Weekend Concert Calendar, 12/3/09

Friday:

7:30 pm: Handel and Haydn Society; Handel's Messiah; Symphony Hall, Boston.

8:00 pm: Harvard University Chamber Singers; "O Magnum Mysterium, A Medieval and Renaissance Celebration of the Season"; Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge.

8:00 pm: The Harbour Choral Arts Society; "Joy, Joy, Joy! A Concert for the Holidays"; First Congregational Church, Hanover.

8:00 pm: Concert Singers; Handel's Messiah, Parts I & II; Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn, Swampscott.

Saturday:

3:00 pm: Handel and Haydn Society; Handel's Messiah; Symphony Hall, Boston.

4:00 pm: Somerville Community Chorus; Mendelssohn's Magnificat, also music for Christmas and Hanukkah; College Avenue Methodist Church, Somerville.

7:00 pm: The A Cappella Singers; "Alleluia, Alleluia!"; St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Wellesley.

7:00 pm: Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union; Handel's Messiah; Wollaston Church of the Nazarene, Quincy.

7:30 pm: New England Classical Singers; William Grant Still's Christmas In the Western World, plus other Christmas music; Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College, North Andover.

7:30 pm: Polymnia Choral Society; "A Victorian Christmas"; First Congregational Church, Melrose.

7:30 pm: Harvard Pro Musica; "Songs of the Holiday Season"; Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Harvard (the town).

7:30 pm: Cantemus; "Winter Light: Season of Snow and Shadow"; Christ Church, Hamilton.

8:00 pm: Musica Sacra; "Clear and Bright: Festive Sounds of Chorus and Brass"; First Church Congregational, Cambridge.

8:00 pm: Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard Glee Club; Annual Holiday Concert; Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge.

8:00 pm: Old North Festival Chorus; Annual Christmas concert featuring works by Zelenka, Praetorius, Woodman, and others; Old North Church, Marblehead.

Sunday:

1:00 pm: Divi Zheni; Christmas sedenka with music, dance, and traditional Bulgarian food;
Holy Resurrection Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Allston.

1:00 pm: The Folk Song Society of Greater Boston; Pub Carol Sing; back room at Doyle's Cafe, Jamaica Plain.

2:00 pm: Vox Lucens; "The Story of Mary;" St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, Acton.

GO TO THIS ONE! 3:00 pm: Cantilena; "Northern Lights: Music from Scandinavia;" First Parish Church, Arlington. Conducted by yours truly!

3:00 pm: Zamir Chorale; Open Sing featuring the Best Choral Music for Chanukah; Temple Reyim, Newton.

3:00 pm: Carter Memorial United Methodist Church; Messiah Sing. Carter Memorial United Methodist Church, Needham.

3:00 pm: The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus; "A Not-Quite-Winter Concert: An Alternate Ceremony of Carols"; Payson Park Congregational Church, Belmont.

3:00 pm: Handel and Haydn Society; Handel's Messiah; Symphony Hall, Boston.

3:00 pm: The Harbour Choral Arts Society; "Joy, Joy, Joy! A Concert for the Holidays"; Old South Union Church, South Weymouth.

3:00 pm: Capriccio Chorus of the Rivers School in Weston; Music for the holidays from the Renaissance through Jazz and Broadway; Bradley Hall at The Rivers School, Weston.

4:00 pm: Choral Art Society; "Music of Christmas and Chanukah;" St. Luke's Church, Scituate.

4:00 pm: Cantemus; "Winter Light: Season of Snow and Shadow"; St. Paul's Church, Newburport.

5:00 pm: The Oriana Consort; “New Songs for Midwinter," choral music for Advent and Nativity from the 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, and 21st centuries; University Lutheran Church, Cambridge.

5:00 pm: MIT Gospel Choir; "Selah: Praise the Lord!"; Rm. 101, Building 34, MIT, Cambridge.

5:30 pm: Exsultemus; "Darmstadt: Briegel and Graupner"; First Lutheran Church, Boston.

6:00 pm: Eastern Nazarene College Choral Union; Handel's Messiah; Wollaston Church of the Nazarene, Quincy.

7:00 pm: The Congregational Church of West Medford; Annual Messiah Sing. Congregational Church of West Medford, Medford.

7:00 pm: Boston Jazz Voices; December concert; Unity Church, North Easton.

7:30 pm: Old North Festival Chorus; Annual Christmas concert featuring works by Zelenka, Praetorius, Woodman, and others; Old North Church, Marblehead.

8:00 pm: Concert Singers; Handel's Messiah, Parts I & II; Sacred Heart RC Church, Lynn.

Did I forget anything? Leave it in the comments!