Updated 24 August 2010
Compilation and Highlights by Peter Pulsifer from chorus publicity (mostly websites).
Allen Combs, Music Director
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | 1/30/11, 3:00 PM | Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover |
| Mozart Gala | 5/1/11, 3:00 PM | Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover |
Barry Singer, Music Director
| A NOT QUITE WINTER CONCERT. Secular works of the 19th, 20th, and 21 Century featuring Johannes Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65. | 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | Payson Park Church, Belmont |
| HOLIDAY CONCERT. Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Robert Shaw/Rodney Russell Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 2; John Rutter (arr.): The Twelve Days of Christmas. | 12/12/10, 3:00 PM | First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, Arlington. |
| AN ALMOST SPRING CONCERT—the Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. Choral music from Armenia and America and the World Premiere of a Chamber Chorus Commissioned work by John Kramer | 3/13/11, 3:00 PM | First Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Arlington |
| SPONSORS’ CONCERT—the Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36; A Selection of Operatic Works performed by John Gomez, Tenor, Winner of the PSA’s 2010 Young Artist Competition; Anton Bruckner — Mass No. 1 in D Minor (1864). | 5/1/11, 2:30 PM | First Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Arlington |
| MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING—music which will celebrate the birth or death anniversaries of Giacomo Perti, William Boyce, Franz Liszt, Charles Loeffler, Alan Hovaness, M. K. Ciurlionis, Percy Grainger, and Tomas Luis de Victoria; commissioned work by John Kramer (encore); J.S. Bach: Quodlibet, BWV 524. | 5/13/11, 8:00 PM | First Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Arlington |
| POPS! CONCERT, The Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. | 6/10/11, 7:45 PM | Arlington Town Hall |
Scott Allen Jarrett, Music Director
| J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1,2,3 | 12/10/10, 8:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge |
| J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Part 4,5,6 | 12/11/10, 8:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers | 3/19/11, 7:30 PM | Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street |
| Giuseppi Verdi: Requiem | 5/14/11, 8:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge |
Martin Pearlman, Music Director
| GF Handel: Messiah. Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Matthew White, countertenor; Keith Jameson, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone. | 12/10/10, 7:30 PM; 12/11/10, 7:30 PM | Jordan Hall |
| Claudio Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Heinrich Biber: Choral psalms & three Mystery Sonatas; Dietrich Buxtehude: Cantata: “Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn”; G.F. Handel: Gloria for soprano and strings. Mary Wilson, soprano. | 3/4/11, 8:00 PM; 3/5/11, 8:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes. Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Marjorie Folkman, choreographer. | 5/6/11, 8:00 PM 5/7/11, 8:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
Anne Azema, Music Director
| Vieni, Imeneo! Music and Marriage in the Italian Renaissance: A musical invocation of Hymen, Roman god of marriage. Works by Dufay, Josquin, Marenzio, Monteverdi and others, performed by a sumptuous array of voices and early instruments. In collaboration with The Harvard Choral Fellows, Edward Jones, Director | 10/31/10, 4:00 PM | Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge |
| The Sacred Bridge: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Europe. Includes elements of Jewish liturgy, Gregorian chant, song and texts of Jewish minstrels, Sephardic folksong, medieval Spanish Cantigas, and Judaeo-Arabic music from the ancient Andalusian tradition. Joel Cohen and The Boston Camerata musicians are joined by members of the Sharq Arabic Music ensemble. | 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | Longy School of Music, Cambridge |
| An American Christmas. From the early years of the American republic, and from a wide range of early tunebooks and manuscripts, a generous selection of carols, New England anthems, hymns and religious ballads for the season. | 12/16/10, 8:00 PM; 12/17/10, 8:00 PM; 12/18/10, 8:00 PM; 12/19/10, 8:00 PM; | Follen Church, Lexington; First Church Cambridge; Old West Church, Boston; First Parish Church, Newbury |
| The Spark of the Soul. An exploration of German and French mysticism in the Middle Ages around the personality of Meister Eckhart (c.1260 — c.1327). Anne Azéma, voice; Susanne Ansorg, vielle. | 3/19/11, 3:00 PM | First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St, Boston |
Donald Teeters, Music Director
| Mendelssohn and Schubert—early Romantic Songs. With William Hite, tenor; Barbara Bruns, piano. | 10/23/10, 8:00 PM | All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline |
| Christmas in a Great English Cathedral—Carols, Anthems, Services by Byrd, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Howells and others Ancient and Modern. | 12/10/10, 8:00 PM; 12/12/10, 8:00 PM; | Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston; All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline. |
| GF Handel: Jephtha. Aaron Sheehan, tenor (Jeptha). | 3/13/11, 2:30 PM | NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston |
John Oliver, Chorus Director
| Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2. Layla Claire, soprano; Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano, James Levine, conductor. | 10/7/10, 8:00 PM; 10/8/10, 1:30 PM; 10/9/10, 8:00 PM; 10/12/10, 8:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
| Manuel de Falla: Suite from Atlántida. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor; Alexandra Coku, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone. | 11/4/10, 8:00 PM; 11/5/10, 8:00 PM; 11/6/10, 8:00 PM; 11/9/10, 8:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
| Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex. James Levine, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano (Jocasta and Judith); Russell Thomas, tenor (Oedipus); Matthew Plenk, tenor (Shepherd); Albert Dohmen, baritone (Creon, Messenger, and Bluebeard); Raymond Aceto, bass (Tiresias); Örs Kisfaludy (Narrator). | 1/6/11, 8:00 PM; 1/7/11, 8:00 PM; 1/8/11, 8:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
| J.S. Bach: St. John Passion. Maasaki Suzuki, conductor; Hana Blažíková, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, mezzo-soprano; Christoph Prégardien, tenor (Evangelist and arias); Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone (Jesus and arias). | 4/21/11, 8:00 PM; 4/22/11, 1:30 PM; 4/23/11, 8:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
| Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette. Charles Dutoit, conductor; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor; Laurent Naouri, baritone. | 5/5/11, 8:00 PM; 5/6/11, 1:30 PM; 5/7/11, 8:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
Charles Dillingham, Music Director
| Marc Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel. With seasonal songs and a sing-along. | 12/12/10, 4:00 PM | Old South Union Church, 25 Columbian St S, Weymouth. |
Lisa Graham, Music Director
| Motets and Chanson: Miniature Masterpieces | 11/20/10, 8:00 PM | First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St |
| Holiday Concert | 12/19/10, 3:00 PM | All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline |
| All Bernstein Program with Zamir Chorale. | 3/13/11, 2:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
| J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor | 5/22/11, 3:00 PM | Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College |
Raymond Fahrner, Music Director
| Christmas Concert 2010 | 12/11/10, 8:00 PM; 12/12/10, 4:00 PM | Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston; TBD |
Jamie Andrew Kirsch, Music Director
| J.S. Bach: Cantata #61, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland I”; Ariel Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra; W.A. Mozart: Coronation Mass. | 12/12/10, 3:00 PM | Kresge Auditorium, MIT. |
| Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. | TBA | RBA |
David Hoose, Music Director
| Yehudi Wyner: World premiere of new work commissioned by Cantata Singers; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi, with Will Frampton, viola; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto; with Peggy Pearson, oboe; Andrew Imbrie: On the Beach at Night; Irving Fine: The Choral New Yorker, orchestrated by David Hoose. | 11/5/10, 8:00 PM; 11/6/10, 8:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea (one-act music drama, semi-staged); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs; Edward Elgar: Part songs; Gustav Holst: The Evening Watch. | 1/14/11, 8:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
| J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor | 3/18/11, 8:00 PM; 3/20/11, 3:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor; Harris: Faire is the Heaven; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Charles Ives: Psalm 90 | 5/13/11, 8:00 PM | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St. |
Allison Voth, Music Director
| Vocal Solo and Ensemble Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. | 10/3/10, 2:30 PM | Longy School of Music |
Gary Wood, Music Director
| Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest; Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; and more! | 12/4/10, 7:30 PM; 12/5/08, 4:00 PM | First Congregational Church, Rockport; St. Paul’s Church, Newburyport |
| Brahms Zigeunerlieder, Geistliches Lied; Duruflé: Quatre Motets; Copland: Four Motets; Britten Te Deum in C Major; plus some vocal jazz! | 4/30/11, 7:30 PM; 5/1/11, 4:00 PM | First Congregational Church, Rockport; St. Paul’s Church, Newburyport |
Allegra Martin, Music Director
| Transcendence— Brahms: Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns, and Harp; Gawthrop: “There is Sweet Music Here”, “Sing Me to Heaven”; Randall Thompson: “The Place of the Blest”, “Alleluia, Amen”; (from The Place of the Blest); selections from the Rig Veda, Holst, and Rutter | 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington |
Amelia LeClair, Music Director
| Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo Virtutem (staged). | 11/13/10, 8:00 PM; 11/14/10, 5:00 PM | Parish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton; First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston |
| Gloria, A Renaissance Christmas pageant. | 12/5/10, 4:00 PM; 12/11/10, 7:00 PM;; 12/12/10, 5:00 PM; | First Parish Bedford, 75 Great Rd; Church of St. Andrew, 135 Lafayette St, Marblehead; First Unitarian Society of Newton, 1326 Washington St, W. Newton. |
| The Great Motets of Sulpitia Cesis. Wth Mack Ramsey and Tom Zajak, trombone, and members of the Concord Women’s Chorus. | 2/26/11, 8:00 PM; 2/27/11, 5:00 PM | Parish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton; First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston |
| Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Pieces for voices, harpsichord, and continuo; Mlle. Laurant: Le Concert, cantata for soloists, chorus and small orchestra; Dorothy Crawford: new composition based on the letters of Anne Bradstreet. | 4/2/11, 8:00 PM; 4/3/11, 5:00 PM | Parish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton; First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston |
Betsy Burleigh, Music Director
| Antonin Dvorák: Mass in D; Leoš Janáček, Our Father; Duruflé: Notre Père; Rindfleisch: Kaddish Prayer; Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (selectons). | 11/7/10, 3:00 PM | Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston |
| Holiday Concert, with traditional brass and carols. | 12/17/10, 8:00 PM | Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston |
| Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solonnelle. | 3/20/11, 3:00 PM | Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston |
| Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, with the New England Philharmonic. | 6/5/11, 3:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
Michael McGaghie, Music Director
| Holiday Concert | 12/11/10, 4:00 PM; 12/11/10, 7:30 PM; | Middlesex School Memorial Chapel, 1400 Lowell Rd, Concord. |
| Spring Concert | 5/7/11, 8:00 PM | The New Church of Concord 53 Church St, Concord, |
Jane Ring Frank, Music Director
| Peter Child: Louisa's War, with the Concord Orchestra, Joyce Kulhawik narrating. | 10/15/10, 8:00 PM; 10/16/10, 8:00 PM; | 51 Walden St, Concord |
| Holiday Concert | 12/18/10, 2:00 PM | Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. |
| Spring Concert | 5/7/11, 2:00 PM | Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. |
David Hodgkins, Music Director
| Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early; Norman Dinerstein: The Frogs. | 11/7/10, 3:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
| Patricia Van Ness: Requiem; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D | 3/6/11, 3:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
| Kareem Roustom: Jesus the Son of Man (A new work on texts by Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran); Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, | 5/15/11, 3:00 PM | Church of the Covenant, Boston |
Jonathan Barnhart, Music Director
| Christmas Concert, 2010: “A Welsh Christmas”. William Mathia: Ave Rex: A Carol Sequence, Op. 45; Karl Jenkins: Jubilate Deo, Te Deum (New England Premiere); Hilary Tann: Psalm 104 (Praise, my Soul). | 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | St. Mary’s Church, 420 High Street, Dedham. |
Shannon Canavin, General Director; Eric Rice, Music Director
| The Italian Madrigals of Palestrina | 10/9/10, 8:00 PM; 10/10/10, 3:00 PM | University Lutheran Church in Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston |
| A Portuguese Christmas | 12/17/10, 8:00 PM | First Lutheran Church, Boston |
| Music for Voices and Viols by Byrd, Gibbons, and Tomkins | 1/29/11, 8:00 PM; 1/30/11, 3:00 PM | University Lutheran Church in Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston |
| Handel’s Tra le fiamme, cantata for soprano, Baroque chamber ensemble, and virtuoso viola da gamba. | 3/6/11, 3:00 PM | First Lutheran Church, Boston |
| Songs, Laments, and Madrigals of Monteverdi and D’India | 4/10/11, 3:00 PM | First Lutheran Church, Boston |
| Music of Orlande de Lassus | 5/14/11, 8:00 PM; 5/15/11, 3:00 PM | University Lutheran Church in Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston |
Richard Travers, Music Director
| Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass; Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore | 11/21/10, 4:00 PM | Old South Union Church, So. Weymouth, MA |
| Bach: Magnificat; Handel: Four Coronation Anthems. | TBD | TBD |
Harry Christophers, Artistic Director
| GF Handel: Messiah. Paul Daniel, conductor. Sophie Bevan, soprano; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto; Allan Clayton, tenor; Sumner Thompson, bass. | 12/3/10, 7:30 PM; 12/4/10, 3:00 PM; 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
| A Bach Christmas. John Finney, Conductor. J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”; J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 122, “Das neugebor’ne Kindelein”; Buxtehude: “Das neugebor’ne Kindelein”; Buxtehude: “In Dulci Jubilo”; Lübeck: “Willkommen, süßer Bräutigam”; Schein: “Her sei Gott in der Höh’ allein”; Praetorius: “Psallite unigenito”, “En natus est Immanuel”, “In Natali Domino”; Schütz: Christmas motets. | 12/16/10, 8:00 PM; 12/19/10, 3:00 PM | Jordan Hall |
| GF Handel: Israel in Egypt | 2/18/11, 8:00 PM; 2/20/11, 3:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
| Harry’s Vocal Voyage. Plainsong: Salve Regina; Victoria: Magnificat Primi toni à 8; Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence; Victoria: O vos omnes; Poulenc: Salve Regina; Victoria: Nigra sum; Victoria: Quam pulchri sunt; Victoria: Vidi speciosam; Poulenc: Petites Prieres de Saint Francois d’Assise; Victoria: Salve Regina a 8. | 4/1/11, 8:00 PM; 4/2/11, 8:00 PM; 4/3/11, 3:00 PM | St. Cecilia Church, Back Bay and The Memorial Church, Harvard University |
| Handel: Dixit Dominus; Mozart: Requiem, K.626 | 4/29/11, 8:00 PM; 5/1/11, 3:00 PM | Symphony Hall |
John Finney, Conductor
| John Rutter: Requiem; and music for the Holiday season | 11/21/10, 4:00 PM | St. Mark’s School, Southborough |
| Pops Concert—Popular song selections from light opera, Broadway, and movies | 2/13/11, 4:00 PM | Nevins Hall, Memorial Building 150 Concord Street (Rte. 126), Framingham |
| Mozart: Missa Brevis in D Major; and other selections | 5/14/09, 7:30 PM | St. Mark’s School, Southborough |
Heinrich Christensen, Music Director
| “A Royal Heritage” with the El Dorado Consort of Viols. Works by Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons, and Purcell | 10/17/10, 5:00 PM | King’s Chapel |
| “Our History, Our Future”. Texts associated with King’s Chapel’s history, set to music by Daniel Pinkham, Andrew List, James Woodman, Carson Cooman, and more | 1/23/11, 5:00 PM | King’s Chapel |
| “Sound Architecture”. With chamber orchestra. GF Handel: Coronation Anthem “Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened”, Nisi Dominus; other Handel-era music reflecting the King’s Chapel sanctuary. | 3/27/11, 5:00 PM | King’s Chapel |
Robert A. Lague, Music Director and Conductor
| Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Donna Gartman Schultz: Banks of Doon; Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs; Ed Lojesky (arr.): Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; Rollo Dilworth (arr.): Shine on Me; Rollo Dilworth (arr.): Travelin' Train; Rollo Dilworth (arr.): Shenandoah | 1/14/11, 8:00 PM; 1/15/11, 8:00 PM | Hancock Church, Lexington |
| Spring Pops Concert | 5/20/11, 8:00 PM; 5/21/11, 8:00 PM | Hancock Church, Lexington |
Adam Grossman, Music Director
| Chorus & Clarinet, with Special Guest Paulette Bowes, clarinet. Schumann: Choral and instrumental works; Lawrence Wolfe: newly commissioned work, Allen Anderson: local premiere of two works; René Clausen (arr.): “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”. | 11/6/10, 8:00 PM | First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington |
| Music from Boston, with the Triton Brass Quintet. Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; music by other local composers including Billings, Boyadjian Lister and Hicks, as well as carols with local origins, including “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “Jingle Bells” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” | 12/12/10, 4:00 PM | First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington |
| Songs about Robin Hood from film, television and the stage, including selections from the 1890 De Koven operetta Robin Hood and from the films Men in Tights, Disney’s Robin Hood, Robin and the Seven Hoods and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. | 3/5/11, 8:00 PM | First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington |
| 14th Annual Children’s Concert, in collaboration with the Lexington Public Schools (Free Concert) | 4/19/11, 3:00 PM | Clarke Middle School, 17 Stedman Road, Lexington |
| Britten: Five Flower Songs; Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest; Holst: Canons and Go, Song of Mine; Elgar: Salut D’amour, La capricieuse for violin and piano; others. Featuring Frank Powdermaker, violin. | 5/7/11, 8:00 PM | First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington |
Steven Karidoyanes, Music Director
| G.F. Handel: Alexander's Feast (with the Treble Chorus of New England). | 11/5/10, 8:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University |
| Antonin Dvořák: Stabat Mater. | 3/11/11, 8:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University |
| Piotr Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil (Op. 52) [The dramatic precursor to the much-loved music by Rachmaninoff. Sung in Church Slavonic]. | 5/13/11, 8:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University |
Mary Beekman, Director
| John Rutter: Requiem; Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien | 10/23/10, 8:00 PM | First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St |
| Welcome All That Make Good Cheer: An English Christmas for Young and Old | 12/11/10, 7:00 PM | First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St |
| Double-takes: One Text, Two Perspectives: How do different composers interpret the same text? Josquin: Ave Maria; Biebl: Ave Maria; Tomkins: When David Heard; Whitacre; When David Heard. More. | 3/12/11, 8:00 PM | First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St |
| Love, Lust, and Laudation: Flemish Choral Music of the High Renaissance. | 5/14/11, 8:00 PM | First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St |
Nick Page, Director
| “UPWARD” with Boston’s Zamir Chorale. We will celebrate a mixture of joyous Jewish music (in English and Hebrew) and music from diverse traditions celebrating “L’Eyla U’ L’Eyla,” the upward ascendency of spirituality and consciousness. | 11/20/10, 8:00 PM; 11/21/10, 3:30 PM | Converse Hall at the Tremont Temple, Boston, |
| Mystic Gospel, led by Jonathan Singleton. | 2/26/11, 8:00 PM; 2/27/11, 3:30 PM | Converse Hall at the Tremont Temple, Boston, |
| “JAZZ” with Billy Novick on clarinet. Jazz interpretations of folk songs, spirituals, and songs by Billy Holiday, Lennon/McCartney, and others. | 5/21/11, 8:00 PM; 5/22/11, 3:30 PM | Converse Hall at the Tremont Temple, Boston, |
Anne Watson Born, Music Director
| Christmas Joy!— Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat; Robert Russell Bennet: Many Moods of Christmas suite; Stephen Chatman: “Christmas Joy”; Renaissance motets by Palestrina, Sweelinck and Victoria; Christmas carol arrangements by John Rutter and Sir David Willocks. | 12/5/10, 2:00 PM | Congregational Church of Littleton, 330 King St |
| First Annual Messiah Sing | 12/19/10, 3:00 PM | Congregational Church of Littleton, 330 King St |
| FJ Haydn: The Creation | TBD | Congregational Church of Littleton, 330 King St |
Michael V. Turner, Artistic Director
| The Trumpet Shall Sound. Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Giovanni Gabrielli, and other music of the Season with Brass | 12/11/10; 12/12/10 | St. Mark’s Church, Foxboro |
David Hodgkins, Artistic Director
| GF Handel: Messiah Part 1 (and the Hallelujah chorus); beloved traditional carols | 12/3/10, 7:30 PM | Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover |
Holly MacEwen Krafka, Music Director
| Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”). With the Lexington Symphony, the Nashua Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and the Boston Children’s Chorus. Jonathan McPhee, conductor. | 11/20/10, 8:00 PM; 11/21/10, 4:00 PM | Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington; Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH |
David Carrier, Music Director
| Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem | 11/20/10, 8:00 PM | Holy Name Parish, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury |
| Rachmaninoff: Vespers | 3/13/11, 3:00 PM | TBA |
| Franz Josef Haydn: St. Nikolai Mass. | 5/7/11, 8:00 PM | Our Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington Street, Newton |
Richard Travers, Music Director
| Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in Bb; Luigi Cherubini: Requiem. | 1/29/11, 8:00 PM | Our Lady of Help Christians Church, Newton. |
| TBA | 5/21/11, 8:00 PM | Our Lady’s Help of Christians Church, Newton |
Walter Chapin, director
| William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Leonard Bernstein: Hashkiveinu; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (from Adagio for Strings); JS Bach: Cantata BWV 36, “Schwingt freudig euch empor”; J.S. Bach Motet BWV 229, “Komm, Jesu, komm”. | 12/12/10, 5:00 PM; 12/18/10, 8:00 PM | University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston |
James Olesen, Music Director
| Lassus: Jubilate Deo, De profundis; Mendelssohn: O Be Joyful in the Lord; Brahms: Schaffe in mir; Stefan Wolpe: Psalm 122; Brett Johnson: Out of the Depths; Arthur Berger: Tov l’hodos; Schuetz: Aus der Tiefe; Monteverdi: Laudate pueri. | 10/16/10, 8:00 PM; | Emmanuel Church, Boston |
| Combined concert with Zamir Chorale and Spectrum Singers. | 10/17/10, 3:00 PM | Emmanuel Center, Boston |
Alysoun Kegel, Music Director
| Pozzi Escot: Missa Triste (Senior PALS) | 11/10/10, 8:00 PM | Jordan Hall, Boston |
| Annual Family Concert | 1/31/11, 3:00 PM | First Parish Church in Brookline |
William B. Richter, Music Director
| An American Christmas – A concert of seasonal music celebrating American composers and arrangers. | 11/28/10, 4:00 PM | Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth |
| Holiday Pops with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra. | 12/11/10, 8:00 PM; 12/12/10, 3:00 PM | Memorial Hall, Plymouth. |
| Messiah Sing | 12/19/10, 4:00 PM | Church of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth |
| Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. | 5/1/11, 4:00 PM | The Church of the Pilgrimage, Town Square, Plymouth |
John Nichols, Music Director
| Holiday Concert: “Sing Alleluia!” Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Holst, Tallis, Finzi and Seasonal favorites. | 12/12/10, 7:30 PM | Sacred Heart Church, N. Quincy |
| Free Concert and Silent Auction. “Opera-tunity, or A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Opera”. Music of Gilbert & Sullivan, Kurt Weill, Andrew Lloyd Webber and other Light Opera. | 3/13/11, 2:00 PM | Sacred Heart School AuditoriumN. Quincy |
| “The Sound of Mozart”—Laudate Dominum, K. 339; Litaniae Laurentanae, K. 195; Grand Mass in C minor, K. 427. Sara Ann Mitchell, soprano; Brooke Larimer, mezzo-soprano; Gregory Zavracky, tenor; Brandon Grimes, bass; QCS Orchestra. | 5/15/11, 7:30 PM | Sacred Heart Church, N. Quincy |
Beth Mosier, Artistic Conductor
| Winter Concert. | 12/4/10, 7:30 PM; 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | Old South United Methodist Church, Reading |
| Spring Concert. | 5/7/10, 7:00 PM | Parker Middle School |
Roy S. Kelley, Director
| Christmas concert | 12/4/10, 7:30 PM | Duxbury Performing Arts Center, 73 Alden Street, Duxbury. |
| Holiday Concert. Our December concert will feature music for chorus and a small orchestra by Purcell and Bach, in addition to music for the season and a Cantata of Christmas Carols, narrated by a special surprise guest! | 12/11/10, 3:00 PM | TBA |
Barbara Jones, Artistic Director
| Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610; Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace. | 11/21/10, 3:00 PM | Hale Middle School, Hartley Rd, Stow Center. |
John Ehrlich, Music Director
| Sound the Trumpets! | 11/13/10, 8:00 PM | First Church Congregational in Cambridge |
| With Love from a Chorus | 3/5/11, 8:00 PM | First Church Congregational in Cambridge |
| Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, with Emmanuel Music. | 4/16/11, 7:30 PM | Emmanuel Church, Boston |
Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director
| Psalms for Emmanuel Center—together with The Spectrum Singers, John Ehrlich conductor, and The Orpheus Singers, James Olesen conductor. | 10/17/10, 3:00 PM | Emanuel Church, Boston |
| Open Sing—GF Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (excerpts) and Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service (movements 1, 2, and 3). | 12/5/10, 3:00 PM | Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Newton. |
| Hanukah Happens XXI: Tribute to Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990). | 12/23/10, 7:30 PM | Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street Newton. |
| All-Bernstein program—Collaboration of The Zamir Chorale of Boston, the Brookline Chorus and the Boston Jewish Music Festival. | 3/13/11, 2:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |
| Mohammed Fairouz: Symphony #3 “Poems and Prayers” (premiere). | 4/10/11, 2:00 PM | Sanders Theatre, Cambridge |