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The
2011-2012 Events Calendar is updated regularly. Please check
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Fri, Nov 4, 8:00 PM
Masterworks Chorale, Steven Karidoyanes, Conductor |
| The Chorale’s 72nd season begins with Beethoven’s monumental “Missa Solemnis.” Joining the Masterworks chorus and orchestra are soprano Barbara Kilduff, mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, tenor Charles Blandy, and baritone Dana Whiteside. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. For more information call (617) 858-6785 or visit www.MasterworksChorale.org |
Sat, Nov 5, 3:30 PM
A Besere Velt, Lisa Gallatin |
| Open Rehearsal for A Besere Velt Yiddish Community Chorus of The Workmen's Circle.
1550 Beacon Street, Brookline.
For more information call chorus director Lisa Gallatin at 617.566.6164.
No auditions. No knowledge of Yiddish required. Open rehearsals offer an opportunity for you to participate in a working rehearsal before deciding to make a commitment for the year. Membership opens only once a year. |
Sat, Nov 5, 8:00 PM
Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, Music Director |
| An American Sampler. From the colonial era to the present day, American composers have bequeathed a rich legacy of choral music. Exploring the breadth and depth of this tradition, the Seraphim Singers, with organist Heinrich Christensen, presents works by Billings, Chadwick, Ives, Copland, Persichetti, and a newly commissioned work by Carson Cooman. with Heinrich Christensen, Organ.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Central Square, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Directions and parking information: www.seraphimsingers.org/concerts/. Tickets: $20 Adults / $15 Students & Seniors, available at the door using cash, check, or credit card. Visit www.seraphimsingers.org for additional details. |
Sat, Nov 12, 8:00 PM
The Orpheus Singers, James Olesen, Music Director |
| In the Time of Louis XIV - French Baroque Classics with soloists and orchestra
Jean-Baptiste Lully - De Profundis, Dies Irae
Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Le Reniement de Saint Pierre
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
Tickets at the door. $25 and $15 for students and seniors.
For more information call 617-666-4617, www.orpheussingers.org |
Sun, Nov 13, 2:00 PM
Wellesley Choral Society, Ted Whalen, Music Director |
Concert: St. Andrew's Church, 79 Denton Road, Wellesley; A Celebration of Musical Anniversaries, featuring the music of Cruger, Boyce, Victoria, Gabrielli, Hassler, Ireland, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor, and Liszt. The program will feature the premiere of Psalms for Brass and Choir composed and conducted by Ted Whalen, Music Director. Tickets: $15, Seniors $12, Students $5, available at the door. Please visit our website for further information www.wellesleychoralsociety.org
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Sun, Nov 13, 2:30 PM
Heritage Chorale, John Finney, Conductor |
Fall Concert: Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise (Symphony No. 2) with the Boston College Symphony Orchestra. Trinity Chapel, Boston College, 885 Centre Street, Newton, MA. $20.00 - General Admission;
$15.00 - Seniors and Students; Children 6 to 12 FREE. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. www.heritagechorale.org
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Sat, Nov 19, 8:00 PM
Back Bay Chorale, Scott Allen Jarrett, Music Director |
| Join the Back Bay Chorale for their first concert of the 2011-2012 season, Essential Voices. The performance features Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass, sung at papal coronations
for 400 years. Also included are works by Tallis, Bruckner,
Britten, Wachner, and MacMillan.
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Tickets
are available at www.bbcboston.org or by calling 617-648-3885. Senior and student discounts are available. |
Fri, Nov 19, 8:00 PM
Boston Choral Ensemble, Andrew Shenton, Artistic Director |
| The opening concert of Boston Choral Ensemble's 11th season celebrates the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria with a performance of his Missa Ascendens christum, combined with music by award-winning contemporary British composer Judith Weir. The ensemble will perform Tomás Luis de Victoria’s five-part Missa Ascendens Christus in Altum, which will showcase the composer’s command of contrapuntal technique, superb word-painting and beautiful vocal lines. In addition, BCE will perform choral music by award-winning British composer Judith Weir, who was recently hailed by The Independent as having “brought new hope to those who thought modern music could never be tuneful and original.” The concert will include the official U.S. Premieres of several pieces by Weir, including her setting of Psalm 148 for chorus and trombone; Vertue, a setting of three poems by George Herbert; and Drop down, ye heavens, a setting of the plainsong Rorate coeli. First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA. The closest MBTA stop is Harvard Square on the Red Line. Advance tickets are $18 general admission, $9 student or senior; at the door tickets are $20 general admission, $10 student or senior. Visit www.BostonChoral.org or email Marketing@bostonchoral.org for tickets and more information. |
Sat, Nov 19, 8:00 PM
Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline (formerly Brookline Chorus), Lisa Graham, Music Director |
| Metamorphosis: In celebration of our new name, Metropolitan Chorale explores the meaning of old and new with exceptional works that take inspiration from ancient and venerated masterpieces. Works by Buxtehude, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Casals, Lauridsen, Swingle and Stucky. Featuring Ola Gjelio’s Unicornis Captivator, Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum and the world premiere of a commissioned work by Tom Vignieri. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street (Harvard Square); $25/$20 Adults/Seniors & Students. www.metropolitanchorale.org |
Sun, Nov 20, 3:00 PM
Boston Choral Ensemble, Andrew Shenton, Artistic Director |
| The opening concert of Boston Choral Ensemble's 11th season celebrates the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria with a performance of his Missa Ascendens christum, combined with music by award-winning contemporary British composer Judith Weir. The ensemble will perform Tomás Luis de Victoria’s five-part Missa Ascendens Christus in Altum, which will showcase the composer’s command of contrapuntal technique, superb word-painting and beautiful vocal lines. In addition, BCE will perform choral music by award-winning British composer Judith Weir, who was recently hailed by The Independent as having “brought new hope to those who thought modern music could never be tuneful and original.” The concert will include the official U.S. Premieres of several pieces by Weir, including her setting of Psalm 148 for chorus and trombone; Vertue, a setting of three poems by George Herbert; and Drop down, ye heavens, a setting of the plainsong Rorate coeli. Mission Church, 1545 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120. The closest MBTA stop is Roxbury Crossing on the Orange Line. Entrance to Sunday's performance is pay-as-you-can; the suggested donation is $15. Visit www.BostonChoral.org or email Marketing@bostonchoral.org for tickets and more information. |
Sun, Nov 20, 3:00 PM
Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director |
| Coro Allegro's first concert of the season features Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" and Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna". Composed on sacred texts of two different traditions (one on Hebrew psalms, the other on excerpts from the Latin Requiem Mass), both pieces are beautiful reflections on the divine.
Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston. Green Line accessible (Arlington Street station). Tickets: $38, $28, $18 (discounts available). Please call (617) 236-4011 or visit www.coroallegro.org for more information.
Coro Allegro is a not-for-profit classical music organization composed of members and friends of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and dedicated to the performance of significant choral works for the enjoyment of all. |
Sun, Nov 27, 4:00 PM
Pilgrim Festival Chorus, William B Richter, Music Director |
| "A Mediterranean Christmas". Classical music from the Renaissance period, 19th- and 20th-century pieces and folk-inspired works tell the Christmas story of many Northern Mediterranean cultures.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square, Plymouth, MA. Admission $20 adults, $18 seniors, $15 students. Purchase tickets at www.pilgrimfestival.org OR call 508-746-5314.
Elizabeth Chapman Reilly will accompany the chorus and soloists on the fabulous restored pipe organ. |
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