Tuesday, October 1
The Mysterious 7 Sinfonias of Leonora Duarte
Kevin Lubin, presenter, viola da gamba, Apollo Appolito, voice, Julian Bernal, viola da gamba, Itzel Orellana Sierra, cello
The first woman to publish music for the viola da gamba was Leonora Duarte, member of a wealthy Portuguese converso family. This lecture will explore the intimate genre of viol consort music and the fascinating home life of the Duartes, with performances of the music by historically informed musicians.
7:30 PM - Lehrhaus, 425 Washington St, Somerville, MA
Tickets start at $10
https://www.lehr.haus/classes/the-mysterious-7-sinfonias-of-leonora-duarte
Kevin Lubin, presenter, viola da gamba, Apollo Appolito, voice, Julian Bernal, viola da gamba, Itzel Orellana Sierra, cello
The first woman to publish music for the viola da gamba was Leonora Duarte, member of a wealthy Portuguese converso family. This lecture will explore the intimate genre of viol consort music and the fascinating home life of the Duartes, with performances of the music by historically informed musicians.
7:30 PM - Lehrhaus, 425 Washington St, Somerville, MA
Tickets start at $10
https://www.lehr.haus/classes/the-mysterious-7-sinfonias-of-leonora-duarte
Friday, October 4
Haydn's Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director) with Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Paul Appleby, tenor, Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
The 24/25 season kicks off with The Creation, Haydn’s tour de force that took Europe by storm when it premiered in 1798, featuring Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their debuts with Boston Baroque.
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall (Boston)
Sat, October 5, 2024 at 8pm - GBH Calderwood Studio (Brighton)
https://baroque.boston/
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director) with Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Paul Appleby, tenor, Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
The 24/25 season kicks off with The Creation, Haydn’s tour de force that took Europe by storm when it premiered in 1798, featuring Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their debuts with Boston Baroque.
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall (Boston)
Sat, October 5, 2024 at 8pm - GBH Calderwood Studio (Brighton)
https://baroque.boston/
Saturday, October 5
Nature in Vivaldi’s Sound
Edson Scheid, Baroque violin, Rodrigo Tarraza, traverso, Carlos Boltes, charango, and Scott Hill, guitar, with strings and basso continuo players of Crescendo Period Instrument orchestra, directed by Christine Gevert
Antonio Vivaldi conveyed the beauty and dramatic conflicts of nature in his instrumental music with an intensity unparalleled by his contemporaries. In the violin concerto“Tempesta di mare” (the storm at sea), and the flute concertos “La notte” The Night), and “Il gardellino” (The Goldfinch) Vivaldi again demonstrates how adept he is in using the solo instruments, and the unique affects and atmospheres their sounds evoke. While Vivaldi doesn’t have a direct connection with Latin America, the Baroque music of Western Europe was widely performed there, introduced by the Jesuits. Vivaldi’s concerto for two mandolins will be performed on Iberian colonial and native instruments, giving our listeners a taste of the fusion of traditional and folk instruments that might have been heard in the New World.
6pm - Trinity Church, Lakeville, CT
$40
https://crescendomusic.org/
Edson Scheid, Baroque violin, Rodrigo Tarraza, traverso, Carlos Boltes, charango, and Scott Hill, guitar, with strings and basso continuo players of Crescendo Period Instrument orchestra, directed by Christine Gevert
Antonio Vivaldi conveyed the beauty and dramatic conflicts of nature in his instrumental music with an intensity unparalleled by his contemporaries. In the violin concerto“Tempesta di mare” (the storm at sea), and the flute concertos “La notte” The Night), and “Il gardellino” (The Goldfinch) Vivaldi again demonstrates how adept he is in using the solo instruments, and the unique affects and atmospheres their sounds evoke. While Vivaldi doesn’t have a direct connection with Latin America, the Baroque music of Western Europe was widely performed there, introduced by the Jesuits. Vivaldi’s concerto for two mandolins will be performed on Iberian colonial and native instruments, giving our listeners a taste of the fusion of traditional and folk instruments that might have been heard in the New World.
6pm - Trinity Church, Lakeville, CT
$40
https://crescendomusic.org/
Haydn's Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director) with Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Paul Appleby, tenor, Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
The 24/25 season kicks off with The Creation, Haydn’s tour de force that took Europe by storm when it premiered in 1798, featuring Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their debuts with Boston Baroque.
8pm - GBH Calderwood Studio (Brighton)
https://baroque.boston/
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, director) with Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Paul Appleby, tenor, Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
The 24/25 season kicks off with The Creation, Haydn’s tour de force that took Europe by storm when it premiered in 1798, featuring Hera Hyesang Park, Paul Appleby, and Nicholas Newton, all making their debuts with Boston Baroque.
8pm - GBH Calderwood Studio (Brighton)
https://baroque.boston/
Sunday, October 6
Lands of Pure Delight: 70 Seasons of Music Making with The Boston Camerata
The Boston, Camerata, born at the Museum of Fine Arts in 1954, joins again with our mother institution to celebrate a milestone anniversary. Our superb singers and instrumentalists will re-create some of those first, pioneering Museum performances, echo in live music some of the visual treasures of the Museum collections, and showcase some of our present-day adventures in sound.
2:00pm - Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/
The Boston, Camerata, born at the Museum of Fine Arts in 1954, joins again with our mother institution to celebrate a milestone anniversary. Our superb singers and instrumentalists will re-create some of those first, pioneering Museum performances, echo in live music some of the visual treasures of the Museum collections, and showcase some of our present-day adventures in sound.
2:00pm - Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA
https://bostoncamerata.org/
Back to Our Roots
Ensemble Passacaglia: Jan Elliott, recorder, krummhorn, cornamuse, concertina, Irish whistle; Lisa Esperson, riqq, darbuka, tambourine, tar, bells, other percussion; Tom Hanna, lute, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki; Molly Johnston, viola da gamba, vielle
Medieval and Renaissance music on period instruments.
3pm - Waquoit Congregational Church, 15 Parson's Way, E. Falmouth, MA
Freewill offering
https://www.solsticesingers.org/passacaglia/
Ensemble Passacaglia: Jan Elliott, recorder, krummhorn, cornamuse, concertina, Irish whistle; Lisa Esperson, riqq, darbuka, tambourine, tar, bells, other percussion; Tom Hanna, lute, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki; Molly Johnston, viola da gamba, vielle
Medieval and Renaissance music on period instruments.
3pm - Waquoit Congregational Church, 15 Parson's Way, E. Falmouth, MA
Freewill offering
https://www.solsticesingers.org/passacaglia/
Nature in Vivaldi’s Sound
Edson Scheid, Baroque violin, Rodrigo Tarraza, traverso, Carlos Boltes, charango, and Scott Hill, guitar, with strings and basso continuo players of Crescendo Period Instrument orchestra, directed by Christine Gevert
Antonio Vivaldi conveyed the beauty and dramatic conflicts of nature in his instrumental music with an intensity unparalleled by his contemporaries. In the violin concerto“Tempesta di mare” (the storm at sea), and the flute concertos “La notte” The Night), and “Il gardellino” (The Goldfinch) Vivaldi again demonstrates how adept he is in using the solo instruments, and the unique affects and atmospheres their sounds evoke. While Vivaldi doesn’t have a direct connection with Latin America, the Baroque music of Western Europe was widely performed there, introduced by the Jesuits. Vivaldi’s concerto for two mandolins will be performed on Iberian colonial and native instruments, giving our listeners a taste of the fusion of traditional and folk instruments that might have been heard in the New World.
4pm - Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
https://crescendomusic.org/
Edson Scheid, Baroque violin, Rodrigo Tarraza, traverso, Carlos Boltes, charango, and Scott Hill, guitar, with strings and basso continuo players of Crescendo Period Instrument orchestra, directed by Christine Gevert
Antonio Vivaldi conveyed the beauty and dramatic conflicts of nature in his instrumental music with an intensity unparalleled by his contemporaries. In the violin concerto“Tempesta di mare” (the storm at sea), and the flute concertos “La notte” The Night), and “Il gardellino” (The Goldfinch) Vivaldi again demonstrates how adept he is in using the solo instruments, and the unique affects and atmospheres their sounds evoke. While Vivaldi doesn’t have a direct connection with Latin America, the Baroque music of Western Europe was widely performed there, introduced by the Jesuits. Vivaldi’s concerto for two mandolins will be performed on Iberian colonial and native instruments, giving our listeners a taste of the fusion of traditional and folk instruments that might have been heard in the New World.
4pm - Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
https://crescendomusic.org/
Winchendon Music Festival
Asako Takeuchi, violin; Susannah Foster, violin; Lauren Nelson, viola; Jacques Lee Wood, violoncello; & Andrew Arceci, bass
7pm - Murdock-Whitney House (151 Front St., Winchendon, MA 01475
Free admission
[email protected]
Asako Takeuchi, violin; Susannah Foster, violin; Lauren Nelson, viola; Jacques Lee Wood, violoncello; & Andrew Arceci, bass
7pm - Murdock-Whitney House (151 Front St., Winchendon, MA 01475
Free admission
[email protected]
Sunday, October 13
West Gallery Music workshop
Bruce Randall, leader
West Gallery Music is suitable for all voices and melodic instruments (bowed strings, bassoons, concertinas, trombones, &c.). Most of it is not particularly difficult, and is great fun to sing and play! Music books will be provided. Masking is optional, but shoes are not permitted (it's a dance floor); please bring some slippers or socks.
2-5pm - Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St. Newton, MA
Free; donations to defray expenses are warmly welcomed.
Bruce Randall, leader
West Gallery Music is suitable for all voices and melodic instruments (bowed strings, bassoons, concertinas, trombones, &c.). Most of it is not particularly difficult, and is great fun to sing and play! Music books will be provided. Masking is optional, but shoes are not permitted (it's a dance floor); please bring some slippers or socks.
2-5pm - Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St. Newton, MA
Free; donations to defray expenses are warmly welcomed.
Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri
Elm City Consort and Yale Choral Artists directed by Jeffrey Douma. Jeremy Rhizor, Lydia Becker, violin, Nicholas Kleinman, Rosamund Morley, Caroline Nicolas, Michael Rigsby, Cat Slowik, Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba, Kevin Payne, theorbo, Stephen Gamboa-Diaz, organ
This monumental work by organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) is a cycle of seven cantatas for chorus, soloists and instruments. Drawn from medieval Latin verse and biblical texts, each cantata is a meditation about Jesus’s body on the cross.
4pm - Christ Church, 84 Broadway, New Haven, CT
FREE
https://www.elmcityconsort.org/2024-2025-season
Elm City Consort and Yale Choral Artists directed by Jeffrey Douma. Jeremy Rhizor, Lydia Becker, violin, Nicholas Kleinman, Rosamund Morley, Caroline Nicolas, Michael Rigsby, Cat Slowik, Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba, Kevin Payne, theorbo, Stephen Gamboa-Diaz, organ
This monumental work by organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) is a cycle of seven cantatas for chorus, soloists and instruments. Drawn from medieval Latin verse and biblical texts, each cantata is a meditation about Jesus’s body on the cross.
4pm - Christ Church, 84 Broadway, New Haven, CT
FREE
https://www.elmcityconsort.org/2024-2025-season
Friday, October 18
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Northstar Baroque
Enjoy North Star Baroque’s debut performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, featuring Grammy nominated concertmaster of Boston Baroque, Christina Day Martinson, baroque violin. The Four Seasons are not only among the most popular pieces of classical music today, but they circulated widely in the composer’s time, inspired programmatic pieces by others, and influenced the works of Bach. The Seasons were first published in Amsterdam in 1725 as the first four of a set of twelve concertos by Vivaldi. These four violin concerti give a musical representation for each season, taking its listeners on a narrative journey through the sounds and wonders of a full year.
7pm - Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101
$18-40+
https://porttix.com/whats-on/north-star-baroque-vivaldi-four-seasons/
Northstar Baroque
Enjoy North Star Baroque’s debut performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, featuring Grammy nominated concertmaster of Boston Baroque, Christina Day Martinson, baroque violin. The Four Seasons are not only among the most popular pieces of classical music today, but they circulated widely in the composer’s time, inspired programmatic pieces by others, and influenced the works of Bach. The Seasons were first published in Amsterdam in 1725 as the first four of a set of twelve concertos by Vivaldi. These four violin concerti give a musical representation for each season, taking its listeners on a narrative journey through the sounds and wonders of a full year.
7pm - Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101
$18-40+
https://porttix.com/whats-on/north-star-baroque-vivaldi-four-seasons/
Saturday, October 19
Come Away, Come Away: Lute song arrangements and their present-day relatives crafted by Will Ayton
Arcadia Viols: Robert Eisenstein, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, and Alice Robbins
VdGS-NE's Fall Workshop honors our friend Will Ayton, esteemed composer, viol player, and Emeritus professor at Roger Williams University. We’ll explore the nine fantasias that Will composed for viol consort based on lute songs by Ferrabosco, Lawes and others, purposely for three class periods at three different levels. He wrote in an imitative style incorporating elements of a borrowed tune, a compositional technique that was commonly used by composers of the Renaissance and later periods. Will has prepared a lecture demonstrating his process of composing a fantasia on the well-known tune Greensleeves. Bob Eisenstein will present the lecture with musical examples performed by Arcadia Viols with member Doug Kelley. Sponsored by the Mount Holyoke College Department of Music.
9:30am-4pm - Pratt Hall at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
$80 members / $100 nonmembers. Reduced fee available for those in need, contact Treasurer to inquire.
Introduction to the Viol $25 (one playing session, audit other sessions. Free for Five College students)
Schedule and details at https://vdgsne.org/workshops/vdgs-ne-october-2024/
Registration deadline: September 28.
Arcadia Viols: Robert Eisenstein, Jane Hershey, Anne Legêne, and Alice Robbins
VdGS-NE's Fall Workshop honors our friend Will Ayton, esteemed composer, viol player, and Emeritus professor at Roger Williams University. We’ll explore the nine fantasias that Will composed for viol consort based on lute songs by Ferrabosco, Lawes and others, purposely for three class periods at three different levels. He wrote in an imitative style incorporating elements of a borrowed tune, a compositional technique that was commonly used by composers of the Renaissance and later periods. Will has prepared a lecture demonstrating his process of composing a fantasia on the well-known tune Greensleeves. Bob Eisenstein will present the lecture with musical examples performed by Arcadia Viols with member Doug Kelley. Sponsored by the Mount Holyoke College Department of Music.
9:30am-4pm - Pratt Hall at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
$80 members / $100 nonmembers. Reduced fee available for those in need, contact Treasurer to inquire.
Introduction to the Viol $25 (one playing session, audit other sessions. Free for Five College students)
Schedule and details at https://vdgsne.org/workshops/vdgs-ne-october-2024/
Registration deadline: September 28.
25th Birthday Concert: something old, something new …
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Blue Heron returns to its origins, singing the glorious music of Hugh Aston from the Peterhouse Partbooks, and looks to the future with two works by Boston composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol setting Turkish Sufi texts, including a new piece written for the occasion. Blue Heron’s 25th Birthday Party Reception to follow! The program will include: Hugh Aston, Ave Maria ancilla trinitatas (recorded on Volume 1 of our 5-CD set of Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks), Another work from the Peterhouse repertoire, TBD. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Devran (2017), for 12-voice vocal ensemble. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, as-of-yet untitled work commissioned by Blue Heron (2024), for 12 voices and ensemble of Turkish instruments
3pm - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Blue Heron returns to its origins, singing the glorious music of Hugh Aston from the Peterhouse Partbooks, and looks to the future with two works by Boston composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol setting Turkish Sufi texts, including a new piece written for the occasion. Blue Heron’s 25th Birthday Party Reception to follow! The program will include: Hugh Aston, Ave Maria ancilla trinitatas (recorded on Volume 1 of our 5-CD set of Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks), Another work from the Peterhouse repertoire, TBD. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Devran (2017), for 12-voice vocal ensemble. Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, as-of-yet untitled work commissioned by Blue Heron (2024), for 12 voices and ensemble of Turkish instruments
3pm - First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Tickets $10-$90
https://www.blueheron.org/
Fandango and other Dances
Rumbarroco: Adriana Ruiz, soprano, Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano, Danilo Bonina, violin, Salome Sandoval, guitar & soprano, Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan harp & percussion, Katherine Shao, keyboards, Kera Washington, percussion, Kirsten Lamb, bass, Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & cuatro
This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including folias, jácaras, and fandangos, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish Cancioneros (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as joropo from Venezuela and Colombia and fandanguito from Mexico. Performers will switch from the European viola da gamba and Renaissance guitar to the Venezuelan cuatro and harp, illustrating the similar yet distinctively different sonorities and rhythmic and harmonic connections between the two continents, underlining Africa’s influence on them. The program will also include an aria by Jose de Nebra praising the Fandango for relieving fears. Music by Anonymous, Ortiz, Soler, Murcia, Machado, Castellanos, and others.
3:30pm - St. John’s Church, 1 Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA
Tickets: $35 reserved; $20 general entrance; $5 Low income
617-461-6973 or write to [email protected]
Rumbarroco: Adriana Ruiz, soprano, Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano, Danilo Bonina, violin, Salome Sandoval, guitar & soprano, Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan harp & percussion, Katherine Shao, keyboards, Kera Washington, percussion, Kirsten Lamb, bass, Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & cuatro
This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including folias, jácaras, and fandangos, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish Cancioneros (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as joropo from Venezuela and Colombia and fandanguito from Mexico. Performers will switch from the European viola da gamba and Renaissance guitar to the Venezuelan cuatro and harp, illustrating the similar yet distinctively different sonorities and rhythmic and harmonic connections between the two continents, underlining Africa’s influence on them. The program will also include an aria by Jose de Nebra praising the Fandango for relieving fears. Music by Anonymous, Ortiz, Soler, Murcia, Machado, Castellanos, and others.
3:30pm - St. John’s Church, 1 Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA
Tickets: $35 reserved; $20 general entrance; $5 Low income
617-461-6973 or write to [email protected]
Sunday, October 20
Early Music Day at Powers
Job Salazar Fonseca, violin; Ken Pierce, Renaissance dance; James Perretta, viola da gamba; Sarah Freiberg, cello; Sachin Shukla, music theory; and members of Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Powers Music School has hand-crafted a special day devoted just to early music, with opportunities for all experience levels. Why come to Early Music Day? Immerse yourself in the world of early music and imagine what it would have been like to play and hear Baroque and Renaissance music over three hundred years ago. Have fun learning an Italian ballroom dance or singing with notation from the 15th century, and experience it all for yourself!
12:00-5:00pm - Powers Music School, 160 Lexington St. Belmont, MA
$25
https://powersmusic.org/early-music-day/
Job Salazar Fonseca, violin; Ken Pierce, Renaissance dance; James Perretta, viola da gamba; Sarah Freiberg, cello; Sachin Shukla, music theory; and members of Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director)
Powers Music School has hand-crafted a special day devoted just to early music, with opportunities for all experience levels. Why come to Early Music Day? Immerse yourself in the world of early music and imagine what it would have been like to play and hear Baroque and Renaissance music over three hundred years ago. Have fun learning an Italian ballroom dance or singing with notation from the 15th century, and experience it all for yourself!
12:00-5:00pm - Powers Music School, 160 Lexington St. Belmont, MA
$25
https://powersmusic.org/early-music-day/
Early Music in St Luke's Chapel Series
Timothy Burris, Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lutes
Duets for Renaissance lutes are an often heard staple of early music festivals and concerts. Far less often encountered are duets for baroque lutes--which was the lute in vogue from the mid-17th through the middle of the 18th century. Olav Chris Henriksen and Timothy Burris perform an assortment of duets from the period by Falckenhagen, Baron, and Lauffensteiner, along with a work by Johann Laurentius Gleim that will be new, even to seasoned early music aficionados.
2:30pm - 143 State Street, Portland
Tickets at the door: $15, $10 for seniors
Timothy Burris, Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lutes
Duets for Renaissance lutes are an often heard staple of early music festivals and concerts. Far less often encountered are duets for baroque lutes--which was the lute in vogue from the mid-17th through the middle of the 18th century. Olav Chris Henriksen and Timothy Burris perform an assortment of duets from the period by Falckenhagen, Baron, and Lauffensteiner, along with a work by Johann Laurentius Gleim that will be new, even to seasoned early music aficionados.
2:30pm - 143 State Street, Portland
Tickets at the door: $15, $10 for seniors
Fandango and other Dances
Rumbarrocco: Adriana Ruiz, soprano, Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano, Danilo Bonina, violin, Salome Sandoval, guitar & soprano, Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan harp & percussion, Katherine Shao, keyboards, Kera Washington, percussion, Kirsten Lamb, bass, Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & cuatro
This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including folias, jácaras, and fandangos, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish Cancioneros (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as joropo from Venezuela and Colombia and fandanguito from Mexico. Performers will switch from the European viola da gamba and Renaissance guitar to the Venezuelan cuatro and harp, illustrating the similar yet distinctively different sonorities and rhythmic and harmonic connections between the two continents, underlining Africa’s influence on them. The program will also include an aria by Jose de Nebra praising the Fandango for relieving fears. Music by Anonymous, Ortiz, Soler, Murcia, Machado, Castellanos, and others.
3:30pm - First Unitarian Church, One Benevolent St., Providence, RI
$35 Reserved, $20 General entrance; $5 Low income
http://www.museumconcerts.org/tickets.html
Rumbarrocco: Adriana Ruiz, soprano, Daniela Tosic, mezzo-soprano, Danilo Bonina, violin, Salome Sandoval, guitar & soprano, Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan harp & percussion, Katherine Shao, keyboards, Kera Washington, percussion, Kirsten Lamb, bass, Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba & cuatro
This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including folias, jácaras, and fandangos, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish Cancioneros (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as joropo from Venezuela and Colombia and fandanguito from Mexico. Performers will switch from the European viola da gamba and Renaissance guitar to the Venezuelan cuatro and harp, illustrating the similar yet distinctively different sonorities and rhythmic and harmonic connections between the two continents, underlining Africa’s influence on them. The program will also include an aria by Jose de Nebra praising the Fandango for relieving fears. Music by Anonymous, Ortiz, Soler, Murcia, Machado, Castellanos, and others.
3:30pm - First Unitarian Church, One Benevolent St., Providence, RI
$35 Reserved, $20 General entrance; $5 Low income
http://www.museumconcerts.org/tickets.html
Fantastic Tales: Harpsichord as Narrator in works by Froberger, Kuhnau, Bach and Madsen
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Join us on a special field trip to the astonishingly beautiful St. Elizabeth's Chapel, a small gem built in 1914 by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram as his personal family chapel in the woods of Sudbury. Sitting in this remarkable little sanctuary built in the style of a 12th-century Norman chapel, you’ll swear you’re in Europe. The 16th-century Spanish altar and the 18th-century Bavarian carving of Elizabeth of Hungary will be the backdrop for harpsichord works that each tell a story. Andrus will play Kuhnau's portrayal of the death of Jakob, Froberger's musical portrayal of a trip on the Rhine gone wrong, and the young J.S. Bach's Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother. And Andrus will tell a tale or two of his own, improvising at the keyboard. Please note: Seating and accessibility are limited in the chapel. The chapel is accessed by an unpaved path through the woods.
4:00pm - St Elizabeth's Chapel, 440 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
General Admission-$35, Senior-$30, Student/Low Income-$10, Under 18-$0.00
newtonbaroque.org
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
Join us on a special field trip to the astonishingly beautiful St. Elizabeth's Chapel, a small gem built in 1914 by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram as his personal family chapel in the woods of Sudbury. Sitting in this remarkable little sanctuary built in the style of a 12th-century Norman chapel, you’ll swear you’re in Europe. The 16th-century Spanish altar and the 18th-century Bavarian carving of Elizabeth of Hungary will be the backdrop for harpsichord works that each tell a story. Andrus will play Kuhnau's portrayal of the death of Jakob, Froberger's musical portrayal of a trip on the Rhine gone wrong, and the young J.S. Bach's Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother. And Andrus will tell a tale or two of his own, improvising at the keyboard. Please note: Seating and accessibility are limited in the chapel. The chapel is accessed by an unpaved path through the woods.
4:00pm - St Elizabeth's Chapel, 440 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
General Admission-$35, Senior-$30, Student/Low Income-$10, Under 18-$0.00
newtonbaroque.org
Saturday, October 26
Baroque Celebrations: Charpentier Te Deum & Vivaldi Gloria
Upper Valley Baroque Choir and Orchestra
UVB musicians invite us to celebrate with the majesty of Charpentier’s Te Deum and Vivaldi’s Gloria, on period instruments, under the direction of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.
3pm - Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph VT
https://www.uppervalleybaroque.org/concerts
Upper Valley Baroque Choir and Orchestra
UVB musicians invite us to celebrate with the majesty of Charpentier’s Te Deum and Vivaldi’s Gloria, on period instruments, under the direction of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.
3pm - Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph VT
https://www.uppervalleybaroque.org/concerts
Risky Business
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Come take a chance on riveting Baroque works by German composers who pushed the envelope! Virtuosic chamber music for flute, strings, and continuo by Buxtehude, Walther, Graupner, Kleinknecht, and W.F. Bach.
4pm - First Parish Sudbury, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Come take a chance on riveting Baroque works by German composers who pushed the envelope! Virtuosic chamber music for flute, strings, and continuo by Buxtehude, Walther, Graupner, Kleinknecht, and W.F. Bach.
4pm - First Parish Sudbury, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem: Texts from the Brahms Requiem set by German Baroque masters
Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier, Director)
Johannes Brahms created a new structure for his Ein Deutsches Requiem, favoring the spiritual character of its meditations on death over the more formal structure of the traditional Latin Requiem and drawing his texts from a variety of Lutheran biblical sources. These German texts have been set by many illustrious composers through the ages. The Gramophone Award–winning Vox Luminis and Director Lionel Meunier—lauded for extensive and evocative explorations of early German Baroque vocal repertoire—lead us on a journey inspired by Brahms’s vision by way of these earlier, exquisite compositions, imagining a very different-sounding yet deeply emotional German Baroque Requiem.
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until November 23, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET)
https://bemf.org/
Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier, Director)
Johannes Brahms created a new structure for his Ein Deutsches Requiem, favoring the spiritual character of its meditations on death over the more formal structure of the traditional Latin Requiem and drawing his texts from a variety of Lutheran biblical sources. These German texts have been set by many illustrious composers through the ages. The Gramophone Award–winning Vox Luminis and Director Lionel Meunier—lauded for extensive and evocative explorations of early German Baroque vocal repertoire—lead us on a journey inspired by Brahms’s vision by way of these earlier, exquisite compositions, imagining a very different-sounding yet deeply emotional German Baroque Requiem.
8pm - NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until November 23, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET)
https://bemf.org/
Sunday, October 27
Viola da Gamba Masterclass with a Cristiano Contadin
VdGS-NE is pleased to offer a masterclass with Venetian viola da gambist Cristiano Contadin. Cristiano performed with his ensemble Opera Prima on last year’s BEMF concert series and appears with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston this fall The event is open to both performers and auditors and will take place at the welcoming home of Laura Jeppesen in Newton, MA. Please join us for an afternoon of excellent music and good company. Light refreshments will be provided.
12-3pm - private home in Newton, MA
FREE for performers; soloists and ensembles are welcome! Email [email protected] to reserve a performance slot.
$25 for auditors.
Space is limited; RSVP no later than October 26! The address and parking details will be sent to you at that point.
https://vdgsne.org/workshops/masterclass-with-cristiano-contadin/
VdGS-NE is pleased to offer a masterclass with Venetian viola da gambist Cristiano Contadin. Cristiano performed with his ensemble Opera Prima on last year’s BEMF concert series and appears with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston this fall The event is open to both performers and auditors and will take place at the welcoming home of Laura Jeppesen in Newton, MA. Please join us for an afternoon of excellent music and good company. Light refreshments will be provided.
12-3pm - private home in Newton, MA
FREE for performers; soloists and ensembles are welcome! Email [email protected] to reserve a performance slot.
$25 for auditors.
Space is limited; RSVP no later than October 26! The address and parking details will be sent to you at that point.
https://vdgsne.org/workshops/masterclass-with-cristiano-contadin/
Baroque Celebrations: Charpentier Te Deum & Vivaldi Gloria
Upper Valley Baroque Choir and Orchestra
UVB musicians invite us to celebrate with the majesty of Charpentier’s Te Deum and Vivaldi’s Gloria, on period instruments, under the direction of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.
3pm - Claremont Opera House, Claremont NH
https://www.uppervalleybaroque.org/concerts
Upper Valley Baroque Choir and Orchestra
UVB musicians invite us to celebrate with the majesty of Charpentier’s Te Deum and Vivaldi’s Gloria, on period instruments, under the direction of Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.
3pm - Claremont Opera House, Claremont NH
https://www.uppervalleybaroque.org/concerts
Risky Business
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Come take a chance on riveting Baroque works by German composers who pushed the envelope! Virtuosic chamber music for flute, strings, and continuo by Buxtehude, Walther, Graupner, Kleinknecht, and W.F. Bach.
4pm - Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road
Come take a chance on riveting Baroque works by German composers who pushed the envelope! Virtuosic chamber music for flute, strings, and continuo by Buxtehude, Walther, Graupner, Kleinknecht, and W.F. Bach.
4pm - Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
$10-$55
www.oldpostroad.org
With Tears and Sighs: The Lute in 16th-Century Italy
Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute
Music on the Square concert series will host a concert featuring lutenist Hideki Yamaya in a program from the first golden age of lute music. This is some of the most sophisticated yet approachable, and imaginative music written for the lute. Composers represented include Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Francesco da Milano, and Giovanni Antonio Terzi.
4pm - Roslindale Congregational church, 25 Cumins Hwy. Roslindale, MA
Free admission; suggested donation $25
https://www.facebook.com/events/s/with-tears-and-sighs-roslindal/708260938166290/?mibextid=9VsGKo&rdid=XM8ffdV1euwKyVTr
Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute
Music on the Square concert series will host a concert featuring lutenist Hideki Yamaya in a program from the first golden age of lute music. This is some of the most sophisticated yet approachable, and imaginative music written for the lute. Composers represented include Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Francesco da Milano, and Giovanni Antonio Terzi.
4pm - Roslindale Congregational church, 25 Cumins Hwy. Roslindale, MA
Free admission; suggested donation $25
https://www.facebook.com/events/s/with-tears-and-sighs-roslindal/708260938166290/?mibextid=9VsGKo&rdid=XM8ffdV1euwKyVTr
Macbeth's Witches: A Halloween Masquerade & Ball
Henry Purcell Society of Boston: Ian Watson, harpsichord, conductor; Cristiano Contadin, viola da gamba, harpsichord; Jesse Irons, Amy Rawstron, violins; Karen Burciaga, viola, fiddle; Daniel Meyers, Roy Sansom, recorders; Emily Marvosh, alto; Emily Siar, soprano, David Thomas Mather, baritone, as The Witches; Jacob Cooper, baritone, as Hecate; Tina Fores-Hitt, Zoe Carey, dancers; and cameos by special guests
Come in your best Bridgerton dress, or as you like, whether it is as a masquerader or lover of live music, food and community! Featuring a reprise of music of the witches taken directly from Eccles “Macbeth.” Dancers will enchant you in this fully staged presentation while you sip cocktails from the cauldron and enjoy refreshments from Sage Platter! Best of all, your ticket includes a dance lesson by choreographer and baroque dance teacher, Ken Pierce. Take part, or watch as others step into the circle!
Featuring speaker and stage director, Kirsten Z. Cairns, who will speak on women in Restoration Theatre, and the roles of Macbeth's singing witches.
7pm - Beech Street Center, Belmont MA
Tickets: $95 until Oct. 1, then price goes up to $125
https://bostonpurcell.org/witches
Henry Purcell Society of Boston: Ian Watson, harpsichord, conductor; Cristiano Contadin, viola da gamba, harpsichord; Jesse Irons, Amy Rawstron, violins; Karen Burciaga, viola, fiddle; Daniel Meyers, Roy Sansom, recorders; Emily Marvosh, alto; Emily Siar, soprano, David Thomas Mather, baritone, as The Witches; Jacob Cooper, baritone, as Hecate; Tina Fores-Hitt, Zoe Carey, dancers; and cameos by special guests
Come in your best Bridgerton dress, or as you like, whether it is as a masquerader or lover of live music, food and community! Featuring a reprise of music of the witches taken directly from Eccles “Macbeth.” Dancers will enchant you in this fully staged presentation while you sip cocktails from the cauldron and enjoy refreshments from Sage Platter! Best of all, your ticket includes a dance lesson by choreographer and baroque dance teacher, Ken Pierce. Take part, or watch as others step into the circle!
Featuring speaker and stage director, Kirsten Z. Cairns, who will speak on women in Restoration Theatre, and the roles of Macbeth's singing witches.
7pm - Beech Street Center, Belmont MA
Tickets: $95 until Oct. 1, then price goes up to $125
https://bostonpurcell.org/witches
Bigwigs of the Baroque
Ensemble Amphion Baroque: Jesse Lepkoff, baroque flute, recorders, Peter Sykes, harpsichord, Emlyn Ngai, baroque violin, Reinmar Seidler, baroque cello
A concert of chamber works by illustrious French, German and Italian 18th century composers, featuring works by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Vivaldi, Rameau, and Rebel. Ensemble Amphion Baroque is made up of world class musicians who specialize in music of the baroque. Using historically informed techniques and instruments of the period, Amphion captures the true spirit and sounds of the 18th century, music of passion and style. Led by flustist Jesse Lepkoff, Amphion Baroque has performed in festivals and venues throughout New England. To view and listen to a promotional video click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXLzdGiibk
7:00pm - Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, 10 Vernon St. Brattleboro, VT
$25
https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2024/06/20/ensemble-amphion-baroque/
Ensemble Amphion Baroque: Jesse Lepkoff, baroque flute, recorders, Peter Sykes, harpsichord, Emlyn Ngai, baroque violin, Reinmar Seidler, baroque cello
A concert of chamber works by illustrious French, German and Italian 18th century composers, featuring works by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Vivaldi, Rameau, and Rebel. Ensemble Amphion Baroque is made up of world class musicians who specialize in music of the baroque. Using historically informed techniques and instruments of the period, Amphion captures the true spirit and sounds of the 18th century, music of passion and style. Led by flustist Jesse Lepkoff, Amphion Baroque has performed in festivals and venues throughout New England. To view and listen to a promotional video click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXLzdGiibk
7:00pm - Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, 10 Vernon St. Brattleboro, VT
$25
https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/2024/06/20/ensemble-amphion-baroque/
Thursday, October 31
Revels Presents: Secret Byrd
The Gesualdo Six and Abendmusik
Revels joins forces with Concert Theatre Works to create an immersive musical experience celebrating the music and activism of William Byrd. Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers, through an immersive performance by candlelight. Byrd was a recusant Catholic writing secret masses to be sung by worshippers during the Reformation. These masses were held in people’s homes with smuggled priests and hidden Catholic artifacts. Byrd’s courage in using his art to allow people the freedom of belief inspires us today, when three quarters of the world’s population still live in countries engaging in some form of religious intolerance. Help us celebrate Byrd’s activism by entering a living museum – a concert experience like never before. Created and Directed by Bill Barclay, produced by Concert Theatre Works.
6pm - Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston
$70-90
https://revels.org/event/secretbyrd/
The Gesualdo Six and Abendmusik
Revels joins forces with Concert Theatre Works to create an immersive musical experience celebrating the music and activism of William Byrd. Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers, through an immersive performance by candlelight. Byrd was a recusant Catholic writing secret masses to be sung by worshippers during the Reformation. These masses were held in people’s homes with smuggled priests and hidden Catholic artifacts. Byrd’s courage in using his art to allow people the freedom of belief inspires us today, when three quarters of the world’s population still live in countries engaging in some form of religious intolerance. Help us celebrate Byrd’s activism by entering a living museum – a concert experience like never before. Created and Directed by Bill Barclay, produced by Concert Theatre Works.
6pm - Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston
$70-90
https://revels.org/event/secretbyrd/
Revels Presents: Secret Byrd
The Gesualdo Six and Abendmusik
Revels joins forces with Concert Theatre Works to create an immersive musical experience celebrating the music and activism of William Byrd. Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers, through an immersive performance by candlelight. Byrd was a recusant Catholic writing secret masses to be sung by worshippers during the Reformation. These masses were held in people’s homes with smuggled priests and hidden Catholic artifacts. Byrd’s courage in using his art to allow people the freedom of belief inspires us today, when three quarters of the world’s population still live in countries engaging in some form of religious intolerance. Help us celebrate Byrd’s activism by entering a living museum – a concert experience like never before. Created and Directed by Bill Barclay, produced by Concert Theatre Works.
9pm - Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston
$70-90
https://revels.org/event/secretbyrd/
The Gesualdo Six and Abendmusik
Revels joins forces with Concert Theatre Works to create an immersive musical experience celebrating the music and activism of William Byrd. Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers, through an immersive performance by candlelight. Byrd was a recusant Catholic writing secret masses to be sung by worshippers during the Reformation. These masses were held in people’s homes with smuggled priests and hidden Catholic artifacts. Byrd’s courage in using his art to allow people the freedom of belief inspires us today, when three quarters of the world’s population still live in countries engaging in some form of religious intolerance. Help us celebrate Byrd’s activism by entering a living museum – a concert experience like never before. Created and Directed by Bill Barclay, produced by Concert Theatre Works.
9pm - Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston
$70-90
https://revels.org/event/secretbyrd/