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
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 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; Emily Hale, 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; Emily Hale, 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
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
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