Weekend Concert Calendar, 4/16/09

First off, I have some concerts this weekend! (In fact, I have concerts every weekend for the next five weeks, so buckle your seatbelts and prepare for self-promotion.)

This weekend Schola Cantorum will be performing Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, Randall Thompson's Horace Odes (with classical Latin pronunciation, oh yeah), along with madrigals and motets of Cipriano de Rore. The Thompson is very cool, and seldom performed, and of course the Palestrina is a beloved classic, so come out and hear a fascinating and beautifully sung (if I do say so myself) program! On Friday at 8 pm we will be at St. John's Church, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. On Saturday at 8 pm we will be at St. Peter's Church, 340 Boston Post Rd, Weston. And on Sunday at 4 pm we will be at the Holy Ghost Church, at the corner of Atwells Ave and Knight St in Providence, RI. I hope to see you at one of them! (And maybe we'll get another Globe review! That would be exciting!)

Friday:

Schola Cantorum! 8 pm! St. John's Church, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston!

Syncopation, jazz quartet extraordinaire, will be at the Taylor House B&B at 7:30 pm. They are totally awesome, and I highly recommend seeing them whenever you can. Taylor House is located at 50 Burroughs St, Jamaica Plain.

The Dedham Choral Society, under the direction of Jonathan Barnhart, will be performing Dvorak's Stabat Mater. This will be at 8:00 pm at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston.

The Manchester Choral Society, together with the Hanover Chamber Orchestra and the choirs of Plymouth State University, will present A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett. This is one of the great 20th-century choral works, but not performed often because it is so difficult. This will be at 8:00 pm at St. Joseph Cathedral, 145 Lowell St, Manchester, NH. This program will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday:

Schola Cantorum! 8 pm! St. Peter's Church, 340 Boston Post Rd, Weston!

The Orpheus Singers will present “A Judeo - Christian Musical Tradition: Music from 17th Century Italy and 20th Century America.” The program will include works by Monteverdi and Rossi (Rossi is very cool, and not performed enough, so you should seize this opportunity to hear his music) as well as Boykan and Wolpe, two 20th-century American composers. This will be at 8 pm at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston. This program will be repeated on Sunday.

The Manchester Choral Society, together with the Hanover Chamber Orchestra and the choirs of Plymouth State University, will present A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett. This is one of the great 20th-century choral works, but not performed often because it is so difficult. This will be at 8:00 pm at the Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH. This program will be repeated on Sunday.

Boston College's University Chorale will present Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. This will be at 8 pm at Trinity Chapel on the Newton BC campus.

The Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Miguel Felipe, will present "Four Masses," including Villa-Lobos's Missa Sao Sebastiao, Rautavaara's Missa Duodecononica, Britten's Missa brevis, and Faure's Messe basse. (That looks awesome, I have to say! I'm really disappointed I can't go.) This will be at 8 pm at First Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston.

Sunday:

Schola Cantorum! 4 pm! Holy Ghost Church, corner of Atwells Ave and Knight St, Providence, RI!

The Orpheus Singers will present “A Judeo - Christian Musical Tradition: Music from 17th Century Italy and 20th Century America.” The program will include works by Monteverdi and Rossi (Rossi is very cool, and not performed enough, so you should seize this opportunity to hear his music) as well as Boykan and Wolpe, two 20th-century American composers. This will be at 4 pm at Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave, Belmont.

The Manchester Choral Society, together with the Hanover Chamber Orchestra and the choirs of Plymouth State University, will present A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett. This is one of the great 20th-century choral works, but not performed often because it is so difficult. This will be at 3:00 pm at St. Joseph Cathedral, 145 Lowell St, Manchester, NH.

Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!