Woooo, it is BUSY this weekend! So at the risk of alienating some very worthy ensembles, I am going to help you choose.
If you go to one concert this weekend (and for the record I am going to more than that) you should go to the St. Matthew Passion performance being put on jointly by the Boston Cecilia and Musica Sacra. This is Cecilia director Don Teeters' 44th and final season with that fine ensemble, and this is the major work of their season. Teeters is noted for his work with period ensembles, especially in Bach and Handel, and this is your last chance to see him conduct a significant work with a period orchestra and two of the city's finest choruses. Not to mention a bevy of awesome soloists! Don't miss it, it's going to be one of the best choral events of 2011-2012.
Friday:
Masterworks Chorale, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, 8 pm, Cambridge
Treble Chorus of New England, "Viva La Diva!", 7 pm, Andover
Saturday:
Sharing a New Song, Gospel Workshop (12-4 pm) directed by Jonathan Singleton, Concert at 6 pm, Newton Highlands
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and the Radcliffe Choral Society, "Motets and Madrigals", 8 pm, Cambridge
Cantata Singers, "The Extended Arch - J.S. Bach and Stephen Hartke", 8 pm, Boston
Cappella Clausura, "Ghirlanda de Madrigali: 4-part Love Songs by the Teen-aged Vittoria Aleotti", 8 pm, Cambridge
Treble Chorus of New England, "Viva La Diva!", 7 pm, Andover
Seraphim Singers, "An American Sampler", 8 pm, Cambridge
Exsultemus, "Baroque Vocal Cantatas by Telemann", 8 pm, West Newton
Sunday:
Boston Cecilia and Musica Sacra, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, 2 pm, Boston
Chorus Pro Musica, Kodaly's Missa Brevis, 3 pm, Boston
Did I miss anything? Want to advertise your own musical event? Leave it in the comments!
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