October 16, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm – In sixteenth-century Antwerp, a small shop described as being found “At the Sign of the Crumhorn” drew musicians, dancers, and the curious inside. There, the publisher Tielman Susato sent new music out into the world – tunes that became massively popular and culturally influential. This program opens that door again, with the vivid sound of […]
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October 16, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Boston Early Music Festival Presents: STILE ANTICO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 at 7:30pm St. Paul Church, Cambridge VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, October 30, 2026 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until November 13, 2026 at 11:59pm (ET) Polyphonic Postcards: Music from Europe’s greatest Renaissance cities The flourishing cities of Renaissance Europe played host to an explosion […]
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October 16, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): All-Night Vigil Composed in 1915, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil stands as one of the most beautiful choral masterworks ever written—a luminous bridge between ancient Slavic spiritual traditions and late-Romantic expression, with bass notes so low they challenge the limits of the human voice. Drawing deeply from ancient Russian Orthodox chants, Rachmaninoff weaves the timeless melodies of […]
October 16, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – As the Founding Fathers launched the Revolutionary War in 1776, they also dispatched their most charming and skilled diplomat, Ben Franklin, on an assignment in Paris to secure crucial French military aid for the American Revolution. As one of the most colorful geniuses in American history, the 70-year-old Franklin knew that the way to win […]
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October 17, 2026 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): All-Night Vigil Composed in 1915, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil stands as one of the most beautiful choral masterworks ever written—a luminous bridge between ancient Slavic spiritual traditions and late-Romantic expression, with bass notes so low they challenge the limits of the human voice. Drawing deeply from ancient Russian Orthodox chants, Rachmaninoff weaves the timeless melodies of […]
