Sunday, September 2
Solemn High Mass
Members of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
César Franck: Prière op. 20
Andrea Gabrieli: Missa Brevis
Cristóbal de Morales: Peccantem me quotidie
Adrian Batten: Lord, we beseech thee
Théodore Dubois: Toccata in G major
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Members of the Choir of the Church of the Advent
César Franck: Prière op. 20
Andrea Gabrieli: Missa Brevis
Cristóbal de Morales: Peccantem me quotidie
Adrian Batten: Lord, we beseech thee
Théodore Dubois: Toccata in G major
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Night Song
Leah Costlow, Beth Spaulding, Michael Terranova, Andrew Troska (cantor), Daryl Bichel, John Nesby, voices; Ben Schwendener, piano
Gregorian Chant: Suscepimus, Deus (from the Liber Usualis)
Plainchant setting for compline, arr. by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 40 and "Birdsong" by Rumi, music by Patricia Van Ness
Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum
Motet: Ardens est cor meum by G.P. da Palestrina (5-part)
Motet: Salve Regina by Tomás Luis de Victoria (6-part)
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public
http://www.nightsong.org
Leah Costlow, Beth Spaulding, Michael Terranova, Andrew Troska (cantor), Daryl Bichel, John Nesby, voices; Ben Schwendener, piano
Gregorian Chant: Suscepimus, Deus (from the Liber Usualis)
Plainchant setting for compline, arr. by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 40 and "Birdsong" by Rumi, music by Patricia Van Ness
Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum
Motet: Ardens est cor meum by G.P. da Palestrina (5-part)
Motet: Salve Regina by Tomás Luis de Victoria (6-part)
7:30pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public
http://www.nightsong.org
Friday, September 14
The Presence of the Past
ScheckMate: Raffael Scheck, 'cello & Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
When vividly recalled, the past becomes present, not bygone, but by (with) us. The present, likewise, can revive the past, not as a dead reflection but as through a window in time. In this program, ScheckMate revives music of the past that suggests the future (by Giovanni Bononcini). By way of 19th-century works of transition, they complete the circle with contemporary works that suggest the past (including Bachianas Brasileiras #5 by Villa-Lobos).
7pm - Scarborough Public Library, Scarborough, ME
Admission Free
ScheckMate: Raffael Scheck, 'cello & Timothy Burris, lute and guitar
When vividly recalled, the past becomes present, not bygone, but by (with) us. The present, likewise, can revive the past, not as a dead reflection but as through a window in time. In this program, ScheckMate revives music of the past that suggests the future (by Giovanni Bononcini). By way of 19th-century works of transition, they complete the circle with contemporary works that suggest the past (including Bachianas Brasileiras #5 by Villa-Lobos).
7pm - Scarborough Public Library, Scarborough, ME
Admission Free
Saturday, September 21
Curious and Modern Inventions: Novelties, Oddities, and the Birth of the Baroque
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Karina Schmitz, violin; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo and guitar
The beginning of the seventeenth century saw a surge of innovative new musical techniques, as composers began to experiment with effects such as instrumental dialogues, echos, double and triple stops on the violin, and the imitation of other instruments and even animals! We are joined by violinist Karina Schmitz and lutenist Simon Martyn-Ellis in this exploration of the eccentricities of early seventeenth-century Italian composers such as Biagio Marini, Giovanni Battista Fontana and Sigismondo d’India.
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center
72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT 05301
$10-$20
www.instilemoderno.com
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Karina Schmitz, violin; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo and guitar
The beginning of the seventeenth century saw a surge of innovative new musical techniques, as composers began to experiment with effects such as instrumental dialogues, echos, double and triple stops on the violin, and the imitation of other instruments and even animals! We are joined by violinist Karina Schmitz and lutenist Simon Martyn-Ellis in this exploration of the eccentricities of early seventeenth-century Italian composers such as Biagio Marini, Giovanni Battista Fontana and Sigismondo d’India.
7:30pm - Brattleboro Music Center
72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT 05301
$10-$20
www.instilemoderno.com
Saturday, September 22
Torres Meets Tárrega: Music of Francisco Tárrega and Contemporaries
Timothy Burris, guitar
Before Andres Segovia, there was Francisco Tárrega, arguably the founder of the modern school of guitar playing. In addition to his work as a concertizing artist and composer, Tárrega was an inspiring teacher who influenced a generation of students. Several of those students, in turn, went on to significant careers as composers, concert artists, and teachers. Timothy Burris will perform a program of classical guitar music by Francisco Tárrega and several of his students, including Miguel Llobet, Emilio Pujol, and Daniel Fortea. Mr Burris will perform the works on a guitar built for him by Richard Berg (Ottawa), a copy of an 1864 instrument presented by the father of the modern classical guitar, Antonio Torres, to a youthful Francisco Tárrega.
7:30pm - Emery Community Arts Center, Farmington, ME
TIckets at the door.
Timothy Burris, guitar
Before Andres Segovia, there was Francisco Tárrega, arguably the founder of the modern school of guitar playing. In addition to his work as a concertizing artist and composer, Tárrega was an inspiring teacher who influenced a generation of students. Several of those students, in turn, went on to significant careers as composers, concert artists, and teachers. Timothy Burris will perform a program of classical guitar music by Francisco Tárrega and several of his students, including Miguel Llobet, Emilio Pujol, and Daniel Fortea. Mr Burris will perform the works on a guitar built for him by Richard Berg (Ottawa), a copy of an 1864 instrument presented by the father of the modern classical guitar, Antonio Torres, to a youthful Francisco Tárrega.
7:30pm - Emery Community Arts Center, Farmington, ME
TIckets at the door.
Into that Most Baroque of Times
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord; Sarah Freiberg, baroque cello; Maria Benotti, baroque violin
Music at Eden's Edge will take a turn back in time to an eclectic mix of music for period instruments from the early 17th to the mid-18th century. This delightful program features Guest Artists respectively, who are thrilled to welcome back two of our favorite visitors to the MEE series. The program starts in the early Italian Baroque, touches upon music of Purcell, attends to Vivaldi and Corelli, swings by LeClair, and finishes with a work that might or might not have been written by J.S. Bach.
7:30pm - The Congregational Church of Topsfield, 80 Main Street, Topsfield, MA
www.edensedge.org
Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord; Sarah Freiberg, baroque cello; Maria Benotti, baroque violin
Music at Eden's Edge will take a turn back in time to an eclectic mix of music for period instruments from the early 17th to the mid-18th century. This delightful program features Guest Artists respectively, who are thrilled to welcome back two of our favorite visitors to the MEE series. The program starts in the early Italian Baroque, touches upon music of Purcell, attends to Vivaldi and Corelli, swings by LeClair, and finishes with a work that might or might not have been written by J.S. Bach.
7:30pm - The Congregational Church of Topsfield, 80 Main Street, Topsfield, MA
www.edensedge.org
Curious and Modern Inventions: Novelties, Oddities, and the Birth of the Baroque
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Karina Schmitz, violin; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo and guitar
The beginning of the seventeenth century saw a surge of innovative new musical techniques, as composers began to experiment with effects such as instrumental dialogues, echos, double and triple stops on the violin, and the imitation of other instruments and even animals! We are joined by violinist Karina Schmitz and lutenist Simon Martyn-Ellis in this exploration of the eccentricities of early seventeenth-century Italian composers such as Biagio Marini, Giovanni Battista Fontana and Sigismondo d’India.
7:30pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138
$10-$25
www.instilemoderno.com
In Stile Moderno: Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Nathaniel Cox, cornetto and theorbo; Karina Schmitz, violin; Simon Martyn-Ellis, theorbo and guitar
The beginning of the seventeenth century saw a surge of innovative new musical techniques, as composers began to experiment with effects such as instrumental dialogues, echos, double and triple stops on the violin, and the imitation of other instruments and even animals! We are joined by violinist Karina Schmitz and lutenist Simon Martyn-Ellis in this exploration of the eccentricities of early seventeenth-century Italian composers such as Biagio Marini, Giovanni Battista Fontana and Sigismondo d’India.
7:30pm - Friends Meeting at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02138
$10-$25
www.instilemoderno.com
Sunday, September 23
Pleasure Gardens of London
Musicians of the Old Post Road
A tented garden concert in the festive spirit of those that were presented at Vauxhall in the outskirts of
London in the eighteenth century. Music of Arne, J. C. Bach, and Handel, with Teresa Wakim, soprano soloist.
3pm - Gore Place, 20 Gore Street, Waltham, MA
FREE admission
www.oldpostroad.org
Musicians of the Old Post Road
A tented garden concert in the festive spirit of those that were presented at Vauxhall in the outskirts of
London in the eighteenth century. Music of Arne, J. C. Bach, and Handel, with Teresa Wakim, soprano soloist.
3pm - Gore Place, 20 Gore Street, Waltham, MA
FREE admission
www.oldpostroad.org
Wednesday, September 26
Flos florum / Flower of flowers
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.)
A program mirroring the contents of a book of hours, including both devotional music and secular chansons that were quoted allegorically in Marian works. Music by Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Regis, Alexander Agricola, and Josquin Desprez.
7:30pm - College Street Congregational Church
265 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401
$10-$40 (Under 18 admitted free)
Website
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.)
A program mirroring the contents of a book of hours, including both devotional music and secular chansons that were quoted allegorically in Marian works. Music by Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois, Johannes Ockeghem, Johannes Regis, Alexander Agricola, and Josquin Desprez.
7:30pm - College Street Congregational Church
265 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401
$10-$40 (Under 18 admitted free)
Website
Friday, September 28
Solemn High Mass for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Leo Sowerby: Pageant of Autumn, H 234
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa "Æterna Christi munera"
Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my soul
Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes
Jean Langlais: Hymne d'action de grâce "Te Deum"
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Leo Sowerby: Pageant of Autumn, H 234
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa "Æterna Christi munera"
Jonathan Dove: Bless the Lord, O my soul
Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes
Jean Langlais: Hymne d'action de grâce "Te Deum"
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
Sunday, September 30
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro moderato e serioso (Sonata I)
Hans Leo Haßler: Missa Secunda
William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God our strength
Alexander L'Estrange: Oculi omnium
Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro assai vivace (Sonata I)
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
Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro moderato e serioso (Sonata I)
Hans Leo Haßler: Missa Secunda
William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God our strength
Alexander L'Estrange: Oculi omnium
Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro assai vivace (Sonata I)
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free!
http://www.theadventboston.org
Bach Suites on Violoncello de Spalla
Sergey Malov, violoncello da spalla
The remarkable violoncello da spalla—literally a cello "played on the shoulder"—has been almost completely forgotten. J.S. Bach loved the instrument and wrote expressly for it—it may, in fact, be the instrument for which he wrote one or more of his cello suites. This Boston debut by Sergey Malov, the world's greatest performer on this extraordinary instrument, will change the way you hear this iconic music. The program includes Cello Suites 2, 3, and 6 (c.1720).
1:30pm - Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
gardnermuseum.org
Sergey Malov, violoncello da spalla
The remarkable violoncello da spalla—literally a cello "played on the shoulder"—has been almost completely forgotten. J.S. Bach loved the instrument and wrote expressly for it—it may, in fact, be the instrument for which he wrote one or more of his cello suites. This Boston debut by Sergey Malov, the world's greatest performer on this extraordinary instrument, will change the way you hear this iconic music. The program includes Cello Suites 2, 3, and 6 (c.1720).
1:30pm - Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
gardnermuseum.org