Thursday, February 25, 2010

Weekend Concert Calendar, 2/25/10

The weather outside may be frightful, but should that stop you from supporting local live music? Absolutely not! Especially when you can support Haiti at the same time; see details under Friday's listings.

Friday:

8:00 pm: First Church Boston; "Du fond de ma pensee: a concert to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Haiti"; First Church Boston. This concert will feature Renaissance choral works by Goudimel and le Jeune, new works by Henning and Serpa, and a performance of Bach’s Cantata 131: Aus der Tiefe with soloists, chorus and an orchestra of period instruments.

8:00 pm: Mount Holyoke Chamber Choir; works by Messiaen, Karg-Elert, Caplet, and others; Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston.


Saturday:

3:00 pm: Boston Jazz Voices; A cappella jazz and swing from the Great American Songbook; Belmont Public Library.

7:30 pm: PALS Children's Chorus; "Gala Reception: Food, Wine, and Singing in Support of PALS;" First Parish Brookline. (This is part of the PALS 20th-anniversary weekend festivities; their concert is on Sunday.)

8:00 pm: Mystic Chorale; "Mystic Chorale Celebrates Gospel" (annual gospel concert); Converse Hall, Tremont Temple, Boston.

8:00 pm: The Master Singers of Lexington; "Pops! Locomotion"; First Parish Lexington.


Sunday:

3:00 pm: Mystic Chorale; "Mystic Chorale Celebrates Gospel" (annual gospel concert); Converse Hall, Tremont Temple, Boston.

3:00 pm: Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Duruflé's Requiem, Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, and Britten's Concerto for Violin; Hale Middle School, Stow.

3:00 pm: PALS Children's Chorus; "I Remember the Song: Celebrating 20 Years of PALS;" Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston.

Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!

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