Also this weekend, Boston College is having an Arts Festival this weekend! It started today, and is running through Saturday. The entire schedule is here. Highlights include an a cappella showcase on Friday at 2:30 pm; the Voices of Imani Gospel Choir on Saturday at 12:15 pm; another a cappella showcase on Saturday at 1:45 pm; and the New Fisk Jubilee Singers on Saturday at 3:30 pm.
Friday:
John Harbison's 70th Birthday Concert will be celebrated at MIT. Among the vocal and instrumental works to be performed will be A Clear Midnight (a cantata for five soloists and strings with texts by Walt Whitman) and Umbrian Landscape with Saint, a sinfonietta with chorus, featuring the MIT Chamber Chorus under the direction of William Cutter. This will be at 8 pm at Kresge Auditorium, MIT, 48 Mass. Ave, Cambridge. And it's FREE!
The Chamber Singers of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum will present "Versa est in Luctum," a concert of sacred vocal music from the late Renaissance. Featuring works by Josquin, Ockeghem, Victoria, and Lassus. This will be at 8 pm at First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge.
Sine Nomine, southern New England's early music choral ensemble, will present Purcell's Dido and Aeneas under the direction of Paul Cienniwa. This will be at 8 pm at Emmanuel Church, 42 Dearborn Street, Newport, RI. This program will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday.
Mastersingers by the Sea, accompanied by chamber players from the New Bedford Symphony Orchestram, will present James D. Wagoner's Song of Solomon, along with works by a few Bachs (both J.S. and C.P.E.) This will be at 8 pm at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 124 Front St., Marion. This program will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday:
The Master Singers of Lexington will present their 40th anniversary concert "Bach to Bolcom," including a premiere of an original choral work by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Bolcom, commissioned for the occasion. The 200th anniversary of the death of Haydn and the birth of Mendelssohn will also be recognized. This will be under the direction of Adam Grossman. The concert will be at 8 pm at First Parish Lexington, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington.
The New England Philharmonic, together with the Simmons College Concert Choir, will present a concert that will include the world premiere of Peter Child's new work Louisa's War (based on the journals and poetry of Lousa May Alcott and contemporary writers). This will be at 8 pm at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
Emmanuel Music will present six of J.S. Bach's choral motets under the direction of Associate Conductor Michael Beattie. Also on the program will be Emmanuel Church organist Nancy Granert performing Bach organ pieces selected to complement the motets, including the chorale-prelude Komm, heiliger Geist and the fantasy on the chorale Jesu, meine Freude. This will be at 8 pm at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston.
The Salisbury Singers will present Haydn's Creation under the direction of Dr. Michelle Graveline. This will be at 7:30 pm at St. Stephen's Church, Worcester.
Sine Nomine, southern New England's early music choral ensemble, will present Purcell's Dido and Aeneas under the direction of Paul Cienniwa. This will be at 8 pm at Emmanuel Church, 42 Dearborn Street, Newport, RI. This program will be repeated on Sunday.
Mastersingers by the Sea, accompanied by chamber players from the New Bedford Symphony Orchestram, will present James D. Wagoner's Song of Solomon, along with works by a few Bachs (both J.S. and C.P.E.) This will be at 8 pm at Saint Barnabas Church, On the Village Green, 91 Main Street, Falmouth. This program will be repeated on Sunday.
Sunday:
The Arlington-Belmont Chorale and The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra will present their 75th Anniversary Season Sponsor's Concert, featuring works by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, and Sears. This will be at the First Parish UU Church, 630 Mass Ave., Arlington.
Mastersingers by the Sea, accompanied by chamber players from the New Bedford Symphony Orchestram, will present James D. Wagoner's Song of Solomon, along with works by a few Bachs (both J.S. and C.P.E.) This will be at 3 pm at Saint Barnabas Church, On the Village Green, 91 Main Street, Falmouth.
Sine Nomine, southern New England's early music choral ensemble, will present Purcell's Dido and Aeneas under the direction of Paul Cienniwa. This will be at 3 pm at First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St., Boston.
The Harvard University Choir will perform Handel's Saul with the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. This will be at 4 pm at the Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge.
The North Cambridge Family Opera will present "Naturally Selected: A Darwin Bicentennial Revue." A science oratorio sung by 100 adults and children, this world premiere includes 24 songs about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution by four contemporary composers, each writing from a unique musical perspective. This will be at 6:30 pm at the Boston Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston. (Words cannot express how much I want to go to this performance! Alas, I am booked. Someone else go and tell me how it is? Please?)
And next Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Sweet Honey in the Rock will be in town at the Opera House!
Did I forget anything? Leave it in the comments!
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