Friday, November 4
Monteverdi: The Moral and Spiritual Forest
Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier, director)
Led by founder and baritone Lionel Meunier, the Gramophone Award–winning Vox Luminis has garnered international acclaim for impeccable performances illuminating the emotional heart of their repertoire. They return to BEMF with a dynamic program of sacred music by Claudio Monteverdi drawn from his Selva morale e spirituale (The Moral and Spiritual Forest). Published late in the composer’s life, this collection is a stylistically varied showcase of Monteverdi’s unequaled liturgical writing from his decades as maestro di cappella of San Marco in Venice.
8pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8pm (ET). Available to watch until December 2, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier, director)
Led by founder and baritone Lionel Meunier, the Gramophone Award–winning Vox Luminis has garnered international acclaim for impeccable performances illuminating the emotional heart of their repertoire. They return to BEMF with a dynamic program of sacred music by Claudio Monteverdi drawn from his Selva morale e spirituale (The Moral and Spiritual Forest). Published late in the composer’s life, this collection is a stylistically varied showcase of Monteverdi’s unequaled liturgical writing from his decades as maestro di cappella of San Marco in Venice.
8pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 8pm (ET). Available to watch until December 2, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
bemf.org
Saturday, November 5
The Corners of the Moon: Uncanny Music for Hallowmas
Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano, percussion; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, cornamuse, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, bass viol, voice; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Mark the season of All Souls' with a delightful spooky program for the Hallowmas season depicting ghost encounters, witches’ dances, mad songs, fantastic beasts and more. You’ll hear ghoulish masquing tunes by Campion and Johnson, bizarre instrumental works by Picforth and Lawes, eerie tales of supernatural beings and fairy mayhem, and we’ll take a 17th-century trip to the Moon. We round out this unearthly program with our original settings of broadside ballads about Tom o’ Bedlam’s deranged exploits and the midnight antics of mischievous Robin Goodfellow. Will good magic win in the end?
7:30pm - Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Ave. Amherst, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano, percussion; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, cornamuse, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, bass viol, voice; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Mark the season of All Souls' with a delightful spooky program for the Hallowmas season depicting ghost encounters, witches’ dances, mad songs, fantastic beasts and more. You’ll hear ghoulish masquing tunes by Campion and Johnson, bizarre instrumental works by Picforth and Lawes, eerie tales of supernatural beings and fairy mayhem, and we’ll take a 17th-century trip to the Moon. We round out this unearthly program with our original settings of broadside ballads about Tom o’ Bedlam’s deranged exploits and the midnight antics of mischievous Robin Goodfellow. Will good magic win in the end?
7:30pm - Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Ave. Amherst, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks and proof of vaccination required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Sunday, November 6
Back Together! Fall Play-In
After a two-year hiatus the VdGS-NE is carefully easing into in-person workshops again! Join us for an informal afternoon of gently coached consort playing and enjoy the long lost opportunity (for many) to play live music with others. This smaller sized and shorter than usual workshop is designed as a “Play-in”. Participants will play for two one hour sessions in two different groups. Our coaches are Jane Hershey, James Perretta and Anne Legêne. Open to viol players of all levels. A=415. Masks required. Please note that no music will be sent out ahead of time.
1:30–4:30pm - Powers Music School, 380n Concord Ave. Belmont, MA
Fee is $40 members, $60 non-members (includes membership!) Maximum participants is 15. Register ASAP to reserve a spot!
https://vdgsne.org/. Registration deadline is October 30.
After a two-year hiatus the VdGS-NE is carefully easing into in-person workshops again! Join us for an informal afternoon of gently coached consort playing and enjoy the long lost opportunity (for many) to play live music with others. This smaller sized and shorter than usual workshop is designed as a “Play-in”. Participants will play for two one hour sessions in two different groups. Our coaches are Jane Hershey, James Perretta and Anne Legêne. Open to viol players of all levels. A=415. Masks required. Please note that no music will be sent out ahead of time.
1:30–4:30pm - Powers Music School, 380n Concord Ave. Belmont, MA
Fee is $40 members, $60 non-members (includes membership!) Maximum participants is 15. Register ASAP to reserve a spot!
https://vdgsne.org/. Registration deadline is October 30.
Les Miracles de Notre Dame
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
Medieval Paris was not only a center of learning, debate, art, and architecture: it was also a capital of musical creation and innovation, the most important in Europe. You will hear the magnificent vocal music sung within the walls of the great cathedral, as well as miracle tales, student songs, and minstrel turns performed in Notre Dame’s shadow, on either bank of the steadily flowing Seine. A feast! This performance is a collaboration between Camerata, the Harvard Choral Fellows directed by Edward Elwyn Jones, and Longy School of Music of Bard College. Pre-Concert Talks by Prof. Thomas F. Kelly, Harvard University
and by Prof. Caroline Bruzelius, Duke University
4pm - Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Website
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, director)
Medieval Paris was not only a center of learning, debate, art, and architecture: it was also a capital of musical creation and innovation, the most important in Europe. You will hear the magnificent vocal music sung within the walls of the great cathedral, as well as miracle tales, student songs, and minstrel turns performed in Notre Dame’s shadow, on either bank of the steadily flowing Seine. A feast! This performance is a collaboration between Camerata, the Harvard Choral Fellows directed by Edward Elwyn Jones, and Longy School of Music of Bard College. Pre-Concert Talks by Prof. Thomas F. Kelly, Harvard University
and by Prof. Caroline Bruzelius, Duke University
4pm - Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA
Website
The Corners of the Moon: Uncanny Music for Hallowmas
Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano, percussion; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, cornamuse, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, bass viol, voice; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Mark the season of All Souls' with a delightful spooky program for the Hallowmas season depicting ghost encounters, witches’ dances, mad songs, fantastic beasts and more. You’ll hear ghoulish masquing tunes by Campion and Johnson, bizarre instrumental works by Picforth and Lawes, eerie tales of supernatural beings and fairy mayhem, and we’ll take a 17th-century trip to the Moon. We round out this unearthly program with our original settings of broadside ballads about Tom o’ Bedlam’s deranged exploits and the midnight antics of mischievous Robin Goodfellow. Will good magic win in the end?
7:30pm - St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 838 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Seven Times Salt: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano, percussion; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorder, flute, cornamuse, percussion, voice; David H. Miller, bass viol, voice; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice
Mark the season of All Souls' with a delightful spooky program for the Hallowmas season depicting ghost encounters, witches’ dances, mad songs, fantastic beasts and more. You’ll hear ghoulish masquing tunes by Campion and Johnson, bizarre instrumental works by Picforth and Lawes, eerie tales of supernatural beings and fairy mayhem, and we’ll take a 17th-century trip to the Moon. We round out this unearthly program with our original settings of broadside ballads about Tom o’ Bedlam’s deranged exploits and the midnight antics of mischievous Robin Goodfellow. Will good magic win in the end?
7:30pm - St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 838 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA
By Donation ($20 suggested). Masks required.
www.seventimessalt.com
Sunday, November 13
A Life in Song: Music and poetry by Oswald von Wolkenstein
Singers Thomas Cooley, Andrew Padgett and Elizabeth Baber Weaver join multi-instrumentalists Grant Herreid, Priscilla Herreid and Michael Rigsby in a concert of music by the one-eyed poet, composer, lover, diplomat, and Knight of the Holy Sepulcher, Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377-1445).
5pm - First Presbyterian Church, New Haven CT
Free; donations welcome
https://www.elmcityconsort.org
Singers Thomas Cooley, Andrew Padgett and Elizabeth Baber Weaver join multi-instrumentalists Grant Herreid, Priscilla Herreid and Michael Rigsby in a concert of music by the one-eyed poet, composer, lover, diplomat, and Knight of the Holy Sepulcher, Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377-1445).
5pm - First Presbyterian Church, New Haven CT
Free; donations welcome
https://www.elmcityconsort.org
Tuesday, November 15
Kickshawse, Caper and Sink-a-pace
Tufts University Early Music Ensemble (Jane Hershey, director) with dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce
Dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce will join the Early Music Ensemble for a rousing program of Italian early 17th century dance, complemented with music by Marenzio, Ferrabosco, Tiburtino and others for violas da gamba, voice, recorders, lute, harp, organ and harpsichord.
8pm - Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Ave. Medford, MA 02155
Free; no tickets required.
https://as.tufts.edu/music/news-events/events/calendar
Tufts University Early Music Ensemble (Jane Hershey, director) with dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce
Dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce will join the Early Music Ensemble for a rousing program of Italian early 17th century dance, complemented with music by Marenzio, Ferrabosco, Tiburtino and others for violas da gamba, voice, recorders, lute, harp, organ and harpsichord.
8pm - Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Ave. Medford, MA 02155
Free; no tickets required.
https://as.tufts.edu/music/news-events/events/calendar
Thursday, November 17
The Marriage of Figaro
Handel & Haydn Society
H+H presents its first-ever complete performances of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, infused with H+H’s trademark authenticity and vitality. You’ll love the “upstairs, downstairs” intrigue, disguises, crazy plot lines, and, most of all, Mozart’s seductive music, starring Ying Fang, fresh from her triumphs in the role at the Paris Opera and the Met.
7pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
H+H presents its first-ever complete performances of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, infused with H+H’s trademark authenticity and vitality. You’ll love the “upstairs, downstairs” intrigue, disguises, crazy plot lines, and, most of all, Mozart’s seductive music, starring Ying Fang, fresh from her triumphs in the role at the Paris Opera and the Met.
7pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
"His dear nightingale..." Piano trios with clarinet
Sarasa: Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano
A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”
7pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT
$20
https://www.sarasamusic.org/his-dear-nightingale
Sarasa: Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano
A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”
7pm - Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT
$20
https://www.sarasamusic.org/his-dear-nightingale
Friday, November 18
Leg Day: Developing New Gamba Muscles
This online course focuses on skills that can help viol players branch out beyond our typical repertoire, including chopping, jazzy pizzicato, and more. The class will meet roughly once a month on Zoom on the following Fridays:
4:30pm ET on Nov. 18, Dec. 9, Jan. 6 and 27
Tuition: $75 + $20 registration fee ($95 total)
Sessions will be recorded so that participants can use them in their own practice.
You can register for the class through this link: https://go.asapconnected.com/?org=4130#EventID=2269458
https://powersmusic.org/program/viola-da-gamba/.
This online course focuses on skills that can help viol players branch out beyond our typical repertoire, including chopping, jazzy pizzicato, and more. The class will meet roughly once a month on Zoom on the following Fridays:
4:30pm ET on Nov. 18, Dec. 9, Jan. 6 and 27
Tuition: $75 + $20 registration fee ($95 total)
Sessions will be recorded so that participants can use them in their own practice.
You can register for the class through this link: https://go.asapconnected.com/?org=4130#EventID=2269458
https://powersmusic.org/program/viola-da-gamba/.
The Marriage of Figaro
Handel & Haydn Society
H+H presents its first-ever complete performances of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, infused with H+H’s trademark authenticity and vitality. You’ll love the “upstairs, downstairs” intrigue, disguises, crazy plot lines, and, most of all, Mozart’s seductive music, starring Ying Fang, fresh from her triumphs in the role at the Paris Opera and the Met.
7pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
H+H presents its first-ever complete performances of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, infused with H+H’s trademark authenticity and vitality. You’ll love the “upstairs, downstairs” intrigue, disguises, crazy plot lines, and, most of all, Mozart’s seductive music, starring Ying Fang, fresh from her triumphs in the role at the Paris Opera and the Met.
7pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Scarlatti's Mandolin (North End)
Le Note Diverse: Juan Mesa, lautenwerck; Hideki Yamaya, Baroque mandolin
Le Note Diverse will present a concert of music by famed Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Scarlatti is known primarily for his revolutionary repertoire for solo harpsichord, and less for a handful of sonatas for mandolin and continuo. Examples of both will be heard in this program. Also included in the program are a concerto for mandolino and continuo by the unknown composer Giuseppe Vaccari, and fantasias by the very well-known composer Georg Phillip Telemann for unaccompanied flute transcribed for mandolino.
7:30pm - St. Leonard's Church, North End, 320 Hanover St. Boston, MA 02113
Free admission; suggested donation $20 per adult
https://fb.me/e/20X5jzaNp
Le Note Diverse: Juan Mesa, lautenwerck; Hideki Yamaya, Baroque mandolin
Le Note Diverse will present a concert of music by famed Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Scarlatti is known primarily for his revolutionary repertoire for solo harpsichord, and less for a handful of sonatas for mandolin and continuo. Examples of both will be heard in this program. Also included in the program are a concerto for mandolino and continuo by the unknown composer Giuseppe Vaccari, and fantasias by the very well-known composer Georg Phillip Telemann for unaccompanied flute transcribed for mandolino.
7:30pm - St. Leonard's Church, North End, 320 Hanover St. Boston, MA 02113
Free admission; suggested donation $20 per adult
https://fb.me/e/20X5jzaNp
Saturday, November 19
WMF, Inc. @ Trinity Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Hungerford (soprano) and Arcadia Players’ new Artistic Director Andrew Arceci (viola da gamba) will offer a program of works by Tobias Hume (c.1579-1645) Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) and others.
7pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St. Worcester, MA 01609
Free admission; registration required
Register
Elizabeth Hungerford (soprano) and Arcadia Players’ new Artistic Director Andrew Arceci (viola da gamba) will offer a program of works by Tobias Hume (c.1579-1645) Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) and others.
7pm - Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St. Worcester, MA 01609
Free admission; registration required
Register
"His dear nightingale..." Piano trios with clarinet
Sarasa: Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano
A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”
7:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02138
$25 GA; $20 Seniors; $10 Students, children free
https://www.sarasamusic.org/his-dear-nightingale
Sarasa: Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano
A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”
7:30pm - Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02138
$25 GA; $20 Seniors; $10 Students, children free
https://www.sarasamusic.org/his-dear-nightingale
Scarlatti's Mandolin (Roslindale)
Le Note Diverse: Juan Mesa, lautenwerck; Hideki Yamaya, Baroque mandolin
Le Note Diverse will present a concert of music by famed Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Scarlatti is known primarily for his revolutionary repertoire for solo harpsichord, and less for a handful of sonatas for mandolin and continuo. Examples of both will be heard in this program. Also included in the program are a concerto for mandolino and continuo by the unknown composer Giuseppe Vaccari, and fantasias by the very well-known composer Georg Phillip Telemann for unaccompanied flute transcribed for mandolino.
7:30pm - Roslindale Congregational Church, 25 Cummins Hwy, Roslindale, MA 02131
Free admission; suggested donation $20 per adult
https://fb.me/e/20X5jzaNp
Le Note Diverse: Juan Mesa, lautenwerck; Hideki Yamaya, Baroque mandolin
Le Note Diverse will present a concert of music by famed Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Scarlatti is known primarily for his revolutionary repertoire for solo harpsichord, and less for a handful of sonatas for mandolin and continuo. Examples of both will be heard in this program. Also included in the program are a concerto for mandolino and continuo by the unknown composer Giuseppe Vaccari, and fantasias by the very well-known composer Georg Phillip Telemann for unaccompanied flute transcribed for mandolino.
7:30pm - Roslindale Congregational Church, 25 Cummins Hwy, Roslindale, MA 02131
Free admission; suggested donation $20 per adult
https://fb.me/e/20X5jzaNp
Rossi and His Colleagues
Convivium Musicum
In the late fifteenth century, the city of Mantua became a center for the performing arts, particularly during the reign of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Famed Jewish composer Salamone Rossi, employed at court, was surrounded by a thriving musical community that included Gastoldi, Wert, Viadana, and Monteverdi. This program will explore Rossi's choral music as well as the works of his colleagues at the Mantuan court, and explore the influences this talented group of composers had on each other.
8pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA, 02138
General Admission - $25
https://convivium.org/concert-season/upcoming-concerts/
Convivium Musicum
In the late fifteenth century, the city of Mantua became a center for the performing arts, particularly during the reign of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Famed Jewish composer Salamone Rossi, employed at court, was surrounded by a thriving musical community that included Gastoldi, Wert, Viadana, and Monteverdi. This program will explore Rossi's choral music as well as the works of his colleagues at the Mantuan court, and explore the influences this talented group of composers had on each other.
8pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA, 02138
General Admission - $25
https://convivium.org/concert-season/upcoming-concerts/
Sunday, November 20
Listening to Pictures: Art and Music in the Early Renaissance
Orlando Consort: Matthew Venner, Countertenor; Mark Dobell, Tenor; Angus Smith, Tenor; Donald Greig, Baritone
England’s superb vocal quartet leads a musical journey through masterpieces of Italian Renaissance painting, illuminating works by Fabriano, Crivelli, della Robbia, as well as the Gardner Museum’s own Fra Angelico, The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin.
1:30pm - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA
Website
Orlando Consort: Matthew Venner, Countertenor; Mark Dobell, Tenor; Angus Smith, Tenor; Donald Greig, Baritone
England’s superb vocal quartet leads a musical journey through masterpieces of Italian Renaissance painting, illuminating works by Fabriano, Crivelli, della Robbia, as well as the Gardner Museum’s own Fra Angelico, The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin.
1:30pm - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA
Website
Elizabeth Hungerford, soprano and Andrew Arceci, viola da gamba
The Kinney Center will host Elizabeth Hungerford (soprano) and Arcadia Players’ new Artistic Director, Andrew Arceci (viola da gamba). The program will include works by Tobias Hume (c.1579-1645), Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665), and others. Founded in 1989, Arcadia Players is a professional ensemble of musicians specializing in historical performance practice and dedicated to presenting music of the past in a fresh light for audiences old and new. Andrew Arceci was chosen as its new director during 2021, with his inaugural concert in the spring of 2022. He succeeds Ian Watson, who led Arcadia Players for 15 years, departing after the 2018 concert season. Arcadia Players is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.
2pm - Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, 650 East Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 01002
FREE of charge and open to the public.
http://www.arcadiaplayers.org
The Kinney Center will host Elizabeth Hungerford (soprano) and Arcadia Players’ new Artistic Director, Andrew Arceci (viola da gamba). The program will include works by Tobias Hume (c.1579-1645), Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665), and others. Founded in 1989, Arcadia Players is a professional ensemble of musicians specializing in historical performance practice and dedicated to presenting music of the past in a fresh light for audiences old and new. Andrew Arceci was chosen as its new director during 2021, with his inaugural concert in the spring of 2022. He succeeds Ian Watson, who led Arcadia Players for 15 years, departing after the 2018 concert season. Arcadia Players is Ensemble-in-Residence at the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.
2pm - Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, 650 East Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 01002
FREE of charge and open to the public.
http://www.arcadiaplayers.org
Sprightly & Cheerful Musick
Olav Chris Henricksen, lute & cittern, and Matthew Wright, lute & bandora, perform English Renaissance duets by Johnson, Robinson, Dowland, Lawes & others.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood RoadSomerville, MA 02143
$20 general admission; $15 for active Museum members, students, and seniors
www.somervillemuseum.org
Olav Chris Henricksen, lute & cittern, and Matthew Wright, lute & bandora, perform English Renaissance duets by Johnson, Robinson, Dowland, Lawes & others.
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood RoadSomerville, MA 02143
$20 general admission; $15 for active Museum members, students, and seniors
www.somervillemuseum.org
"His dear nightingale..." Piano trios with clarinet
Sarasa: Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano
A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”
3:30pm - Follen Community Church - 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420
$25 GA; $20 Seniors; $10 Students, children free
https://www.sarasamusic.org/his-dear-nightingale
Sarasa: Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano
A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”
3:30pm - Follen Community Church - 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420
$25 GA; $20 Seniors; $10 Students, children free
https://www.sarasamusic.org/his-dear-nightingale
Rossi and His Colleagues
Convivium Musicum
In the late fifteenth century, the city of Mantua became a center for the performing arts, particularly during the reign of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Famed Jewish composer Salamone Rossi, employed at court, was surrounded by a thriving musical community that included Gastoldi, Wert, Viadana, and Monteverdi. This program will explore Rossi's choral music as well as the works of his colleagues at the Mantuan court, and explore the influences this talented group of composers had on each other.
4pm - The Vilna Shul, Boston, 18 Phillips St, Boston, MA 02114
General Admission - $25
https://convivium.org/concert-season/upcoming-concerts/
Convivium Musicum
In the late fifteenth century, the city of Mantua became a center for the performing arts, particularly during the reign of Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Famed Jewish composer Salamone Rossi, employed at court, was surrounded by a thriving musical community that included Gastoldi, Wert, Viadana, and Monteverdi. This program will explore Rossi's choral music as well as the works of his colleagues at the Mantuan court, and explore the influences this talented group of composers had on each other.
4pm - The Vilna Shul, Boston, 18 Phillips St, Boston, MA 02114
General Admission - $25
https://convivium.org/concert-season/upcoming-concerts/
Eudaimonia & Improbable Beasts Celebrate St. Cecilia’s Day
Delight in a collaboration between two unusual Boston musical groups – crossover historical ensemble Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band and Boston’s premiere (and only) bass clarinet ensemble Improbable Beasts – to honor St. Cecilia, the 3rd-century patron saint of music, with early works re-conceived and new works folded in.
7:30pm - United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Admission is Pay What You Decide.
https://www.eudaimonia-music.org/index.html
Delight in a collaboration between two unusual Boston musical groups – crossover historical ensemble Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band and Boston’s premiere (and only) bass clarinet ensemble Improbable Beasts – to honor St. Cecilia, the 3rd-century patron saint of music, with early works re-conceived and new works folded in.
7:30pm - United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Admission is Pay What You Decide.
https://www.eudaimonia-music.org/index.html
Friday, November 25
Messiah
Handel & Haydn Society
It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.
7:30pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.
7:30pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Saturday, November 26
Messiah
Handel & Haydn Society
It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.
3pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.
3pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
BEMF Chamber Opera Series: Lully's Idylle sur la Paix & Charpentier's Le Fête de Rueil
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil were each commissioned in 1685 for lavish garden parties planned by French courtiers to celebrate King Louis XIV. Both pieces feature an idyllic utopia where shepherds in the French countryside celebrate a recent truce “given” to Europe by the Sun King. The genius of Charpentier and Lully raises these formal tributes to musical masterpieces where dazzling singing combines with charming dances in a vivid depiction of the people’s desire for peace.
8pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 26, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
www.bemf.org
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil were each commissioned in 1685 for lavish garden parties planned by French courtiers to celebrate King Louis XIV. Both pieces feature an idyllic utopia where shepherds in the French countryside celebrate a recent truce “given” to Europe by the Sun King. The genius of Charpentier and Lully raises these formal tributes to musical masterpieces where dazzling singing combines with charming dances in a vivid depiction of the people’s desire for peace.
8pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 26, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
www.bemf.org
Sunday, November 27
BEMF Chamber Opera Series: Lully's Idylle sur la Paix & Charpentier's Le Fête de Rueil
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil were each commissioned in 1685 for lavish garden parties planned by French courtiers to celebrate King Louis XIV. Both pieces feature an idyllic utopia where shepherds in the French countryside celebrate a recent truce “given” to Europe by the Sun King. The genius of Charpentier and Lully raises these formal tributes to musical masterpieces where dazzling singing combines with charming dances in a vivid depiction of the people’s desire for peace.
3pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 26, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
www.bemf.org
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil were each commissioned in 1685 for lavish garden parties planned by French courtiers to celebrate King Louis XIV. Both pieces feature an idyllic utopia where shepherds in the French countryside celebrate a recent truce “given” to Europe by the Sun King. The genius of Charpentier and Lully raises these formal tributes to musical masterpieces where dazzling singing combines with charming dances in a vivid depiction of the people’s desire for peace.
3pm - New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 26, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
www.bemf.org
Messiah
Handel & Haydn Society
It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.
3pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website
Handel & Haydn Society
It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.
3pm - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Website