Wednesday, October 3
Celebrating Clara Schumann
Piano - Byron Schenkman, Andrus Madsen; Violin - Jesse Irons; Cello - Kate Bennett Wadsworth; Soprano - Nicole Estima
Newton Baroque presents a program with works by Clara Schumann. Byron Schenkman returns to play chamber music by Clara Schumann with violinist Jesse Irons, and cellist Kate Bennett Wadsworth. Andrus Madsen and Nicole Estima will also perform Clara Schumann's Opus 13 Lieder.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission
Website
Piano - Byron Schenkman, Andrus Madsen; Violin - Jesse Irons; Cello - Kate Bennett Wadsworth; Soprano - Nicole Estima
Newton Baroque presents a program with works by Clara Schumann. Byron Schenkman returns to play chamber music by Clara Schumann with violinist Jesse Irons, and cellist Kate Bennett Wadsworth. Andrus Madsen and Nicole Estima will also perform Clara Schumann's Opus 13 Lieder.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission
Website
Saturday, October 6
“A Tribute to Wanda Landowska” Music by Froberger, and Louis and François Couperin
Wladyslaw Klosiewicz, harpsichord
World-renowned Polish harpsichordist Wladyslaw Klosiewicz comes to Lakeville CT, former home of the visionary performer Wanda Landowska, to play works by Johann Jakob Froberger, Louis Couperin and Francois Couperin. The harpsichord was one of the most popular Baroque keyboard instruments. Its plucked strings have a rich sound, whose clarity informs the complex contrapuntal texture of Baroque music. Almost every baroque composer wrote for the harpsichord! The 17th century keyboard virtuoso Johann Jakob Froberger was the first composer writing titled, descriptive pieces for the harpsichord. He influenced his contemporaries, among them the French composer Louis Couperin and his famous nephew, François Couperin. The harpsichord suffered a long period of neglect through all of the 19th century. It was brought back to the concert platform by Ms. Landowska (1879-1959). This concert honors her legacy.
6pm - Trinity Lime Rock, 484 Lime Rock Road, Lakeville, CT 06039
Youth: $10.00 General: $35.00 Premium: $60.00
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3575568
Wladyslaw Klosiewicz, harpsichord
World-renowned Polish harpsichordist Wladyslaw Klosiewicz comes to Lakeville CT, former home of the visionary performer Wanda Landowska, to play works by Johann Jakob Froberger, Louis Couperin and Francois Couperin. The harpsichord was one of the most popular Baroque keyboard instruments. Its plucked strings have a rich sound, whose clarity informs the complex contrapuntal texture of Baroque music. Almost every baroque composer wrote for the harpsichord! The 17th century keyboard virtuoso Johann Jakob Froberger was the first composer writing titled, descriptive pieces for the harpsichord. He influenced his contemporaries, among them the French composer Louis Couperin and his famous nephew, François Couperin. The harpsichord suffered a long period of neglect through all of the 19th century. It was brought back to the concert platform by Ms. Landowska (1879-1959). This concert honors her legacy.
6pm - Trinity Lime Rock, 484 Lime Rock Road, Lakeville, CT 06039
Youth: $10.00 General: $35.00 Premium: $60.00
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3575568
Sunday, October 7
Solemn High Mass
The Sopranos of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
Jehan Alain: Le jardin suspendu, JA 71
Jean Langlais: Missa in simplicitate
David Lord: Close in My Breast Thy Perfect Love
Alfred Desenclos: O salutaris hostia
Jean Langlais: Chant héroïque, op 40, no 4
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Sopranos of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
Jehan Alain: Le jardin suspendu, JA 71
Jean Langlais: Missa in simplicitate
David Lord: Close in My Breast Thy Perfect Love
Alfred Desenclos: O salutaris hostia
Jean Langlais: Chant héroïque, op 40, no 4
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
Thursday, October 11
Missa Cuiusvis toni (Ockeghem@600, Concert 8)
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood & Martin Near, cantus, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed & Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor, Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bass
Fresh off its Gramophone Classical Music Award win, Blue Heron launches its season with concert 8 in its presentation of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem. The “Mass on whatever tone you please,” may be sung beginning on ut, re, or mi—as if using a natural-note scale starting from C, D, or E: in effect, in three different key signatures. It is Ockeghem at his most technically astonishing.
7:30pm - St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Road, Boston, MA 02215
$10-$40 (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 & David McFerrin, bass
Fresh off its Gramophone Classical Music Award win, Blue Heron launches its season with concert 8 in its presentation of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem. The “Mass on whatever tone you please,” may be sung beginning on ut, re, or mi—as if using a natural-note scale starting from C, D, or E: in effect, in three different key signatures. It is Ockeghem at his most technically astonishing.
7:30pm - St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Road, Boston, MA 02215
$10-$40 (Under 18 admitted free)
Website
Friday, October 12
Missa Cuiusvis toni (Ockeghem@600, Concert 8)
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood & Martin Near, cantus, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed & Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor, Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bass
Fresh off its Gramophone Classical Music Award win, Blue Heron launches its season with concert 8 in its presentation of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem. The “Mass on whatever tone you please,” may be sung beginning on ut, re, or mi—as if using a natural-note scale starting from C, D, or E: in effect, in three different key signatures. It is Ockeghem at his most technically astonishing.
8pm - St. Mary's Chapel, Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA 02467
Free admission
Website
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood & Martin Near, cantus, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed & Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor, Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bass
Fresh off its Gramophone Classical Music Award win, Blue Heron launches its season with concert 8 in its presentation of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem. The “Mass on whatever tone you please,” may be sung beginning on ut, re, or mi—as if using a natural-note scale starting from C, D, or E: in effect, in three different key signatures. It is Ockeghem at his most technically astonishing.
8pm - St. Mary's Chapel, Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA 02467
Free admission
Website
Pièces en Trio: Musical Delights from 18th-century France
Peter H. Bloom, Na'ama Lion, baroque flutes; Carol Lewis, bass viol & pardessus; Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque guitar & theorbo
Come hear trios, a duo and a solo by some of the finest composers during the reign of Louis XIV, including Dornel, Boismortier, Jacquet de la Guerre, Forqueray & Senaillé. The concert will conclude with Couperin's masterpiece "L'imperiale".
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA 02138
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Peter H. Bloom, Na'ama Lion, baroque flutes; Carol Lewis, bass viol & pardessus; Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque guitar & theorbo
Come hear trios, a duo and a solo by some of the finest composers during the reign of Louis XIV, including Dornel, Boismortier, Jacquet de la Guerre, Forqueray & Senaillé. The concert will conclude with Couperin's masterpiece "L'imperiale".
8pm - Lindsay Chapel, First Church in Cambridge Congregational, 11 Garden St. (entrance on Mason St.), Cambridge MA 02138
$25/$20
www.duomaresienne.com or 617-776-0692
Saturday, October 13
Missa Cuiusvis toni (Ockeghem@600, Concert 8)
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.) Margot Rood & Martin Near, cantus, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Stefan Reed & Sumner Thompson, tenor & contratenor, Paul Guttry & David McFerrin, bass
Fresh off its Gramophone Classical Music Award win, Blue Heron launches its season with concert 8 in its presentation of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem. The “Mass on whatever tone you please,” may be sung beginning on ut, re, or mi—as if using a natural-note scale starting from C, D, or E: in effect, in three different key signatures. It is Ockeghem at his most technically astonishing. A free pre-concert talk will be given by Sean Gallagher (NEC), at 7:15 PM.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138
$10-$75 in advance; 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 & David McFerrin, bass
Fresh off its Gramophone Classical Music Award win, Blue Heron launches its season with concert 8 in its presentation of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem. The “Mass on whatever tone you please,” may be sung beginning on ut, re, or mi—as if using a natural-note scale starting from C, D, or E: in effect, in three different key signatures. It is Ockeghem at his most technically astonishing. A free pre-concert talk will be given by Sean Gallagher (NEC), at 7:15 PM.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138
$10-$75 in advance; Under 18 admitted free
Website
Sunday, October 14
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Dum complerentur”
Paweł Łukaszewski: Memento mei
Stephen Paulus: Hymn to the Eternal Flame
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa “Dum complerentur”
Paweł Łukaszewski: Memento mei
Stephen Paulus: Hymn to the Eternal Flame
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
Pièces en Trio: Musical Delights from 18th-century France
Peter H. Bloom, Na'ama Lion, baroque flutes; Carol Lewis, bass viol & pardessus; Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque guitar & theorbo
Come hear trios, a duo and a solo by some of the finest composers during the reign of Louis XIV, including Dornel, Boismortier, Jacquet de la Guerre, Forqueray & Senaillé. The concert will conclude with Couperin's masterpiece "L'imperiale".
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
Peter H. Bloom, Na'ama Lion, baroque flutes; Carol Lewis, bass viol & pardessus; Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque guitar & theorbo
Come hear trios, a duo and a solo by some of the finest composers during the reign of Louis XIV, including Dornel, Boismortier, Jacquet de la Guerre, Forqueray & Senaillé. The concert will conclude with Couperin's masterpiece "L'imperiale".
3pm - Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA
$20/$15; children free
www.somervillemuseum.org or call (617) 666-9810
From Light to Shadow: Music of François Couperin
Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset, director)
Savor the music of François Couperin as we approach the Baroque master’s 350th birthday in this intimate program featuring stylish selections from the third Concert royal, excerpts from the hauntingly beautiful Leçons de ténèbres, Suite No. 1 from the Pièces de violes, and selections for solo harpsichord.
4pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
$20 - $70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/18-19/lestalens.htm
Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset, director)
Savor the music of François Couperin as we approach the Baroque master’s 350th birthday in this intimate program featuring stylish selections from the third Concert royal, excerpts from the hauntingly beautiful Leçons de ténèbres, Suite No. 1 from the Pièces de violes, and selections for solo harpsichord.
4pm - Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
$20 - $70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/18-19/lestalens.htm
Exploring Baroque Music: A Benefit for the Connecticut Early Music Society
Matthew Provost, organ
“Exploring Baroque Music” will feature organist and Eastern Connecticut native Matthew Provost performing on Calvary Church's beautiful Richards-Fowkes organ. Connecticut Early Music Festival Artistic Director Ian Watson will offer lively commentary. We hope you can join us for what promises to be an entertaining and informative afternoon. A reception at the Stonington Harbor Yacht Club will follow the performance.
4pm - Calvary Church, 27 Church Street; Stonington, CT
$75.00 (includes concert and reception)
https://www.ctearlymusic.org/fall2018benefit
Matthew Provost, organ
“Exploring Baroque Music” will feature organist and Eastern Connecticut native Matthew Provost performing on Calvary Church's beautiful Richards-Fowkes organ. Connecticut Early Music Festival Artistic Director Ian Watson will offer lively commentary. We hope you can join us for what promises to be an entertaining and informative afternoon. A reception at the Stonington Harbor Yacht Club will follow the performance.
4pm - Calvary Church, 27 Church Street; Stonington, CT
$75.00 (includes concert and reception)
https://www.ctearlymusic.org/fall2018benefit
Tuesday, October 16
The Enchantment of Song
Laurie Monahan, soprano; Ryan Turner, tenor, Catherine Liddell, theorbo & baroque guitar, Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba
A Longy Retirement Celebration for Laurie Monahan with Longy faculty Ryan Turner and our long-time friends! Music by Henry Purcell, Henry Hall, Stefano Landi & Benedetto Ferrari.
8pm - Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
FREE
781 308-2575
Laurie Monahan, soprano; Ryan Turner, tenor, Catherine Liddell, theorbo & baroque guitar, Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba
A Longy Retirement Celebration for Laurie Monahan with Longy faculty Ryan Turner and our long-time friends! Music by Henry Purcell, Henry Hall, Stefano Landi & Benedetto Ferrari.
8pm - Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
FREE
781 308-2575
Thursday, October 18
Lute and guitar songs of Sweden
Jennifer Bates, soprano; Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
When we think of European song in the period between 1600 and the early 1800's, English, French, Italian, and German repertoires come to mind. But usually not Swedish! Today's program provides examples of that Northern repertoire. Works range from songs by Andreas Düben, who immigrated to Sweden from Germany around 1620, to period guitar and voice arrangements on texts by Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95). Also included are non-Swedish works of the period drawn from Swedish sources.
6:30pm - Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
FREE Admission
Jennifer Bates, soprano; Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
When we think of European song in the period between 1600 and the early 1800's, English, French, Italian, and German repertoires come to mind. But usually not Swedish! Today's program provides examples of that Northern repertoire. Works range from songs by Andreas Düben, who immigrated to Sweden from Germany around 1620, to period guitar and voice arrangements on texts by Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95). Also included are non-Swedish works of the period drawn from Swedish sources.
6:30pm - Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
FREE Admission
Friday, October 19
Fayne would I love
Vermont Bach Ensemble: Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Cantor, recorder; Lisa Willems, harpsichord
English love songs and instrumental music
7:30 - Grafton Community Church, 55 Main Street, Grafton, VT
www.cantornote.com
Vermont Bach Ensemble: Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Cantor, recorder; Lisa Willems, harpsichord
English love songs and instrumental music
7:30 - Grafton Community Church, 55 Main Street, Grafton, VT
www.cantornote.com
Les Goûts-réünis: Music of Couperin, Montéclair, Gervais & Renier
Les Bostonades: Zachary Wilder, tenor, Teddie Hwang, traverso, Sarah Darling & Abigail Karr, violin, Emily Walhout, viola da gamba, Akiko Sato, harpsichord
Les Bostonades kicks off its 2018–2019 season featuring the return of internationally acclaimed tenor Zachary Wilder. The concert includes cantatas by Montéclair, Gervais, and Renier, as well as instrumental works by Couperin (commemorating the 350th anniversary of his birth).
8pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church
645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
$30 General; $25 Senior; $15 Student; 17 and under free
https://lesgoutsreunis.brownpapertickets.com/
Les Bostonades: Zachary Wilder, tenor, Teddie Hwang, traverso, Sarah Darling & Abigail Karr, violin, Emily Walhout, viola da gamba, Akiko Sato, harpsichord
Les Bostonades kicks off its 2018–2019 season featuring the return of internationally acclaimed tenor Zachary Wilder. The concert includes cantatas by Montéclair, Gervais, and Renier, as well as instrumental works by Couperin (commemorating the 350th anniversary of his birth).
8pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church
645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
$30 General; $25 Senior; $15 Student; 17 and under free
https://lesgoutsreunis.brownpapertickets.com/
Saturday, October 20
The Immigrant Song
Lisa Brooke - violin, Alison Gangler - oboe, Emily Rideout - viola, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - cello, Shiba Nemat Nasser - alto,
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord and piano
A Benefit Concert on behalf of the charity Sleep and Heavenly Peace, an organization making bunk beds for children in immigrant families. The concert will feature inspiring chamber music by unheralded immigrant composers such as, Jan Křtitel Vaňhal, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Samuel Capricornus, Jiri Antonin Benda, Teresa Carreno, all of whom were immigrants during their own lifetime.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton
Adults $30, Seniors $25, Students $10, Under 18 free admission. Tickets available online and at the door.
http://newtonbaroque.org/
Lisa Brooke - violin, Alison Gangler - oboe, Emily Rideout - viola, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - cello, Shiba Nemat Nasser - alto,
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord and piano
A Benefit Concert on behalf of the charity Sleep and Heavenly Peace, an organization making bunk beds for children in immigrant families. The concert will feature inspiring chamber music by unheralded immigrant composers such as, Jan Křtitel Vaňhal, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Samuel Capricornus, Jiri Antonin Benda, Teresa Carreno, all of whom were immigrants during their own lifetime.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton
Adults $30, Seniors $25, Students $10, Under 18 free admission. Tickets available online and at the door.
http://newtonbaroque.org/
Fayne would I love
Vermont Bach Ensemble: Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Cantor, recorder; Lisa Willems, harpsichord
English love songs and instrumental music
7:30 - Christ Episcopal Church, 64 State Street, Montpelier, VT
www.cantornote.com
Vermont Bach Ensemble: Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Cantor, recorder; Lisa Willems, harpsichord
English love songs and instrumental music
7:30 - Christ Episcopal Church, 64 State Street, Montpelier, VT
www.cantornote.com
Sunday, October 21
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Congratulamini mihi”
Francisco Guerrero: Hoc est præceptum meum
Francisco Guerrero: O sacrum convivium
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Francisco Guerrero: Missa “Congratulamini mihi”
Francisco Guerrero: Hoc est præceptum meum
Francisco Guerrero: O sacrum convivium
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
Fayne would I love
Vermont Bach Ensemble: Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Cantor, recorder; Lisa Willems, harpsichord
English love songs and instrumental music
4pm - Artistree Community Arts Center and Gallery, Pomfret Road, South Pomfret VT
https://artistreevt.org/vermont-bach-ensemble.html
Vermont Bach Ensemble: Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano; Sarah Cantor, recorder; Lisa Willems, harpsichord
English love songs and instrumental music
4pm - Artistree Community Arts Center and Gallery, Pomfret Road, South Pomfret VT
https://artistreevt.org/vermont-bach-ensemble.html
Thursday, October 25
Easy as Lying: The Music of Shakespeare's Globe
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; with Matthew Leese, baritone; Julia Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano.
This spirited musical celebration was conceived in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. We present some of the songs the Bard mentions by name, works by his talented musical contemporaries including Morley, Ferrabosco, Dowland, and Robert Johnson, plus excerpts from the plays read aloud in historic pronunciation. Dances from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts and a saucy ballad or two round out the evening’s festivities!
8pm - Bernhard Music Center, Williams College, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
FREE!
events.williams.edu/event/seven-times-salt-visiting-artist-series/
Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flute, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; with Matthew Leese, baritone; Julia Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano.
This spirited musical celebration was conceived in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. We present some of the songs the Bard mentions by name, works by his talented musical contemporaries including Morley, Ferrabosco, Dowland, and Robert Johnson, plus excerpts from the plays read aloud in historic pronunciation. Dances from the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts and a saucy ballad or two round out the evening’s festivities!
8pm - Bernhard Music Center, Williams College, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA
FREE!
events.williams.edu/event/seven-times-salt-visiting-artist-series/
Friday, October 26
Portland Early Music Festival: Grand Harmonie
Grand Harmonie, led by flutist Sarah Paysnick
Grand Harmonie is known for energetic performances of both classics and little known works of the 18th and 19th centuries. Everyone is familiar with the Mozart quartets for flute, violin, viola, and cello, but what about other composers? Did anyone else write for this beautiful combination of instruments? Flutist Sarah Paysnick and Grand Harmonie explore the Flute Quartet in the second half of the 18th century through works by Johann Christian Bach, Ernst Eichner and of course, the beloved Mozart. Short duets will serve as a palate cleanser between the quartet courses.
7:30pm - Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords Street, Portland, ME
Individual tickets: $25; $20 for seniors; Festival passes: $60; $45 for seniors
http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/earlymusic/
Grand Harmonie, led by flutist Sarah Paysnick
Grand Harmonie is known for energetic performances of both classics and little known works of the 18th and 19th centuries. Everyone is familiar with the Mozart quartets for flute, violin, viola, and cello, but what about other composers? Did anyone else write for this beautiful combination of instruments? Flutist Sarah Paysnick and Grand Harmonie explore the Flute Quartet in the second half of the 18th century through works by Johann Christian Bach, Ernst Eichner and of course, the beloved Mozart. Short duets will serve as a palate cleanser between the quartet courses.
7:30pm - Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords Street, Portland, ME
Individual tickets: $25; $20 for seniors; Festival passes: $60; $45 for seniors
http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/earlymusic/
Saturday, October 27
Portland Early Music Festival: The Berry Collective
The Berry Collective, led by fortepianist Sylvia Berry
The Berry Collective explores the rise of this beloved form of chamber music in its many facets. Music for “accompanied keyboard” was all the rage in musical capitals across Europe in the 18th century as an increasing number of women learned to play the newly-popular fortepiano. A burst of piano building and music publishing helped create an environment in which chamber music flourished, and enterprising composers needed to provide an ever-constant stream of works to satisfy these players. Schobert, active in Paris in the 1760’s, was an early master of the genre who influenced Haydn and the young Mozart, who in turn served as beacons for Beethoven. This music really comes alive on the period instruments for which they were written, where balance issues vanish and clarity, fleetness, and intimacy reign.
7:30pm - Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords Street, Portland, ME
Individual tickets: $25; $20 for seniors; Festival passes: $60; $45 for seniors
http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/earlymusic/
The Berry Collective, led by fortepianist Sylvia Berry
The Berry Collective explores the rise of this beloved form of chamber music in its many facets. Music for “accompanied keyboard” was all the rage in musical capitals across Europe in the 18th century as an increasing number of women learned to play the newly-popular fortepiano. A burst of piano building and music publishing helped create an environment in which chamber music flourished, and enterprising composers needed to provide an ever-constant stream of works to satisfy these players. Schobert, active in Paris in the 1760’s, was an early master of the genre who influenced Haydn and the young Mozart, who in turn served as beacons for Beethoven. This music really comes alive on the period instruments for which they were written, where balance issues vanish and clarity, fleetness, and intimacy reign.
7:30pm - Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords Street, Portland, ME
Individual tickets: $25; $20 for seniors; Festival passes: $60; $45 for seniors
http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/earlymusic/
Viola Victorious
Viola - Anna Griffis and Sarah Darling; Harpsichord - Andrus Madsen
New Baroque presents a program of astonishing chamber music from Berlin, featuring one or more violas.
Including works by Johann Gottlieb Graun, W. F. Bach and Johann Gottlieb Jannitsch.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission
Website
Viola - Anna Griffis and Sarah Darling; Harpsichord - Andrus Madsen
New Baroque presents a program of astonishing chamber music from Berlin, featuring one or more violas.
Including works by Johann Gottlieb Graun, W. F. Bach and Johann Gottlieb Jannitsch.
7:30pm - Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton, MA
Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission
Website
Sunday, October 28
The Tale of Fauvel: A Political Fable from Medieval France
The Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma (director), Timothy Leigh Evans, Michael Barrett, voices; Shira Kammen, vielle; Steven Lundahl, winds; Joel Cohen, narrator
See and hear the orange creature gallop towards NowhereLand! The malevolent animal Fauvel is the protagonist of an acerbic and witty fable satirizing religious and political life in the fourteenth century and laden with implications for our own time and place. Watch Fauvel woo the Goddess Fortune, and resist his attempt to take over fair France. Our semi-staged production offers a generous selection of music, text, and visual stimulation from one of the most famous of all medieval manuscripts.
4pm - First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St. Boston, MA
$26-63 general, $10 students
www.bostoncamerata.org
The Boston Camerata: Anne Azéma (director), Timothy Leigh Evans, Michael Barrett, voices; Shira Kammen, vielle; Steven Lundahl, winds; Joel Cohen, narrator
See and hear the orange creature gallop towards NowhereLand! The malevolent animal Fauvel is the protagonist of an acerbic and witty fable satirizing religious and political life in the fourteenth century and laden with implications for our own time and place. Watch Fauvel woo the Goddess Fortune, and resist his attempt to take over fair France. Our semi-staged production offers a generous selection of music, text, and visual stimulation from one of the most famous of all medieval manuscripts.
4pm - First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St. Boston, MA
$26-63 general, $10 students
www.bostoncamerata.org
Aston Magna Chamber Players: A Baroque Concert for a Fall Afternoon
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Christopher Krueger, flute; Michael Sponseller, harpsicord
Join the Aston Magna Chamber Players for a lovely Berkshire afternoon of sonatas on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at 4 p.m., at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, performed on period instruments by a quartet of gifted musicians. The program includes sonatas by by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach’s “A Musical Offering.”
A pre-concert talk takes place at 3, with Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner.
4pm - Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
$35 advance, $40 at door
Website
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Christopher Krueger, flute; Michael Sponseller, harpsicord
Join the Aston Magna Chamber Players for a lovely Berkshire afternoon of sonatas on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at 4 p.m., at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, performed on period instruments by a quartet of gifted musicians. The program includes sonatas by by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach’s “A Musical Offering.”
A pre-concert talk takes place at 3, with Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner.
4pm - Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
$35 advance, $40 at door
Website
Portland Early Music Festival: Ensalada
Ensalada Ensemble: Lydia Forbes, violin; Myles Jor dan, violoncello piccolo; Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
Chamber trios, in the 18th century sometimes called ‘concertos’, were a popular genre, and many of them featured the lute. Antonio Vivaldi produced several such works, including RV85 in g minor on this program. French composers and guitarists, Pierre Jean Porro and François de Fossa, are little known today, but their chamber compositions include the charming trios on this final program of the 7th Portland Conservatory Early Music Festival. Born Pierre Jean Porre, he italianized his last name (to Porro) as was the custom among musicians in the late 18th century. A French music publisher and composer, Porro was also music master at the ‘Ecole royale et militaire Deffiat’. His publishing activities included music as well as periodic musical works, such as the popular Journal de guitar. In his day, François de Fossa was a prominent figure in the early 19th-century guitar world. In addition to his activities as composer and performer, de Fossa translated into French the great Dionisio Agauado’s Escuela de guitarra (Madrid, 1825), as Méthode complète pour la guitare and published in Paris (1826).
4pm - Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords Street, Portland, ME
Individual tickets: $25; $20 for seniors; Festival passes: $60; $45 for seniors
http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/earlymusic/
Ensalada Ensemble: Lydia Forbes, violin; Myles Jor dan, violoncello piccolo; Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
Chamber trios, in the 18th century sometimes called ‘concertos’, were a popular genre, and many of them featured the lute. Antonio Vivaldi produced several such works, including RV85 in g minor on this program. French composers and guitarists, Pierre Jean Porro and François de Fossa, are little known today, but their chamber compositions include the charming trios on this final program of the 7th Portland Conservatory Early Music Festival. Born Pierre Jean Porre, he italianized his last name (to Porro) as was the custom among musicians in the late 18th century. A French music publisher and composer, Porro was also music master at the ‘Ecole royale et militaire Deffiat’. His publishing activities included music as well as periodic musical works, such as the popular Journal de guitar. In his day, François de Fossa was a prominent figure in the early 19th-century guitar world. In addition to his activities as composer and performer, de Fossa translated into French the great Dionisio Agauado’s Escuela de guitarra (Madrid, 1825), as Méthode complète pour la guitare and published in Paris (1826).
4pm - Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords Street, Portland, ME
Individual tickets: $25; $20 for seniors; Festival passes: $60; $45 for seniors
http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/earlymusic/