May 2, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – This program takes a 1790 Kirkman piano as its point of departure for considering England as one of the great centers of piano culture at the end of the eighteenth century. If portraiture often presented the piano as a graceful emblem of feminine accomplishment, the musical world around it was far more expansive: animated by […]
Patricia García Gil: Past the Drawing Room Read More »
May 2, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Join us on Saturday evening for an intimate performance of Machaut’s entrancing Messe de Nostre Dame in the most gothic venue in Boston, lit entirely by candles—as close as we could come to the piece’s likely original context, a Saturday evening Lady Mass at a side altar in Reims Cathedral.
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May 2, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Strangers in Strange Lands, for solo violin Violinists in the 17th century often led lives along borderlines— traveling across political and religious boundaries in search of work and recognition. They sought to distinguish themselves as artists, not merely common fiddlers. They began to find that recognition through displays of ingenuity, marvel and virtuosity. Their most […]
Lindsey Strand-Polyak: Sei sola Read More »
May 2, 2026 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Celebrated French early keyboardist Benjamin Alard performs selections of J.S. Bach’s works written1717 – 1723 when he lived in Köthen and enjoyed greater freedom to compose as he felt inclined. On the program are the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903 and two English Suites (No. 3 in G minor and No. […]
Harpsichordist Benjamin Alard plays Bach in Köthen 1717-1723 – The Happy Years Read More »
May 2, 2026 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Join us on Saturday evening for an intimate performance of Machaut’s entrancing Messe de Nostre Dame in the most gothic venue in Boston, lit entirely by candles—as close as we could come to the piece’s likely original context, a Saturday evening Lady Mass at a side altar in Reims Cathedral.
Machaut Weekend: Candlelight Concerts: Messe de Nostre dame Read More »
