Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:30pm Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley, MA In 1723, when Hamburg, Germany’s officials wanted music for a celebration of the city’s maritime heritage, they turned to their famous local composer, Georg Philipp Telemann. The Overture he gave them captured the motion and character of Hamburg’s main waterway, the River Elbe, […]
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This year’s Silbiger Grant recipients Loren Ludwig and colleagues will present music for voices and viols from c.1800 from the Northampton area, performed on New England viols built in the early 1800s. Made in the Valley: 19th-C. Music for Viols and Voices from the Connecticut River ValleyOctober 18, 2025 at 7pmUnitarian Society of Northampton and
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Venetian VespersA reconstruction of Vespers at St. Marks in Venice as celebrated in the 1640s Saturday, May 3rd at 7:30pmGrace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Av. Amherst, MA By the 1560s the music of Venice’s magnificent Basilica of St. Mark’s had profoundly influenced European sacred music, a dominance it maintained well into the 17th century. During this
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ARCADIA PLAYERS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL EASTER WEEK WEBCAST OF JOHANN THEILE’S ST. MATTHEW PASSION Arcadia Players Ensemble and Chorus, with soloists William Hite, tenor, and John Salvi, baritone Directed by Gregory Hayes The German composer Johann Theile—a gifted pupil of Heinrich Schütz and
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