October 17, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Fun and fascinating works by Krommer, Druschetzky, and Dusikova are heard alongside traditional Czech folk tunes arranged for the ensemble in this program that explores the unique sound of Bohemian music for oboe, violin, viola, and cello. Mozart’s sublime Quartet for oboe & strings completes the program. Season subscriptions to Les Délices go on sale August […]
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October 17, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 9:45 pm – Opera Prima Cristiano Contadin, Director & viola da gamba Amanda Forsythe, soprano FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025 8pm | NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, October 31, 2025 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until November 14, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET) Grand Tour: Virtuosic music of the Galant Celebrated viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin and his renowned ensemble Opera Prima return to […]
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October 18, 2025 @ 2:15 pm – 4:30 pm – Byron Schenkman, a favorite of northwest audiences, visits from Seattle to offer an evening harpsichord recital. The program includes enchanting French music by Louis Couperin, Élisabeth Jacquet de le Guerre, Ennemond Gaultier, Nicolas Lebègue, Marie-Emmanuelle Bayon, Joseph Bologne, and Jacques Duphly.
October 18, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – In this “tossed” theatrical rendition, our merry cast of singers and instrumentalists tell you the story of how Prospero summons his dutiful servant, Ariel, to conjure a masque for a waiting audience (you!). Will he keep his promise to free Ariel at the end of the evening’s revels? You’ll have to come and find out! […]
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October 18, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – A few repeating notes. Infinite possibilities. PBO explores how Baroque composers built entire musical worlds upon a ground bass—the steady heartbeat of their music. Beginning with Purcell’s delicate chamber works and Pachelbel’s iconic Canon in D, the program expands into the vibrant orchestral textures of Muffat, Albinoni, Vivaldi, and Handel. Whether playful, elegant, or profound, […]
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