NEW ENGLAND'S EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR

MAY 2008

This calendar updated May 8, 2008.

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

Thursday, May 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

6:30 pm

Advent Parish Choir (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass, Ascension Day Ludovico da Viadana Missa l'hora passa es; John Amner Lift up your heads. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

7 pm

MFA Lecture Series Sights & Sounds in Spain's Golden Age. Ronni Baer (Senior Curator, European Paintings, MFA), lecturer: Stories behind the Exhibition. Riley Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $25/20 st, sr, MFA members www.mfa.org

Friday, May 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

Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, cond); Heidi Stober, soprano; Brian Stucki, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone: Haydn The Creation. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/484-9200 $25-63 www.bostonbaroque.org

Saturday, May 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

9 am

Viola da Gamba Society New England Spring Workshop. Lucy Bardo (organizer); Jane Hershey, Carol Lewis, Alice Robbins, Rachel Cama-Lekx, faculty: Surprising Contemporaries Purcell, Schenk & Marais (and some predecessors). Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, Waltham. 617/489-0003 $50 advance registration required www.vdgsne.org

9:45 am

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

1:30 pm

WHRB Radio 95.3 FM Metropolitan Opera Broadcast Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail

4 pm

Voces Feminae (Catherine Bell, dir): Jewish music of the Middle Ages & Renaissance. Sweeney Hall, Smith College, Northampton. 413/545-2227 FREE www.umass.edu/music/calendar

7 pm

Euridice Ensembles (Robert Eisenstein, dir): Baroque chamber music for voices & instruments with works by Rameau, Bach, Monteverdi & Purcell. Sweeney Hall, Smith College, Northampton. 413/545-2227 FREE www.umass.edu/music/calendar

8 pm

Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, cond); Heidi Stober, soprano; Brian Stucki, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone: Haydn The Creation. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/484-9200 $25-63 www.bostonbaroque.org

Sunday, May 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

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, Seventh Sunday of Easter William Byrd Ego sum panis vivus. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Bach Sie werden euch in den Bann tun I, BWV 44. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

11:15 am

Advent Choir (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass, Seventh Sunday of Easter Tomás Luis de Victoria Missa 'Ascendens Christus.' Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

2 pm

Faculty & students from Departments of Romance Languages & Literature, Harvard & Boston Universities: Voices from Golden Age Spain Dramatic Readings in English & Spanish from the mystic verse of Luis de Leon & Saint John of the Cross, sonnets & satiric poems by Luis de Gongora; selections from Cervantes' Exemplary Stories & Don Quixote de la Mancha. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $18/15 st, sr, MFA members www.mfa.org

Worcester Hills Recorder Society Workshop. Emily O'Brien & Eric Haas, leaders. Brooks Music Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester. 508/852-6877 $10 visitors mysite.verizon.net/recorders/whrs

4 pm

Swanhurst Chorus ( Jonathan F. Babbitt, dir):"Amadeus, Amadeus!" The Youthful Mozart Mozart Regina Coeli, K108, Alma Dei Creatoris, The Sparrow Mass, & Dominican Vespers. Calvary Church, Turner & Wyatt Roads, Middletown RI. 401/682-1630 $15/10 st www.Swanhurst.org

7 pm

Five College Early Music Collegium (Robert Eisenstein, dir): German Renaissance music for voices & instruments, including works by Senfl & Isaac. St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St, Northampton. 413/545-2227 FREE www.umass.edu/music/calendar

Monday, May 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

11 am

Musical Instruments Gallery Talk. Paul Perfetti, trumpet: The English Slide Trumpet history, repertoire, and curious playing technique of the slide trumpet, as used in 19th-century England; Perfetti demonstrates a fine silver-plated instrument from the MFA's collection, converted to a slide trumpet in the early 19th century from an earlier English natural trumpet. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 FREE with Museum admission www.mfa.org

Tuesday, May 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

12:15 pm

Yael Handelman, soprano & Steve Lin, guitar: Dowland, Morley & more. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

Wednesday, May 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

8 pm

Longy Early Music Department Recital (Sonja Lindblad Wise & Jean Rife, faculty): Telemann chamber music & cantatas; Mozart Horn Quintet. Wolfinsohn Recital Room, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 X500 FREE www.longy.edu

Thursday, May 8

8 pm

Voices Divine (Amy White, soprano & Dominic Schaner, lute): Frottole & Ayres music by Dowland, Ferrabosco, Johnson, Bossinensis, Cara, Tromboncino & more. Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregetional, Mason & Garden Sts, Cambridge. 617/547-2724 $5 Suggested donation

Friday, May 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

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

Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble (Monica Jakuc, fortepiano; Peter W. Shea, tenor; Lisa Rautenberg, violin; Christopher Krueger, flute & Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello): Haydn Trio for flute, cello & piano; Beethoven Violin Sonata, Op. 12/2 & Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern" for cello & piano; Carl Maria von Weber 10 Schottische Nationalgesänge. Skinner Chapel, United Congregational Church, 395 High Street, Holyoke. 413/534-8888 $10 suggested donation www.arcadiaplayers.org

8 pm

Michael Collver, countertenor & cornetto, with El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo & Baroque lute): Ludi Musici Revisited Music from 17th-century Germany by Schütz, Scheidt, Schein, H. Bach, Hammerschmidt & Rosenmueller. Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Streets, Cambridge. 617/776-0692 $22/17 st, sr

The Berkshire Bach Singers & Players (James Bagwell, dir); Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano, Rachel Schutz, soprano: Christoff Willibald von Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice. The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington. 413/528-0100 $25-40/st FREE with ID www.berkshirebach.org

Saturday, May 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

9:30 am

Recorders/Early Music MetroWest Playing Session: Spring Fling coaches' favorite consort pieces. Coaches Alan Karass, Daniel Meyers & Sheila Beardslee. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/264-0584 $10 visitors www.recordersearlymusic.org

10 am

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

3 pm

Harmonious Blacksmith (Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Justin Godoy, recorder; Catherine Liddell, theorbo): The Cult of Melancholy Passionate songs & dances from Elizabethan England; works by Dowland, Byrd, Gibbons & Holborne. First Congregational Church, 21 Church St, Winchester. 781/507-4891 $15 /12 srs (+65), st, ARS www.godoymusic.com

6 pm

Music from Aston Magna. Paula Murrihy, mezzosoprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; John Gibbons, harpsichord: Music of Purcell & Handel. St. James Church, Rtes 7, 23 & Taconic Ave, Great Barrington. 413/538-3595 $40/30 sr/10 st www.astonmagna.org

7 pm

Fanfare Consort ( Thom Freas, clarino; Lisa Rautenberg & Amanda Burr, baroque violins; Douglas Freundlich, chitarrone; Christa Rakich, positiv/harpsichord): The Intimate Sonate modern-day premieres of works by Corbett, Corelli, Fantini & others. First Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 77 Franklin Square, New Britain CT 860/224-2475 x14 $15/25 family

8 pm

Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, dir): Two Weddings & A Treaty music for occasions and personalities including Isaac Virgo prudentissima & Quis dabit capiti meo aquam?, Dufay Ave Regina Coelorum, Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth; works of Ockeghem, Josquin, Cristobal de Morales & Lassus. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/773-6913$15 /8 st, sr, limited income www.convivium.org

Master Singers (Adam Grossman, cond): J.S. Bach O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht & Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Franz Schubert Psalm 23 & Mass in G. First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Rd, Lexington. 781/862-6459 $22/18 st, sr & WGBH members www.themastersingers.org

Sunday, May 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

6-9 am

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

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Bach Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten II, BWV 74. 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

3 pm

Early Music Afternoons at Somerville Museum. Michael Collver, countertenor & cornetto, with El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo & Baroque lute): Ludi Musici Revisited Music from 17th-century Germany by Schütz, Scheidt, Schein, H. Bach, Hammerschmidt & Rosenmueller. Somerville Museum, One Westwood Rd (at Central St), Somerville. 617/666-9810 $17/12 st, sr

3:30 pm

Boston Museum Trio (Daniel Stepner, Baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; John Gibbons, harpsichord); Paula Murrihy, mezzosoprano & Julie Leven, Baroque violin: Mother's Day Bouquet muisc by Purcell & Handel. Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 $25/20 st, sr, MFA members www.mfa.org

4 pm

Arcadia Players Chamber Ensemble (Monica Jakuc, fortepiano; Peter W. Shea, tenor; Lisa Rautenberg, violin; Christopher Krueger, flute & Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello): Haydn Trio for flute, cello & piano; Beethoven Violin Sonata, Op. 12/2 & Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern" for cello & piano; Carl Maria von Weber 10 Schottische Nationalgesänge. Frederick Historic Piano Collection, 15 Water St, Ashburnham. 413/534-8888 $10 www.arcadiaplayers.org

7 pm

Longy Early Music Department Recital (Frances Fitch, Jane Hershey, Na'ama Lion & Ken Pierce, faculty): Historical Dance & Baroque Trios Class Recital. Recital Room N1, Longy School of Music, 33 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 X500 FREE www.longy.edu

Monday, May 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

8 pm

Longy Early Music Department Recital (Frances Conover Fitch & Laurie Monahan, faculty): Italian Monody & Madrigals of Caccini, D'India & Luzzaschi. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 X500 FREE www.longy.edu

Tuesday, May 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

12:15 pm

Concordia Consort (Christine Alderman, Janet Gibson, George Mastellone, Brian Warnock & Sheila Beardslee, dir; recorders): Merry May-hem fantasias & dances by Dowland, Hoborne, Byrd, Dering, Tye & others. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

8 pm

Longy Viol Consort (Jane Hershey, faculty; Karen Burciaga, Rachel Cama-Lekx, Tobi Szuts & Josh Schreiber): Viol Consorts from the Continent works from Italy, France &Germany. Recital Room N1, Longy School of Music, 33 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 X500 FREE www.longy.edu

Wednesday, May 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

Thursday, May 15

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

Friday, May 16

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

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Saturday, May 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

1 pm

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

7 pm

Somerville Community Chorus & Orchestra (David Giessow, dir): Franz Joseph Haydn Mass in Time of War, 'Paukenmesse' (1796). Clarendon Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Boulevard, Somerville. 617/741-4053 $15/10 veterans, st, sr/5 ch under 12 www.somervillechorus.com

7:30 pm

Sine Nomine (Paul Cienniwa, dir): A Collage Mass of Sacred Music mass movements by Machaut, Josquin, Ockgehem & others. St. Columba's Chapel, 55 Vaucluse Ave, Middletown RI. 508/252-4304 PRICE sinenominechoir.org

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

8 pm

Coro Stella Maris (Amelia LeClair, dir): Full of Grace Renaissance Devotional Classics from Palestrina, Byrd & Guerrero. St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Middle St, Gloucester. 617/625-1857 $15 /10 st, sr www.corostellamaris.org

Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, dir): Two Weddings & A Treaty music for occasions and personalities including Isaac Virgo prudentissima & Quis dabit capiti meo aquam?, Dufay Ave Regina Coelorum, Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth; works of Ockeghem, Josquin, Cristobal de Morales & Lassus. Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St, Worcester. 617/773-6913$15 /8 st, sr, limited income www.convivium.org

Sunday, May 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

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, Trinity Sunday Roland de Lassus Tibi laus. Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

1:30 pm

Margaret Irwin-Brandon, harpsichord: J.S. Bac Goldberg Variations. House concert at Mattoon St, Springfield. 413/746-1656 $25 info@mattunesmusic.com includes lunch & German Maiwein

3 pm

Sine Nomine (Paul Cienniwa, dir): A Collage Mass of Sacred Music mass movements by Machaut, Josquin, Ockgehem & others. St. Lawrence Martyr Church, 110 Summer St, New Bedford. 508/252-4304 PRICE sinenominechoir.org

4 pm

Coro Stella Maris (Amelia LeClair, dir): Full of Grace Renaissance Devotional Classics from Palestrina, Byrd & Guerrero. Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington St, Gloucester. 617/625-1857 $15 /10 st, sr www.corostellamaris.org

Dmitri Shteinberg, piano by J.B. Streicher, Vienna, 1846: Johannes Brahms Scherzo in E-flat, Op. 4; Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9 ; Four Ballades, Op. 10 (in d, D, b, B); Robert Schumann Gesänge der Frühe: Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 133; Frédéric Chopin Ballade in f, Op. 52. Frederick Historic Piano Collection, 15 Water St, Ashburnham. 413/534-8888 $10 www.frederickcollection.org

5:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

7 pm

Convivium Musicum (Michael Barrett, dir): Two Weddings & A Treaty music for occasions and personalities including Isaac Virgo prudentissima & Quis dabit capiti meo aquam?, Dufay Ave Regina Coelorum, Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth; works of Ockeghem, Josquin, Cristobal de Morales & Lassus. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 15 St. Paul St, Brookline. 617/773-6913$15 /8 st, sr, limited income www.convivium.org

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

Monday, May 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

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Tuesday, May 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

Wednesday, May 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

Thursday, May 22

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

Longy School of Music Master's Degree Recital. Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano (student of Laurie Monahan). First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x500 FREE www.longy.edu

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Friday, May 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

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Saturday, May 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

7:30 pm

Dmitry Rachmanov, period Viennese piano to be selected: Franz Peter Schubert Sonata in B, D.575; Drei Klavierstücke, D.947; Sonata in G, D.894. Frederick Historic Piano Collection, 15 Water St, Ashburnham. 413/534-8888 $10 www.frederickcollection.org

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Sunday, May 25

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

4 pm

Dmitry Rachmanov, period Viennese piano to be selected: Franz Peter Schubert Thirteen Variations on a Theme by Anselm Hüttenbrenner, D.576; Fantasy in C, D.760 "Wanderer-Fantasie"; Sonata in a, D.845 (the larger of two famous Sonatas in a). Frederick Historic Piano Collection, 15 Water St, Ashburnham. 413/534-8888 $10 www.frederickcollection.org

5:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Monday, May 26

MFA Memorial Day Open House. Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/369-3306 FREE www.mfa.org

Tuesday, May 27

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

Dale Henderson, cello: Bach solo suite for cello. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 www.kings-chapel.org

Wednesday, May 28

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

Thursday, May 29

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

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Friday, May 30

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

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

Saturday, May 31

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

2 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Benjamin Evett, dir): William Shakespeare King John. Sproat Hall, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston. 866/811-4111 $37-42/33-38 sr, 30-35 st www.actorsshakespeareproject.org

8 pm

Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra (Edward Markward, dir); Jean Danton & Julia Turner Cook, sopranos; Hillary Nicholson, mezzosoprano; Richard Kennedy, tenor; Donald Wilkinson, baritone: J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor. Blessed Sacrament Church, Providence RI. 401/521-5670 $22 ($18 advance)/18 s/7 st with ID www.ricco.org