james-bagwell-11-2-19/
James Bagwell & the Berkshire Bach Players
The Berkshire Bach Society opens its 29th season with a program of music by J.S. Bach and Georg Philip Telemann. James Bagel returns to lead an ensemble of 14 singers and instrumentalists in the Bach cantatas BWV 153, "Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (See, dear God, how my enemies)" and BWV 192, "Der Herr denket an uns (God is mindful of us)," plus Telemann’s "Missa Brevis in C Major," TWV 9:15, and his setting of Psalm 96, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing to the Lord a new song), TWV 7:30. A reception with the performers follows the concert.
4pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
$20-$50 | Free for Children & Students with ID
https://berkshirebach.org/james-bagwell-11-2-19/
The Bach Dynasty: Motets of the Bach Family
Vox Luminis; Lionel Meunier, director
Trace the emergence of the gifted Bach clan through the generations, including gorgeous and evocative motets by the family’s first professional musician, Johann Bach, the Arnstadt brothers Johann Michael and Joahnn Christoph, Johann Sebastian’s revered third cousin Johann Ludwig, and finally Johann Sebastian Bach’s own motet, Jesu meine Freude. Presented by the Boston Early Music Festival.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$20-$70
https://bemf.org/concert-season/boston-concerts/vox-luminis/
Vox Luminis; Lionel Meunier, director
Trace the emergence of the gifted Bach clan through the generations, including gorgeous and evocative motets by the family’s first professional musician, Johann Bach, the Arnstadt brothers Johann Michael and Joahnn Christoph, Johann Sebastian’s revered third cousin Johann Ludwig, and finally Johann Sebastian Bach’s own motet, Jesu meine Freude. Presented by the Boston Early Music Festival.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$20-$70
https://bemf.org/concert-season/boston-concerts/vox-luminis/
Sunday, November 3
From Afar the Sweet Light: A CD Release Celebration
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood, Martin Near, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry, Steven Hrycelak, bassus
This fall Blue Heron has two big new CD releases: a 2-CD set which is a world-premiere recording of Cipriano de Rore's complete "I madrigali a cinque voci"; and the first of two planned volumes of the complete songs of Johannes Ockeghem.
Come celebrate at a special "Pindrop Session" at the fabulous Aeronaut Brewing. Grab a beer and enjoy a sampler of 14th, 15th and 16th century music, socialize with performers between sets, and pick up copies of the new discs. Guaranteed to be a memorable night! Presented by Aeronaut in partnership with WCRB and WGBH.
7pm - Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville MA
$10-$30
https://www.aeronautbrewing.com/events/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood, Martin Near, cantus; Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed, Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor; Paul Guttry, Steven Hrycelak, bassus
This fall Blue Heron has two big new CD releases: a 2-CD set which is a world-premiere recording of Cipriano de Rore's complete "I madrigali a cinque voci"; and the first of two planned volumes of the complete songs of Johannes Ockeghem.
Come celebrate at a special "Pindrop Session" at the fabulous Aeronaut Brewing. Grab a beer and enjoy a sampler of 14th, 15th and 16th century music, socialize with performers between sets, and pick up copies of the new discs. Guaranteed to be a memorable night! Presented by Aeronaut in partnership with WCRB and WGBH.
7pm - Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler Street, Somerville MA
$10-$30
https://www.aeronautbrewing.com/events/
Friday, November 8
English Country Dance
Blue Pearmain: Kateri Chambers, flute; Job Salazar Fonseca, violin; Elizabeth Hardy, bassoon; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord
Blue Pearmain will provide splendid live music for the Harvard Square English Dance's "Jane Austen Night." You’ll hear tunes popular in the Regency era; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. Dance caller Tom Roby will teach all the dances, and beginners are welcome. Dancers take a different partner for each dance of the evening, and join a “set” of couples. Each couple dances a series of figures with another couple, then repeats the same with each pair in the set. Come dance with us!
7:30-9:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA
$7 general, $6 members, $4 students
https://www.cds-boston.org/harvard-sq-english-dance
Blue Pearmain: Kateri Chambers, flute; Job Salazar Fonseca, violin; Elizabeth Hardy, bassoon; Alastair Thompson, harpsichord
Blue Pearmain will provide splendid live music for the Harvard Square English Dance's "Jane Austen Night." You’ll hear tunes popular in the Regency era; some are elegant, some rowdy, some romantic, some playful. English Country Dance is social, community dancing. Dance caller Tom Roby will teach all the dances, and beginners are welcome. Dancers take a different partner for each dance of the evening, and join a “set” of couples. Each couple dances a series of figures with another couple, then repeats the same with each pair in the set. Come dance with us!
7:30-9:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA
$7 general, $6 members, $4 students
https://www.cds-boston.org/harvard-sq-english-dance
Saturday, November 9
Vivaldi Gloria
Masterworks Chorale (Kevin Leong, conductor) with Teresa Wakim, soprano; Sarah Yanovitch, soprano; Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
The first concert of the 80th season of the Masterworks Chorale, led by Music Director Kevin Leong,features Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria and his lesser-known Dixit Dominus ("di Praga"). In addition, the concert includes three motets by Claudio Monteverdi. Experience the splendor of Baroque Venice with chorus, professional soloists, and period orchestra. There will be a pre-cncert talk at 7:30pm. This concert is part of Masterworks Chorale's Awareness Through Music program, which promotes local charities through the performance of important and meaningful music. Horizons for Homeless Children joins Masterworks Chorale this fall as community partners.
8pm - Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
www.MasterworksChorale.org / 617-858-6785
Masterworks Chorale (Kevin Leong, conductor) with Teresa Wakim, soprano; Sarah Yanovitch, soprano; Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano
The first concert of the 80th season of the Masterworks Chorale, led by Music Director Kevin Leong,features Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria and his lesser-known Dixit Dominus ("di Praga"). In addition, the concert includes three motets by Claudio Monteverdi. Experience the splendor of Baroque Venice with chorus, professional soloists, and period orchestra. There will be a pre-cncert talk at 7:30pm. This concert is part of Masterworks Chorale's Awareness Through Music program, which promotes local charities through the performance of important and meaningful music. Horizons for Homeless Children joins Masterworks Chorale this fall as community partners.
8pm - Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
www.MasterworksChorale.org / 617-858-6785
Tuesday, November 12
Wellesley Collegium Musicum
Featured on this program are works by Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Giovanni Gastoldi, Claudio Monteverdi, Josquin des Prez, Thoinot Arbeau, and others. Collegium Musicum specializes in the performance of Western music from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century. The Collegium is often joined by faculty and outside guest artists who enrich the ensemble for special projects. Limited seating!
7:30pm - Sargent Salon (PNW-101), Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Featured on this program are works by Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Giovanni Gastoldi, Claudio Monteverdi, Josquin des Prez, Thoinot Arbeau, and others. Collegium Musicum specializes in the performance of Western music from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century. The Collegium is often joined by faculty and outside guest artists who enrich the ensemble for special projects. Limited seating!
7:30pm - Sargent Salon (PNW-101), Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Friday, November 15
Come Again: Lute Songs of John Dowland and his Contemporaries
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Jacob Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
Beloved and lesser-known lute songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries take on a new dimension in the first concert of our season, which will be performed in historical pronunciation using facsimile table book editions of the music. In Stile Moderno appears for the first time as a four-voice ensemble with lute, bringing to life the poetry of Elizabethan England with the original pronunciation of the time. Otherwise unheard rhymes and puns jump to the ear and a refreshingly direct and earthy timbre colors the language, while Dowland’s virtuosic contrapuntal writing is showcased by the lute and four-voice texture. Join us around the table for a feast of whimsical, melancholy and touching music.
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT
$10-20
www.instilemoderno.com/comeagain
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Jacob Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
Beloved and lesser-known lute songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries take on a new dimension in the first concert of our season, which will be performed in historical pronunciation using facsimile table book editions of the music. In Stile Moderno appears for the first time as a four-voice ensemble with lute, bringing to life the poetry of Elizabethan England with the original pronunciation of the time. Otherwise unheard rhymes and puns jump to the ear and a refreshingly direct and earthy timbre colors the language, while Dowland’s virtuosic contrapuntal writing is showcased by the lute and four-voice texture. Join us around the table for a feast of whimsical, melancholy and touching music.
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT
$10-20
www.instilemoderno.com/comeagain
Saturday, November 16
Come Again: Lute Songs of John Dowland and his Contemporaries
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Jacob Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
Beloved and lesser-known lute songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries take on a new dimension in the first concert of our season, which will be performed in historical pronunciation using facsimile table book editions of the music. In Stile Moderno appears for the first time as a four-voice ensemble with lute, bringing to life the poetry of Elizabethan England with the original pronunciation of the time. Otherwise unheard rhymes and puns jump to the ear and a refreshingly direct and earthy timbre colors the language, while Dowland’s virtuosic contrapuntal writing is showcased by the lute and four-voice texture. Join us around the table for a feast of whimsical, melancholy and touching music.
Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
$10-25
www.instilemoderno.com/comeagain
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, Sophie Michaux, Corey Dalton Hart, Adam Jacob Simon, voices; Nathaniel Cox, lute
Beloved and lesser-known lute songs by John Dowland and his contemporaries take on a new dimension in the first concert of our season, which will be performed in historical pronunciation using facsimile table book editions of the music. In Stile Moderno appears for the first time as a four-voice ensemble with lute, bringing to life the poetry of Elizabethan England with the original pronunciation of the time. Otherwise unheard rhymes and puns jump to the ear and a refreshingly direct and earthy timbre colors the language, while Dowland’s virtuosic contrapuntal writing is showcased by the lute and four-voice texture. Join us around the table for a feast of whimsical, melancholy and touching music.
Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
$10-25
www.instilemoderno.com/comeagain
Wednesday, November 20
Early Northern Organ Works
Patrick R Walker, organ
Patrick Walker presents an evening of early English, Dutch, and German organ works on the beautiful Richards, Fowkes & Co. organ at First Lutheran Church in Boston. Featured composers will be John Bull, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude, Georg Böhm, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Patrick is a MM candidate in both organ performance and composition at Boston University and studies with Peter Sykes.
7pm - First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116-2001
FREE
pawalker@bu.edu
Patrick R Walker, organ
Patrick Walker presents an evening of early English, Dutch, and German organ works on the beautiful Richards, Fowkes & Co. organ at First Lutheran Church in Boston. Featured composers will be John Bull, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude, Georg Böhm, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Patrick is a MM candidate in both organ performance and composition at Boston University and studies with Peter Sykes.
7pm - First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116-2001
FREE
pawalker@bu.edu
Misterios y pastorelas: Christmas Music from Old and New Spain
Tufts Early Music Ensemble (Jane Hershey, director) with Frances Conover Fitch, organ, harpsichord; Dan Meyers, percussion, recorder
The joy of Christmas was especially celebrated by both indigenous and colonial musicians in the 16th and 17th century in the Spanish colonies of the New World. EME will present Christmas villancicos by the Spanish master Francisco Guerrero, Franco-Flemish works widely performed in the new world, works from New Spain by Juan de Araujo, and from the Codex Martinez. Compañòn. Exuberant music for voices, violas da gamba, violins, and recorders, with guest organist/harpsichordist Frances Conover Fitch and percussionist/recorder player Dan Meyers, directed by Jane Hershey.
FREE; no tickets required
8pm - Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
Free; no tickets required
as.tufts.edu/music/events
Tufts Early Music Ensemble (Jane Hershey, director) with Frances Conover Fitch, organ, harpsichord; Dan Meyers, percussion, recorder
The joy of Christmas was especially celebrated by both indigenous and colonial musicians in the 16th and 17th century in the Spanish colonies of the New World. EME will present Christmas villancicos by the Spanish master Francisco Guerrero, Franco-Flemish works widely performed in the new world, works from New Spain by Juan de Araujo, and from the Codex Martinez. Compañòn. Exuberant music for voices, violas da gamba, violins, and recorders, with guest organist/harpsichordist Frances Conover Fitch and percussionist/recorder player Dan Meyers, directed by Jane Hershey.
FREE; no tickets required
8pm - Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
Free; no tickets required
as.tufts.edu/music/events
Saturday, November 23
From Shipwreck to Sleep: Songs of Tempest and Enchantment
Anastasia Black, soprano; Katie Boardman, soprano; René Minalga-Rheault, soprano, Rachel Carpentier, Baroque flute; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Job Salazar Fonseca, Baroque violin; Victoria Suchodolski, harpsichord
Join us for a program of Italian and French Baroque music celebrating tales of passion and tempest, bliss and enchanted sleep. Featuring the works of Barbara Strozzi, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claudio Monteverdi, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.
7pm - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 24 St. Peter Street, Salem, MA 01970
Admission: Suggested donation of $20
Website
Anastasia Black, soprano; Katie Boardman, soprano; René Minalga-Rheault, soprano, Rachel Carpentier, Baroque flute; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Job Salazar Fonseca, Baroque violin; Victoria Suchodolski, harpsichord
Join us for a program of Italian and French Baroque music celebrating tales of passion and tempest, bliss and enchanted sleep. Featuring the works of Barbara Strozzi, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claudio Monteverdi, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.
7pm - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 24 St. Peter Street, Salem, MA 01970
Admission: Suggested donation of $20
Website
When Music Sounds: Consorts for St. Cecilia's Day
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, David H. Miller, James Perretta, violas da gamba; Alastair Thompson, reader & viola da gamba
In celebration of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, we present thought-provoking music for four, five, and six viols including works by Purcell, Lawes, Holborne, Ayton, Vaughan WIlliams and others. We'll pair the music with readings of 16th, 17th and 20th-century poetry by Shakespeare, Jonson, Lady Wroth, Donne, Auden, de la Mare and more. Wine and cheese reception to follow.
8pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
$20 suggested donation
www.longandaway.com
Long & Away: Karen Burciaga, Anne Legêne, Carol Lewis, David H. Miller, James Perretta, violas da gamba; Alastair Thompson, reader & viola da gamba
In celebration of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, we present thought-provoking music for four, five, and six viols including works by Purcell, Lawes, Holborne, Ayton, Vaughan WIlliams and others. We'll pair the music with readings of 16th, 17th and 20th-century poetry by Shakespeare, Jonson, Lady Wroth, Donne, Auden, de la Mare and more. Wine and cheese reception to follow.
8pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
$20 suggested donation
www.longandaway.com
Songs of Salamone: The Choral Music of Salamone Rossi
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Director)
Join us for our season-opening concert featuring the sacred and secular music of Salamone Rossi (c. 1570 -1630)! A reception, open to all, follows the concert. Rossi is the only Jewish composers of the Renaissance period whose work we still have access to today, and his settings of the psalms and other sacred texts are remarkable for their Hebrew texts and as rare examples of music from the period written for liturgical use in the synagogue. Alongside Rossi’s sacred works, we’ll sing selections from his madrigals as well as psalm settings by Sweelinck and Mendelssohn.
8pm - Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
$25 General Admission, $15 Seniors/Students/Limited Income
www.convivium.org
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Director)
Join us for our season-opening concert featuring the sacred and secular music of Salamone Rossi (c. 1570 -1630)! A reception, open to all, follows the concert. Rossi is the only Jewish composers of the Renaissance period whose work we still have access to today, and his settings of the psalms and other sacred texts are remarkable for their Hebrew texts and as rare examples of music from the period written for liturgical use in the synagogue. Alongside Rossi’s sacred works, we’ll sing selections from his madrigals as well as psalm settings by Sweelinck and Mendelssohn.
8pm - Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
$25 General Admission, $15 Seniors/Students/Limited Income
www.convivium.org
Sunday, November 24
Bach's "Christmas Oratorio"
Sounds of Stow Chorus & Orchestra (Barbara Jones, Artistic Director) with Nicole Estima, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo; Jason Wang, tenor; James Dargan, baritone; Kyle Spraker, trumpet
Sounds of Stow is opening its 41st season with an encore performance of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio". While the holiday season is often associated with Handel's “Messiah,” Bach's “Christmas Oratorio” (1734), a collection of six separate cantatas that relate the story of the nativity in details drawn from various Biblical sources, is equally important. Through an ever-engaging series of choruses, chorales, solo arias, intimate instrumental interludes and narrated recitatives, the familiar story comes to life in a way that has universal appeal for people of all religious outlooks. Sounds of Stow will return to its acclaimed 2014 version of this glorious work, in which the entire narrative is preserved, all choral material is presented, and moving arias are beautifully rendered by superb vocal and instrumental soloists. Recitatives are replaced by dramatic readings narrated by Margot Law, so that the work flows in a continuous emotional arc.
2pm - Hale Middle School, 55 Hartley Road, Stow, MA 01775
$25 general admission; $20 students and seniors; $10 children under 18. Available online, at the door, and at Emma's Cafe in Stow and Serendipity in Hudson.
www.soundsofstow.org or 978-707-9887
Sounds of Stow Chorus & Orchestra (Barbara Jones, Artistic Director) with Nicole Estima, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo; Jason Wang, tenor; James Dargan, baritone; Kyle Spraker, trumpet
Sounds of Stow is opening its 41st season with an encore performance of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio". While the holiday season is often associated with Handel's “Messiah,” Bach's “Christmas Oratorio” (1734), a collection of six separate cantatas that relate the story of the nativity in details drawn from various Biblical sources, is equally important. Through an ever-engaging series of choruses, chorales, solo arias, intimate instrumental interludes and narrated recitatives, the familiar story comes to life in a way that has universal appeal for people of all religious outlooks. Sounds of Stow will return to its acclaimed 2014 version of this glorious work, in which the entire narrative is preserved, all choral material is presented, and moving arias are beautifully rendered by superb vocal and instrumental soloists. Recitatives are replaced by dramatic readings narrated by Margot Law, so that the work flows in a continuous emotional arc.
2pm - Hale Middle School, 55 Hartley Road, Stow, MA 01775
$25 general admission; $20 students and seniors; $10 children under 18. Available online, at the door, and at Emma's Cafe in Stow and Serendipity in Hudson.
www.soundsofstow.org or 978-707-9887
Songs of Salamone: The Choral Music of Salamone Rossi
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Director)
Join us for our season-opening concert featuring the sacred and secular music of Salamone Rossi (c. 1570 -1630)! A reception, open to all, follows the concert. Rossi is the only Jewish composers of the Renaissance period whose work we still have access to today, and his settings of the psalms and other sacred texts are remarkable for their Hebrew texts and as rare examples of music from the period written for liturgical use in the synagogue. Alongside Rossi’s sacred works, we’ll sing selections from his madrigals as well as psalm settings by Sweelinck and Mendelssohn.
4pm - United Parish of Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
$25 General Admission, $15 Seniors/Students/Limited Income
www.convivium.org
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Director)
Join us for our season-opening concert featuring the sacred and secular music of Salamone Rossi (c. 1570 -1630)! A reception, open to all, follows the concert. Rossi is the only Jewish composers of the Renaissance period whose work we still have access to today, and his settings of the psalms and other sacred texts are remarkable for their Hebrew texts and as rare examples of music from the period written for liturgical use in the synagogue. Alongside Rossi’s sacred works, we’ll sing selections from his madrigals as well as psalm settings by Sweelinck and Mendelssohn.
4pm - United Parish of Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
$25 General Admission, $15 Seniors/Students/Limited Income
www.convivium.org
From Shipwreck to Sleep: Songs of Tempest and Enchantment
Anastasia Black, soprano; Katie Boardman, soprano; René Minalga-Rheault, soprano, Rachel Carpentier, Baroque flute; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Job Salazar Fonseca, Baroque violin; Victoria Suchodolski, harpsichord
Join us for a program of Italian and French Baroque music celebrating tales of passion and tempest, bliss and enchanted sleep. Featuring the works of Barbara Strozzi, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claudio Monteverdi, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.
5pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 170 Old Westford Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824
Admission: Suggested Donation of $20
Website
Anastasia Black, soprano; Katie Boardman, soprano; René Minalga-Rheault, soprano, Rachel Carpentier, Baroque flute; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Job Salazar Fonseca, Baroque violin; Victoria Suchodolski, harpsichord
Join us for a program of Italian and French Baroque music celebrating tales of passion and tempest, bliss and enchanted sleep. Featuring the works of Barbara Strozzi, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claudio Monteverdi, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.
5pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 170 Old Westford Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824
Admission: Suggested Donation of $20
Website
Friday, November 29
La storia di Orfeo
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble with Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor, and Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Orpheus, the divine musician who ventures to the underworld in a desperate bid to save his beloved Eurydice, has been an enduring source of inspiration for composers across the centuries. Superstar countertenor Philippe Jaroussky—alongside sublime soprano Amanda Forsythe—draws on three Italian Baroque operas to create a vivid pastiche of this tragic legend for the concert stage. Enjoy timeless arias and duets by Claudio Monteverdi, Luigi Rossi, and Antonio Sartorio with these incomparable artists, as well as instrumental interludes from other Baroque masters.
8pm - Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$25-$125
https://bemf.org/concert-season/boston-concerts/la-storia-di-orfeo/
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble with Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor, and Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Orpheus, the divine musician who ventures to the underworld in a desperate bid to save his beloved Eurydice, has been an enduring source of inspiration for composers across the centuries. Superstar countertenor Philippe Jaroussky—alongside sublime soprano Amanda Forsythe—draws on three Italian Baroque operas to create a vivid pastiche of this tragic legend for the concert stage. Enjoy timeless arias and duets by Claudio Monteverdi, Luigi Rossi, and Antonio Sartorio with these incomparable artists, as well as instrumental interludes from other Baroque masters.
8pm - Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$25-$125
https://bemf.org/concert-season/boston-concerts/la-storia-di-orfeo/
Saturday, November 30
Berkshire Bach's Annual Handel's Messiah Sing
The Berkshire Bach Players: Frank Nemhauser (Director) Ron Gorevic, violin; Emily Smith, violin; Eric Martin, viola; Lucy Bardo, cello; Allan Dean, trumpet; Donald Sosin, piano
Berkshire Bach Society’s annual Messiah Sing, always held on Thanksgiving weekend, is the Society’s gift to the community and heralds the beginning of the holiday season. Bring your own score, or borrow or buy one at the door.
4pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
Free! (But donations are welcome to help pay the amazing musicians!)
https://berkshirebach.org/about/2019-2020-season/messiah-sing-2019/
The Berkshire Bach Players: Frank Nemhauser (Director) Ron Gorevic, violin; Emily Smith, violin; Eric Martin, viola; Lucy Bardo, cello; Allan Dean, trumpet; Donald Sosin, piano
Berkshire Bach Society’s annual Messiah Sing, always held on Thanksgiving weekend, is the Society’s gift to the community and heralds the beginning of the holiday season. Bring your own score, or borrow or buy one at the door.
4pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
Free! (But donations are welcome to help pay the amazing musicians!)
https://berkshirebach.org/about/2019-2020-season/messiah-sing-2019/
Dynamic Duos: Partnerships of the Baroque
Sarasa Ensemble: Ally Bury, violin; Dick Earle, oboe; Jennifer Morsches, piccolo cello; Timothy Merton, cello; Michael Leopold, theorbo
This program surveys some of the many partnerships that sprang up during the Baroque era between famous violinist-composers and their favorite cellists, producing a wealth of instrumental sonata repertoire. Vivaldi Sonata in C minor for oboe and basso continuo, Vandini Sonata in A minor for cello and basso continuo, S.L. Weiss Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Comte d'Logy, Tartini Sonata in g minor, Op. 1 No. 10 'Didone abbandonata’ for violin and basso continuo, P. Boni Sonata XII in B minor for cello and basso continuo, Corelli Sonata in D major for violin, Op.5 No. 1, J.G. Graun Trio Sonata in F major
8pm - Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/events/dynamicduos
Sarasa Ensemble: Ally Bury, violin; Dick Earle, oboe; Jennifer Morsches, piccolo cello; Timothy Merton, cello; Michael Leopold, theorbo
This program surveys some of the many partnerships that sprang up during the Baroque era between famous violinist-composers and their favorite cellists, producing a wealth of instrumental sonata repertoire. Vivaldi Sonata in C minor for oboe and basso continuo, Vandini Sonata in A minor for cello and basso continuo, S.L. Weiss Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Comte d'Logy, Tartini Sonata in g minor, Op. 1 No. 10 'Didone abbandonata’ for violin and basso continuo, P. Boni Sonata XII in B minor for cello and basso continuo, Corelli Sonata in D major for violin, Op.5 No. 1, J.G. Graun Trio Sonata in F major
8pm - Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/events/dynamicduos