NEW ENGLAND'S EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR

JULY 2008

This calendar updated July 19, 2008.

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.

Tuesday, July 1

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

12:15 pm

Boston Chapter, American Guild of Organists: Young Organists Initiative Showcase recital on the C.B. Fisk Organ. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

7:30 pm

Concerto Antico (Joyce Alper & Graham St-Laurent, oboes; Cuauhtemoc Trejo, flute, Melissa Schoenack, bassoon;Paul Perfetti, trumpet; William Bauer, violin & viola d'amore;Javier Caballero, cello;Douglas Freundlich (archlute; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord): Premiere of a newly-discovered concerto by Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner(Prague, 1689-1742) for viola d'amore with oboes, bassoon, lute & continuo; works of J.C. Bach, Telemann, Finger, Quantz & Poglietti. Church of St. Ignatius, 28 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 781/726-0736 FREE ConcertoAntico@gmail.com

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Sprezzatura (Michael Barrett, tenor & dir; Teresa Wakim & Lydia Brotherton, soprano; Martin Near, countertenor; Darrick Yee, bass): Il Canzoniere Italian madrigals on Petrarchan texts by Jacopo da Bologna, Adrian Willaert & Cipriano da Rore. St. Peter's Church, 320 Boston Post Rd, Weston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Wednesday, July 2

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Sprezzatura (Michael Barrett, tenor & dir; Teresa Wakim & Lydia Brotherton, soprano; Martin Near, countertenor; Darrick Yee, bass): Il Canzoniere Italian madrigals on Petrarchan texts by Jacopo da Bologna, Adrian Willaert & Cipriano da Rore. The Chapel At West Parish, 129 Reservation Rd, Andover. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Thursday, July 3

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Sprezzatura (Michael Barrett, tenor & dir; Teresa Wakim & Lydia Brotherton, soprano; Martin Near, countertenor; Darrick Yee, bass): Il Canzoniere Italian madrigals on Petrarchan texts by Jacopo da Bologna, Adrian Willaert & Cipriano da Rore. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Friday, July 4

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

Saturday, July 5

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

5 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Sharon Baker, soprano; Daniel Stepner, violin; John Gibbons, harpsichord: Fourth of July Celebration Music from Thomas Jefferson's Library including selections from the Beggar's Opera & works by Mozart, J.C. Bach, Beminiani, Weber, Hopkinson, Gay, Arne, Balbastre, Cosway & Sacchini. Daniel Arts Center, Simon's Rock College, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington. 413/528-3595 $40/30 sr/10 st rush/FREE ch ages 6-12 with each paid adult ticket www.astonmagna.org

Amherst Early Music Festival at Connecticut College, New London CT

July 6-13 Music of Germany www.amherstearlymusic.org

Special courses: Baroque Academy · Opera Project · Baroque Oboe & Bassoon · Baroque Flute for Modern Flutists

Sunday, July 6

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

6-9 am

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

3 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Sharon Baker, soprano; Daniel Stepner, violin; John Gibbons, harpsichord: Fourth of July Celebration Music from Thomas Jefferson's Library including selections from the Beggar's Opera & works by Mozart, J.C. Bach, Beminiani, Weber, Hopkinson, Gay, Arne, Balbastre, Cosway & Sacchini. Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 413/528-3595 $40/ 30 sr & Clark Museum members/10 st rush/FREE ch ages 6-12 with each paid adult ticket www.astonmagna.org

4 pm

Ellingwood Chapel Concert Series. Les Bostonades (Teddie Hwang, Baroque flute & Akiko Sato, harpsichord): Die Kleine Kammermusik Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Johann Sebastian Bach & others. Ellingwood Chapel, 195 Nahant Rd, Nahant. 781/581-1471 $15/10 sr www.nahant.org/whatsnew/calendar.html

Monday, July 7

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

Tuesday, July 8

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

12:15 pm

Robert Knupp plays the C.B. Fisk Organ. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. Ciaramella (Adam Gilbert, Rotem Gilbert, Greg Ingles, Douglas Milliken, Debra Nagy & Erik Schmalz, winds); Anna Levenstein, soprano & Temmo Korisheli, tenor: Were I a Falcon I would soar on high Music for high winds & voices by DuFay, Desprez, Isaac, Finck & others. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Les Bostonades (Teddie Hwang, traverso & Akiko Sato, harpsichord): Die Kleine Kammermusik Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Johann Sebastian Bach & others. .St. Peter's Church, 320 Boston Post Rd, Weston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Wednesday, July 9

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7:30 pm

Howard Wagner, lecturer: Choir of Strings The Art History & Technology of the Harpsichord. Charles River Museum of Industry, 151 Moody St, Waltham. 781/893-5410 $10/7 with Berklee ID

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Les Bostonades (Teddie Hwang, traverso & Akiko Sato, harpsichord): Die Kleine Kammermusik Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Johann Sebastian Bach & others. The Chapel At West Parish, 129 Reservation Rd, Andover. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Thursday, July 10

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. Amherst Baroque Soloists (Julianne Baird, soprano; Dana Maiben, violin; Saskia Coolen & Han Tol, recorder; Janet See, traverso; Washington McClain, oboe; Dominic Teresi, bassoon; Rainer Zipperling, viol & cello; Arthur Haas, harpsichord): Virtuosic Music of Germany. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Les Bostonades (Teddie Hwang, traverso & Akiko Sato, harpsichord): Die Kleine Kammermusik Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Johann Sebastian Bach & others. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

8:30 pm

Tanglewood. Imogen Cooper, piano: All Schubert recital Sonata in C, D840, Reliquie; Four Impromptus, D935; Sonata in A, D959. Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $17-50 www.tanglewood.org

Friday, July 11

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Opera Project (Alexander Weimann, cond; Drew Minter, stage director; Dorothy Olsson& Kaspar Mainz, dance dir): Johann Georg Conradi Ariadne (fully staged with singers, dancers, orchestra). Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

8:30 pm

Tanglewood. Boston Symphony Orchestra (Bernard Haitink, cond); soloists Jonathan Biss, piano; Julia Fischer, violin; Daniel Muller-Schott, cello: Beethoven Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano; Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $9-89 www.tanglewood.org 6 pm Prelude Concert by Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Ozawa Hall, FREE to 8:30 pm ticket holders

Saturday, July 12

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

10 am

Amherst Early Music Festival. Instrument Exhibition. 1962 Room. Crozier-Williams College Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

10:30 am

Tanglewood. Boston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal (James Levine, cond); soloist Peter Serkin, piano: Haydn Symphony No. 104, London; J.S. Bach Piano Concerto No. 1 in d minor; Mozart Concert Rondo in D, K382; Schubert Symphony No. 4, Tragic. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $17 www.tanglewood.org Working rehearsal; conductor may choose to run entire program or work on certain selections only.

1:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Baroque Academy Student Concert. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

3 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Workshop Student Concert. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

5 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Daniel Stepner, violin; David Miller, viola; Loretta O'Sullivan, violoncello; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Christopher Krueger, flute; Stephen Hammer, oboe; Michael McGraw, bassoon; John Gibbons, harpsichord: J. S. Bach The Art of the Fugue (complete). Daniel Arts Center, Simon's Rock College, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington. 413/528-3595 $40/30 sr/10 st rush/FREE ch ages 6-12 with each paid adult ticket www.astonmagna.org

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Faculty Concert & All-Workshop Collegium (Michael Barrett, dir); German music from the Middle Ages to Baroque including works of Lasso & Hassler. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participnts www.amherstearlymusic.org

Amherst Early Music Festival at Connecticut College, New London CT

July 13-19 Music of Germany www.amherstearlymusic.org

Special courses: Music for the Hapsburg Emperors · Virtuoso Recorder · Fin'amor & Minnesang: Discovering Medieval Song

Sunday, July 13

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

6-9 am

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

11 am

Amherst Early Music Festival. Instrument Exhibition. 1962 Room. Crozier-Williams College Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

1 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. Harpsichord Rally Short harpsichord recitals featuring Arthur Haas, Peter Sykes, Webb Wiggins & others. Crozier-Williams College Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

2:30 pm

Tanglewood. Boston Symphony Orchestra (James Levine, cond); soloist Peter Serkin, piano: Haydn Symphony No. 104, London; J.S. Bach Piano Concerto No. 1 in d minor; Mozart Concert Rondo in D, K382; Schubert Symphony No. 4, Tragic. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $18-89 www.tanglewood.org

3 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Daniel Stepner, violin; David Miller, viola; Loretta O'Sullivan, violoncello; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Christopher Krueger, flute; Stephen Hammer, oboe; Michael McGraw, bassoon; John Gibbons, harpsichord: J. S. Bach The Art of the Fugue (complete). Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 413/528-3595 $40/30 sr & Clark Museum members/10 st rush/FREE ch ages 6-12 with each paid adult ticket www.astonmagna.org

Monday, July 14

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7:30 pm

Recorders/Early Music MetroWest Summer Music Evening: Sheila Beardslee, leader: Venetian Glory large-scale motets & madrigals by Gabrieli & contemporaries. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/264-0584 $5 suggested donation www.recordersearlymusic.org

Tuesday, July 15

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Faculty (Robert Eisenstein, dir; Anne Azema, Daniel Johnson, Temmo Korisheli, voices; Mary Springfels, Loren Ludwig & Heather Lardin, viols; Daniel Stillman & Tom Zajac, winds): Sommerfest! German secular music from Oswald von Wolkenstein to Ludwig Senfl. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

8 pm

James Busby, organ & Nancy Armstrong, soprano: Purcell The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation & Evening Hymn. Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St, Boston. 617/739-1340 Donation www.oldwestorgansociety.org

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Quince (Dana Maiben, violin & harpsichord; Andre Fouts, violin & viola; Martha Perry, violin & viola; Jason Fisher, viola; Margaret Cushing, basse de violin & cello; Charles Weaver, theorbo): Albion & Germania, Angles & Saxons at the North Sea Shore works of Holborne, Dowland, Simpson, Brade, Franck & Hermann Schein. St. Peter's Church, 320 Boston Post Rd, Weston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Wednesday, July 16

6 pm

Trinity College Summer Chamber Music. Jodi Hagen, violin & Heinrich Christensen, organ: Vivaldi. Trinity College Chapel, Hartford CT. 860/297-2126 FREE www.trincoll.edu/StudentLife/ReligiousSpiritual/Chapel/Summer08 followed by carillon concert on the lawn

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Quince (Dana Maiben, violin & harpsichord; Andre Fouts, violin & viola; Martha Perry, violin & viola; Jason Fisher, viola; Margaret Cushing, basse de violin & cello; Charles Weaver, theorbo): Albion & Germania, Angles & Saxons at the North Sea Shore works of Holborne, Dowland, Simpson, Brade, Franck & Hermann Schein. The Chapel At West Parish, 129 Reservation Rd, Andover. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Thursday, July 17

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Faculty: Abendmusik Vocal & Instrumental music following the traditional 17th &18th century public concert performed in Lübeck. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Quince (Dana Maiben, violin & harpsichord; Andre Fouts, violin & viola; Martha Perry, violin & viola; Jason Fisher, viola; Margaret Cushing, basse de violin & cello; Charles Weaver, theorbo): Albion & Germania, Angles & Saxons at the North Sea Shore works of Holborne, Dowland, Simpson, Brade, Franck & Hermann Schein. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

International Baroque Institute at Longy School of Music, Cambridge MA

July 18-27 www.longy.edu

The Genteel Companion: Baroque music of England, Scotland & Ireland

Friday, July 18

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. Hapsburg Project (Wim Becu, dir): Music for the Hapsburg Emperors Sacred works in 16 parts from the court at Vienna, ca. 1600, by Lambert de Sayve, Georg Posch & Giovanni Priuli. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

Saturday, July 19

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

10:30 am

Tanglewood. Boston Symphony Orchestra (Shi-Yeon Sung, cond); soloist Garrick Ohlsson, piano: Schumann Manfred Overture & Piano Concerto; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $17 www.tanglewood.org Working rehearsal; conductor may choose to run entire program or work on certain selections only.

1:30 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Virtuoso Recorder & Recorder Seminar Concert. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

3 pm

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Workshop Student Concert. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 FREE www.amherstearlymusic.org

5 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Roberta Anderson, soprano; Sarah Cunningham, Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppesen & Emily Walhout, viol: Awake, Sweet Love English Consort songs by Dowland, Byrd & Gibbons. Daniel Arts Center, Simon's Rock College, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington. 413/528-3595 $40/30 sr/10 st rush/10 st rush/FREE ch ages 6-12 with each paid adult ticket www.astonmagna.org

7:30 pm

Boston Opera Collaborative (Michael Sakir, dir; Josiah George, stage dir): Mozart The Magic Flute (sung in English). Boston Latin Auditorium, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. 617/517-5883 $25/15 st, sr/10 ch under 10 www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/

Amherst Early Music Festival. AEMF Faculty Concert & All-Workshop Collegium (Robert Eisenstein, dir); German music from the Middle Ages to Baroque, including works of Isaac & Senfl. Evans Concert Hall, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London CT. 617/744-1324 $20/15 st, sr/FREE AEMF participnts www.amherstearlymusic.org

8 pm

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Early Dance Workshop at Longy July 20-26 www.longy.edu

Sunday, July 20

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

6-9 am

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

2:30 pm

Tanglewood. Boston Symphony Orchestra (Shi-Yeon Sung, cond); soloist Garrick Ohlsson, piano: Schumann Manfred Overture & Piano Concerto; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, Italian. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $18-89 www.tanglewood.org

3 pm

Boston Opera Collaborative (Michael Sakir, dir; Josiah George, stage dir): Mozart The Magic Flute (sung in English). Boston Latin Auditorium, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. 617/517-5883 $25/15 st, sr/10 ch under 10 www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/ FREE pre-concert lecture by Dr. Teresa Neff at 2:15 pm

7 pm

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Monday, July 21

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

8 pm

International Baroque Institute at Longy. IBIL faculty: For Severall Friends An evening of vocal & instrumental chamber music. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x1500 $15/10 st, sr www.longy.edu

Tuesday, July 22

8 pm

David Beyer plays the C.B. Fisk Organ: Bach Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 541; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662 & 664; Concerto in d (after Vivaldi); BWV 596. Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St, Boston. 617/739-1340 Donation www.oldwestorgansociety.org

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Seven Hills Renaissance Wind Ensemble (Diana Brewer, sackbut; Elizabeth Hardy, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Frank Jones, dulcian; Rigel Lustwerk, cornetto; Daniel Meyers, sackbut, recorder; Catherine Meyer Stein, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Matthew Stein, shawm, dulcian; Daniel Stillman, shawm, dulcian, sackbut, recorder): Siglo de Oro Music for wind band from Spain's golden age. St. Peter's Church, 320 Boston Post Rd, Weston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Wednesday, July 23

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

6 pm

Trinity College Summer Chamber Music. Sudie Marcuse, soprano & Sylvia Berry, fortepiano: O Tuneful Voice; Songs of Love & Loss from the Age of Enlightenment Works by Mozart, Haydn & women composers of their time. Trinity College Chapel, Hartford CT. 860/297-2126 FREE www.trincoll.edu/StudentLife/ReligiousSpiritual/Chapel/Summer08 followed by carillon concert on the lawn

7 pm

Worcester Summer Shakespeare Festival. Redfeather Theatre (Edward Isser, dir): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream. Memorial Grove Amphitheatre, Green Hill Park, Skyline Dr, Worcester. 508/793-3490 $15/10 st, sr www.redfeatherco.org

8 pm

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Seven Hills Renaissance Wind Ensemble (Diana Brewer, sackbut; Elizabeth Hardy, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Frank Jones, dulcian; Rigel Lustwerk, cornetto; Daniel Meyers, sackbut, recorder; Catherine Meyer Stein, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Matthew Stein, shawm, dulcian; Daniel Stillman, shawm, dulcian, sackbut, recorder): Siglo de Oro Music for wind band from Spain's golden age. The Chapel At West Parish, 129 Reservation Rd, Andover. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Thursday, July 24

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (to July 27, 2008). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

7 pm

Worcester Summer Shakespeare Festival. Redfeather Theatre (Edward Isser, dir): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream. Memorial Grove Amphitheatre, Green Hill Park, Skyline Dr, Worcester. 508/793-3490 $15/10 st, sr www.redfeatherco.org

8 pm

International Baroque Institute at Longy. IBIL participants: The Private Musick An evening of vocal & instrumental chamber music. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x1500 FREE www.longy.edu

SoHIP Summer Concerts. Seven Hills Renaissance Wind Ensemble (Diana Brewer, sackbut; Elizabeth Hardy, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Frank Jones, dulcian; Rigel Lustwerk, cornetto; Daniel Meyers, sackbut, recorder; Catherine Meyer Stein, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Matthew Stein, shawm, dulcian; Daniel Stillman, shawm, dulcian, sackbut, recorder): Siglo de Oro Music for wind band from Spain's golden age. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St. Boston. 508/212-6038 $15/10 st, sr www.sohipboston.org

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Friday, July 25

El Greco to Velazquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III (closes today). Gund Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $23/21 st, sr 18+/7.50 youth 7-17/under 7 FREE www.mfa.org

1 pm

International Baroque Institute at Longy. IBIL participants: A Musicall Banquet Chamber music from Dowland to Corelli. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x1500 FREE www.longy.edu

7:30 pm

Boston Opera Collaborative (Michael Sakir, dir; Josiah George, stage dir): Mozart The Magic Flute (sung in English). Boston Latin Auditorium, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. 617/517-5883 $25/15 st, sr/10 ch under 10 www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/

8 pm

International Baroque Institute at Longy. IBIL faculty & guests: The Passions of the Soul Virtuoso chamber music. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x1500 FREE www.longy.edu

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Saturday, July 26

5 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Clarion Music Society (Steven Fox, dir): Music from the Russian Baroque Opera excerpts & chamber music. Daniel Arts Center, Simon's Rock College, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington. 413/528-3595 $40/30 sr/110 st rush/FREE ch ages 6-12 with each paid adult ticket www.astonmagna.org

7 pm

International Baroque Institute at Longy. IBIL faculty & participants: The Genteel Companion An evening with food & drinks, dance, vocal & instrumental intermezzi, orchestra & more! Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x1500 $25/15 st, sr www.longy.eduwww.longy.edu

Worcester Summer Shakespeare Festival. Redfeather Theatre (Edward Isser, dir): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream. Memorial Grove Amphitheatre, Green Hill Park, Skyline Dr, Worcester. 508/793-3490 $15/10 st, sr www.redfeatherco.org

7:30 pm

Boston Opera Collaborative (Michael Sakir, dir; Josiah George, stage dir): Mozart The Magic Flute (sung in English). Boston Latin Auditorium, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. 617/517-5883 $25/15 st, sr/10 ch under 10 www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/

8 pm

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Sunday, July 27

6-9 am

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

2:30 pm

Tanglewood. Orchestra of St. Luke's (Roberto Abbado Sung, cond); soloist Sarah Chang, violin: Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $19-99 www.tanglewood.org

3 pm

Boston Opera Collaborative (Michael Sakir, dir; Josiah George, stage dir): Mozart The Magic Flute (sung in English). Boston Latin Auditorium, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. 617/517-5883 $25/15 st, sr/10 ch under 10 www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/

4 pm

Ellingwood Chapel Concert Series. Seven Hills Renaissance Wind Ensemble (Diana Brewer, sackbut; Elizabeth Hardy, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Frank Jones, dulcian; Rigel Lustwerk, cornetto; Daniel Meyers, sackbut, recorder; Catherine Meyer Stein, shawm, dulcian, recorder; Matthew Stein, shawm, dulcian; Daniel Stillman, shawm, dulcian, sackbut, recorder): Siglo de Oro Music for wind band from Spain's golden age. Ellingwood Chapel, 195 Nahant Rd, Nahant. 781/581-1471 $15/10 sr www.nahant.org/whatsnew/calendar.html

7 pm

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Worcester Summer Shakespeare Festival. Redfeather Theatre (Edward Isser, dir): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream. Memorial Grove Amphitheatre, Green Hill Park, Skyline Dr, Worcester. 508/793-3490 $15/10 st, sr www.redfeatherco.org

Monday, July 28

Tuesday, July 29

8 pm

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Wednesday, July 30

7 pm

Tanglewood. Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Gottried von der Goltz, dir); Christian Gerhaher, baritone; Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet; Teunis van der Zwart, horn: All-Mozart program including Symphony No. 36, Linz; Arias from Cosí fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro & Don Giovanni; Clarinet Concerto; March in D, K.385a; Horn Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 34. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox. 617/266-1200 $19-99 www.tanglewood.org

Worcester Summer Shakespeare Festival. Redfeather Theatre (Edward Isser, dir): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream. Memorial Grove Amphitheatre, Green Hill Park, Skyline Dr, Worcester. 508/793-3490 $15/10 st, sr www.redfeatherco.org

8 pm

Amphion's Lyre & Pamela Dellal, mezzosoprano: Venezia Borealis A smörgasbord of 17th-century music associated with Stockholm & Hamburg - each graced with the sobriquet "Venice of the North." Episcopal Parish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton. 508/358-5430 $15 amphionslyre@mac.com

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org

Thursday, July 31

7 pm

Worcester Summer Shakespeare Festival. Redfeather Theatre (Edward Isser, dir): William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream. Memorial Grove Amphitheatre, Green Hill Park, Skyline Dr, Worcester. 508/793-3490 $15/10 st, sr www.redfeatherco.org

8 pm

Citi Shakespeare. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Company (Steven Maler, dir): William Shakespeare As You Like It. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston. 617/482-9393 FREE www.citicenter.org