Mar
28
7:30 PM19:30
Mar
29
7:30 PM19:30
Mar
30
1:30 PM13:30
Apr
11
7:30 PM19:30
Chatham Baroque
Bach: Markus Passion
Led by Artistic Director Bill Barclay, Concert Theatre Works has created a first-ever staged production of J.S. Bach’s long-lost Markus Passion. Chatham Baroque is excited to partner with Concert Theatre Works and NYC based ensemble The Sebastians for a world-premiere of this important work as reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno and published by Breitkopf & Härtel. With an ensemble comprising 14 players and 4 singers dramatically supporting acclaimed actor Joseph Marcell as the Evangelist, this musical treasure is brought to life in a gripping theatrical format.
Music by J.S. Bach
Directed by Bill Barclay
Edition by Malcolm Bruno
Produced by Concert Theatre Works
Markus Passion was commissioned by The Oregon Bach Festival
Apr
13
4:00 PM16:00
The Sebastians
Bach: Markus Passion
The Sebastians are thrilled to partner with with Concert Theatre Works and Chatham Baroque to present the world premiere of Bach’s long-lost St. Mark Passion, as reconstructed by musicologist Malcolm Bruno. Featuring music direction by Jeffrey Grossman, stage direction by Bill Barclay, and an ensemble of fourteen players and four singers with iconic actor Joseph Marcell (Royal Shakespeare Company, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) as the Evangelist, this once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event is not to be missed.
Apr
30
7:00 PM19:00
Opera Lafayette
Re|Joice 30 Years of Ryan Brown
Celebrating a visionary.
Maestro Brown has built Opera Lafayette into a major cultural force, celebrated from the American shores all the way to the theatre at Versailles. This concert will focus on the music, the musicians, and the composers that Ryan Brown has championed and elevated during his 30-year tenure as Artistic Director.
May
1
7:30 PM19:30
Opera Lafayette
Re|Joice 30 Years of Ryan Brown
Celebrating a visionary.
Maestro Brown has built Opera Lafayette into a major cultural force, celebrated from the American shores all the way to the theatre at Versailles. This concert will focus on the music, the musicians, and the composers that Ryan Brown has championed and elevated during his 30-year tenure as Artistic Director.
Dec
14
7:30 PM19:30
Dec
13
7:30 PM19:30
Dec
12
7:00 PM19:00
Dec
10
7:00 PM19:00
Nov
18
to Nov 21
Nov
17
4:00 PM16:00
Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra
A Bach Harvest: Cantatas and Courtly Dances led by Adriane Post & Brad Hughley
Oct
26
9:30 PM21:30
May
9
7:00 PM19:00
Opera Lafayette
Opéra-ballet: Rameau’s Io and de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro
This double bill comprises two fully staged one-act opéra-ballets, including the notable debut of a never-before performed Rameau comedy titled Io. This unfinished opéra-ballet was recently completed with music from Rameau's Platée by Doctor of Musicology and foremost scholar and editor of Rameau Opera Omnia Sylvie Bouissou. The other work, a modern premiere of Pierre de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro, is a lyric drama in which M. de Pompadour herself performed and which recently came to light through efforts of Opera Lafayette and the Bibliotheque Nationale.
May
3
7:30 PM19:30
Opera Lafayette
Opéra-ballet: Rameau’s Io and de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro
This double bill comprises two fully staged one-act opéra-ballets, including the notable debut of a never-before performed Rameau comedy titled Io. This unfinished opéra-ballet was recently completed with music from Rameau's Platée by Doctor of Musicology and foremost scholar and editor of Rameau Opera Omnia Sylvie Bouissou. The other work, a modern premiere of Pierre de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro, is a lyric drama in which M. de Pompadour herself performed and which recently came to light through efforts of Opera Lafayette and the Bibliotheque Nationale.
May
2
7:30 PM19:30
Opera Lafayette
Opéra-ballet: Rameau’s Io and de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro
This double bill comprises two fully staged one-act opéra-ballets, including the notable debut of a never-before performed Rameau comedy titled Io. This unfinished opéra-ballet was recently completed with music from Rameau's Platée by Doctor of Musicology and foremost scholar and editor of Rameau Opera Omnia Sylvie Bouissou. The other work, a modern premiere of Pierre de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro, is a lyric drama in which M. de Pompadour herself performed and which recently came to light through efforts of Opera Lafayette and the Bibliotheque Nationale.
Apr
29
7:30 PM19:30
Tenet Vocal Artists
Bach’s Magnificat and Easter Oratorio
TENET’s singers and orchestra further our exploration of Bach’s masterworks with a performance of his spectacular Magnificat and Easter Oratorio. We continue our tradition of performing without a conductor, and the performance will instead be expertly led from the chamber organ by Jeffrey Grossman.
Mar
26
3:00 PM15:00
Boston Baroque
Jupiter Symphony
This all-Mozart program sparkles, featuring the glorious “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41 and charming Sinfonia concertante. Violinist Christina Day Martinson and violist Jason Fisher shine alongside Boston Baroque’s illustrious orchestra, all led by Founding Music Director Martin Pearlman.
Mar
25
8:00 PM20:00
Boston Baroque
Jupiter Symphony
This all-Mozart program sparkles, featuring the glorious “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41 and charming Sinfonia concertante. Violinist Christina Day Martinson and violist Jason Fisher shine alongside Boston Baroque’s illustrious orchestra, all led by Founding Music Director Martin Pearlman.
Mar
4
7:30 PM19:30
Early Music New York
PUBLICK MUSICK: Bach in London
Works composed and programmed by Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel, who together established the format of “Publick Concerts” in London in the 1760s. Over the course of two decades of “Bach-Abel Concerts” they also introduced several Haydn symphonies to London, years before Haydn himself came to town.
Jun
7
7:00 PM19:00
Opera Lafayette
Silvain
Silvain (1770) was both a favorite of Marie-Antoinette in France and the first opera performed in New Orleans in 1796. Surprisingly, the opera’s story of family conflict and reconciliation also upheld the rights of peasants to use land owned by the nobles.
In the early 19th century, French entrepreneurs moved to the American southwest and acquired vast tracts of land from the Mexican government. They guaranteed the peasants who settled these lands the same privileges as those at the center of the drama in Grétry and Marmontel’s opera. Conflicts around these rights in the United States have continued to the present day, and this story’s resonance in the New World has inspired Opera Lafayette’s setting of this modern premiere of Silvain.
Jun
3
7:30 PM19:30
Opera Lafayette
Silvain
Silvain (1770) was both a favorite of Marie-Antoinette in France and the first opera performed in New Orleans in 1796. Surprisingly, the opera’s story of family conflict and reconciliation also upheld the rights of peasants to use land owned by the nobles.
In the early 19th century, French entrepreneurs moved to the American southwest and acquired vast tracts of land from the Mexican government. They guaranteed the peasants who settled these lands the same privileges as those at the center of the drama in Grétry and Marmontel’s opera. Conflicts around these rights in the United States have continued to the present day, and this story’s resonance in the New World has inspired Opera Lafayette’s setting of this modern premiere of Silvain.
Jun
2
7:30 PM19:30
Opera Lafayette
Silvain
Silvain (1770) was both a favorite of Marie-Antoinette in France and the first opera performed in New Orleans in 1796. Surprisingly, the opera’s story of family conflict and reconciliation also upheld the rights of peasants to use land owned by the nobles.
In the early 19th century, French entrepreneurs moved to the American southwest and acquired vast tracts of land from the Mexican government. They guaranteed the peasants who settled these lands the same privileges as those at the center of the drama in Grétry and Marmontel’s opera. Conflicts around these rights in the United States have continued to the present day, and this story’s resonance in the New World has inspired Opera Lafayette’s setting of this modern premiere of Silvain.
Mar
27
4:00 PM16:00
Pegasus Early Music
Reginald Mobley, Countertenor
We are thrilled to present this remarkable singer and Handel specialist, in a fascinating and varied program with music of Handel, Ignatius Sancho, and others. Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) is perhaps the least well-known composer on our program. Born into slavery in the British colonies, he later went to England where he eventually gained his freedom and became a noted abolitionist, writer, composer, and shopkeeper.
Mar
26
7:30 PM19:30
New York State Baroque
Reginald Mobley, Countertenor
We are thrilled to present this remarkable singer and Handel specialist, in a fascinating and varied program with music of Handel, Ignatius Sancho, and others. Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) is perhaps the least well-known composer on our program. Born into slavery in the British colonies, he later went to England where he eventually gained his freedom and became a noted abolitionist, writer, composer, and shopkeeper.
Mar
25
7:30 PM19:30
New York State Baroque
Reginald Mobley, Countertenor
We are thrilled to present this remarkable singer and Handel specialist, in a fascinating and varied program with music of Handel, Ignatius Sancho, and others. Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) is perhaps the least well-known composer on our program. Born into slavery in the British colonies, he later went to England where he eventually gained his freedom and became a noted abolitionist, writer, composer, and shopkeeper.
Mar
12
3:30 PM15:30
Museum Concerts of Rhode Island
Bach: St. John Passion
Schola Cantorum of Boston and Providence Baroque Orchestra
Daniel Lee, Leader - Andrew Brown, Evangelist - Stephan Griffin, Jesus - Frederick Jodry, Pilate
Feb
27
2:30 PM14:30
Chatham Baroque
Les Nations: Music from the Time of Louis XIV and XV
Chatham Baroque welcomes extraordinary guest artists Stephen Schultz (baroque flute), Caroline Giassi (baroque oboe), and Justin Wallace (harpsichord) to form a chamber ensemble that one might find at the palace of Versailles. Featuring the luxuriant music that defines the French national style, including François Couperin’s Les Nations, a suite from Marin Marais’ Pièces en trio, and the troisième pièce of the Pièces de Clavecin en Concert by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Chatham Baroque Andrew Fouts violin Patricia Halverson viola da gamba, violone Scott Pauley theorbo, archlute Guest Artists Stephen Schultz baroque flute Caroline Giassi baroque oboe Justin Wallace harpsichord
Feb
26
8:00 PM20:00
Chatham Baroque
Les Nations: Music from the Time of Louis XIV and XV
Chatham Baroque welcomes extraordinary guest artists Stephen Schultz (baroque flute), Caroline Giassi (baroque oboe), and Justin Wallace (harpsichord) to form a chamber ensemble that one might find at the palace of Versailles. Featuring the luxuriant music that defines the French national style, including François Couperin’s Les Nations, a suite from Marin Marais’ Pièces en trio, and the troisième pièce of the Pièces de Clavecin en Concert by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Chatham Baroque Andrew Fouts violin Patricia Halverson viola da gamba, violone Scott Pauley theorbo, archlute Guest Artists Stephen Schultz baroque flute Caroline Giassi baroque oboe Justin Wallace harpsichord
Feb
25
7:30 PM19:30
Chatham Baroque
Les Nations Music from the Time of Louis XIV and XV
Chatham Baroque welcomes extraordinary guest artists Stephen Schultz (baroque flute), Caroline Giassi (baroque oboe), and Justin Wallace (harpsichord) to form a chamber ensemble that one might find at the palace of Versailles. Featuring the luxuriant music that defines the French national style, including François Couperin’s Les Nations, a suite from Marin Marais’ Pièces en trio, and the troisième pièce of the Pièces de Clavecin en Concert by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Chatham Baroque Andrew Fouts violin Patricia Halverson viola da gamba, violone Scott Pauley theorbo, archlute Guest Artists Stephen Schultz baroque flute Caroline Giassi baroque oboe Justin Wallace harpsichord
Feb
13
5:00 PM17:00
Feb
10
7:30 PM19:30
Opera Lafayette POSTPONED
Concert Spirituel aux Caraïbes
With music composed by Gossec, Dalayrac, Pergolesi, and more.
Pedro Memelsdorff, a musician scholar whose recent research has focused on music in the French colonies in the Caribbean during the 18th century, conceives and leads a program highlighting French music performed there between 1760 and 1790. The musical life of the colonies involved enslaved, formerly enslaved, and free peoples, and Memelsdorff’s program addresses the extraordinarily complicated dynamics between the musical culture of imperial France and the people of the Caribbean. Well-known French composers from the 18th century and newly rediscovered works are represented in this orchestral concert with vocal soloists and ensemble.
May
30
2:00 PM14:00
The Sebatians (Copy)
Dances with Bach
J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012, for violoncello (da spalla), with dancers
J.S. Bach
English Suite no. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 for harpsichord, with dancers
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 for flute, strings, and continuo, with dancers
May
27
7:30 PM19:30
The Sebatians
Dances with Bach
J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012, for violoncello (da spalla), with dancers
J.S. Bach
English Suite no. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 for harpsichord, with dancers
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 for flute, strings, and continuo, with dancers
May
17
4:00 PM16:00
Ashmont Hill Chamber Music
“Bach Project II”
The second Bach Project event of the season, this concert features choral and instrumental music performed by some of the nation’s finest period singers and instrumentalists, who will be joined by the Ashmont Boy Choir.
Program: TBA
Apr
5
2:30 PM14:30