NEW ENGLAND'S EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR

JANUARY 2010

This calendar updated September 6, 2009

Your New England event listings always welcomed! Please send new listings, updates and corrections to sheilabb@earthlink.net

These listings are accurate as of the date posted. For final program information or to confirm location and ticket price, please call the telephone number listed with the event.

All events in Massachusetts unless noted.

Friday, January 1

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

3 pm

Berkshire Bach Society Ensemble (Kenneth Cooper, cond): Bach at New Year's. Colonial Theatre, 111 South St, Pittsfield. 413/997-4444 $17-37 www.thecolonialtheatre.org

Saturday, January 2

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Sunday, January 3

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)


6-9 am

WHUS 91.7 FM Off The Beaten Track (Dan Grieder, host) www.whus.org

Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations : MA WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 89.7 Boston. CT WSHU 91.1 Fairfield & affiliates 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford. VT WVPR 107.9 Burlington & affiliates 88.7 Rutland, 88.5 St.Johnsbury, 94.3 Bennington, 94.5 Brattleboro, 103.9 Hanover, 88.1 Norwich & 89.5 Windsor. www.sundaybaroque.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): J.S. Bach Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

Monday, January 4

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Tuesday, January 5

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Wednesday, January 6

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Thursday, January 7

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)


Friday, January 8

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Saturday, January 9

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Sunday, January 10

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

6-9 am

WHUS 91.7 FM Off The Beaten Track (Dan Grieder, host) www.whus.org

Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations : MA WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 89.7 Boston. CT WSHU 91.1 Fairfield & affiliates 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford. VT WVPR 107.9 Burlington & affiliates 88.7 Rutland, 88.5 St.Johnsbury, 94.3 Bennington, 94.5 Brattleboro, 103.9 Hanover, 88.1 Norwich & 89.5 Windsor. www.sundaybaroque.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): J.S. Bach Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

Monday, January 11

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)


Tuesday, January 12

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Wednesday, January 13

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Thursday, January 14

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

8 pm

CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. The Carthage Consort of Viols (Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen & Emily Walhout, viols): Music from the Henry VIII Manuscript. First Religious Society, 27 School Street, Carlisle. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org

Friday, January 15

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

8 pm

The Cantata Singers (David Hoose, cond): Heinrich Schütz Das ist mir lieb, Psalm 116; works of later composers. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/868-5885 $17 cantatasingers.org

Exultemus: Lamentations -- music for Holy Week by Brumel, Burmudez, White, Ferrabosco & Palestrina; La Rue Lamentation of David over Saul & Jonathan; Andrea Gabrieli déploration for Willaert. Union Church, 14 Collins Rd, Waban. 857/998-0219 $15-35/10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org


CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. The Carthage Consort of Viols (Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen & Emily Walhout, viols): Music from the Henry VIII Manuscript. Weston Congregational Church, 130 Newton Street, Weston. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org

Saturday, January 16

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

7:30 pm

Cantabile & Friends: Heartaches & Earthquakes -- Renaissance chansons & motets; Antoine Brumels Missa Et ecce terrae motus (Earthquake Mass). St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 335 Longmeadow St, Longmeadow. 413/586-8742 Advance sale $20-30; at the door $25-35/10 st www.arcadiaplayers.org

8 pm

Music for Viols & Friends. El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar): The King of Denmark's Health -- works by Thomas Simpson, Dowland, Brade, Schopp, Ørn & Borchgrevinck. Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Sts, Cambridge. 617/776-0692 $22/17 st, sr, low-income

Exultemus: Lamentations -- music for Holy Week by Brumel, Burmudez, White, Ferrabosco & Palestrina; La Rue Lamentation of David over Saul & Jonathan; Andrea Gabrieli déploration for Willaert. University Lutheran Church, 68 Winthrop St, Cambridge. 857/998-0219 $15-35/10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org

CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. The Carthage Consort of Viols (Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen & Emily Walhout, viols): Music from the Henry VIII Manuscript. Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr, Salem Athenaeum members/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org

Sunday, January 17

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)


6-9 am

WHUS 91.7 FM Off The Beaten Track (Dan Grieder, host) www.whus.org

Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations : MA WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 89.7 Boston. CT WSHU 91.1 Fairfield & affiliates 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford. VT WVPR 107.9 Burlington & affiliates 88.7 Rutland, 88.5 St.Johnsbury, 94.3 Bennington, 94.5 Brattleboro, 103.9 Hanover, 88.1 Norwich & 89.5 Windsor. www.sundaybaroque.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): J.S. Bach Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?, BWV 155. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

3 pm

Exultemus: Lamentations -- music for Holy Week by Brumel, Burmudez, White, Ferrabosco & Palestrina; La Rue Lamentation of David over Saul & Jonathan; Andrea Gabrieli déploration for Willaert. First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St, Boston. 857/998-0219 $15-35/10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org

Somerville Museum Early Music Afternoon. El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, viols; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar): The King of Denmark's Health -- works by Thomas Simpson, Dowland, Brade, Schopp, Ørn & Borchgrevinck. Somerville Museum, One Westwood Rd (at Central St), Somerville. 617/666-9810 $17/12 st, sr, Museum members

Cantabile & Friends: Heartaches & Earthquakes -- Renaissance chansons & motets; Antoine Brumels Missa Et ecce terrae motus (Earthquake Mass). St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St, Northampton. 413/586-8742 Advance sale $20-30; at the door $25-35/10 st www.arcadiaplayers.org

4 pm

CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. The Carthage Consort of Viols (Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen & Emily Walhout, viols): Music from the Henry VIII Manuscript. Heard House Museum, 54 South Main St, Ipswich. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org

7 pm

Boston Recorder Society Monthly Playing Meeting. Eric Haas, John Tyson, Sarah Cantor & Héloise DeGrugillier, coaches. Lesley University Hall 3rd Floor,Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 617/491-2111 $20/15 BRS members www.bostonrecordersociety.org


Monday, January 18

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

7:30 pm

CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. The Carthage Consort of Viols (Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen & Emily Walhout, viols): Music from the Henry VIII Manuscript. Christ Church Cambridge, Zero Garden St, Cambridge. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org

Tuesday, January 19

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Wednesday, January 20

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Thursday, January 21

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Friday, January 22

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)


Saturday, January 23

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

8 pm

Yale Schola Cantorum (Simon Carrington, guest cond); Thomas Murray, organ: Sing, Ye Birds -- John Taverner Western Wind Mass; Orlando Gibbons Magnificat & Glorious and Powerful God; Sing, Ye Birds. Christ Church Episcopal, 84 Broadway, New Haven CT. 203/432-5062 FREE www.yale.edu/ism

Sunday, January 24

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

6-9 am

WHUS 91.7 FM Off The Beaten Track (Dan Grieder, host) www.whus.org

Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations : MA WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 89.7 Boston. CT WSHU 91.1 Fairfield & affiliates 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford. VT WVPR 107.9 Burlington & affiliates 88.7 Rutland, 88.5 St.Johnsbury, 94.3 Bennington, 94.5 Brattleboro, 103.9 Hanover, 88.1 Norwich & 89.5 Windsor. www.sundaybaroque.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): J.S. Bach Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

Monday, January 25

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)


Tuesday, January 26

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Wednesday, January 27

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Thursday, January 28

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Friday, January 29

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

Saturday, January 30

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

8 pm

Boston Early Music Festival. Sequentia (Benjamin Bagby, dir/harp & voice; Norbert Rodenkirchen, flutes & harp; Elizabeth Gaver, fiddle; Agnethe Christensen & Lena Susanne Norin, voice): The Rheingold Curse -- A Germanic Saga of Greed & Revenge from the Medieval Icelandic Edda. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge. 617/661-1812 $$19-$64 www.bemf.org Free pre-concert talk at 7 pm


Sunday, January 31

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Albrecht Durer: Virtuoso Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org (to July 3)

6-9 am

WHUS 91.7 FM Off The Beaten Track (Dan Grieder, host) www.whus.org

Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations : MA WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 89.7 Boston. CT WSHU 91.1 Fairfield & affiliates 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford. VT WVPR 107.9 Burlington & affiliates 88.7 Rutland, 88.5 St.Johnsbury, 94.3 Bennington, 94.5 Brattleboro, 103.9 Hanover, 88.1 Norwich & 89.5 Windsor. www.sundaybaroque.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Handel Chandos Anthem No. 8, O come, let us sing unto the Lord, HWV 253. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org