| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Musicians of the Old Post Road present Fit for a King: Frederick the Great at 300Presented by Musicians of the Old Post Road at First Parish Wayland March 9, 2012 Celebrate the 300th birthday of beloved music-loving monarch, Frederick the Great! This program highlights the styles popular at "Fritz's" court, including Baroque, galant, and the dramatic 'empfindsamer stil'. Works by Quantz, Janitsch, Graun, Benda, and the King himself. With guest oboist, Sarah Davol. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling, violin, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord. | Musicians of the Old Post Road | 03/09/12 | Wayland |
Bach Saint John PassionPresented by Back Bay Chorale at Sanders Theatre March 10, 2012 The Back Bay Chorale's journey through Bach's major choral works under the direction of Scott Allen Jarrett continues with the great Saint John Passion which manages to tell the Passion story with a pervasive sense of hope for the salvation of humanity. Full orchestra and soloists. | Back Bay Chorale | 03/10/12 | Cambridge |
Musicians of the Old Post Road present Fit for a King: Frederick the Great at 300Presented by Musicians of the Old Post Road at Old South Church, Boston March 10, 2012 Celebrate the 300th birthday of beloved music-loving monarch, Frederick the Great! This program highlights the styles popular at "Fritz's" court, including Baroque, galant, and the dramatic 'empfindsamer stil'. Works by Quantz, Janitsch, Graun, Benda, and the King himself. With guest oboist, Sarah Davol. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling, violin, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord. | Musicians of the Old Post Road | 03/10/12 | Boston |
The Prodigal SonPresented by La Donna Musicale at Emmanuel Church, Boston March 17, 2012 Combining stirring performances with groundbreaking scholarship, award-winning ensemble La Donna Musicale, led by Laury Gutiérrez (2009 Radcliffe Institute Fellow and Brandeis University WSRC Scholar), expands to a chamber string orchestra and vocal quartet for
the modern world premiere of this powerful oratorio, composed in 1709. | La Donna Musicale | 03/17/12 | Boston |
MISTRESSPresented by Cappella Clausura at Episcopal Parish of the Messiah - Newton March 17, 2012 MISTRESS:a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of America's first poet, Mistress Anne Bradstreet
Featuring the premiere of Contemplations (8, 9) composed by Hilary Tann especially for Cappella Clausura’s celebration of Anne Bradstreet’s quatricentennial. The piece will be played in tandem with Contemplations (21, 22), written in 2005 for the Radcliffe Choral Society.
In addition, we feature two works by Dorothy Crawford: A Protrait of Anne... | Cappella Clausura | 03/17/12 | Newton |
The Prodigal SonPresented by La Donna Musicale March 18, 2012 Combining stirring performances with groundbreaking scholarship, award-winning ensemble La Donna Musicale, led by Laury Gutiérrez (2009 Radcliffe Institute Fellow and Brandeis University WSRC Scholar), expands to a chamber string orchestra and vocal quartet for
the modern world premiere of this powerful oratorio, composed in 1709. | La Donna Musicale | 03/18/12 | Cambridge |
MISTRESSPresented by Cappella Clausura at University Lutheran Church, Cambridge March 24, 2012 MISTRESS:a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of America's first poet, Mistress Anne Bradstreet
Featuring the premiere of Contemplations (8, 9) composed by Hilary Tann especially for Cappella Clausura’s celebration of Anne Bradstreet’s quatricentennial. The piece will be played in tandem with Contemplations (21, 22), written in 2005 for the Radcliffe Choral Society.
In addition, we feature two works by Dorothy Crawford: A Protrait of Anne... | Cappella Clausura | 03/24/12 | Cambridge |
Brahms RequiemPresented by Back Bay Chorale at Symphony Hall March 25, 2012 Brahms' moving work is presented in one of the most spectacular concert halls in the world. The Back Bay Chorale is delighted to sing this great romantic work with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. | Back Bay Chorale | 03/25/12 | Boston |
MISTRESSPresented by Cappella Clausura March 25, 2012 MISTRESS:a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of America's first poet, Mistress Anne Bradstreet
Featuring the premiere of Contemplations (8, 9) composed by Hilary Tann especially for Cappella Clausura’s celebration of Anne Bradstreet’s quatricentennial. The piece will be played in tandem with Contemplations (21, 22), written in 2005 for the Radcliffe Choral Society.
In addition, we feature two works by Dorothy Crawford: A Protrait of Anne... | Cappella Clausura | 03/25/12 | Boston |
The Tallis Scholars: The Field of Cloth of Gold- Music of Jean Mouton and William CornyshPresented by Boston Early Music Festival at St. Paul Church, Cambridge March 31, 2012 Peter Phillips, director
The Field of the Cloth of Gold: Music of Jean Mouton and William Cornysh
Beloved vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars with Peter Phillips, director, make their 23rd annual appearance with BEMF! Pioneers in the performance of the glorious vocal music of the Renaissance, these singers continue to collect accolades for transcendent performances that are as intricately precise as they are expressively soulful. Their program is inspired by the splendor and... | Boston Early Music Festival | 03/31/12 | Cambridge |
| An Evening with Max van Egmond | Boston College | 04/15/12 | Chestnut Hill |
The Flanders Recorder Quartet: Reclaiming Bach for the RecorderPresented by Boston Early Music Festival at Sanders Theatre April 27, 2012 Tom Beets, Bart Spanhove, Joris Van Goethem & Paul Van Loey, recorders
A favorite of BEMF audiences since 1995, the Flanders Recorder Quartet has thrilled concert-goers on five continents with dazzling interplay and fluent, agile performances. These accomplished virtuosos close a season of triumphant returns with an unforgettable celebration that claims the music of J. S. Bach for the recorder. Just as Bach arranged music of other composers that he admired, the... | Boston Early Music Festival | 04/27/12 | Cambridge |
Gluck’s Opera, Orfeo Ed EuridicePresented by Boston Baroque at NEC's Jordan Hall May 4-May 5, 2012 Love and music triumph, as the poet Orpheus defies the fires of Hades and charms the underworld king, freeing his beloved Euridice from death. Gluck's revolutionary orchestration influenced opera from Mozart to Wagner, and Orpheus' heart-wrenching lament at losing his beautiful wife is one of opera's most famous moments. Boston Baroque's semi-staged operas, with the action taking place around the orchestra on stage, have been widely acclaimed. Sung in the original Italian with English... | Boston Baroque | 05/04/12-
05/05/12 | Boston |
Haydn The SeasonsPresented by Back Bay Chorale at Sanders Theatre May 5, 2012 Haydn's The Seasons is performed in historic Sanders Theatre under the direction of Scott Allen Jarrett. This brilliant work captures nature in all of its passionate beauty. Full orchestra and soloists. | Back Bay Chorale | 05/05/12 | Cambridge |
