Weekend Concert Calendar, 11/6/08

Apologies for completely forgetting to give you a weekend concert calendar last weekend. I feel particularly bad because there were some good concerts going on - for one thing, Anthology was singing, and for another thing, Exsultemus had some particularly fascinating concerts last weekend as well.

But it's a new week now! With new exciting things. Here they are.

Friday:

At 1:30 pm, the BSO, with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, will present Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. This will be at Symphony Hall in downtown Boston. They are also presenting this concert on Saturday night, but that show is already sold out. To get tickets for Friday afternoon, click here.

At 8:00 pm, the Cantata Singers will continue their year-long exploration of Britten with a program that also includes works by Nicholas Maw and the Fauré Requiem. This will be at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston.

At 8:00 pm, the Chorus Pro Musica will perform Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, also know as the Vespers, under the baton of guest conductor Lisa Graham. They will be at Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston.

At 7:00 pm, the Braintree Choral Society will present "It's a Grand Night for Singing," a cabaret with dinner. This will be at Emerald Hall, 120 Bay State Drive, Braintree.

At 8:15 pm, Ars et Amici and Concordia will present music from Renaissance England and Italy at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St., Concord, MA.

Saturday:

Starting at 9:30 am, conductor Michael Barrett will be leading a singer's workshop (focusing on Renaissance music) at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St., Concord, MA. For more information, call 978-264-0584.

At 2:00 pm, the Boston Children's Chorus, under the direction of Anthony Trecek-King, will present their first concert of the season. This concert is free! It will be at Tremont Temple, 88 Tremont Street, Boston, MA.

At 7:00 pm, the Gordon College Touring Chorale will be at the First Baptist Church of Hingham, 85 Main St., Hingham, MA. More info here.

At 7:00 pm, the Voices of MetroWest will present a Gospel Music Concert at First Congregation Church, 2 E. Main Street, Natick, MA.

At 7:30 pm the Salisbury Singers will present Brahms' Requiem and Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols at St. Paul's Cathedral, Worcester, MA.

At 8:00 pm, the Back Bay Chorale will present "Music for Double Choir." The program will include works by Mendelssohn, Nystedt, Bach, and works from the Musikalische Exequien by Schütz. They will be at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston, MA.

At 8:00 pm, the Boston Camerata presents "Land of Pure Delight: In Search of the American Soul." This will be at First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.

At 8:00 pm, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and the Radcliffe Choral Society present their fall concert, which will include works by Palestrina, Lassus, Haydn, Schumann, and Brahms. This will be at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. Ticket information is here.

Sunday:

At 3:00 pm, the Chorus Pro Musica will again present Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, this time at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 55 Emmonsdale Road, West Roxbury.

At 4:00 pm, the Boston Sacred Harp group will meet to sing from the Sacred Harp (1991 Edition) at Christ Church Unity, 70 Colchester Street, Brookline, MA.