Wednesday, November 1
Baroque Dance Basics
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Oct 11, 18, 25, Nov 1.
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Oct 11, 18, 25, Nov 1.
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Friday, November 3
Mozart, Haydn, and Zelenka
Cantata Singers (David Hoose, director) with Lisa Lynch, soprano; Alexandra Whitfield, soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Jennifer Webb, alto; Jason Sabol, tenor; Stephen Williams, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass
Cantata Singers' 54th season opens with Mozart's Misericordias Domini, Haydn's Symphony No. 80, and the United States premiere of the Missa Divi Xaverii by Czech Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. Reconstructed from a damaged manuscript three centuries after its premiere, Zelenka's uplifting and optimistic Missa Divi Xaverii features some of his most expressive and lavish music. Concluding the program is Mozart's searching and sorrowful Misericordias Domini, and Hadyn's Symphony No. 80.
William Cutter, Director of Choral Programs at MIT, will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7pm in Williams Hall. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a post-concert soirée, held in honor of David Hoose's 35th anniversary as Music Director. **Please note that the soirée is an additional ticketed event. Soirée tickets are $50.
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115
$25-$75
http://www.cantatasingers.org/November-2017
Cantata Singers (David Hoose, director) with Lisa Lynch, soprano; Alexandra Whitfield, soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Jennifer Webb, alto; Jason Sabol, tenor; Stephen Williams, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass
Cantata Singers' 54th season opens with Mozart's Misericordias Domini, Haydn's Symphony No. 80, and the United States premiere of the Missa Divi Xaverii by Czech Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. Reconstructed from a damaged manuscript three centuries after its premiere, Zelenka's uplifting and optimistic Missa Divi Xaverii features some of his most expressive and lavish music. Concluding the program is Mozart's searching and sorrowful Misericordias Domini, and Hadyn's Symphony No. 80.
William Cutter, Director of Choral Programs at MIT, will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7pm in Williams Hall. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a post-concert soirée, held in honor of David Hoose's 35th anniversary as Music Director. **Please note that the soirée is an additional ticketed event. Soirée tickets are $50.
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115
$25-$75
http://www.cantatasingers.org/November-2017
Saturday, November 4
Intermediate Baroque Dance
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Ongoing class for students who are familiar with basic baroque dance steps: pas de bourrée, coupé, pas grave, contretemps, assemblé, pas de sissone, jeté, balancé. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing.
12:30-2pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
$17 per class. A 10-class card is available for $150.
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Ongoing class for students who are familiar with basic baroque dance steps: pas de bourrée, coupé, pas grave, contretemps, assemblé, pas de sissone, jeté, balancé. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing.
12:30-2pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
$17 per class. A 10-class card is available for $150.
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Susanna Fair: Susanna and the Elders: a Biblical Woman of Constancy
Madeline Ross, soprano; Ishmael Stefanov, Baroque violin; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Kathleen McDougald, harpsichord
The story of Susanna and the Elders in music, with an anonymous ballad, works by Lupi, Lassus, Farnaby, Byrd and Jacquet de la Guerre
6pm - St. John's Episcopal Church of Arlington, 74 Pleasant Street, Arlington MA
$20
kwmlee@gmail.com
Madeline Ross, soprano; Ishmael Stefanov, Baroque violin; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Kathleen McDougald, harpsichord
The story of Susanna and the Elders in music, with an anonymous ballad, works by Lupi, Lassus, Farnaby, Byrd and Jacquet de la Guerre
6pm - St. John's Episcopal Church of Arlington, 74 Pleasant Street, Arlington MA
$20
kwmlee@gmail.com
Sunday, November 5
Boundary Issues: A Genre-Crossing Shindig de Chambre
Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band: soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron, flutist Na’ama Lion, period & jazz reeds blower Diane Heffner, violinists Julia McKenzie & Yi-Li Chang, violist Elisabeth Westner, harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery, and special guest cellist Claire Garabedian.
Eudaimonia’s versatile female component pushes the boundaries in a passionate and unruly St. Cecilia’s celebration. The audience at Follen Church in Lexington will be treated to an unusual array of repertoire, spanning Ladino songs, Italian baroque chalumeau arias, Stephane Grapelli, Purcell, Robbie Burns, Piazzolla, Handel, bluegrass á la John Morrison, swing, and new music for baroque flute. Eudaimonia, directed by Julia McKenzie and Vivian Montgomery, is a vibrant Boston-based period orchestra that uses musical performance to support the social and humanitarian work of local partnering organizations. The November 5 concert lifts up the work of Follen Community Church’s Social Justice Action Team.
3pm - Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
Admission is Pay What You Decide, and contributions to our social action partner are greatly encouraged.
eudaimonia-music.org or information@eudaimonia-music.org.
Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band: soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron, flutist Na’ama Lion, period & jazz reeds blower Diane Heffner, violinists Julia McKenzie & Yi-Li Chang, violist Elisabeth Westner, harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery, and special guest cellist Claire Garabedian.
Eudaimonia’s versatile female component pushes the boundaries in a passionate and unruly St. Cecilia’s celebration. The audience at Follen Church in Lexington will be treated to an unusual array of repertoire, spanning Ladino songs, Italian baroque chalumeau arias, Stephane Grapelli, Purcell, Robbie Burns, Piazzolla, Handel, bluegrass á la John Morrison, swing, and new music for baroque flute. Eudaimonia, directed by Julia McKenzie and Vivian Montgomery, is a vibrant Boston-based period orchestra that uses musical performance to support the social and humanitarian work of local partnering organizations. The November 5 concert lifts up the work of Follen Community Church’s Social Justice Action Team.
3pm - Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
Admission is Pay What You Decide, and contributions to our social action partner are greatly encouraged.
eudaimonia-music.org or information@eudaimonia-music.org.
Susanna Fair: Susanna and the Elders: a Biblical Woman of Constancy
Madeline Ross, soprano; Ishmael Stefanov, Baroque violin; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Kathleen McDougald, harpsichord
The story of Susanna and the Elders in music, with an anonymous ballad, works by Lupi, Lassus, Farnaby, Byrd and Jacquet de la Guerre
3pm - Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA
$15
kwmlee@gmail.com
Madeline Ross, soprano; Ishmael Stefanov, Baroque violin; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Kathleen McDougald, harpsichord
The story of Susanna and the Elders in music, with an anonymous ballad, works by Lupi, Lassus, Farnaby, Byrd and Jacquet de la Guerre
3pm - Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA
$15
kwmlee@gmail.com
Monday, November 6
The World Turn'd Upside Down: Music of the English Civil War
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, archlute; with Michael Barrett, tenor.
On the eve of Election Day, we revisit a time of strangely familiar political unrest--the English Civil War and Interregnum. The tumultuous period 1640-1660 produced music that resonated deeply for both commoners and nobility throughout the British Isles. King Charles I's Cavaliers and Oliver Cromwell’s “roundheads” both produced ballads and songs that satirized the opposition and promoted their own views, or glorified martial heroes such as the dashing Prince Rupert of the Rhine. This program features music by Lawes, Locke, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, selections from The Division Violin, and our own settings of Civil War ballads.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
$15 suggested donation. Reception to follow.
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, archlute; with Michael Barrett, tenor.
On the eve of Election Day, we revisit a time of strangely familiar political unrest--the English Civil War and Interregnum. The tumultuous period 1640-1660 produced music that resonated deeply for both commoners and nobility throughout the British Isles. King Charles I's Cavaliers and Oliver Cromwell’s “roundheads” both produced ballads and songs that satirized the opposition and promoted their own views, or glorified martial heroes such as the dashing Prince Rupert of the Rhine. This program features music by Lawes, Locke, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, selections from The Division Violin, and our own settings of Civil War ballads.
7:30pm - Church of the Good Shepherd, 9 Russell Ave. Watertown, MA
$15 suggested donation. Reception to follow.
www.seventimessalt.com
Wednesday, November 8
Baroque Dance Basics
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6 (no class on Nov 22).
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6 (no class on Nov 22).
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Friday, November 10
A Cantata Concert with Myron Lutzke and Friends
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Elizabeth Mann, flute; Anca Nicolau, violin; Aaron Brown, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Myron Lutzke, cello; Arthur Haas, harpsichord
The Berkshire Bach Society kicks off its 2017-18 season with a selection of short cantatas, vocal, & instrumental works by J.S. Bach, with an ensemble led by Myron Lutzke, long-time cellist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, & featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki & St. Luke’s flautist Elizabeth Mann in the cantatas that Bach appears to have scored specifically to showcase soprano and transverse flute. Visit website for complete program & artist bios.
7:30pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
$30 & $60 | Free for children & students w/ID
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5486
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Elizabeth Mann, flute; Anca Nicolau, violin; Aaron Brown, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Myron Lutzke, cello; Arthur Haas, harpsichord
The Berkshire Bach Society kicks off its 2017-18 season with a selection of short cantatas, vocal, & instrumental works by J.S. Bach, with an ensemble led by Myron Lutzke, long-time cellist with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, & featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki & St. Luke’s flautist Elizabeth Mann in the cantatas that Bach appears to have scored specifically to showcase soprano and transverse flute. Visit website for complete program & artist bios.
7:30pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
$30 & $60 | Free for children & students w/ID
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5486
Danza! Spanish Dances in 17th-century France
Le Poème Harmoniqe (Vincent Dumestre, director)
Returning to the BEMF concert stage for the first time since their memorable début at the June 2007 Festival, Director Vincent Dumestre leads an ensemble of six of the most accomplished artists specializing in early music in France today. This captivating program explores Spanish influences on 17th-century dance music in France; when King Louis XIII married the Spanish Infanta, not only did he infuse the royal line with Spanish blood, he also brought folias, sarabandas, españolas, and españoletas north of the Pyrenees. Danza!
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/bostonconcerts.htm
Le Poème Harmoniqe (Vincent Dumestre, director)
Returning to the BEMF concert stage for the first time since their memorable début at the June 2007 Festival, Director Vincent Dumestre leads an ensemble of six of the most accomplished artists specializing in early music in France today. This captivating program explores Spanish influences on 17th-century dance music in France; when King Louis XIII married the Spanish Infanta, not only did he infuse the royal line with Spanish blood, he also brought folias, sarabandas, españolas, and españoletas north of the Pyrenees. Danza!
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/bostonconcerts.htm
Saturday, November 11
Intermediate Baroque Dance
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Ongoing class for students who are familiar with basic baroque dance steps: pas de bourrée, coupé, pas grave, contretemps, assemblé, pas de sissone, jeté, balancé. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing.
12:30-2pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
$17 per class. A 10-class card is available for $150.
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Ongoing class for students who are familiar with basic baroque dance steps: pas de bourrée, coupé, pas grave, contretemps, assemblé, pas de sissone, jeté, balancé. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing.
12:30-2pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
$17 per class. A 10-class card is available for $150.
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Songs of Love and Death
Blue Heron: Scott Metcalfe, director; Margot Rood, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson & Paul Guttry, voices
Sonnets by Petrarch and others set by Cipriano de Rore in I madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1542). Presented by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibit "The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe".
2pm - Bowdoin College Chapel
Bowdoin College, 255 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011
FREE
https://www.bowdoin.edu/calendar/event.jsp?bid=915456&rid=105323
Blue Heron: Scott Metcalfe, director; Margot Rood, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson & Paul Guttry, voices
Sonnets by Petrarch and others set by Cipriano de Rore in I madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1542). Presented by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibit "The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe".
2pm - Bowdoin College Chapel
Bowdoin College, 255 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011
FREE
https://www.bowdoin.edu/calendar/event.jsp?bid=915456&rid=105323
Reunion: 30th Anniversary Concert
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Artistic Director)
Convivium Musicum celebrate 30 years of music making in a program of favorites from past seasons, chosen by current singers and alumni. Join us to mark three decades of bringing well- and lesser-known Renaissance choral works to Boston audiences. Includes music by Sweelinck, Tallis, Byrd, Isaac, Brumel, Mouton and others. A reception follows -- all are welcome.
7pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
$25 (general admission)/$15 (students, seniors, limited income)
www.convivium.org
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Artistic Director)
Convivium Musicum celebrate 30 years of music making in a program of favorites from past seasons, chosen by current singers and alumni. Join us to mark three decades of bringing well- and lesser-known Renaissance choral works to Boston audiences. Includes music by Sweelinck, Tallis, Byrd, Isaac, Brumel, Mouton and others. A reception follows -- all are welcome.
7pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA
$25 (general admission)/$15 (students, seniors, limited income)
www.convivium.org
Sunday, November 12
Solemn High Mass
The Sopranos of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
Couperin: Messe pour les Couvents: Élevation - Tierce en taille
Langlais: Messe d'Escalquens, op 19
Wachner: Arise, my love
Lallouette: O mysterium ineffabile
Couperin: Messe pour les Couvents: Offertoire
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Sopranos of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
Couperin: Messe pour les Couvents: Élevation - Tierce en taille
Langlais: Messe d'Escalquens, op 19
Wachner: Arise, my love
Lallouette: O mysterium ineffabile
Couperin: Messe pour les Couvents: Offertoire
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
West Gallery Music Workshop
Bruce Randall, leader
Do you harbour a secret belief that a lot of Handel would sound great when sung like a pub tune? Do you think the church choir would be more fun if you could play along with your fiddle? Find out what the English were doing while we were evolving the Shape Note tradition, and hear what Thomas Hardy’s characters, or Jane Austen and her preacher father, heard on a Sunday morning! Please join us at this month's West Gallery Music workshop. West Gallery music is suitable for all voices, and also most melodic instruments (bowed strings, woodwinds, concertinas, trombones, &c.). Music booklets will be provided.
2-5pm - Newton Highland Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St. Newton, MA
FREE; there will be an opportunity to make a donation to help defray the expenses.
https://blog.laymusic.org/groups/west-gallery-quire/
Bruce Randall, leader
Do you harbour a secret belief that a lot of Handel would sound great when sung like a pub tune? Do you think the church choir would be more fun if you could play along with your fiddle? Find out what the English were doing while we were evolving the Shape Note tradition, and hear what Thomas Hardy’s characters, or Jane Austen and her preacher father, heard on a Sunday morning! Please join us at this month's West Gallery Music workshop. West Gallery music is suitable for all voices, and also most melodic instruments (bowed strings, woodwinds, concertinas, trombones, &c.). Music booklets will be provided.
2-5pm - Newton Highland Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St. Newton, MA
FREE; there will be an opportunity to make a donation to help defray the expenses.
https://blog.laymusic.org/groups/west-gallery-quire/
Enfin, la Beauté: Serene Music for a Troubled Time
Les Enfants d'Orphée: Agnes Coakley Cox, Soprano, Ian Pomerantz, Bass-Baritone; Nathaniel Cox, Theorbo and baroque guitar
Les Enfants d'Orphée soloists present an intimate Sunday afternoon concert of Airs de Cour, songs from the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
3:30pm - Beacon Hill Friends Meeting House, 6 Chestnut St. Boston, MA
$20 general/$15 students and seniors/under 15 FREE
www.lesenfantsdorphee.com
Les Enfants d'Orphée: Agnes Coakley Cox, Soprano, Ian Pomerantz, Bass-Baritone; Nathaniel Cox, Theorbo and baroque guitar
Les Enfants d'Orphée soloists present an intimate Sunday afternoon concert of Airs de Cour, songs from the courts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
3:30pm - Beacon Hill Friends Meeting House, 6 Chestnut St. Boston, MA
$20 general/$15 students and seniors/under 15 FREE
www.lesenfantsdorphee.com
Easy As Lying: The Music of Shakespeare's Globe
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute; with Barbara Allen Hill, soprano.
In this spirited musical celebration of William Shakespeare, you'll hear excerpts from the plays read aloud, songs the Bard mentions by name, and works by his talented musical contemporaries. The program includes music of Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Robert Johnson and others. First performed in 2014 to mark Shakespeare's 450th birthday, "Easy as Lying" drew enthusiastic crowds last year as part of the Folger Library's "First Folio!" tour and the Boston Public Library's exhibit "All the City's a Stage".
4pm - St. John's Episcopal Church, 705 Hale Street, Beverly Farms, MA
FREE. Presented by St. John's Concert Series
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute; with Barbara Allen Hill, soprano.
In this spirited musical celebration of William Shakespeare, you'll hear excerpts from the plays read aloud, songs the Bard mentions by name, and works by his talented musical contemporaries. The program includes music of Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Robert Johnson and others. First performed in 2014 to mark Shakespeare's 450th birthday, "Easy as Lying" drew enthusiastic crowds last year as part of the Folger Library's "First Folio!" tour and the Boston Public Library's exhibit "All the City's a Stage".
4pm - St. John's Episcopal Church, 705 Hale Street, Beverly Farms, MA
FREE. Presented by St. John's Concert Series
Reunion: 30th Anniversary Concert
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Artistic Director)
Convivium Musicum celebrate 30 years of music making in a program of favorites from past seasons, chosen by current singers and alumni. Join us to mark three decades of bringing well- and lesser-known Renaissance choral works to Boston audiences. Includes music by Sweelinck, Tallis, Byrd, Isaac, Brumel, Mouton and others. A reception follows -- all are welcome.
4pm - Christ Church, Andover, 25 Central Street, Andover, MA
$25 (general admission)/$15 (students, seniors, limited income)
www.convivium.org
Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, Artistic Director)
Convivium Musicum celebrate 30 years of music making in a program of favorites from past seasons, chosen by current singers and alumni. Join us to mark three decades of bringing well- and lesser-known Renaissance choral works to Boston audiences. Includes music by Sweelinck, Tallis, Byrd, Isaac, Brumel, Mouton and others. A reception follows -- all are welcome.
4pm - Christ Church, Andover, 25 Central Street, Andover, MA
$25 (general admission)/$15 (students, seniors, limited income)
www.convivium.org
Monday, November 13
Songs of Love and Death
Blue Heron: Scott Metcalfe, director; Margot Rood, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson & Paul Guttry, voices
Sonnets by Petrarch and others set by Cipriano de Rore in I madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1542).Blue Heron is presented by the Williams College Department of Music with the generous support of the W. Ford Schumann '50 Performing Arts Endowment.
8pm - Chapin Hall, Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267
FREE
https://music.williams.edu/?post_type=event&p=12567
Blue Heron: Scott Metcalfe, director; Margot Rood, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Sumner Thompson & Paul Guttry, voices
Sonnets by Petrarch and others set by Cipriano de Rore in I madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1542).Blue Heron is presented by the Williams College Department of Music with the generous support of the W. Ford Schumann '50 Performing Arts Endowment.
8pm - Chapin Hall, Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267
FREE
https://music.williams.edu/?post_type=event&p=12567
Wednesday, November 15
Baroque Dance Basics
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6 (no class on Nov 22).
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6 (no class on Nov 22).
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Saturday, November 18
Intermediate Baroque Dance
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Ongoing class for students who are familiar with basic baroque dance steps: pas de bourrée, coupé, pas grave, contretemps, assemblé, pas de sissone, jeté, balancé. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing.
12:30-2pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
$17 per class. A 10-class card is available for $150.
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Ongoing class for students who are familiar with basic baroque dance steps: pas de bourrée, coupé, pas grave, contretemps, assemblé, pas de sissone, jeté, balancé. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing.
12:30-2pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
$17 per class. A 10-class card is available for $150.
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Seven Times Salt at South Street Cafe
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, archlute, voice
In this adaptation of our delightful pub program we present upbeat songs, consorts and dances from the English court and countryside, plus a sneak preview of our evening concert "The World Turn'd Upside Down." Jollity guaranteed. Come have a cuppa and sing along!
2:30pm - South Street Cafe, 105 South St. Bennington, VT
FREE; tips gratefully received
www.southstreetcafe.com, www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, voice; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, archlute, voice
In this adaptation of our delightful pub program we present upbeat songs, consorts and dances from the English court and countryside, plus a sneak preview of our evening concert "The World Turn'd Upside Down." Jollity guaranteed. Come have a cuppa and sing along!
2:30pm - South Street Cafe, 105 South St. Bennington, VT
FREE; tips gratefully received
www.southstreetcafe.com, www.seventimessalt.com
The World Turn'd Upside Down: Music of the English Civil War
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, archlute; with Michael Barrett, tenor.
Shortly after Election Day, we revisit a time of strangely familiar political unrest--the English Civil War and Interregnum. The tumultuous period 1640-1660 produced music that resonated deeply for both commoners and nobility throughout the British Isles. King Charles I's Cavaliers and Oliver Cromwell’s “roundheads” both produced ballads and songs that satirized the opposition and promoted their own views, or glorified martial heroes such as the dashing Prince Rupert of the Rhine. This program features music by Lawes, Locke, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, selections from The English Dancing Master, and our own settings of Civil War ballads.
7:30pm - Carriage Barn at Park-McCullough House, 1 Park St. North Bennington, VT
Pay-what-you-will.
Presented by Bennington Baroque
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin; Daniel Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, archlute; with Michael Barrett, tenor.
Shortly after Election Day, we revisit a time of strangely familiar political unrest--the English Civil War and Interregnum. The tumultuous period 1640-1660 produced music that resonated deeply for both commoners and nobility throughout the British Isles. King Charles I's Cavaliers and Oliver Cromwell’s “roundheads” both produced ballads and songs that satirized the opposition and promoted their own views, or glorified martial heroes such as the dashing Prince Rupert of the Rhine. This program features music by Lawes, Locke, Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger, selections from The English Dancing Master, and our own settings of Civil War ballads.
7:30pm - Carriage Barn at Park-McCullough House, 1 Park St. North Bennington, VT
Pay-what-you-will.
Presented by Bennington Baroque
Sacro-Profanus
Sarasa: Frank Kelley, tenor; Christina Day Martinson and Megumi Stohs, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, cello
Sarasa's November concerts explore the spirituality and secularism that have inspired Western Music since its earliest beginnings. Music of Vivaldi, Pärt, Schmelzer, Buxtehude, and Schubert.
8pm - Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Place, Cambridge MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Sarasa: Frank Kelley, tenor; Christina Day Martinson and Megumi Stohs, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, cello
Sarasa's November concerts explore the spirituality and secularism that have inspired Western Music since its earliest beginnings. Music of Vivaldi, Pärt, Schmelzer, Buxtehude, and Schubert.
8pm - Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Place, Cambridge MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Sunday, November 19
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Rinck: Rondo for Flute Stops, op 55, no 116
Batten: A Short Communion Service
Greene: Lord let my know mine end
Sheppard: O God, be merciful unto us
Harris: Flourish for an Occasion
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
Rinck: Rondo for Flute Stops, op 55, no 116
Batten: A Short Communion Service
Greene: Lord let my know mine end
Sheppard: O God, be merciful unto us
Harris: Flourish for an Occasion
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
A Mighty Fortress
A Joyful Noyse (Martins Aldins, director)
An exploration of the Lutheran Chorale, its origins and influence on the music of the German Baroque, with commentary by musicologist Dr. Teresa Neff. Works by Luther, Walther, Othmayr, Praetorius, Schein, Tunder, Bach and more performed on period instruments.
2pm - Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA
$15 donation to Hancock Music Program
http://www.hancockchurch.org/category/music-arts/
A Joyful Noyse (Martins Aldins, director)
An exploration of the Lutheran Chorale, its origins and influence on the music of the German Baroque, with commentary by musicologist Dr. Teresa Neff. Works by Luther, Walther, Othmayr, Praetorius, Schein, Tunder, Bach and more performed on period instruments.
2pm - Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA
$15 donation to Hancock Music Program
http://www.hancockchurch.org/category/music-arts/
Sacro-Profanus
Sarasa: Frank Kelley, tenor; Christina Day Martinson & Megumi Stohs, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, cello
Spirituality and secularism have inspired Western music since its earliest beginnings. Sarasa’s November concert set explores this dichotomy in music with a wonderfully varied program, portraying “pious veneration” and “the honest pleasure[s] of mankind” in equal measure. Music of Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Schmelzer, Buxtehude and Schubert.
3:30pm - First Parish in Lexington, 8 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Sarasa: Frank Kelley, tenor; Christina Day Martinson & Megumi Stohs, violins; Jenny Stirling, viola; Timothy Merton, cello
Spirituality and secularism have inspired Western music since its earliest beginnings. Sarasa’s November concert set explores this dichotomy in music with a wonderfully varied program, portraying “pious veneration” and “the honest pleasure[s] of mankind” in equal measure. Music of Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Schmelzer, Buxtehude and Schubert.
3:30pm - First Parish in Lexington, 8 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA
$10-$25
http://www.sarasamusic.org/concerts
Saturday, November 25
Handel's Messiah Sing
The Berkshire Bach Players: (Frank Nemhauser | Director) Cindy Ogulnick | violin, Miriam Shapiro | violin, Eric Martin | viola
Lucy Bardo | cello, Allan Dean | trumpet, Anne Voglewede Green | 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. Choral conductor Frank Nemhauser directs the Berkshire Bach Players, a seasoned instrumental ensemble of professional musicians, including Lucy Bardo, one of America’s first and finest viola da gamba players (playing cello), and legendary trumpet player, Allan Dean. Bring your own score, or borrow or buy one at the door.
4pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main St, Great Barrington, MA
Free! (But donations are welcome to help pay the amazing musicians!)
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5489
The Berkshire Bach Players: (Frank Nemhauser | Director) Cindy Ogulnick | violin, Miriam Shapiro | violin, Eric Martin | viola
Lucy Bardo | cello, Allan Dean | trumpet, Anne Voglewede Green | 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. Choral conductor Frank Nemhauser directs the Berkshire Bach Players, a seasoned instrumental ensemble of professional musicians, including Lucy Bardo, one of America’s first and finest viola da gamba players (playing cello), and legendary trumpet player, Allan Dean. Bring your own score, or borrow or buy one at the door.
4pm - First Congregational Church, 251 Main St, Great Barrington, MA
Free! (But donations are welcome to help pay the amazing musicians!)
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5489
Music the Pilgrims Loved to Hate
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Keyboard indulgences from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book by William Byrd, Peter Phillips, John Bull, and more
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton MA
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free
http://newtonbaroque.org
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Keyboard indulgences from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book by William Byrd, Peter Phillips, John Bull, and more
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton MA
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free
http://newtonbaroque.org
Handel's Almira: Opera in Concert!
Boston Early Music Festival Opera, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster.
BEMF’s own GRAMMY Award–winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs lead an outstanding cast of 8 internationally renowned singers and the 27 all-star instrumentalists of our famed BEMF Orchestra in a grand concert performance of Handel’s first opera, Almira! Originally presented at the June 2013 Festival, Almira tells a vivid story of intrigue and romance at the Court of Castile. Written when Handel was only 19 years old, Almira already illustrates the genius that would cement his legacy as one of history’s greatest composers. This is an extraordinary event you simply won’t want to miss!
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$20-$125
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/bostonconcerts.htm
Boston Early Music Festival Opera, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster.
BEMF’s own GRAMMY Award–winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs lead an outstanding cast of 8 internationally renowned singers and the 27 all-star instrumentalists of our famed BEMF Orchestra in a grand concert performance of Handel’s first opera, Almira! Originally presented at the June 2013 Festival, Almira tells a vivid story of intrigue and romance at the Court of Castile. Written when Handel was only 19 years old, Almira already illustrates the genius that would cement his legacy as one of history’s greatest composers. This is an extraordinary event you simply won’t want to miss!
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$20-$125
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/bostonconcerts.htm
Sunday, November 26
La Romanesca: A Variety of Lute and Guitar Music from Rome
Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, theorbo & baroque guitar
Olav Chris Henriksen plays a selection of toccatas, canzonas, ciacconas & dances by Frescobaldi, Colista, Kapsperger, Foscarini, Valdambrini & others. There will also be a battle piece by Pierre Gaultier.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.)
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, theorbo & baroque guitar
Olav Chris Henriksen plays a selection of toccatas, canzonas, ciacconas & dances by Frescobaldi, Colista, Kapsperger, Foscarini, Valdambrini & others. There will also be a battle piece by Pierre Gaultier.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.)
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Handel's Almira: Opera in Concert!
Boston Early Music Festival Opera, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster.
BEMF’s own GRAMMY Award–winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs lead an outstanding cast of 8 internationally renowned singers and the 27 all-star instrumentalists of our famed BEMF Orchestra in a grand concert performance of Handel’s first opera, Almira! Originally presented at the June 2013 Festival, Almira tells a vivid story of intrigue and romance at the Court of Castile. Written when Handel was only 19 years old, Almira already illustrates the genius that would cement his legacy as one of history’s greatest composers. This is an extraordinary event you simply won’t want to miss!
3pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$20-$125
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/bostonconcerts.htm
Boston Early Music Festival Opera, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors, Robert Mealy, Concertmaster.
BEMF’s own GRAMMY Award–winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs lead an outstanding cast of 8 internationally renowned singers and the 27 all-star instrumentalists of our famed BEMF Orchestra in a grand concert performance of Handel’s first opera, Almira! Originally presented at the June 2013 Festival, Almira tells a vivid story of intrigue and romance at the Court of Castile. Written when Handel was only 19 years old, Almira already illustrates the genius that would cement his legacy as one of history’s greatest composers. This is an extraordinary event you simply won’t want to miss!
3pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
$20-$125
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/bostonconcerts.htm
The Bach Project - Debut Concert
The Bach Project and The All Saints' Boys Choir
This newly-formed ensemble of professional singers and instrumentalists, drawn from the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, Trinity Church in Copley Square, and the Church of the Advent, will perform organ, instrumental, and choral music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, the motet "Lobet den Herrn", and Cantata 47. They will be joined by the All Saints' Boys Choir. This is the first-ever collaboration between the music program of All Saints' Church and Ashmont Hill Chamber Music, and will be directed by All Saints' organist and choirmaster, Andrew P. Sheranian
4pm - All Saints' Church - Ashmont, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
$25
http://www.ahchambermusic.org/concerts
The Bach Project and The All Saints' Boys Choir
This newly-formed ensemble of professional singers and instrumentalists, drawn from the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, Trinity Church in Copley Square, and the Church of the Advent, will perform organ, instrumental, and choral music of Johann Sebastian Bach, including Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, the motet "Lobet den Herrn", and Cantata 47. They will be joined by the All Saints' Boys Choir. This is the first-ever collaboration between the music program of All Saints' Church and Ashmont Hill Chamber Music, and will be directed by All Saints' organist and choirmaster, Andrew P. Sheranian
4pm - All Saints' Church - Ashmont, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
$25
http://www.ahchambermusic.org/concerts
King's Chapel Concert Series - The Lutheran Chorale: Observing the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses
Heinrich Christensen, organ, with members of the King's Chapel Choir
Organ chorale settings by Bach, Buxtehude, Reger & others based on favorite Lutheran hymn tunes sung by a quartet from the King's Chapel Choir.
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
Heinrich Christensen, organ, with members of the King's Chapel Choir
Organ chorale settings by Bach, Buxtehude, Reger & others based on favorite Lutheran hymn tunes sung by a quartet from the King's Chapel Choir.
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
Tuesday, November 28
Wellesley Collegium Musicum (Andrew Arceci, Director)
The program will explore works by Azzaiolo, John Cooper (Giovanni Coprario, also known as Coperario), Ferrabosco, Lupo, Vecchi, and other 17th century composers. The Collegium Musicum is an ensemble of singers and instrumentalists open to Wellesley College students, faculty, staff, and the local community. Specializing in the performance of Western music from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century, the Collegium is often joined by faculty and guest artists, enriching the ensemble for special projects. Members of the Collegium enjoy playing an unusually fine collection of historical instruments.
7:30pm - Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
https://www.wellesley.edu/events/node/124491
The program will explore works by Azzaiolo, John Cooper (Giovanni Coprario, also known as Coperario), Ferrabosco, Lupo, Vecchi, and other 17th century composers. The Collegium Musicum is an ensemble of singers and instrumentalists open to Wellesley College students, faculty, staff, and the local community. Specializing in the performance of Western music from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century, the Collegium is often joined by faculty and guest artists, enriching the ensemble for special projects. Members of the Collegium enjoy playing an unusually fine collection of historical instruments.
7:30pm - Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
https://www.wellesley.edu/events/node/124491
Wednesday, November 29
Baroque Dance Basics
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6 (no class on Nov 22).
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque
Ken Pierce, Instructor
Class for students with little or no experience with baroque dance, and for those who wish to work in a focused manner on basic step vocabulary. Wear soft-soled shoes (for example, jazz shoes, dance sneakers, or t-strap teaching sandals) and comfortable dance clothing. Four-class session running Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6 (no class on Nov 22).
7-8:30pm - Integrarte, 85 Seaverns Avenue, Boston, MA
4-class fee $55 or drop-in fee $17 per class
Registration and details at http://www.integrarteusa.com/baroque