Friday, December 11, 2009

Weekend Concert Calendar, 12/10/09, Part 2

Here it is, part 2 of the Weekend Concert Calendar. This is arguably the busiest week of the year. So I hope someone is using this!

Saturday:

2:00 pm: Vienna Choir Boys (Celebrity Boston Series); Holiday program; Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston.

4:00 pm AND 8:00 pm: The Concord Chorus; "Holiday Concert," including the "Mid-Winter Songs" by Lauridsen; Middlesex School Memorial Chapel, Concord.

7:30 pm: Salisbury Singers; Holiday Family Concert; Dukakis Theatre at Monty Tech, Fitchburg.

7:30 pm: The Gospel Music Project; "Rock My Soul Holiday Concert"; First Baptist Church, Newton.

7:30 pm: Boston City Singers; "Winter Stars"; Parish of All Saints, Dorchester.

8:00 pm: Cappella Clausura; "Gloria: A Renaissance Christmas Pageant"; First Unitarian Society, Newton.

8:00 pm: Lorelei Ensemble and Juventas New Music Ensemble; "One Light - the world premiere of seven holiday works for women’s choir with chamber ensemble;" St. John's Church, Jamaica Plain.

8:00 pm: Zefiro; Works of Victoria and Gesualdo; Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville.

8:00 pm: Neponset Choral Society; "Mostly Mendelssohn"; St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Foxborough.

8:00 pm: Newburyport Choral Society and Orchestra; Carmina Burana and seasonal favorites; Belleville Congregational Church, Newburyport.

8:00 pm: The Unicorn Singers and the Broad Cove Chorale; "A Welsh Christmas;" House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham.

8:00 pm: The Boston Camerata, in collaboration with the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble; "A Mediterranean Christmas"; First Church, Cambridge.

8:00 pm: The Pilgrim Festival Chorus (in collaboration with the Plymouth Philharmonic and the Federal Furnace School Treble Chorus); Festive Holiday POPS concert; Memorial Hall, Plymouth.

8:00 pm: Chorus North Shore; Handel's Messiah; Our Lady of Hope Church, Ipswich.

8:00 pm: Cambridge Chamber Singers; "A Christmas Alleluia!" featuring Byrd's Mass for four voices, Thompson's Alleluia, and carols; Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston.

Sunday:

2:00 pm: Boston Gay Men's Chorus; "Our Home for the Holidays"; Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston.

2:00 pm: Vox Lucens; "The Story of Mary;" Church of Our Savior, Arlington.

2:00 pm: Chorus North Shore; Handel's Messiah; St. Richard's Church, Danvers.

2:30 pm: Neponset Choral Society; "Mostly Mendelssohn"; St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Foxborough.

2:30 pm: Newburyport Choral Society and Orchestra; Carmina Burana and seasonal favorites; Belleville Congregational Church, Newburyport.

3:00 pm: The Boston Cecilia; "The Starlit Birth"; All Saints Parish in Brookline.

3:00 pm: Cambridge Community Chorus; Handel's Messiah; Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge.

3:00 pm: The Arlington-Belmont Chorale; "A Winter Concert" including works by Beethoven, Bavicchi and Schubert; First Parish, Arlington.

3:00 pm: Dedham Choral Society; a Christmas concert featuring Haydn, Mendelssohn, Billings, and familiar carols; St. Mary's, Dedham.

3:00 pm: The Pilgrim Festival Chorus (in collaboration with the Plymouth Philharmonic and the Federal Furnace School Treble Chorus); Festive Holiday POPS concert; Memorial Hall, Plymouth.

3:00 pm: Sudbury Memorial Congregational Church; Annual Messiah Sing; Sudbury Memorial Congregational Church, Sudbury.

3:00 pm: The Paul Madore Chorale; "Welcome Yule!"; St. Anne's Church, Salem.

3:00 pm: The Highland Glee Club; "Mendelssohn and Haydn"; First Baptist Church, Needham.

3:00 pm: Choirs of Trinity Church; Bach's Magnificat and Handel's Messiah, Part I; Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston.

4:00 pm: The Master Singers of Lexington; "A Master Singers Christmas" including works by Poulenc, Lassus, and Rorem; First Parish, Lexington.

4:00 pm: The DeVaronistas; "Shout for Joy!"; Pleasant Street Congregational Church, Arlington.

4:00 pm: Greater Gardner Community Choir; Handel's Messiah; First Congregational Church, Gardner.

4:00 pm: The Unicorn Singers and the Broad Cove Chorale; "A Welsh Christmas;" First Parish Cohasset, Cohasset.

4:00 pm: The Choir of St. Peter's Church; Handel's Messiah; St. Peter's Church, Weston. (Bring your score and sing with the choir!)

4:00 pm: Stämbandet; Scandinavian holiday music; Westford Historical Society, United Parish of Auburndale, Newton.

5:00 pm: Cappella Clausura; "Gloria: A Renaissance Christmas Pageant"; Church of St. Andrew, Marblehead.

5:00 pm: Old North Chamber Singers; "Christmas Concert at Old North"; Old North Church, Boston.

5:15 pm: Concordia Consort; "Noe! Noe! Annunciation to Epiphany"; Church of Our Saviour, Brookline.

7:00 pm: Cambridge Chamber Singers; "A Christmas Alleluia!" featuring Byrd's Mass for four voices, Thompson's Alleluia, and carols; St. John's Episcopal Church, Arlington.

7:30 pm: Quincy Choral Society; "Dona Nobis Pacem - Give Us Peace"; Sacred Heart Church, North Quincy.

8:00 pm: Lorelei Ensemble and Juventas New Music Ensemble; "One Light - the world premiere of seven holiday works for women’s choir with chamber ensemble;" Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston.

Tuesday:

12:15 pm: Concordia Consort; "Noe! Noe! Annunciation to Epiphany"; King's Chapel, Boston.

7:30 pm: The Apollo Club of Boston; Annual Christmas concert; Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston.

Whew. Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!

4 comments:

  1. You DID miss one: Sunday at 3, the choirs of Trinity Church (Copley Square) are doing the Bach Magnificat and Part I of the Messiah.

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  2. @ Abby:

    So I did, so I did! I just added it in. Are you singing in it?

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  3. Thanks for these listings - best I've found.

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  4. @ Edward:

    YOU ARE SO WELCOME. It is so nice to be appreciated. :)

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