Early Music Performances Around New England
Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18:
La Donne Musicale presents "Shades of Death and Alleluia," sacred and secular music for viols and voices by women composers of the 17th and 21st centuries.
Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19:
Exsultemus presents "Night Games of Siena," an Italian Madrigal Comedy by Orazio Vecchi.
Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19:
Convivium Musicum presents "Music of the Spheres: Music and Mathematics in the Renaissance," with music by Ockeghem, Obrecht, Josquin, Lassus and others.
Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19:
Duo Maresienne, with Lisa Brooke, perform "Concerts Royaux," French Baroque music for violin, viola da gamba and theorbo.
Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19:
Sarasa Ensemble presents "Folk-Inspired Music with Fortepiano," with music by Haydn and Dvorak on period instruments.
Saturday, May 25:
Grand Harmonie plays Rossini, Weber, and Mendelssohn on period wind instruments.
Ongoing:
Early Music Thursdays at First Church in Boston
Ongoing:
Bach Cantata Series at Emmanuel Church
On-demand Concerts from the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival
Opening Night of the festival, with Les Voix Baroque
Hear the concert and download program notesThe BEMF Orchestra
The Festival Orchestra performs works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and Vivaldi.
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Boston Early Music Channel
Hear exclusive and stellar early music concert performances 24/7 on the Boston Early Music Channel:
Baroque in Boston
Join Laura Carlo each Sunday, 7am to 11am, for stellar early music performances from Boston, New England, and around the world.
Early Music in Boston
Thomas Forrest Kelly of Harvard University and Early Music America talks with Laura Carlo about two approaches to early music.
Thomas Forrest Kelly on early music in Boston:
Also on Sundays: The Bach Hour
Host Brian McCreath takes you inside the sacred cantatas and instrumental masterpieces of one of history's greatest composers
Early Music in BostonThomas Forrest Kelly of Harvard University and Early Music America talks with Laura Carlo about two approaches to early music.
Also on Sundays: The Bach HourHost Brian McCreath takes you inside the sacred cantatas and instrumental masterpieces of one of history's greatest composers
Orfeo ed Eurydice with Boston Baroque
Christoph Gluck's operatic masterpiece comes to the Jordan Hall stage with Boston Baroque's founder and director, Martin Pearlman.Hear the performance, download program notes, and see a slideshow
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Niobe at the Boston Early Music Festival
Agostino Steffani’s 1688 opera Niobe: Regina di Tebe (“Niobe, Queen of Thebes”) lay forgotten until its revival in 2008. Boston Early Music Festival performed its North American premiere during the 2011 festival.Hear the performance and download program notes
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Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society bring J.S. Bach's greatest sacred work to the Symphony Hall stage, and Classical New England brings it to the web.Hear the concertDownload complete program notes and translations [pdf].
Hear Harry Christophers on the St. Matthew Passion on The Bach Hour:
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