Weekend Concert Calendar, 4/2/09

I was putting this list together, and almost completely forgot to include my own two concerts this week! My group Zefiro will be singing on Friday at 8 pm at the Brickbottom Studios; and Anthology will be performing our "Songs of Protest and Social Unrest" concert on Sunday at 7:30 pm at St. James Episcopal Church in Farmington, CT. I know CT is a bit far out, but you should come to the Zefiro performance on Friday if possible!

Friday:

Zefiro (including me!) will perform a concert of Marian Antiphons, with music by Byrd, Victoria, Cornysh, Dufay, and others (including a dash of Poulenc.) This will be at 8 pm at the Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg St., Somerville.

The Voices of Imani Gospel Choir at BC will present their spring concert of contemporary gospel and spirituals at 7:00 pm. The website still says "location TBA" so I would suggest checking out the BC website at regular intervals for more intervals. (Or just calling someone!)

The choruses of Boston University will present works by Haydn and Mendelssohn, including Haydn's St. Cecelia Mass, Mendelssohn's Magnificat and short works by Elgar, Mendelssohn, Bach, Patriquin, and Schubert. This concert will feature the Women's Chorale under the direction of Jamie Hillman, the Chamber Chorus under the direction of Ann Howard Jones, and the Concert Choir under the direction of Christopher Walters. This will be at 7:30 pm at Marsh Chapel, 735 Comm Ave, Boston.

Emmanuel Music will present Bach's St. Matthew Passion at 7:30 pm at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston. Bound to be fantastic. This will be repeated on Sunday.

The Oriana Consort will present “Miracles of Spring: Choral music for Easter and Passover from the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries”. The program will include works by Bach, Delalande, Philips, Pärt, Yehezkel Brain, and Frank Ticheli's beautiful piece "There Will Be Rest." If you want to learn more about the program, go read and/or listen to my interview with director Walter Chapin! This will be at 8:00 pm at First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston.

The Tallis Scholars are in town, courtesy of BEMF. They will be singing at 8 pm at St. Paul Church in Harvard Square, at the corner of Bow & Arrow Streets, Cambridge.

Saturday:

Check out GospelFest at MIT at 7:00 pm. An array of gospel groups from the greater Boston area will be participating. This will be at MIT's Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge.

The Unicorn Singers celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert called "Te Deum Laudamus," settings by Handel, Haydn, Parsons and Britten. This will be at 8 pm at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 916 Main Street, Hingham. This concert will be repeated on Sunday.

Sunday:

Anthology will be performing "Songs of Protest and Social Unrest," including eight new works written just for us, at 7:30 pm at the St. James Episcopal Church in Farmington, CT.

Emmanuel Music will present Bach's St. Matthew Passion at 3:00 pm at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston. Bound to be fantastic.

The choruses of Tufts and Brown join together for a concert of choral masterworks by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Whitacre, and a premiere by Travis Worthley. Conducted by Andrew Clark and L. Frederick Jodry. This will be at 3:00 pm at the Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Ave.
Medford. And it's free!

The Unicorn Singers celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert called "Te Deum Laudamus," settings by Handel, Haydn, Parsons and Britten. This will be at 3 pm at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 916 Main Street, Hingham.

Sorellanza, an a cappella chorus, will perform their spring concert "Dreams to Wish Upon" at 4:00 pm at the First Parish Unitarian Church, 225 Cabot St., Beverly.

Exsultemus will present Telemann's St. John Passion at 5:30 pm at First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston.

The choir of Old North Church in Marblehead will present Mozart's Requiem under the direction of Maria van Kalken. This will be at 7:00 pm at Old North Church, 35 Washington Street, Marblehead.

Belmont Open Sings will be hosting an open reading of Handel's Israel in Egypt. This will be at 7:30 pm at the Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont.

Did I miss anything? Probably. The only way I was able to keep myself awake and focused on writing this entry was to listen to Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," Hampton the Hampter's "Even Hamsters Fall in Love," and Mika's "Happy Ending" on constant shuffle. It's been one of those days. (I would like to point out here, in regards to the penultimate entry, that the beautiful thing about YouTube is that you don't have to watch the videos.)

So, leave whatever I missed in the comments!