NEW ENGLAND'S EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 2009

This calendar updated November 4, 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.

Sunday, November 1

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

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

9 am

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for Feast of All Saints -- Luca Marenzio O quam gloriosum. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): J.S. Bach Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org


11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass for Feast of All Saints -- John Taverner Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas;" Thomas Tomkins O sing unto the Lord. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

1:30 pm

Seymour Lipkin, piano: Schubert -- The Late Great Sonatas, Part I; Schubert Sonata in a minor, D784; Sonata in G Major, D894, "Fantasy"; Sonata in c minor, D958. Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston. 617/278-5156 $23/18 sr/15 ISGM members/10 st/5 Children ages 5-17 (children under 5 not admitted to concerts) www.gardnermuseum.org

3 pm

Exsultemus: Josquin & his Legacy -- works of Josquin, Gombert, Clemens non Papa, Richafort, de Monte, de Silva. First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St, Boston. 857/998-0219 $15-35/10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org

4 pm

Schola Cantorum of Boston (Frederick Jodry, dir): Music for the Tudors -- Taverner Small Devotion Mass; works of Fayrfax, Sheppard & Byrd. First Church Hancock, 47 Main St, Hancock NH. 401/274-5073 $20/15 sr /10 st www.scholacantorumboston.com

Monday, November 2

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11 am

MFA Gallery Talk. Jeff Stockham, trumpet/speaker: The Keyed Bugle-- the history, repertoire & musical role of the keyed bugle, popular in Europe & America from the early 1800s to the mid-century. Stockham performd on the MFA's silver presentation instrument (E.G. Wright, Boston, 1854) & various instruments from his own collection. A number of other keyed bugles belonging to the MFA will be on hand for discussion and comparison. Musical Instruments Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston. 617/267-9300 FREE with Museum admission: $17/15 st, sr 18+/6.50 Youth 7-17/FREE MFA members & children under 6 www.mfa.org

6:30 pm

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass for All Souls' Day -- Tomás Luis de Victoria Missa pro defunctis cum sex vocibus; Gregorian Chant. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org


8 pm

Music at St. Mary's. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): 15th Century Chansons for voices & instruments by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys, Frye & others. St. Mary's Chapel, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-6004 FREE www.bc.edu/schools/cas/music/calendar.html

Tuesday, November 3

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

12:15 pm

Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen (Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark) plays the C.B. Fisk Organ: Danish Organ Music by Dowland & more. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617-227-2155 Suggested Donation $3

7:30 pm

Sergey Schepkin, piano: Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/784-2549 $25/12 st, sr schepkin.com

The Music Series at South Church. Emma Kirkby, soprano & Jakob Lindberg lute: Orpheus in England -- music of Dowland & Purcell. South Church, 90 Main St, New Britain CT, 860/223-7555 $15-25/10 st, sr www.musicseries.org.

8 pm

Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): A Century of French Song -- Chansons from across the 15th century by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys & others. Center for the Arts Rose Performance Hall, 376 Hale St, Endicott College, Beverly. 617/627-3679 $10/ $25/15 st, sr/FREE with Endicott or Gordon College IDwww.tufts.edu/musiccenter/events/calendar.html

Wednesday, November 4

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)


12 pm

Scott Metcalfe (Blue Heron Renaissance Choir), Jane Bernstein (Tufts) & others: Roundtable on the Chansonnier cordiforme . Varis Lecture Hall, Granoff Music Center. Tufts University, Medford. 617/627-3679 FREE www.tufts.edu/musiccenter/events/calendar.html

3 pm

Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): Early Music Masterclass with members of Tufts Chamber Singers & Tufts Early Music Ensemble. Distler Performance Hall, Tufts University, Medford. 617/627-3679 FREE www.tufts.edu/musiccenter/events/calendar.html

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $38/34 sr/23 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

8 pm

Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): A Century of French Song -- Chansons from across the 15th century by Du Fay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys & others. Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford. 617/627-3679 $10/FREE with Tufts ID www.tufts.edu/musiccenter/events/calendar.html

Thursday, November 5

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

Friday, November 6

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

7:30 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $38/34 sr/23 st actorsshakespeareproject.org


8 pm

The Cantata Singers (David Hoose, cond): Heinrich Schütz Musicalische Exequien; J.S. Bach Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8; works of later composers. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/868-5885 $17-52 cantatasingers.org

Ensemble 44 (Heather Braun, Baroque violin; Janet Fink, recorder; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Kathleen McDougald Lee, harpsichord): Six by Three -- 6 Sonatas by 3 Women Composers; works of Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre & Anna Amalia von Preussen. Church of the Good Shepherd, 95 Woburn St, Reading. 617/820-9006 donations to benefit Women for Women International

Saturday, November 7

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

3 pm

Ensemble 44 (Heather Braun, Baroque violin; Janet Fink, recorder; Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Kathleen McDougald Lee, harpsichord): Six by Three -- 6 Sonatas by 3 Women Composers; works of Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre & Anna Amalia von Preussen. Steinway Building, Charles & Boylston Sts, Boston. 617/820-9006 donations to benefit Women for Women International

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $48/44 sr/37 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

3:30 pm

Audrey Cienniwa, Baroque cello: Complete Bach Cello Suites I -- Suites I, IV & V. Hawes Room at Trinity Church, One Queen Anne Square, Newport RI. 401/855-3096 $25/22.50 st, sr, mil/10 children 6-18 (discount for purchasing tickets to both concerts www.newportbaroque.org,

7:30 pm

Audrey Cienniwa, Baroque cello: Complete Bach Cello Suites II -- Suites II, III & VI. Hawes Room at Trinity Church, One Queen Anne Square, Newport RI. 401/855-3096 $25/22.50 st, sr, mil/10 children 6-18 (discount for purchasing tickets to both concerts www.newportbaroque.org


8 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $38-47/34-44 sr/25-40 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

Sunday, November 8

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

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

9 am

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for 23rd Sunday after Pentecost -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Ego sum panis vivus; Christopher Tye Give almes of thy goods. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Schütz Das ist mir lieb (Psalm 116), SWV 51. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass for 23rd Sunday after Pentecost -- Steffano Bernard Missa "Præparate corda vestra;" William Byrd Ego sum panis vivus & Sacerdotes Domini. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

1 pm

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


2 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $48/44 sr/37 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

3 pm

The Seraphim Singers (Jennifer Lester, dir); Heinrich Christensen, guest organist: German Choral Masterworks -- Schütz 4 motets from Geistliche Chormusik; Bach, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 & Chorale Preludes; works of later composers.

St. Paul Church, Bow & Arrow Sts (Harvard Square), Cambridge. 617/926-0126 $20/10 st, sr www.seraphimsingers.org

Arcadia Players (Ian Watson, dir): Mendelssohn 200th Birthday Concert -- selections from Mendelsson Songs Without Words; Piano Trio in d minor; with songs & duets by Felix Mendelsson & Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St, Holyoke. 413/586-8742 $25-35/10 st www.arcadiaplayers.org

4 pm
The Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma, dir); with Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir (Edward E. Jones, dir): A Symphony of Psalms Honoring Jean Calvin 1509-1564. Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard, Cambridge. 617/262-2092 $22-46/20% sr discount/10 st/FREE children 12 & under with adult www.bostoncamerata.org

Monday, November 9

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Tuesday, November 10

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

12:15 pm

St. Botolph's Town Band (Jeanine Krause, Cathy Meyer Stein, Graham St-Laurent & Joyce. Alper, oboes; Melissa Schoenack & Stephanie Corwin, bassoons): suites by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Georg Muffat & Jeremiah Clarke. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617-227-2155 Suggested Donation $3


Wednesday, November 11

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

Thursday, November 12

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

9:30 am

Alina Ibragimova, violin: Bach Second Partita for solo Violin; Third Partita for solo violin; & Violin Sonatas. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT. 802/443-6433 $24/18 sr/6 st middlebury.edu/arts/tickets

8 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $38-47/34-44 sr/25-40 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

Friday, November 13

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

7:30 pm

Renaissonics & Friends (John Tyson, dir); Ken Pierce, dance leader: Renaissance Dance for Everyone. Jewett Hall,First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St (Harvard Sq), Cambridge. 617/661-3353 $8 www.renaissonics.com

8 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $38-47/34-44 sr/25-40 st actorsshakespeareproject.org


Saturday, November 14

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

9:30 am

Recorders/Early Music MetroWest Playing Meeting. Sarah Cantor, Eric Haas. Daniel Meyers & Sheila Beardslee, consort coaches: Music by 2009 Anniversary composers Purcell, du Caurroy, Croce, Asola & others. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/264-0584 $12/REMM Members free www.recordersearlymusic.org

7:30 pm

Ensemble Suave (Jeanne Lucas, soprano; L. Mark Slawson, harpischord; Laurie Israel, baroque cello) with Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor: Love's Sweet Gamut; Flow my Tears -- Handel cantatas, Dowland, Purcell, Bononcini. Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge. 617/472-0084 $12/10 st, sr www.ensemblesuave.com

8 pm

Cappella Clausura (Amelia LeClair, dir): A Chantar, The Greek Connection -- 9th century Byzantine chant by Kassia & songs of love Medieval women trouveres & trobairitz. The Episcopal Parish of the Messiah 1900 Comm. Ave, Newton. 617/964-6609 $20/15 st, sr www.clausura.org

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $38-47/34-44 sr/25-40 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

Sunday, November 15

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

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 Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

10:30 am

The Choir of First Unitarian Providence & Chamber Ensemble (Frederick Jodry, dir): Bach Nach dir Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150. First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Sts, Providence RI. 401/421-7970 Offering www.firstunitarianprov.org

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass for 24th Sunday after Pentecost -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa Brevis; William Byrd Civitas sancti. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

4 pm

Actors Shakespeare Project (Melia Bensussen, dir): William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew. Downstairs at The Garage, 38 JFK St, Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617/776-2200 $48/44 sr/37 st actorsshakespeareproject.org

3 pm

Music of First Church Boston. Audrey Cienniwa, Baroque cello: J.S. Bach Solo Suites 1, 4 & 5 for Cello. First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St, Boston. 617/267-6730 $15/10 st, sr, mil www.firstchurchbostonmusic.org

3:30 pm

Museum Concerts. Musicians of the Old Post Road (Suzanne Stumpf, flute; Sarah Darling & Karina Fox, violins; Marcia Cassidy, viola; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano): The Humanity & Humor of Mozart -- Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major, K285; Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K493 & Piano Concerto in C Major, K145. The Cathedral of St. John, 271 North Main St, Providence RI. 401/ 621-6123 $25/22 sr/8 st (adv $22/30 sr) www.museumconcerts.org

4 pm

Cappella Clausura (Amelia LeClair, dir): A Chantar, The Greek Connection -- 9th century Byzantine chant by Kassia & songs of love Medieval women trouveres & trobairitz. First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St, Boston. 617/964-6609 $20/15 st, sr www.clausura.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

7:30 pm

The Food of Love Baroque Ensemble (Lydia Brotherton, soprano;Sarah Darling, violin;Graham St-Laurent, oboe; Stephanie Corwin, bassoon; Akiko Sato, harpsichord): A Journey from Venice to Paris -- Music of Vivaldi, Steffani, Couperin & Rameau. Kaji Aso Studio, 40 St. Stephen St, Boston. 617/504-6735 $10/5 st, sr

Monday, November 16

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Tuesday, November 17

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

12:15 pm

Audrey Cienniwa, cello: J.S. Bach Suite no. 6. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617-227-2155 Suggested Donation $3

Wednesday, November 18

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

7:30 pm

Boston College Theatre (Dr. Scott T. Cummings, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Robsham Theatre Arts Center, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-4002 $15/10 sr or BC ID events.bc.edu/arts


Thursday, November 19

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

7:30 pm

Zefiro Vocal Ensemble: Light & Shadows -- Victoria Missa 'O quam gloriosum;' Gesualdo Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill. 617/623-8842 $15/10 sr, st www.zefiroensemble.com/

Boston College Theatre (Dr. Scott T. Cummings, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Robsham Theatre Arts Center, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-4002 $15/10 sr or BC ID events.bc.edu/arts

Friday, November 20

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The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

7:30 pm

Boston College Theatre (Dr. Scott T. Cummings, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Robsham Theatre Arts Center, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-4002 $15/10 sr or BC ID events.bc.edu/arts

Saturday, November 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)

7:30 pm

Sine Nomine (Paul Cienniwa, dir); Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Rosalind Brooks Stowe, Colleen McGary-Smith, viols; Hendrik Broekman, organ: Music for Voices & Viols -- Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord, Gibbons Cries of London; works by Capricornus & Rosenmüller. Sacred Heart Church, 160 Seabury St, Fall River. 508/252-9469 $20/15 st, sr www.sinenominechoir.org


Boston College Theatre (Dr. Scott T. Cummings, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Robsham Theatre Arts Center, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-4002 $15/10 sr or BC ID events.bc.edu/arts

Sunday, November 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)

The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

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

9 am

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for Feast of Christ the King -- Thomas Tallis All people that on earth do dwell. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): J.S. Bach Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass for Feast of Christ the King -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Missa Brevis in D, K194; Peter Philips Ecce vicit Leo; George Frederick Handel Zadok the Priest, HWV 258. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org


3 pm

Boston College Theatre (Dr. Scott T. Cummings, dir): William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Robsham Theatre Arts Center, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-4002 $15/10 sr or BC ID events.bc.edu/arts

3 pm

Trio Mediaeval (Anna Maria Friman; Linn Andrea Fuglseth; Torunn Østrem Ossum): Lova Line -- songs & ballads from Norway, Sweden & England. Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston. 617/278-5156 $23/18 sr/15 ISGM members/10 st/5 Children ages 5-17 (children under 5 not admitted to concerts) www.gardnermuseum.org

Sine Nomine (Paul Cienniwa, dir); Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Rosalind Brooks Stowe, Colleen McGary-Smith, viols; Hendrik Broekman, organ: Music for Voices & Viols -- Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord, Gibbons Cries of London; works by Capricornus & Rosenmüller. Narrows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River. 508/252-9469 $20/15 st, sr www.sinenominechoir.org

4 pm

The Chorus of Westerly (George Kent, cond): Mozart Mass in c minor. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High St, Westerly RI. 401/596-8663 $17-35 chorusofwesterly.org

6 pm

The Chorus of Westerly (George Kent, cond): Mozart Mass in c minor. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High St, Westerly RI. 401/596-8663 $17-35 chorusofwesterly.org

Monday, November 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)

Tuesday, November 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)


The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

Wednesday, November 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)

The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

Thursday, November 26

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Friday, November 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)

Saturday, November 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)

The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

7:30 pm

Berkshire Bach Society Instrumental Players (Ben Harms, cond): Messiah Sing-In. First Congregational Church, Great Barrington. 413/528-9277 FREE www.berkshirebach.org


8 pm

Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Opera (Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, music dir; Gilbert Blin, stage dir); Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Jason McStoots, tenor; Douglas Williams, bass-baritone: Handel Acis & Galatea (1718). New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/661-1812 $19-100 www.bemf.org Free pre-concert talk at 7 pm with the BEMF opera directors

The Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra (Edward Markward, dir); soloists Jean Danton, soprano, Barbara Youmans, mezzo-soprano, Fredric Scheff, tenor; René de la Garza, baritone: Back to Bach -- All-Bach program including Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Suite No. 3 in D Major, Magnificat in D Major. The Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, 30 Fenner St., Providence RI. 401/521-5670 $25 (adv $22)/20 sr/7 st www.ricco.org

Sunday, November 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)

The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)

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 Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Mass for 1st Sunday of Advent -- Claudio Monteverdi Missa da capella a sei voci; Thomas Weelkes O how amiable. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org


3 pm

Somerville Museum Early Music Afternoon. Hendrik Broekman, harpsichord & Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lute: L'Offrande (The Offering) -- Instrumental suites by Dufault, D. Gaultier, Froberger & L. Couperin, including pieces in honor of Blancrocher. Somerville Museum, One Westwood Rd (at Central St), Somerville. 617/666-9810 $17/12 st, sr, Museum members

4 pm

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Lessons & Carols for Advent -- G. P. da Palestrina Matin & Vesper Responsories; Felix Mendelssohn Heilig, heilig ist Gott, der Herr Zebaoth, op posth; George Frederick Handel And the glory of the Lord (Messiah, HWV 56); William Byrd Rorate cæli desuper. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

A Joyful Noyse: In Joyful Anticipation -- music for the Advent season for voices & strings by Pfleger, Durante & Telemann. Hancock Church, 1912 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington. 781/862-4220 $10 donation for Church Music Fund

Monday, November 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)

The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu (to December 13)