NEW ENGLAND'S EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR

MARCH 2008

This calendar updated March 24, 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.

Saturday, March 1

9:45 am

Recorder Society of Connecticut Playing meeting. Karen Snowberg & Carol Liebman, leaders. Walnut Hill Community Church, 156 Walnut Hill Rd, Bethel CT. 860/354-9720 Visitors $20 www.geocities.com/rsceditor/

2 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

3 pm

Héloïse Degrugillier & Justin Godoy, recorder; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Jane Hershey, viola da gamba: I Filidori music from three generations of the Philidor families; works by Pierre, Andre & Anne Danican Philidor. First Congregational Church, 21 Church St, Winchester. 781/507-4891 $15 /12 srs (+65), st, ARS www.godoymusic.com

7:30 pm

Tufts Early Music Ensemble (Jane Hershey, dir) & Opera Ensemble (Carol Mastrodomenico & Steven Morris, dir: 17th Century English Theater & Masque Music. Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave, Medford. 617/627-3679 FREE www.tufts.edu/musiccenter

Orchestra of Indian Hill (Bruce Hangen, cond): Bach, Mozart, Gabrieli & others. Littleton High School, 56 King St, Littleton. 978/486-9524 $20-46 www.indianhillmusic.org Know the Score pre-concert lecture at 6:45 pm

Ian Watson plays the Richards, Fowkes Organ: J.S. Bach, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Dietrich Buxtehude & Johann Jakob Froberger. First Church of Deerfield, 71 Main St, Old Deerfield. 413/534-8888 $25-35 ($20-30 in advance)/10 st www.arcadiaplayers.org Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm

8 pm

Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, cond); Kristen Watson, soprano; Marc Molomot, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Robert Pinsky, narrator: Purcell King Arthur. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/484-9200 $25-63 www.bostonbaroque.org Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm

Tufts Opera Ensemble (Carol Mastrodomenico & Steven Morris, dir; Ken Pierce, choreographer): Purcell Dido & Aeneas. Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave, Medford. 617/627-3679 $5/1 Tufts ID www.tufts.edu/musiccenter

Schola Cantorum (Frederick Jodry, dir): Dufay Missa Ave Regina coelorum; works of Ciconia & Ockeghem. St. Joseph's Church, Hope St, Providence RI. 401/274-5073 $20/15 sr/ 7 st

Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips, dir): Victoria Requiem. Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT. 802/443-6433 $15/12 st/5 Middlebury students www.middlebury.edu/arts

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Sunday, March 2

6-9 am

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

9 am

Advent Parish Choir (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass, Fourth Sunday in Lent, "Laetare" Sunday Johann Sebastian Bach O Jesu Christ meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118; Southern Harmony Wondrous Love. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (Scott Metcalfe, cond): Palestrina Missa Tu es Petrus. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

2 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

2:30 pm

Tufts Early Music Ensemble (Jane Hershey, dir) & Opera Ensemble (Carol Mastrodomenico & Steven Morris, dir: 17th Century English Theater & Masque Music. Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave, Medford. 617/627-3679 FREE www.tufts.edu/musiccenter

3 pm

Boston Recorder Society Series. Quilisma Consort (Lisa Gay, Melika M. Fitzhugh & Carolyn Jean Smith, recorders, voices & harp) with Tom Zajac, recorder & percussion: Music of Renaissance Flanders 15th &16th century works by Josquin, Arcadelt, Willaert, Susato & others. Loring-Greenough House, 12 South St, Jamaica Plain. 781/646-9645 $15/10 BRS & other recorder society members, st, sr, low income/children FREE www.bostonrecordersociety.org

Tufts Opera Ensemble (Carol Mastrodomenico & Steven Morris, dir; Ken Pierce, choreographer): Purcell Dido & Aeneas. Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave, Medford. 617/627-3679 $5/1 Tufts ID www.tufts.edu/musiccenter

4 pm

Schola Cantorum (Frederick Jodry, dir): Dufay Missa Ave Regina coelorum; works of Ciconia & Ockeghem. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 320 Boston Post Rd, Weston. 401/274-5073 $20/15 sr/ 7 st

Seraphim Singers (Jennifer Lester, dir); Scott Metcalfe, violin: Ave Maria Biber Mystery Sonatas; Byrd Alleluia & Ave Maria; Schutz Magnificat & works of later composers. Mission Church, 1545 Tremont St, Boston. 617/926-0126 $20/10 st, sr www.seraphimsingers.org

4:30 pm

Sudie Marcuse, soprano & lecturer; Joel Buford, baritone; Na'ama Lion, traverso; Alice Robbins, viola da gamba; Leon Schelhase, harpsichord: Humor & Political Satire in the French Baroque Cantata works by Campra, Bernier, Rameau & Colin de Blamont. Marshall Room, Boston University College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. 413/695-4011 FREE www.sudiemarcuse.com

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Monday, March 3

11 am

Musical Instruments Gallery Talk. Robert Eliason & Marl Elrod, historians; Paul Perfetti, trumpet: American Brass Instruments from the Civil-War Period exploring the history & development of instruments used in brass bands during this period (especially in New England); Perfetti demonstrates two "over-shoulder" E-flat cornets made in Boston during the 1850-60s by Graves & Freemantle. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 FREE with Museum admission www.mfa.org

Tuesday, March 4

12:15 pm

Dale Henderson, cello: Bach Cello Suites in C Major & c minor. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Wednesday, March 5

10 am

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

6:30 pm

Boston Massacre Commemoration. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston. 617/482-6439 FREE www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Thursday, March 6

12 noon

Danielle Maddon, violin: Bach Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 FREE www.emmanuelmusic.org

12:15 pm

Midday at the Meeting House. Jan Turnquist, speaker: In Her Own Words Harriet Beecher Stowe. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston. 617/482-6439 $5/FREE OSMH members www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Friday, March 7

8 pm

Handel & Haydn Society Orchestra (Christopher Hogwood, cond); Jamie Sommerville, horn: Classical Masters Mozart Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major & Symphony No. 25 in g minor; Haydn Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major & Symphony No. 88 in G Major. Symphony Hall, Boston. 617/266-3605 $15-67 www.handelandhaydn.org

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Saturday, March 8

9 am

Worcester Hills Recorder Society Workshop: Beyond Words The Language of Music. Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, John Tyson &HéloïseDegrugillier, coaches. Brooks Center for Music, College of the Holy Cross,Worcester. 508/852-6877 $80/75 WHRS members mysite.verizon.net/recorders/whrs

9:30 am

Recorders/Early Music MetroWest Playing Session: Beyond Baroque Music from Mozart & Haydn to the 21st century. Justin Godoy, Emily O'Brien, Roy Sansom & Sheila Beardslee, coaches. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/264-0584 $12 visitors www.recordersearlymusic.org

10 am

Eastern Connecticut Recorder Society Playing Meeting: Susan Thompson, leader. Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Route 66, Middlefield CT. 860-442-8490 $10 visitor www.ct-recorders.org

2 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

7:30 pm

Seven Times Salt: CANCELLED. Indian Hill Music, 36 King St, Littleton. 978/486-9524 www.indianhillmusic.org

8 pm

Boston Early Music Festival. Ellen Hargis, soprano & Paul O'Dette, lute. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/661-1812 $25-64 www.bemf.org

The Orchestra & Chorus of Emmanuel Music (Michael Beattie, cond); Charles Blandy, Evangelist; Paul Guttry, Jesus; Kendra Colton & Kristen Watson, sopranos; Pamela Dellal & Krista River, mezzosopranos; Frank Kelley & Jason McStoots, tenors; Aaron Engebreth, Mark McSweeney & Sumner Thompson, bass/baritones: J.S. Bach St. John Passion. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 $25-60/10 st/115 patron www.emmanuelmusic.org 7 pm Pre-concert talk by John Harbison

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Sunday, March 9

6-9 am

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

9 am

Advent Parish Choir (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass, Fifth Sunday in Lent, Quirino Gasparini Adoramus te, Christe; Tomás Luis de Victoria O vos omnes. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (James Olesen, cond): Palestrina Missa Aeterna Munera Christi. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

1:30 pm

West Gallery Music workshop (Bruce Randall, leader). St. Mary's Church, 258 Concord St, Newton Lower Falls. 978/373-5852 Donation

4 pm

The Seraphim Singers (Jennifer Lester, dir); Paul Mattal, cello: Schutz Deutsches Magnificat; Byrd Ave Maria & other works honoring the Virgin Mary; Bach Suite #1 in G Major for unaccompanied cello. The United Church of Christ, 496 Main Street, Medfield. 617/926-0126 $20/10 st, sr www.seraphimsingers.org

7:30 pm

Handel & Haydn Society Orchestra (Christopher Hogwood, cond); Jamie Sommerville, horn: Classical Masters Mozart Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major & Symphony No. 25 in g minor; Haydn Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major & Symphony No. 88 in G Major. Symphony Hall, Boston. 617/266-3605 $15-67 www.handelandhaydn.org

Monday, March 10

Tuesday, March 11

12:15 pm

Steven Patchel plays the C.B. Fisk Organ: Bach Passacaglia, Sonata in c minor. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

8 pm

Music at St. Mary's. The Seraphim Singers (Jennifer Lester, dir); Paul Mattal, cello: Schutz Deutsches Magnificat; Byrd Ave Maria & other works honoring the Virgin Mary; Bach Suite #1 in G Major for unaccompanied cello. St. Mary's Chapel, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-6004 FREE concerts@bc.edu

NEC Bach Ensemble (John Gibbons, dir). Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston 617/585-1260 FREE

Wednesday, March 12

10 am

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Thursday, March 13

12 noon

Daniel Stepner, violin: Bach Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 FREE www.emmanuelmusic.org

12:15 pm

Midday at the Meeting House. Dorothy Prince, speaker: In Her Own Words Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston. 617/482-6439 $5/FREE OSMH members www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

7 pm

Mira Trio (Gabriela Diaz, violin; Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello; Byron Schenkman, piano): Beethoven Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1/1; Haydn Trio in F Major, H.XV:19; Schubert Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99. Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Ave, Boston. 617/482-7494 Suggested donation $10

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $20-30/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Friday, March 14

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $20-30/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

8 pm

Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum with Handel& Haydn Society Orchestra (Jameson Marvin, dir): Bach Mass in b minor. Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $18-28/9-14 st, sr

The Ying Quartet: Beethoven Quartet in a minor, Op. 132 & works of later composers. John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 FREE, passes from Harvard Box Office required www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Saturday, March 15

1 pm

Monadnock Chapter, ARS Workshop. Sheila Beardslee, leader. 116 Birge St, Brattleboro VT. 802/254-1223 $20/15 MCARS members kmvv56@hotmail.com

2 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 Gala Opening Night $100 www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

8 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Sunday, March 16

6-9 am

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

9 am

Advent Parish Choir (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass, Palm Sunday Franz Schubert Ingrediente Domino; Marc' Antonio Ingegneri In monte oliveti. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Palestrina Missa Assumpta est Maria. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

1:30 pm

West Gallery Music workshop (Bruce Randall, leader). St. Mary's Church, 258 Concord St., Newton Lower Falls. 978/373-5852 Donation

2 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

3 pm

Masterworks Chorale (Steven Karidoyanes, cond): Passion & Drama J. S. Bach St. John Passion, BWV 245. Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge. 781/235-6210 $20-42/17-39 WGBH members & WCRB Advantage Card/5 st rush www.masterworkschorale.org

Monday, March 17

Tuesday, March 18

12:15 pm

Karen Gardner, contralto & Heinrich Christensen, organ: Vivaldi Mater. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

7:30 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Wednesday, March 19

10 am

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

7:30 pm

Sally Sanford, soprano; Brent Wissick, cello; Robert Barney, organ: Johann Rosenmüller Tenebrae Lessons. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord. 978/369-3715 FREE www.trinityconcord.org

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Thursday, March 20

10 am

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

12:15 pm

Midday at the Meeting House. Nonie Gadsden, speaker: The Saturday Evening Girls. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston. 617/482-6439 $5/FREE OSMH members www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

5 pm

Opera/Humanities Seminar. Guillaume Bernardi (York University, CA), speaker. Barker Center 133, Harvard University, Cambridge. 617/496-6013 FREE www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html

6 pm

WHRB Radio 95.3 FM Baroque Choral Masterworks Telemann Easter Cantata, Weg mit Sodoms gift'gen Früchten (Bowman, King, King's Consort; Meridian); Christmas Cantata, O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist mein Paradies (Németh,Capella Savaria; Harmonia Mundi); Die Auferstehung (The Resurrection; Easter Oratorio), TWV 6:7 (Mields, Schwarz, Post, Mertens, Decker, Rémy, Magdeburg Chamber Choir, Telemann Orchestra of Michaelstein; cpo)

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $39-68/39-58 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

8 pm

Harvard University Choir Choral Fellows & Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (Edward Jones, dir): Bach Aus der Tiefen, rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131, & other music for Holy Week. The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge. 617/495-5508 Offering

The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Kortney Adams, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night or, What You Will. La Sala de Puerto Rico, Strattoe Student Center, MIT, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 617/253-2903 $9/6 st web.mit.edu/ensemble/www/current-tix.html

Friday, March 21

12 noon

Emmanuel Music: Good Friday Service Music for voices & viols by Purcell, Locke, Gibbons. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

12:15 pm

Denise Konicek, soprano; Heinrich Christensen, organ: Good Friday Service Passion arias by J.S. Bach. King's Chapel, Tremont & School Sts, Boston. 617/227-2155 Offering

1:15 pm

Sally Sanford, soprano; Ethel Farny, flute; Robert Barney, organ: Music for Good Friday Bach cantata arias. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/369-3715 FREE www.trinityconcord.org

2 pm

Concordia Consort (Chris Alderman, Janet Gibson, George Mastellone, Brian Warnock & Sheila Beardslee, dir, recorders): Meditatio works of Schein, Gesualdo, Wert, Trabaci & Scarlatti. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/369-3715 FREE www.concordiaconsort.com

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

8 pm

Handel & Haydn Society Orchestra & Chorus (Daniel Stepner, dir), Dominique Labelle, soprano: Italian Virtuosi Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/3; Vivaldi Concerto for oboe, bassoon, strings & continuo; Locatelli Il Pianto d'Arianna; Handel Delirio amoroso. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/266-3605 $34-67 www.handelandhaydn.org

The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Kortney Adams, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night or, What You Will. La Sala de Puerto Rico, Strattoe Student Center, MIT, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 617/253-2903 $9/6 st web.mit.edu/ensemble/www/current-tix.html

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

Saturday, March 22

12 noon

MFA Gallery Talk. Sandrine Lacorie, speaker: Madame de Pompadour & French Art. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3300 FREE with Museum admission; $17/15 sr, st/FREE MFA members & under 17 www.mfa.org/calendar

2 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

8 pm

American Repertory Theatre (Arthur Nauzyciel, dir): William Shakespeare Julius Caesar. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $56-79/46-69 sr, WGBH members/25 st/15 st rush www.amrep.org

The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Kortney Adams, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night or, What You Will. La Sala de Puerto Rico, Strattoe Student Center, MIT, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 617/253-2903 $9/6 st web.mit.edu/ensemble/www/current-tix.html

Sunday, March 23

6-9 am

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

9 am

Advent Parish Choir (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass, Easter Sunday William Byrd Christus resurgens. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Bach Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiss, BWV 134. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

2 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

MFA Gallery Talk. Lana Sloutsky, speaker: A Face Not Just a Mother Could Love; Portraiture at the MFA. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3300 FREE with Museum admission; $17/15 sr, st/FREE MFA members & under 17 www.mfa.org/calendar

7 pm

Handel & Haydn Society Orchestra & Chorus (Daniel Stepner, dir), Dominique Labelle, soprano: Italian Virtuosi Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/3; Vivaldi Concerto for oboe, bassoon, strings & continuo; Locatelli Il Pianto d'Arianna; Handel Delirio amoroso. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/266-3605 $34-67 www.handelandhaydn.org

Monday, March 24

8 pm

NEC Faculty Recital. John Gibbons, fortepiano; Gabriela Diaz, violin & Laura Blustein, cello: All-Haydn program. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston 617/585-1260 FREE

Tuesday, March 25

Wednesday, March 26

6 pm

Sandrine Lacorie, speaker: Madame de Pompadour & French Art. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3300 FREE with Museum admission; $17/15 sr, st/FREE MFA members & under 17 www.mfa.org/calendar

8 pm

Longy Faculty Lecture. Peter J. Evans (Modern American Music & Composition /Theory Departments): Vox Multitudinis of Ordo Virtutum Incipits, Modes, Structures, Extrapolations. Following the talk, Evans,Jeff Claassen (Dean College), Michael Gardiner (NEC)and students from the MAM department will sonically explore further 'voices of the multitude' extrapolated from Hildegard's masterwork. Recital Room N-1, Longy School of Music, 33 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x500 FREE www.longy.edu

Thursday, March 27

12:15 pm

Midday at the Meeting House. Kate Carney, speaker: In Her Own Words Annnie Sullivan. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street, Boston. 617/482-6439 $5/FREE OSMH members www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org

5:30 pm

Harpsichord workshop with IHMS faculty member Joseph DiMarino, harpsichord. Indian Hill Music, 36 King St, Littleton. 978/486-9524 $10/IHMS players free www.indianhillmusic.org

7 pm

Long & Away Viol Consort (Karen Burciaga, Rachel Cama-Lekx, Joshua Schreiber Shalem &Tobi Szuts, viols): Tenors & Fantasies Works by anonymous, Josquin, Bevin, Baldwin, Gibbons, Coprario, Locke & Purcell. Remis Lobby Recital. The Governor's Academy, Performing Arts Center, 1 Elm St, Byfield. 617/666-0928 FREE www.thegovernorsacademy.org

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Friday, March 28

7:30 pm

Renaissonics (John Tyson, dir) & Friends; Ken Pierce, dance leader: Renaissance Dance Evening social dancing from the 16th-17th centuries. Jewett Hall, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/661-3353 $8

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

8 pm

Boston Classical Orchestra (Stephen Lipsitt, cond); Lucia Lin & Peter Zazofsky, violins: Lin & Zazofsky Play Mozart Mozart Divertimento in B-flat major (world premiere of Robert Stallman transcription of Mozart's piano duet, K521); Haydn Symphony No. 40 in F major; Mozart Concertone for Two Violins & Orchestra, K190. Faneuil Hall, Boston. 617/423-3883 $32-57/29-54 st, MA teachers www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org Free preconcert lecture 7 pm by Mary Ann Nichols

Saturday, March 29

10 am

Recorder Society of Connecticut Workshop. Sheila Beardslee, leader: Victoria Lamentations. Walnut Hill Community Church, 156 Walnut Hill Rd, Bethel CT. 860/354-9720 $45 www.geocities.com/rsceditor/

2 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

6:30 pm

Indian Hill Music Student Recital: solo & ensemble music from the Baroque period. Indian Hill Music, 36 King St, Littleton. 978/486-9524 FREE www.indianhillmusic.org

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

Arcadia Players Orchestra & Chorus (Ian Watson, dir); Monica Jakuc, fortepiano: Franz Josef Haydn Symphony No. 49 in f minor, "La Passione;" Concerto for fortepiano & orchestra in D major; Missa in Angustiis, "Lord Nelson." Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Ave (on the Town Common), Amherst. 413/534-8888 $25-35 ($5 off in advance)/10 st www.arcadiaplayers.org Pre-concert talk by E. Wayne Abercrombie at 7 pm

8 pm

Boston Recorder Society Concert. Nancy Armstrong, soprano; John Tyson & Ching Wei Lin, recorders; Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord: Arioso Arias, cantatas & sonatas by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Mancini, Pepusch, Purcell & Handel. Cambridge Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge. 781/646-9645 $15/10 BRS & other recorder society members, st, sr, low income/children FREE www.bostonrecordersociety.org

Sunday, March 30

6-9 am

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

10 am

Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner, cond); Mark McSweeney, baritone: Bach Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

2 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Patrick Swanson, dir): William Shakespeare The Tempest. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St, Cambridge. 617/547-1982 $30-42/15 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org Discussion to follow

3 pm

Boston Classical Orchestra (Stephen Lipsitt, cond); Lucia Lin & Peter Zazofsky, violins: Lin & Zazofsky Play Mozart Mozart Divertimento in B-flat major (world premiere of Robert Stallman transcription of Mozart's piano duet, K521); Haydn Symphony No. 40 in F major; Mozart Concertone for Two Violins & Orchestra, K190. Faneuil Hall, Boston. 617/423-3883 $32-57/29-54 st, MA teachers www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org Free preconcert lecture 2 pm by Mary Ann Nichols

Indian Hill Chamber Orchestra (Bruce Hangen, cond); IHMS Concerto & Side-by-Side Competition winners: Baroque masterpieces by Bach, Telemann & others. Indian Hill Music, 36 King St, Littleton. 978/486-9524 $25 www.indianhillmusic.org

Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus & Orchestra (Barbara Jones, dir); Ernest Goldman, piano: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K246, Cherubini Requiem in c minor, Beethoven Elegischer Gesang. Hale Middle School, Hartley Rd, Stow. 978/793-1602 $20/15 sr, st www.soundsofstow.com

4 pm

Emmanuel Music Schumann Series. Dominique Labelle, soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Craig Smith & Ya-Fei Chuang, piano: Der Flüchtlinge, Op. 122/2; 3 Lieder, Op. 30; Liederkreis, Op. 39; Sonata No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 11. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 $23-55/10 st www.emmanuelmusic.org

Seven Times Salt (Karen Burciaga, violin & treble viol; Daniel Meyers, recorder & flute; Josh Schreiber Shalem, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute): Old London Bridge

English consort music of Morley, Dowland, Holborne, Locke& Purcell. Taylor House B&B, 50 Burroughs St, Jamaica Plain. 617/312-8328 $10 suggested donation www.taylorhouse.com/musicandart/

7 pm

Boston Recorder Society Monthly Meeting: Joyful Noise Drop-in Ensemble with Steve Lundahl. Painters & Allied Trades Building, 25 Colgate Rd. Roslindale. 781/646-9645 $15/10 BRS Basic or other recorder organizations. www.bostonrecordersociety.org

8 pm

WHRB Radio 95.3 FM Sunday Night at the Opera Purcell The Fairy Queen (Bott, Thomas, Schopper, Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra 6 Choir; Erato) & King Arthur (Gens, McFadden, Piau, Waters, Padmore, Paton, Best,Salomaa, Bazola, Christie, Arts Florissants; Erato)

Monday, March 31