Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6
Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Brahms: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1

Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix &
Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director

Peter Sulski, viola
Bach & Telemann

$5 suggested

Guerilla Emergence Festival includes a musical concert of “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage” by Elena Ruehr and Royce Vavrek and adapted from the steampunk novel by Sydeney Padua,, live performances of “I Give You My Home” by Beth Wiemann and “SALT” by Bahar Royaee and Deniz Khateri, and ending with a live virtual event to meet composer Emily Koh and
experience a first look at her new opera “HER | alive.un.dead” to premiere in May of 2023.

Gioachino Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri Overture
Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Robert Honstein, Rise
Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations

Conductor talk at 7:15 p.m.

The live human french hornist Brian KM and his friendly not-a-human computer, Stan, perform, joke, and reflect through original pieces featuring french horn and live electronics.

Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73 (cello & piano)
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in g minor, Op.17
Paul Chihara (b. 1938): Fantasy “Dragonfly” (2020) – World Premiere

From Rhapsody to Rhapsody

Liszt -Hungarian Rhapsody no.2, Cadenza by .Rachmaninoff, C sharp minor , S.244/2
Chopin -Ballade no.1, G minor, Op.23
Rachmaninoff – Etude Tableaux “Appassionato”, Op.39 no.5, E flat minor
Gershwin – Rhapsody in blue

Gioachino Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri Overture
Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Robert Honstein, Rise
Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR : Ballade for Orchestra
ASSAD : Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 7

Adrian Anantawan, violin

Dmytro Bortniansky’: Slava vo vyshnikh Bohu
Pēteris Vasks: Dona Nobis Pacem,
Brahms: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
and works by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins, Stephen Paulus and Stephen Caracciolo

Harry T. Burleigh: From the Southland
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor
William Grant Still: Three Visions
Duke Ellington New World A-Comin’
Mary Lou Williams: (arr. Diehl) St. Martin de Porres
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Waters (1967)

Works by Boismortier,Tcherepnine, Damase, Reicha, Maurice, Mozart, and Hoover.
Performed by Tufts students

Free, no ticket required

Texu Kim: Spin-Flip (2014)
Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane
Olivia Lee, harp
Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari (2021)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, mvt. I
Ayaan Ahmad, violin
Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes

Texu Kim Spin-Flip (2014)
Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari (2021)
Young Artist Competition Concerto Winner
Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (1942)

St. John’s Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St. Beverly Farms, MA

Festive wassailing songs, Renaissance carols and dances, rousing Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Join us and sing back the Sun!

Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice

Violinist Joshua Peckins presents an immersive solo violin recital experience, with rich commentary about the composers and their music.

J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor
Toshio Hosokawa: Extasas
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 2
Niccolo Paganini: Caprice No. 24

Ravel, “Chansons madécasses”
MaryAnn McCormick, mezzo-soprano; Renée Krimsier, flute; Blaise Déjardin, cello; Cameron Stowe, piano

Henri Dutilleux, “Ainsi la nuit”
Jupiter String Quartet

Fauré Piano Quartet No. 2, in G minor, Op. 45
Donald Weilerstein, violin; Cathy Basrak, viola; Blaise Déjardin, cello; Alessio Bax, piano

FREE no ticket required

J.P.Sweelinck – Puer Nobi sNascitur
William Byrd – The Bells
plainchant, harmonization Benjamin Shute – Of The Father’s Love Begotten
traditional, arranged Eric Haas – Sans Day Carol traditional – The Holly and the Ivy
traditional – Gloucestershire Wassail
traditional – Ding Dong Merrily On High
J.S.Bach – Concerto in G Major
Sören Sieg – Where Shall We Go – from African Christmas
traditional, Go Tell It On The Mountain
Buxtehude – Magnificat primi toni BuxWV 203
Palestrina – Hodie Christus Natus Est

FREE

Fairest of the Fair, Sousa; New England Triptych, Schuman; Sung Song, Larsen; Symphony No. 7, Maslanka. David Martins, conducting. This event is free and open to the public.

Berklee’s chorus and orchestra welcome guest soloist Karen Slack to present the New England premiere of Florence Price’s Song of Hope.

FREE

Handel and Haydn Society

Music by Anthony R. Green

Her Phantom Happiness, text by Georgia Douglass Johnson (2017)
I. The Heart of a Woman
II. Foredoom
III. Quest

How Could I Know, text by Crystal Williams (2021)
To Curse or Not to Curse, text: The Holy Bible (world premiere) (2013)
p e r d u e, text by Maram al-Masri (2020)
In Between the Moon and Us, text by Enzo Silon Surin (2021)
Sonnet LXXXI, text by Anthony R. Green (2006)

Three Adinkra Miniatures for Mezzo-Soprano and Violin (world premiere) (2022)
I. Sankofa
II. Funtumfunefu Denkyemfunefu
III. Nkyinkyim

Shot Glass (Saint Marsha – Pay It No Mind), text by Elizabeth A. Baker (2019)

… all that is good …, text by Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs, and Sojourner Truth (world premiere) (2019)
I. Phillis Wheatley
II. Harriet Jacobs
III. Sojourner Truth

FREE with pre-registrtion

Four 20-minute operas:

A Braided Light (Paul Richards/Wendy Steiner)
Firecrackers (Guang Yang/Paula Cizmar)
Rosa (Marina Lopez/Paloma Sierra)
Samiir’s Feast (Jorge Sosa/Cerise Jacobs)

also livestreamed

Exploring the traditions of American holiday music—from spirituals to shape note singing, from the hills of Appalachia to the naves of churches.

Highlights include the Nativity Madrigals of Cambridge’s own Daniel Pinkham and Caleb Burhans’s Magnificat.

Johannes Ciconia | Le ray au soley
Amy Williams | Bells and Whistles (2022)
Carlo Gesualdo | Selection from Tenebrae Responsoria (16th c.) (arr. Junction Trio)
R. Schumann | Piano Trio No.1

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Finzi: In Terra Pax, Op. 39
Handel: Messiah, Part I and “Hallelujah Chorus”

The choir under John W. Ehrlich will offercarols, anthems and Christmas favorites—ancient and modern—from Europe and the Americas. Some examples will be sung a cappella; others will be accompanied by the Woodberry & Harris organ. The audience will stand and join in festive and solemn carols, in a traditional show which spreads seasonal joy and inspiration in abundance.

Heinrich Christensen, organist
James Barkovic, pianist

FREE

Saariaho, Aure for Violin and Viola
Stucky, Nell’ombra, Nella luce
Brahms, Hymn in veneration of the great Joachim for two violins and double bass, WoO Ahn. III/1
Joachim, Quartettsatz in C minor
C. Schumann, Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20, arranged for string quintet
Brahms, String Quintet No.1 in F major, Op. 88

Peter Zazofsky, violin
Ronald Lowry, cello
Randall Hodgkinson, piano

Schumann: Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80 No. 2
Arno Babadjanian: Piano Trio in F# Major

Pioneer Singers of Lynnfield
Steven Bloom, director

$5 suggested

Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen
Anna Clyne’s “Masquerade,”
Dukas “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,”
Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks,”
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1.with annual concerto winner

FREE– no ticket required

Pablo Santiago Chin • THE ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD

bridges the gap between different eras and styles—discover the crossroads where the past and future meet, and explore the many ways that a single instrument can tell a story.

Featuring Daniel Walden, harpsichord

Half-hour organ recitals with free admission
Heinrich Christensen, organist

Ilya Silchukou (baritone) and Tatiana Loisha (piano)

medieval and sacred music of unknown Eastern-European authors of XVII cent. as well as works of prominent composers: Stanislaw Moniuszko, Franz Schubert, and Michal Kleofas Oginski. plus Belarusian composers and poets of the XX century: Uladzimir Terauski, Symon Rak‐Michajlouski, Yanka Kupala, and Maksim Bahdanovich.

Faure: Pelleas and Melisande
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1, mvt. 1, Concerto r competition winner Katherine Liu
Stravinsky, Symphony in C

Vivaldi’s “Winter”
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 6
Corelli’s Christmas Concerto
Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue

Henry Purcell’s Chacony (Sonata in G Minor)

Johann Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue in D Major

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 2 & 4
A Chanukah Medley
Music of Margaret Bonds, Brahms, Britten; seasonal songs & carols

(members of The Apollo Club, The Heritage Chorale, & VOICES Boston)

Zelenka: Simphonie a 8 concertanti in a minor
Handel: Silete Venti (“Be Silent, Winds”)
Handel: Gloria for soprano and solo strings
Handel: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3, No. 4
J.S. Bach: Cantata 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (“Exult in God in all Lands”)

Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Robin Johannsen, soprano
H+H Orchestra

with John Sullivan, pianist & Dan Doña, violist

Brahms
Gestillte Sehnsucht
Geistliches Wiegenlied

Wagner: Selections from Wesendonck Lieder
Berlioz: Les Troyens “Je vais mourir!”
Wagner: Parsifal
“Nein Parsifal…Ich sah das kind”
Götterdammerung
Lockte dich, Schwester, mein Los?

FREE

Handel: The Half-Hour Messiah

$5 suggested

Seasonal music of 16-18th century Europe, the British Isles, and the New World performed with period instruments and dialect, including wassailing songs, Renaissance carols and dances, rugged shapenote hymns, Irish reels, and a hearty helping of STS originals. Join us and sing back the Sun!

Elise Groves, soprano; Karen Burciaga, violin, guitar, voice; Dan Meyers, recorders, flutes, bagpipes, percussion, voice; Josh Schreiber, bass viol, voice; Matthew Wright, lute, voice; and surprise guests.

$20 suggested

Half-hour organ recitals with free admission
Colin Lynch & Manuel Piazza, organisst

Heinrich Christensen, organ
The Nutcracker Suite

$5 suggested

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2
TELEMANN: Concerto in E minor for Recorder and Flute

Aldo Abreu, recorder
Joseph Monticello, flute
VIVALDI: Motet, “O qui coeli”

Amanda Forsythe, soprano

Glenn Dicterow and Wendy Putnam, violins; Karen Dreyfus, viola; and Inbal Segev, cello

Mozart: Duet (after the Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331) For Two Violins
Golijov: Tenebrae (2002) for String Quartet
Cras: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

Jonathan Bailey-Holland, Tone-Grafting (2008)
Prokofiev, Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Erwin Schulhoff, Concertino, WV 75
Fred Lerdahl, Waltzes (1981)

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Fanfare for Richard Pittman
Kareem Roustom: Ramal (2014)
Elijah Daniel Smith: Wraith Weight (2021)
Matthew Aucoin: Two Dances (arr. 2022)
Danielle Maddon & Keir GoGwilt, violins
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

With Alessio Bax, piano

Program to include:
Valerie COLEMAN Umoja, for wind quintet
PROKOFIEV Quintet in G minor for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass, Op. 39

James Diaz, New Work
Dai Wei, How the Stars Vanish
Laura Kaminsky, Uncover
Angélica Negrón, New Work
Sage Shurman, New Work

Music of C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Marianne Martinez, and Mozart

General Admission $20
Free to students with ID

Tillis: Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 for String Quartet
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14
Cras: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello

Sibelius – Finlandia op. 26
Kodály – Háry János Suite
Dawson – Negro Folk Symphony

Walton, Violin Concerto, mvt 1&3, Featuring Concerto Competition winner Amos Lawrence
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra

BACH: Partita No.1 in B-flat major
BARTOK: Suite Op.14
LISZT: Funerailles
SCRIABIN: 5 Preludes, Op.16
SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes, Op.13

Renaissance Man
Early Music discovered and edited by Daniel Pinkham as one of the pioneers in Boston’s Early Music Renaissance
King’s Chapel Choir
Heinrich Christensen, director
Tickets $25/20

Roberto Plano, piano
Irina Muresanu, violin
Jason Fisher, viola
Ronald Lowry, cello

Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello
Schumann, Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Schubert, Allegretto in C minor, D 915
Schubert, Klavierstück No. 3 in C major, D 946

new cantata commissioned from Nell Shaw Cohen for chorus, string quartet, and soloists. There will be a talk 45 minutes prior to the concert.

Alone Together
Don MacDonald: When the Earth Stands Still
Arcade Fire: Deep Blue
David Lang: Manifesto

Ingrid Michaelson: Twitter Song
Saint-Saëns: Calme Des Nuit
Joni Mitchell: River
Libby Larsen: You III. You, know … who, are
Simon and Garfunkel: A Most Peculiar Man
Camina Siempre Adelante – Alberto Cortez
Pasek and Paul: Disappear/You Will Be Found
Steven Stametz: We Two –
Beethoven/Matthews: Gesang der Gravedigger
Lennon and McCartney: She’s Leaving Home

Suzanne Stumpf and Rachel Carpentier, traversi; Sarah Darling and Jesse Irons, violin; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Christoph Graupner: Concerto in E Minor for two traversi, strings, and continuo
Johann Fasch: Sonata a quattro for traverso, two violas, and continuo
Count Ernst-Louis: Suite for strings and continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet for strings and continuo
Graupner: Trio Sonata in B Minor for traverso, violin, and continuo
Graupner: Sonata in G Major for traverso and obbligato harpsichord

Adeliia Faizullina: Bolghar, for Quray&Orchestra
Eric Nathan: In Between II (2023)
Thomas de Hartmann: Violin Concerto, op. 66
Danielle Maddon, violin
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 7, “Leningrad”

Geneva Lewis, violin
Evren Ozel, piano

Fazil Say, Sonata, Op. 7
Beethoven, Violin sonata No. 10 in G major,
Douglas Lilburn, Sonata (1950)
Bartok, Violin sonata no. 1, Sz. 75

Jessie Montgomery, Hymn for Everyone
George Walker, Lyric Suite
Prokofiev, Symphony No.5

with Heidi Braun-Hill, Peter Zazofsky, violins
Michelle LaCourse, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello

Frank Bridge Lament, H.117
Grazyna Bacewicz, Quartet for Four Violins
TBD Duo for Two Cellos
Enescu, Octet in C major, Op. 7