For the 170th consecutive year, H+H reignites your sense of wonder and joy with the greatest story ever told in song. Our new Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads this centuries-old Boston tradition. Joining our resplendent orchestra and chorus are a slate of spectacular soloists, including countertenor John Holiday, โone of the finest countertenors of his …
Connect with your early-music community across the Americas! This monthly series hosted by EMA's Emerging Professional Leadership Council features conversations with extraordinary leaders in the field of early music, virtual happy hours, Q&As, and more. Stay afterwards for a game of trivia! Join us on the final Sunday of each month at 7pm ET/4pm PT. …
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …
Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicagoโs flagship ensemble covering the full spectrum of classical chamber music, will present a โHoliday Baroqueโ program December 1 and 3, 2023, that opens with a shimmering showpiece for soprano and trumpet: George Frideric Handelโs aria โLet the Bright Seraphimโ in D Major from his oratorio โSamson,โ HWV 57. Antonio Vivaldiโs charming …
Wassail, Wassail! Music for the Yuletide Season With its always festive cornucopia of instruments โ lute, cittern, viols, crumhorns, recorders, rebec and percussionโthe Baltimore Consort offers old carols and dance tunesย from the British Isles, Germany, France, Spain and the New World. An annual and ever-changing seasonal celebration. https://baltimoreconsort.com/
The Tempesta di Mare | Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players present Unmatchedย Dec. 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill ย Dec. 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM | Trinity Center for Urban Life ย โStarting in the 16th century adventurous composers began to assemble and write for mixed, or unmatched ensembles …
Exquisite music to welcome a season of peace, light and joy. Baroque and traditional music from Bolivia, Italy, and Spain. Animated concertos from Bolivia set the tone for a spirited program featuring rustic sounds of โpifferariโ (wandering musicians at Christmas time), Spanish dance rhythms, original improvisations, and a lively Galician carol. Highlighting the talents and …
Join us for a festive holiday celebration with one of Americaโs most beloved ensembles! This vocal and instrumental program features carols and dance tunes from the British Isles, Germany, France, Spain, and the New World.
Timeless. Joyful. Lustrous. Boston Baroque celebrates the holiday season with the GRAMMYยฎ -nominated, complete version of Handelโs Messiah, 42 years after presenting the first Boston period-instrument performances of the complete oratorio in 1981. Discover all the glorious delights of this cherished yearly musical tradition with our stellar orchestra, chorus, and world-renown soloists. This event will …
The Tempesta di Mare | Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players present Unmatchedย Dec. 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill ย Dec. 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM | Trinity Center for Urban Life ย โStarting in the 16th century adventurous composers began to assemble and write for mixed, or unmatched ensembles …
Early Music Missouri's 2023 Holiday Program features a vocal ensemble and chamber orchestra performing sacred music of the season by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.ย EMMo offers Charpentier's best known music for the Christmas season including the "Messe de minuit pour Noรซl," a mass based on French Christmas songs and his instrumental setting of these same traditional tunes, "Noรซls …
Timeless. Joyful. Lustrous. Boston Baroque celebrates the holiday season with the GRAMMYยฎ-nominated, complete version of Handelโs Messiah, 42 years after presenting the first Boston period-instrument performances of the complete oratorio in 1981. Discover all the glorious delights of this cherished yearly musical tradition with our stellar orchestra, chorus, and world-renown soloists. 2 hour 55 minutes …
Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicagoโs flagship ensemble covering the full spectrum of classical chamber music, will present a โHoliday Baroqueโ program December 1 and 3, 2023, that opens with a shimmering showpiece for soprano and trumpet: George Frideric Handelโs aria โLet the Bright Seraphimโ in D Major from his oratorio โSamson,โ HWV 57. Antonio Vivaldiโs charming …
Join us for a festive holiday celebration with one of Americaโs most beloved ensembles! This vocal and instrumental program features carols and dance tunes from the British Isles, Germany, France, Spain, and the New World.
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …
Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun. We perform early music from across the British Isles and Europe including familiar carols, wintry consorts, festive wassailing songs, Renaissance dances, Scottish tunes, and always a surprise or two. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed! Stay for a …
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Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to …
Exploring a Wealth of Beauty from Italian Convents We are excited to present this all-female program for treble voices in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street and the treble vocalists of Downtown Voices, under guest director Elena Williamson. This program celebrates music from 17th century Italian convents in what may seem an unlikely place for a …
Rejoice! The beloved holiday tradition returns featuring Handelโs complete oratorio. Discover why the Messiah is one of the most-performed works in history, and experience it as it was meant to be heard performed on period instruments. Directed by illustrious guest artist John Butt, this yearโs concert features professional chorus Cappella Romana and world-class soloists soprano …
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will welcome soprano Clara Rottsolk for its annual holiday concerts. This yearโs program aims to evoke a distinct sense of the place, taking listeners to the regions of Bavaria and Swabia to hear music that would have been played in churches and homes in cities like Nuremberg, Heidelberg, and Augsburg.ย ย Playlist …
Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to …
Messiah vis ร vis El Mesรญas G.F. HANDEL MESSIAH (Full Performance) Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, with performances both in English and Spanish featuring BCSD's commissioned Spanish libretto by Mario Montenegro, and delivered with BCSD's customary virtuosity and vibrancy. The final performance on December 12 at Centro Cultural Tijuana will form part of a joint celebration …
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Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to …
Celebrate the season with celestial works from Spain & New Spain. Music by Iribarren, Salazar, others, including Zumaya, the first Mexican classical composer of indigenous descent. With guests from ensemble La Fontegara of Mexico. Featuring soprano Adriana Ruiz & mezzo-soprano Hilary Anne Walker
On Saturday, December 9, 7 p.m. at Blue Hill First Congregational Church, Blue Hill Bach will join forces with Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) to perform Christmas selections of Handelโs Messiah. Under the direction of conductor George Emlen, a small ensemble of some of the areaโs finest Baroque musicians will perform using Handelโs original instrumentation. …
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Messiah vis ร vis El Mesรญas G.F. HANDEL MESSIAH (Full Performance) Handel's beloved oratorio Messiah, with performances both in English and Spanish featuring BCSD's commissioned Spanish libretto by Mario Montenegro, and delivered with BCSD's customary virtuosity and vibrancy. The final performance on December 12 at Centro Cultural Tijuana will form part of a joint celebration …
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Rejoice! The beloved holiday tradition returns featuring Handelโs complete oratorio. Discover why the Messiah is one of the most-performed works in history, and experience it as it was meant to be heard performed on period instruments. Directed by illustrious guest artist John Butt, this yearโs concert features professional chorus Cappella Romana and world-class soloists soprano …
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will welcome soprano Clara Rottsolk for its annual holiday concerts in charming Chestnut Hill, PA. This yearโs program aims to evoke a distinct sense of the place, taking listeners to the regions of Bavaria and Swabia to hear music that would have been played in churches and homes in cities like …
Seven Times Salt's beloved annual concert celebrates the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun. We perform early music from across the British Isles and Europe including familiar carols, wintry consorts, festive wassailing songs, Renaissance dances, Scottish tunes, and always a surprise or two. Audience participation encouraged and jollity guaranteed! Elise Groves, soprano …
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Lute & Viola Da Gamba Duo Performing a special Christmas-themed program! https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …
GRAMMY-nominated Ars Lyrica Houston presents a festive holiday concert with an eight-person vocal ensemble and a Baroque orchestra of period instrument specialists. This stunning concert features two major works for chorus and orchestra from the Christian tradition, one on the creation story and the other on the incarnation of Christ. As set to music by …
Celebrate the spirit of the season with Bostonโs biggest, Baroque-est holiday party! This festive program features a diverse slate of merry masterpieces, sparkling in the December darkness like a starlit sky. Under the direction of H+H principal keyboard Ian Watson, our brilliant orchestra pairs these glad tidings with unparalleled technique and passion. Join us for …
Nothing says Christmas like Tafelmusikโs Messiah! A moving, often joyous reflection on the life of Christ, Handelโs oratorio surges with emotion, drama, and poignancy. Performed in the style and spirit of the composerโs own productions, Tafelmusikโsย Messiahย โradiates brilliance and energy, along with an emotional depth that fully enhances the workโs expressionโ (AllMusic).ย Messiahโs core message of good …
Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 PM Saturday, December 16, 2023, 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (11 Garden Street, Cambridge) Tickets $10-$87 https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/english-xmas/ Blue Heronโs well-loved English Christmas program returns after six years, refreshed and revised with new carols, plainchant, and motets, by turns festive, meditative, and spiritual.
Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 PM Saturday, December 16, 2023, 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (11 Garden Street, Cambridge) Tickets $10-$87 https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/english-xmas/ Blue Heronโs well-loved English Christmas program returns after six years, refreshed and revised with new carols, plainchant, and motets, by turns festive, meditative, and spiritual.
Nowell Synge We Bothe Al and Som A medieval Christmas celebration by the ensemble that, probably more than any other, has defined the modern approach to performance of vocal music of the Middle Ages. A gathering of music-lovers during the Christmas season today will often result in a hearty carol singing evening, with its focus …
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Saturday, December 16 โข 7:30 Hicks Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Sunday, December 17 โข 2:30 Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Chatham Baroqueโs holiday program explores music of Baroque Spain and the New World. Nell Snaidas (soprano) and Raquel Winnica Young (mezzo soprano) charm and dazzle in their native Spanish, extolling the joys of the season …
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Friday, December 15, 2023, 8:00 PM Saturday, December 16, 2023, 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (11 Garden Street, Cambridge) Tickets $10-$87 https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/english-xmas/ Blue Heronโs well-loved English Christmas program returns after six years, refreshed and revised with new carols, plainchant, and motets, by turns festive, meditative, and spiritual.
Saturday, December 16 โข 7:30 Hicks Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Sunday, December 17 โข 2:30 Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Chatham Baroqueโs holiday program explores music of Baroque Spain and the New World. Nell Snaidas (soprano) and Raquel Winnica Young (mezzo soprano) charm and dazzle in their native Spanish, extolling the joys of the season …
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โฏTafelmusikโs treasured Sing-Along Messiah makes a triumphant return, directed by none other than G.F. Handel himself. Messiahโs stirring choruses get the surround-sound treatment with a massive audience joining our own choir, orchestra, and guest soloists. Join your vocal section and sing your heart out to Handelโs glorious oratorio, performed in the style and spirit of …
Join Emmanuel Music, along with Cambridge Common Voices, Andrew Clark, conductor, and Boston Childrenโs Chorus, Krystal Morin, conductor, for an opulent celebration of the holiday season, centered around Benjamin Brittenโs dramatic cantataย Saint Nicolas, inspired by Saint Nicholasโ legendary care for the poor and oppressed. Set against the lush horns and arias of Bachโs cantata, Sie …
Bjarte Eike director and violin Steven Player writer, narrator and guitar Emi Ferguson flute and mezzo soprano Bill Barclay stage director Music Before 1800 brings to the holiday season a new touring concert based on music and stories of a forgotten tradition. Loosely based on Ben Jonsonโs Christmas, His Masque, performed at the court of …
Mountainside Baroqueโs popular annual gift to the community features the Scholars of St. Cecilia, Mountainside Baroqueโs resident chamber choir, in a celebration that encompasses six centuries of Christmas music, including traditional carols, along with readings by local clergy and officials. This year,ย the voices will join with instruments for Heinrich Schutzโs โChristmas Story.โ Mountainside Co-Artistic Directors …
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …
Enjoy selections from our beloved annual concert online. To celebrate the winter solstice and the return of the unconquered sun, we perform early music from across the British Isles and Europe, including familiar carols, wintry consorts, festive wassailing songs, Renaissance dances, Irish tunes, and always a surprise or two. Brew yourself a warm beverage and …
A joyful celebration of the season, with virtuoso voices and instruments performing magnificent Italian works of the Renaissance and early Baroque. Music ranging from intimate simplicity to sumptuous splendor including sacred songs of devotion, instrumental fantasias, and resplendent choral masterpieces of Veniceโs Golden Age. Music of Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Cipriano, Marenzio and many more performed by …
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …
Connect with your early-music community across the Americas! This monthly series hosted by EMA's Emerging Professional Leadership Council features conversations with extraordinary leaders in the field of early music, virtual happy hours, Q&As, and more. Stay afterwards for a game of trivia! Join us on the final Sunday of each month at 7pm ET/4pm PT. …
Fresh. Exultant. Bright. Ring in the New Year with Boston Baroque! This celebratory program features works by Boyce, Biber, Bach, and Handel, and will provide the perfect entrance into 2024. This event will be livestreamed on IDAGIO at 8:00pm EST. 2 hours 10 minutes (with 20-minute intermission) The Program BOYCE Symphony No. 1 in B-flat …
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Fresh. Exultant. Bright. Ring in the New Year with Boston Baroque! This celebratory program features works by Boyce, Biber, Bach, and Handel, and will provide the perfect entrance into 2024. 2 hour 10 minutes (with 20-minute intermission) The Program BOYCE Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BMV …
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Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided …
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