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» Today: Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Wolfeboro, NH at 7:30 pm
  • Heifetz International Institute presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive
  • Classical Folk Music Béla Bartók: Duo for Two Violins Miriam Fried, violin Paul Biss, violin Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Five Folk Pieces for Cello and Piano Amit Peled, cello Dina Vainshtain, piano Erno Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio Miriam Fried, violin Thomas Riebl, viola Amit Peled, cello Johannes Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36 James Buswell, violin Daniel Phillips, violin James Dunham, viola Paul Biss, viola Christoph Henkel, cello Carol Ou, cello
» Today: Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Boston at 7:30 pm
» Today: Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Lenox at 8:00 pm
» Tomorow: Friday, July 30, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 7:30 pm
  • Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Kneisel Hall
  • Mozart: Preludes and fugues (after J.S Bach) for violin, viola and bass, (K. 404a) Smukler, Murdock, Krosnick Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Mallow, Lipkin Davidovsky: String Trio Copes, Murdock, Krosnick Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Copes, Smukler, Weller, Mallow, Lipkin
» Tomorow: Friday, July 30, 2010 in Boston at 7:30 pm
  • St. John The Evangelist presents
  • The choir of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
  • Location: St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St.
  • The internationally acclaimed choir will give an a capella performance that will feature works by Byrd, Purcell, Stanford, Tavener, Tippett, Weelkes and Randall Thompson. Free will offerings will be graciously accepted (no credit cards, please) and all proceeds will be donated to the Sisters of the Society of St. Margaret, a Boston based Anglican order, to support their ongoing mission work in earthquake devastated Haiti.
» Tomorow: Friday, July 30, 2010 in Lenox at 8:00 pm
» Tomorow: Friday, July 30, 2010 in Lenox at 8:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Charles Dutoit , conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet The Serge and Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concer
» In 2 Days: Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Lenox at 2:30 pm
» In 2 Days: Saturday, July 31, 2010 in New Hampshire Towns at 7:30 pm
  • Monadnock Music presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Peterborough Town House American Spiritual Stephen Foster: songs Andrew Norman: Sabina for solo viola James Primosch: Four Sacred Songs, with Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano Folk artists Rani Arbo & Indra bring American traditional song alive
» In 2 Days: Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Rockport, ME at 8:00 pm
  • Bay Chamber Concerts presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Benefit Sneak Peak! Rockport Opera House Performers: St. Lawrence String Quartet, Thomas Wolf, Flute and the Calliope String Quartet A unique performance featuring Bay Chamber’s prize-winning student quartet for this years concert fundraiser for education.
» In 2 Days: Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Lenox at 8:30 pm
» In 3 Days: Sunday, August 1, 2010 in Lenox at 2:30 pm
» In 3 Days: Sunday, August 1, 2010 in Natick at 3:00 pm
  • Opera del West presents
  • L’Elisir D’Amore
  • Location: TCAN Center for Arts, 14 Summer Street
  • Stage direction by Eve Summer, music direction by Eve Budnick. Kathryn Guthrie Demos (Adina) Giovanni Formisano (Nemorino) Amanda Matson (Gianetta) Joel Buford (Belcore) Phil Lima (Dulcamara)
» In 3 Days: Sunday, August 1, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 4:00 pm
  • Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Kneisel Hall
  • Mozart: Preludes and fugues (after J.S Bach) for violin, viola and bass, (K. 404a) Smukler, Murdock, Krosnick Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Mallow, Lipkin Davidovsky: String Trio Copes, Murdock, Krosnick Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 Copes, Smukler, Weller, Mallow, Lipkin
» In 3 Days: Sunday, August 1, 2010 in Lenox at 7:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (T) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Theater
  • Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Ira Siff, director Eduardo Sicangco, set and costume designer Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos Sung in German with English supertitles
» In 4 Days: Monday, August 2, 2010 in Various at 8:00 pm
  • Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various
  • WELLFLEET First Congregational Church Jon Nakamatsu, piano The Tokyo String Quartet SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, D. 87 BARTOK: String Quartet No. 4 BRAHMS: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, Opus 34 Jon Nakamatsu, piano
» In 5 Days: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 in Newton at 12:15 am
» In 5 Days: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 6 Days: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Boston at 5:30 pm
» In 6 Days: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Lenox at 7:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
  • James Levine, conductor Ira Siff, director Eduardo Sicangco, set and costume designer Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows and Orchestra STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos Sung in German with English supertitles
» In 6 Days: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Various at 8:00 pm
  • Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various
  • CHATHAM First Congregational Church Carmit Zori, violin Bion Tsang, cello Lowell Liebermann, piano Jon Nakamatsu, piano LIEBERMANN (b. 1961) Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Opus 61 (1998) SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Fantasy in F Minor for Piano Four Hands, Opus 103 (D940) SCHUMANN : Trio No. 1 in D Minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, Opus 63
» In 7 Days: Thursday, August 5, 2010 in Wolfeboro, NH at 7:30 pm
  • Heifetz International Institute presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive
  • Gala Closing Concert A Celebration for Marylou Churchill! Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Andy Simionescu, violin; Patinka Kopec, viola Institute student, violin; Institute student, viola Institute student, violin; Institute student, viola Carol Ou, cello; Institute student, cello Institute student, cello Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat Major James Buswell, violin; Victoria Chiang, viola Pam Frank, violin; Institute student, viola Daniel Heifetz/Institute student, violin; Amit Peled, cello; Andy Simionescu, violin; Christoph Henkel, cello Eugene Ysaye: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 4 in E Minor James Buswell, violin
» In 7 Days: Thursday, August 5, 2010 in Lenox at 8:00 pm
» In 8 Days: Friday, August 6, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 7:30 pm
  • Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Kneisel Hall
  • Mozart: Piano quartet No. 2 in E-flat, K. 493 Copes, Murdock, Mallow, Lipkin Carter: Sonata for cello and piano Joel Krosnick, Gilbert Kalish Bartok; Rhapsody for violin and piano No. 2 Copes, Lipkin Brahms: Piano trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 Smukler, Krosnick, Lipkin
» In 8 Days: Friday, August 6, 2010 in Brunswick, ME at 8:00 pm
» In 9 Days: Saturday, August 7, 2010 in Lenox at 10:30 am
» In 9 Days: Saturday, August 7, 2010 in Woodstock, NY at 6:00 pm
  • Maverick Concerts presents
  • Miró Quartet
  • Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
  • Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano John Corigliano: Sonata for Violin and Piano Robert Starer: Duo for Violin and Piano Leonard Bernstein. arr. Eric Stern: Four Moments from Candide
» In 9 Days: Saturday, August 7, 2010 in Watertown at 8:00 pm
» In 10 Days: Sunday, August 8, 2010 in Lenox at 10:30 am
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • TMC: Chamber Music Concert Full-length chamber music concerts of both standard repertoire and contemporary works performed by TMC Fellows. Works by SCHUMANN, SCHUMAN, MARTINO, and others
» In 10 Days: Sunday, August 8, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 4:00 pm
  • Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Kneisel Hall
  • Mozart: Piano quartet No. 2 in E-flat, K. 493 Copes, Murdock, Mallow, Lipkin Carter: Sonata for cello and piano Joel Krosnick, Gilbert Kalish Bartok; Rhapsody for violin and piano No. 2 Copes, Lipkin Brahms: Piano trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 Smukler, Krosnick, Lipkin
» In 10 Days: Sunday, August 8, 2010 in New Hampshire Towns at 5:00 pm
  • Monadnock Music presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Peterborough Town House Paris of the Senses Ernest Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle for mezzo-soprano, strings, and piano Claude Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis for voice, flutes, harps, and celeste Manuel de Falla: Psyche, for soprano and ensemble Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir, for flute and piano Ernest Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Randall Hodgkinson, piano
» In 10 Days: Sunday, August 8, 2010 in Lenox at 8:30 pm
» In 12 Days: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in Boston at 12:15 am
  • King’s Chapel presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Kings Chapel
  • Thomas Gregg, tenor Dana Whiteside, baritone Heinrich Christensen, organ Works by David Carney & Daniel Pinkham
» In 12 Days: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in Various at 8:00 pm
  • Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various
  • Cotuit Center for the Arts Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano Amit Peled, cello Noreen Polera, piano MOZART: Five songs for mezzo-soprano and piano: Un moto di gioja (text: Lorenzo da Ponte), KV 579 Der Zauberer (text: Christian Felix Weisse), KV 472 Komm, liebe Zither (text: Unknown), KV 367b Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte (text: Gabriele vom Baumberg), KV 520 Das Veilchen (text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), KV 476 CHOPIN: Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Opus 65 BRAHMS: Two Songs for Voice, Cello and Piano, Opus 91 Gestille Sehnsucht (text: Friedrich Rückert) Geistliches Wiegenlied (text: Lope de Vega von Geibel) S. TSINTSADZE (1925-1991) Five Folk Pieces for Cello and Piano (1950)
» In 12 Days: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 13 Days: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Boston at 7:00 pm
» In 13 Days: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 in Lenox at 8:00 pm
» In 14 Days: Thursday, August 12, 2010 in Rockport, ME at 8:00 pm
  • Bay Chamber Concerts presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Rockport Opera House Performers: Saint Lawrence String Quartet. A popular annual concert featuring works by Beethoven with one of America’s most beloved string ensembles.
» In 14 Days: Thursday, August 12, 2010 in Portland, ME at 8:00 pm
» In 15 Days: Friday, August 13, 2010 in New Hampshire Towns at 7:30 am
  • Monadnock Music presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Francestown Old Meeting House Stop 6: Mozart Trail String Quintet in A, K. 581 Free concert — Open to the public.
» In 15 Days: Friday, August 13, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 7:30 pm
  • Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Kneisel Hall
  • Beethoven: Piano trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2 Copes, Mallow, Lipkin Hindemith: Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 11, No. 4 Murdock, Kalish Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major, B. 155, Op. 81 Smukler, Copes ,Murdock, Krosnick, Kalish
» In 15 Days: Friday, August 13, 2010 in Lenox at 8:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Elizabeth Rowe, flute Alisa Weilerstein, cello ROBLES El cóndor pasa FRANK Illapa, for flute and orchestra GOLIJOV Mariel, for cello and orchestra
» In 16 Days: Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Lenox at 10:30 am
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Robert Spano, conductor Thomas Martin, clarinet Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano GERSHWIN An American in Paris SCHULLER Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee BERNSTEIN° Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, for clarinet and jazz ensemble GERSHWIN Piano Concerto OPEN REHEARSAL
» In 16 Days: Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Lenox at 2:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) presents
  • Festival of Contemporary Music
  • Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
  • John Harbison, TMC Conducting Fellows, conductors MACPHERSON Selections from Secrets of Antikythera MACKEY Gaggle and Flock JOLAS Quatuor VI SHENG Three Fantasies for violin and piano WYNER Passage
» In 16 Days: Saturday, August 14, 2010 in New Lebanon, NY at 8:00 pm
  • Tannery Pond Concerts presents
  • Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano-Craig Rutenberg, piano
  • Location: Mount Lebanon Shaker Village
  • Composers will include Pauline Viardot, Manuel Garcia, Gabriel Fauré, Hector Berlioz, Gioacchino Rossini and Joseph Haydn
» In 16 Days: Saturday, August 14, 2010 in Watertown at 8:00 pm
» In 17 Days: Sunday, August 15, 2010 in Lenox at 10:00 am
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) presents
  • Festival of Contemporary Music
  • Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
  • FINE Fantasia for string trio GOEHR Since Brass, nor Stone… BERIO Circles GRIME 10 Miniatures for solo piano GANDOLFI Design School MESSAIEN Piece pour piano et quatuor a cordes
» In 17 Days: Sunday, August 15, 2010 in New Hampshire Towns at 4:00 pm
  • Monadnock Music presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse Chamber Music Masterpieces III Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms: F-A-E Sonata movements for violin and piano Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and strings Steven Mackey, Indigenous Instruments, for flute, violin, viola, cello, and piano Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 Steven Mackey (Princeton University), guest speaker
» In 17 Days: Sunday, August 15, 2010 in Woodstock, NY at 4:00 pm
  • Maverick Concerts presents
  • Amernet String Quartet, with Andrew Garland, baritone
  • Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
  • Barber: String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11 Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3 Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14 in A Flat Major, Op. 105
» In 18 Days: Monday, August 16, 2010 in Lenox at 8:00 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (SOH) presents
  • Festival of Contemporary Music
  • Location: Seiji Ozawa Hall
  • Robert Spano, TMC Conducting Fellows, conductors Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra DRUCKMAN Aureole MATTHEWS Turning Point (US premiere) COPLAND Symphony No. 3 The Margaret Lee Crofts Concert
» In 19 Days: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 in Damariscotta, ME at 7:30 pm
  • Salt Bay Chamberfest presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Darrows Barn, Round Top Lane
  • Traditional Kol Nidre Bruch Kol Nidre Traditional Kaddish Ravel, David Stock, Joel Engel Kaddish Bloch Simchas Torah from Baal Shem Yeheskel Braun Songs of the Lily and the Dove Shostakovich Wiegenlied + Warnung from Op. 79 “From Jewish Poetry” Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 Elizabeth Shammash, cantor/mezzo-soprano; Thomas Sauer, piano; Jonathan Crow, violin; Wilhelmina Smith, cello
» In 19 Days: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 in Various at 8:00 pm
  • Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various
  • Cotuit Center for the Arts The Borromeo String Quartet BACH: Fugue in E-flat Major for Organ (“St. Anne”), BWV 522 (arranged for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen) BREWBAKER (b. 1954) String Quartet No. 2 (“Dance for my Fathers”) (Winner of the 2007 Borromeo Copland House Award; commissioned by the Juilliard School for the Calder Quartet in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Juilliard School) BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Opus 127
» In 20 Days: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 in Boston at 7:00 pm
  • Boston Landmarks Orchestra presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Hatch Shell Boston Esplanade
  • Longwood Symphony Orchestra Jonathan McPhee, Conductor Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 Gershwin, “Rhapsody in Blue” (with Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts’ competition winner)
» In 20 Days: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 in Various at 8:00 pm
  • Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various
  • CHATHAM First Congregational Church Elmar Oliveira, violin Maria Bachmann, violin Mai Motobuchi, viola Rafael Figueroa, cello Noreen Polera, piano Jon Nakamatsu, piano MOZART: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in F Major for Violin, Viola and Cello, KV 404a FRANCK: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, M. 8 FAURÉ: Quartet No. 2 in G Minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, Opus 45
» In 21 Days: Thursday, August 19, 2010 in Rockport, ME at 8:00 pm
  • Bay Chamber Concerts presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • Two Pianos, Six Hands and More Rockport Opera House Performers: Max Levinson, Frederick Moyer, Anastasia Antonacos, pianos; Marc Johnson and Glenn Garlick, cellos; and Courtney Prizrenac, French horn. A festive evening of music featuring our two wonderful Steinways and great musicians.
» In 21 Days: Thursday, August 19, 2010 in Lenox at 8:00 pm
» In 22 Days: Friday, August 20, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 7:30 pm
» In 22 Days: Friday, August 20, 2010 in Lenox at 8:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Ludovic Morlot, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano MOZART Symphony No. 31, Paris CANTELOUBE Selections from Songs of the Auvergne GOLIJOV Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra RAVEL Mother Goose (complete)
» In 23 Days: Saturday, August 21, 2010 in Lenox at 2:00 pm
» In 23 Days: Saturday, August 21, 2010 in Gloucester at 8:00 pm
  • Music at Eden’s Edge presents
  • Taking August Measures: Dancing the Baroque
  • Location: North Shore Arts Association, 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester
  • Music of Uccellini and Rebel (Caractères de la danse) Spanish dances of L’Espagnole, from Les Nations by Couperin Secular cantatas by Händel and Vivaldi, Julia McKenzie and Maria Benotti, Baroque Violins Sarah Freiberg, Baroque Cello; Michael Sponseller, Harpsichord
» In 23 Days: Saturday, August 21, 2010 in Lenox at 8:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Susanna Mälkki, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Jeremy Denk, piano MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream MENDELSSOHN Double Concerto in D minor for violin, piano, and strings BEETHOVEN Romance No. 2 in F, for violin and orchestra BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
» In 24 Days: Sunday, August 22, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 4:00 pm
» In 25 Days: Monday, August 23, 2010 in Peabody at 7:00 pm
  • Music at Eden’s Edge presents
  • Taking August Measures: Dancing the Baroque
  • Location: Peabody Institute Library, 82 Main Street, Peabody
  • Music of Uccellini and Rebel (Caractères de la danse) Spanish dances of L’Espagnole, from Les Nations by Couperin Secular cantatas by Händel and Vivaldi, Julia McKenzie and Maria Benotti, Baroque Violins Sarah Freiberg, Baroque Cello; Michael Sponseller, Harpsichord
» In 26 Days: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 in Concord at 4:00 pm
» In 27 Days: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 in Boston at 5:30 pm
» In 27 Days: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 in Rockport, ME at 8:00 pm
  • Bay Chamber Concerts presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • McGill First Chair All Stars – Mostly Mozart The Strand Theatre, Rockland Performers: Joseph Silverstein and Nurit Bar-Josef, violins; Kirsten Johnson, viola; Anne Martindale Williams, cello: Timothy Cobb, double bass; Anthony McGill, clarinet; James Sommerville, French horn; and Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon. Featuring an extraordinary group of principal players from the Boston, Pittsburgh, and National Symphonies, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
» In 28 Days: Thursday, August 26, 2010 in Rockport, ME at 8:00 pm
  • Bay Chamber Concerts presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Various Locations
  • First Chair All Stars – Mostly Beethoven Rockport Opera House Performers: Joseph Silverstein and Nurit Bar-Josef, violins; Kirsten Johnson, viola; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; Timothy Cobb, double bass; Anthony McGill, clarinet; James Sommerville, French horn; and Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon. The extraordinary personnel from America’s great orchestras return for the grand finale to Bay Chamber’s 50th Anniversary — always a sell-out!
» In 29 Days: Friday, August 27, 2010 in Blue Hill, ME at 7:30 pm
» In 30 Days: Saturday, August 28, 2010 in Lenox at 10:30 am
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Kurt Masur, conductor John Oliver, conductor (Bach) Nicole Cabell, soprano Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano Marcus Haddock, tenor John Relyea, bass-baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Oliver, conductor J.S. BACH Jesu meine Freude, for chorus BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 OPEN REHEARSAL
» In 30 Days: Saturday, August 28, 2010 in Watertown at 8:00 pm
» In 31 Days: Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Lenox at 2:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Tanglewood (K) presents
  • Summer Concert Series
  • Location: Koussevitsky Music Shed
  • Kurt Masur, conductor John Oliver, conductor (Bach) Nicole Cabell, soprano Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano Marcus Haddock, tenor John Relyea, bass-baritone Tanglewood Festival Chorus John Oliver, conductor J.S. BACH Jesu meine Freude, for chorus BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
» In 31 Days: Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Woodstock, NY at 4:00 pm
  • Maverick Concerts presents
  • Borromeo String Quartet, with Judith Gordon, piano
  • Location: 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock
  • A Salute to Samuel Barber at 100 Barber: Adagio for Strings James Matheson: Piano Quintet (World première) Gunther Schuller: Adagio for Strings Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, “Razumovsky”
» In 34 Days: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 in Boston at 7:00 pm
» In 55 Days: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Topsfield at 7:30 pm
» In 57 Days: Friday, September 24, 2010 in Boston at 7:00 pm
  • Boston Metro Opera presents
  • Americana Festival
  • Location: St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St.
  • There’s no music like new music, and our , a dedicatedvenue for new Classical vocal works, proves it! These two unique programs feature operas, art songs, and choral pieces, submitted by composers world-wide.
» In 57 Days: Friday, September 24, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Emmanuel Music presents
  • Handel: Alexander’s Feast
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • Pre-concert lecture/dicussion at 7 pm Roberta Anderson, Kendra Colton, Susan Consoli, Jayne West, sopranos Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano Matthew Anderson & Jason McStoots, tenors Donald Wilkinson, bass The Orchestra and Chorus of Emmanuel Music Ryan Turner, conductor
» In 58 Days: Saturday, September 25, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • Boston Classical Orchestra
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • Music Director Steven Lipsitt opens the BCO’s 31st season with three all-time favorites: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Sharan Leventhal, violin) Schubert: Symphony No. 5 Mozart: Symphony No. 40
» In 59 Days: Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • Boston Classical Orchestra
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • Music Director Steven Lipsitt opens the BCO’s 31st season with three all-time favorites: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Sharan Leventhal, violin) Schubert: Symphony No. 5 Mozart: Symphony No. 40
» In 65 Days: Saturday, October 2, 2010 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
» In 73 Days: Sunday, October 10, 2010 in Boston at 3:00 pm
» In 80 Days: Sunday, October 17, 2010 in Weston at 2:00 pm
  • Boston Civic Symphony presents
  • Family Concert
  • Location: Fine Arts Center, Regis College
  • Robert Schumann Liederfest V. Songs and duets will be performed by Christina English (mezzo-soprano) and Sepp Hammer (baritone) Guest Performers: Musicians from Project STEP Mariana Green-Hill, director Vivaldi Concerto for 4 violins in B minor Mozart Divertimento in D, K 136 William Grant Still – Danzas de Panama George Walker – Lyric for Orchestra Ludovic Lamothe – Sous la tonnelle Prokofiev – Piano Concerto no. 3 in C, Mvt. 1 Kadar Qian, Winner, 2010 James R. Powers Concerto Competition
» In 85 Days: Friday, October 22, 2010 in Sudbury at 8:00 pm
  • Musicians of the Old Post Road presents
  • Roman Handel
  • Location: First Parish, Sudbury
  • Works from Handel’s Italian period, along with compositions by his Italian contemporaries: Gasparini, Bononcini, Corelli, Cesarini, Lulier. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, Kristen Watson, soprano.
» In 86 Days: Saturday, October 23, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Musicians of the Old Post Road presents
  • Roman Handel
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • Works from Handel’s Italian period, along with compositions by his Italian contemporaries: Gasparini, Bononcini, Corelli, Cesarini, Lulier. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violins, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord, Kristen Watson, soprano. First Parish Church, 327 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA.
» In 99 Days: Friday, November 5, 2010 in Boston at 7:30 pm
» In 101 Days: Sunday, November 7, 2010 in Boston at 3:00 pm
» In 104 Days: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in Boston at 7:30 pm
» In 106 Days: Friday, November 12, 2010 in Boston at 7:30 pm
» In 106 Days: Friday, November 12, 2010 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
» In 108 Days: Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Boston at 2:00 pm
  • Boston Civic Symphony presents
  • All Beethoven
  • Location: Jordan Hall
  • Overture to Egmont Largo from Oboe Concerto, Andrew Price, soloist Piano Concerto no. 1 in C, David Deveau, soloist Symphony no. 6 in F – Pastoral
» In 108 Days: Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Boston at 3:00 pm
» In 108 Days: Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Boston at 4:00 pm
  • Emmanuel Music presents
  • Beethoven Chamber Series
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in G, op. 1 Eight Songs, op. 52 String Trio No. 2, “Serenade” in D Major, op. 8 Selections from Twenty Five Scottish Songs for vioce and piano trio, op. 108 Sumner Thompson, baritone Michael Beattie, piano Heather Braun, violin Mary Ruth Ray, viola Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
» In 114 Days: Saturday, November 20, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • Two “Classical” Symphonies & Sharon Roffman
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, “Classical” Barber: Violin Concerto (Sharon Roffman, violin) Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
» In 115 Days: Sunday, November 21, 2010 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • Two “Classical” Symphonies & Sharon Roffman
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, “Classical” Barber: Violin Concerto (Sharon Roffman, violin) Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
» In 116 Days: Monday, November 22, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 121 Days: Saturday, November 27, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Boston Early Music Festival presents
  • Dido and Aeneas
  • Location: Jordan Hall
  • Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Laura Pudwell, Dido Douglas Williams, Aeneas Yulia Van Doren, Belinda Caroline Copeland & Carlos Fittante, Featured Baroque Dancers Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Anna Watkins, Costume Designer Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer
» In 134 Days: Friday, December 10, 2010 in Jamaica Plain at 7:00 pm
» In 141 Days: Friday, December 17, 2010 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 142 Days: Saturday, December 18, 2010 in Weston at 2:00 pm
» In 169 Days: Friday, January 14, 2011 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
» In 184 Days: Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Musicians of the Old Post Road presents
  • Hidden Treasures from the German Baroque
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • Quartets and trio sonatas by Janitsch,Graupner, Fasch, and Heinichen featuring the chalumeau and baroque bassoon. Suzanne Stumpf, traverso, Sarah Darling, violin, Owen Watkins, Marilyn Boenau, bassoon, Daniel Ryan, cello, Michael Bahmann, harpsichord.
» In 184 Days: Saturday, January 29, 2011 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
» In 187 Days: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in Boston at 7:30 pm
  • Boston Lyric Opera (C) presents
  • Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis,Death Quits
  • Location: The Castle at Boston Park Plaza
  • With the world premiere of a prologue by Richard Beaudoin, commissioned by BLO. Emperor Overall – Andrew Wilkowske* Death/Loudspeaker- Kevin Burdette Harlequin – John Mac Master* Bubikopf – Kathryn Skemp
» In 190 Days: Friday, February 4, 2011 in Boston at 7:30 pm
  • Boston Lyric Opera (C) presents
  • Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis,Death Quits
  • Location: The Castle at Boston Park Plaza
  • With the world premiere of a prologue by Richard Beaudoin, commissioned by BLO. Emperor Overall – Andrew Wilkowske* Death/Loudspeaker- Kevin Burdette Harlequin – John Mac Master* Bubikopf – Kathryn Skemp
» In 192 Days: Sunday, February 6, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Boston Lyric Opera (C) presents
  • Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis,Death Quits
  • Location: The Castle at Boston Park Plaza
  • With the world premiere of a prologue by Richard Beaudoin, commissioned by BLO. Emperor Overall – Andrew Wilkowske* Death/Loudspeaker- Kevin Burdette Harlequin – John Mac Master* Bubikopf – Kathryn Skemp
» In 199 Days: Sunday, February 13, 2011 in Boston at 4:00 pm
  • Emmanuel Music presents
  • Beethoven Chamber Series
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, op. 1 Adelaide, op. 46 Ich liebe dich so wie du mich, WoO 123 Der Kuss, op. 128 String Trio in G Major, op. 9 no. 1 Four Ariettas and Duet, op. 82 Krista River, mezzo-soprano Matthew Anderson, tenor Brett Hodgdon, piano Danielle Maddon, violin Mark Berger, viola David Russell, cello
» In 211 Days: Friday, February 25, 2011 in Jamaica Plain at 7:00 pm
» In 211 Days: Friday, February 25, 2011 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
» In 213 Days: Sunday, February 27, 2011 in Boston at 4:00 pm
  • Emmanuel Music presents
  • Beethoven Chamber Series
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • Piano Trio No. 4 in Bb, op. 11 “Gassenhauer-Trio” Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb, op. 16 Septet in Eb, op. 20 Leslie Amper, piano Heidi Braun-Hill, violin Margaret Dyer, viola Thomas Van Dyck, double bass Peggy Pearson, oboe Bruce Creditor, clarinet Thomas Stephenson, bassoon Whitacre Hill, horn
» In 220 Days: Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Exsultemus presents
  • Handel’s Tra le fiamme
  • Location: First Lutheran Church of Boston
  • Scored for soprano, Baroque chamber ensemble, and virtuoso viola da gamba, this monumental cantata is the centerpiece of acclaimed vocal ensemble Exsultemus’s fascinating program of Baroque cantatas on the themes of love, loss, and folly.
» In 227 Days: Sunday, March 13, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm
» In 230 Days: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in Boston at 7:30 pm
» In 234 Days: Sunday, March 20, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm
» In 240 Days: Saturday, March 26, 2011 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • Saxophone Baroque et Romantique
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Kenneth Radnofsky, soprano saxophone) Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto (Kenneth Radnofsky, alto saxophone) Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
» In 241 Days: Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • Saxophone Baroque et Romantique
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Kenneth Radnofsky, soprano saxophone) Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto (Kenneth Radnofsky, alto saxophone) Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
» In 255 Days: Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Boston at 3:00 pm