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Sat, May 8, 8:00 PM
The Master Singers of Lexington, Adam Grossman, Music Director |
| “Fauré and More”. Rediscover the beauty of Gabriel Fauré’s choral masterpiece Requiem, performed by the chorus and a magnificent chamber orchestra, and paired with John Corigliano’s setting of the Dylan Thomas poem Fern Hill. First Parish in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road on the historic Battle Green. Free parking and full handicapped accessibility. Tickets $25/$20 students/seniors online at www.themastersingers.org or call (800) 595-4TIX. |
Fri, May 14, 8:00 pm
Cantata Singers, David Hoose, Music Director |
Heinrich Schütz: Opus ultimum, Schwanengesang, Psalm 119, Psalm 100, Deutsches Magnificat. We close the season with Schütz's culminating work, his deeply felt reflection on a very full and rich eighty-six years. Nothing small, efficient or inward, but rather a swansong of monumental scope and imagination, two four-voice choruses, instruments and continuo, in thirteen motets filling a full, concentrated evening. The Schwanengesang burns with youthful vigor, incredible invention, and thrillingly refined drama. There is no evidence that Schütz himself ever heard a performance of this work, but Cantata Singers offers you a very, very rare opportunity to experience this artist's final, brilliant reflection on life, in its glorious, astounding whole.
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA. Accessible from the E Green Line Symphony stop. Single tickets range from $52 to $17. Call 617-868-5885, email jgoodyear@cantatasingers.org or visit our website at www.cantatasingers.org for more information.
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Sat, May 15, 8:00 pm
Back Bay Chorale, Scott Allen Jarrett, Music Director |
| Bach's great Mass in B minor, with orchestra and soloists. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University. Tickets are $45, $35, and $25, with $5 discount for students and seniors, available on-line at http://www.bbcboston.org or at the door. For more information, send email to info@bbcboston.org or call us at 617.648.3885. |
Sat, May 15, 8:00 pm
Brookline Chorus, Lisa Graham, Music Director |
| The Heart of New England:
Walden Pond, Dominick Argento;
Wedding Cantata, Daniel Pinkham;
Frostiana, Randall Thompson;
and the world premiere of a new work by Kirke Mechem.
All Saints Parish,
1773 Beacon Street, Brookline.
On-street parking; accessible by the "C" and "D" T-lines.
Tickets are $20 ($15 students/seniors).
See our website for information and to purchase tickets: www.brooklinechorus.org.
For our May 2010 concert, Brookline Chorus has commissioned a new work in honor of our 30th anniversary. The theme of the concert is New England and we are honored that composer Kirke Mechem is writing a piece for us that combines the words of Emerson and Thoreau to evoke the heart of New England. |
Sun, May 16, 3:00 pm
Dedham Choral Society, Jonathan Barnhart, Music Director |
| Spring Concert; Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German
Requiem); Ralph Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region.
NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, MA.
Accessible from the Orange Line's Massachusetts Avenue T stop and by the
#1, #CT1 and the #39 buses. Tickets to participate are $45 to $20. Go
to our website at www.dedhamchoral.org for further information. |
Sun, May 16, 3:00 PM
Masterworks Chorale, Steven Karidoyanes, Conductor |
| The Chorale’s 70th season concludes with a concert entitled “The American Five,” a program featuring much-loved American composers of the 20th century. Hear Samuel Barber’s own choral setting of his most popular song, “Sure on This Shining Night.” In addition to stage music of LeonardBernstein and Aaron Copland, as well as sacred music by New Englander Charles Ives, this concert includes a real find! Who knew George Gershwin composed choral music for a film score – but he did! It’s all here in this joyful salute to the 20th century American choral experience. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. For more information call (781) 235-6210 or visit www.MasterworksChorale.org |
Sat, May 22, 8:00 pm
Cappella Clausura |
| Strozzi & Leonarda.
Two powerhouses of composition: one secular, one sacred, both prolific, highly original, and largely self-taught. As Hildegard said, being a “mere woman” definitely has its creative advantages. Leonarda composed some 200 pieces for voices and instruments, some of them in a unique, almost primitive style of baroque composition. Strozzi was truly unique: a secular musician and composer who managed to be accepted as such (in a certain way) by her male counterparts. Her madrigals for 3,4,5 voices are exquisite, and envelope ripping. Performed as written, with mixed choir.
Episcopal Parish of the Messiah, 1900 Comm. Avenue, Newton, MA 02466.
Tickets: Adults: $20 Students/Seniors: $15. http://www.clausura.org/ . 617-964-6609 |
Sun, May 23, 4:00 pm
Cappella Clausura |
| Strozzi & Leonarda.
Two powerhouses of composition: one secular, one sacred, both prolific, highly original, and largely self-taught. As Hildegard said, being a “mere woman” definitely has its creative advantages. Leonarda composed some 200 pieces for voices and instruments, some of them in a unique, almost primitive style of baroque composition. Strozzi was truly unique: a secular musician and composer who managed to be accepted as such (in a certain way) by her male counterparts. Her madrigals for 3,4,5 voices are exquisite, and envelope ripping. Performed as written, with mixed choir.
First Lutheran Church of Boston 299 Berkeley Street., Boston, MA 02116.
Tickets: Adults: $20 Students/Seniors: $15. http://www.clausura.org/. 617-964-6609 |
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