New England Early Music Calendar

OCTOBER 2010

This calendar updated October 13, 2010

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 visit the web URL or call the telephone number listed with the event.

All events in Massachusetts unless noted.

Friday, October 1

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8 pm

Longy Faculty Debut Series. Libor Dudas, harpsichord: Works by Couperin, Duphly & Boismortier. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 FREE www.longy.edu

Handel & Haydn Society (Harry Christophers, cond); with Rachel Podger, violin: Mozart, A Musical Journey — all-Mozart program including Eine kleine nachtmusik; Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K219, Turkish; Overture & March from ‘Mitridate;’ Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K504, ‘Prague.’ Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston. 617/266-3605 $18-75 /10 st rush 1 hour before concert www.handelandhaydn.org

Saturday, October 2

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8 pm

Music for Viols & Friends. Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, Baroque lutes): In the Wake of Corelli; 18th-century Italian Music for Viol & Lute — works by Corelli, Zamboni, Mascitti, Fontanelli, Antoniotti & Zuccari. Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/776-0692 $22/17 st, sr, low income mysite.verizon.net/res15zc4n/id1.html

Sunday, October 3

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Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations:

• Massachusetts WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 99.5 Boston

• Connecticut WSHU 91.1 Fairfield, 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford;

• Vermont WVPR 107.9 Burlington, 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

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

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost — Adrian Batten Let my complaint come before thee. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadv ent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner, cond): Bach Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

10:30 am

Choir of Church of St. John the Evangelist (Jeffrey Mills, dir): Solemn Sung Eucharist for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis; Henry Loosemore O Lord, increase my faith. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 617/227-5242 Offering www.stjev.org

11 am

Harvard University Choir (Edward E. Jones, dir): Memorial Church Service — Bach Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230. Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge. 617/495-5508 Offering www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost — Francisco Guerrero Missa ‘Simile est regnum cœlorum’. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

3 pm

Handel & Haydn Society (Harry Christophers, cond); with Rachel Podger, violin: Mozart, A Musical Journey — all-Mozart program including Eine kleine nachtmusik; Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K 219, Turkish; Overture & March from ‘Mitridate;’ Symphony no. 38 in D Major, K504, ‘Prague.’ Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston. 617/266-3605 $18-75 /10 st rush 1 hour before concert www.handelandhaydn.org

4 pm

Music from the Frederick Collection. Malcolm Halliday, piano by Erard, Paris (1840); Stanley Wilson, tenor: Frédéric Chopin Polonaise in A, Op. 40/1 (1838) “Militaire”; Robert Schumann Liederkreis, Op. 39 (1840); Chopin Ballade No. 3 in Ab, Op. 47 (1841); Chopin Nocturne in F#, Op. 15/ 2 (1830-31); Schumann Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (1840). Ashburnham Community Church, corner of Rte. 12 & Chapel St, Ashburnham. 978/827-6232 $10 / FREE students & children www.frederickcollection.org

Monday, October 4

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7 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Special Concert Preview of the upcoming Palestrina concert by period vocal ensemble Exsultemus (see October 9 and 10) www.whrb.org/

Tuesday, October 5

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8 pm

Longy Visiting Artists in Chamber Music. Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra & Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello) with Juan Ruiz, clarinet: Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 FREE www.longy.edu

Wednesday, October 6

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6 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Evolution of the Fugue: Music of J.S. Bach including Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, S. 564; Prelude & Fugue in a minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier I; Prelude & Fugue in E Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier II; Ricercare a 6 voci from ‘A Musical Offering’; Contrapunctus I, VI & XIV from The Art of the Fugue www.whrb.org/

7:30 pm

Ensemble 415 (Chiara Banchini, violin/dir): chamber works & concerti of Albinoni, Muffat, Albicastro & J.S Bach. Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St, Lewiston ME. 207/786-6163 $10/4 st, sr www.batestickets.com

Thursday, October 7

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12:15 pm

Chopin Bicentennial Series. Leonardo Ciampa, piano: Mazurka in f-sharp minor, Op. 6/1; Mazurka in A-flat Major, Op. 17/ 3; Etude in c-sharp minor, Op. 10/4; Nocturne in f minor, Op. 55/1; Ballade IV, Op. 52. First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St, Boston. 617/267-6730 Donation www.firstchurchbostonmusic.org

7 pm

JP Concerts. Les Bostonades (Chinwei Lin, recorder & Akiko Enoki Sato, harpsichord): Father, Son & Godfather — music by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach & Telemann. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Revere St & Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain. 617/874-4009 $10 /5 sr & children www.jpconcerts.org

7:30 pm

Matthias Loibner & Tobie Miller, hurdy-gurdy; Marcy Jean Brenner, viola da gamba; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord: Music of the French Baroque for Hurdy-Gurdy. Hawes Room, Honyman Hall, Trinity Church, 1 Queen Anne Square, Newport RI. 401/441-9263 $20/10 st

8 pm

The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra: Corelli Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6/4; Haydn Symphony No. 78 in c minor & works by later composers. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/585-1260 FREE www.necmusic.edu/concerts-events

Amherst Early Music Fall Workshop, October 8-11 Wellesley College, Wellesley

781/488-3337 www.amherstearlymusic.org

Friday, October 8

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6:30 pm

Matthias Loibner & Tobie Miller, hurdy-gurdy; Marcy Jean Brenner, viola da gamba; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord: Music of the French Baroque for Hurdy-Gurdy. Private Residence in Rockland ME. 401/441-9263 RSVP required food for pot-luck reception requested

7 pm

Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (James Danner, dir): Friedrich Schiller Mary Stuart. Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. FREE/request from MaryStuartLives@gmail.com www.hrdctheater.com

8 pm

Old West Organ Society. Gunter Kennel (Germany) plays the C.B. Fisk Organ: Bruns Praeludium in e minor; Scheidemann Vater unser in Himmelrich; Muffat Toccata septima; Buxtehude Vater unser in Himmelrich & Toccata in d; Bach Vater unser in Himmelrich & Praeludium in e minor BWV 548; Mendelssohn Sonata 6. Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St, Boston. 617/739-1340 $20 /15 OWOS members/10 st, sr www.oldwestorgansociety.org

Saturday, October 9

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9:30 am

Recorders/Early Music MetroWest: Italia mia — celebrating Italian Culture Month. Consort groups coached by John Tyson, Daniel Meyers, Héloïse Degrugillier & Sheila Beardslee. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/264-0584 $15/REMM members FREE www.recordersearlymusic.org

7 pm

7:30 pm

Arcadia Players (Ian Watson, cond): J.S. Bach Mass in b minor. First Churches of Northampton, 129 Main St, Northampton. 413/586-8742 $30-40/25-35 sr/10 st with ID www.arcadiaplayers.org

8 pm

Exsultemus (Shannon Canavin & Martin Near, dirs): The Italian Madrigals of Palestrina — works of Palestrina, Festa, Verdelot, Arcadelt, de Rore & Marenzio. University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge. 857/998-0219 $15-35/$10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org

Musica Nuova (Amanda Keil, mezzosoprano; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord; Scott Lemire, lute & theorbo; Joshua Schreiber Shalem, viola da gamba; Doria Hughes, storyteller): It’s Complicated & Crazy For You — 17th-century English & Italian songs & instrumental works. Cambridge Friends Meetinghouse, 5 Longfellow Park Cambridge. 917/412-6472 $15/10 sr/5 st www.musicanuova.org

Ensemble Caprice (Matthias Maute & Sophie Larivière, recorder & traverso; Elinor Frey, baroque cello; David Jacques, baroque guitar; Ziya Tabassian, percussion): Bach & the Baroque Gypsies — Johann Schmelzer Balletto La bella zingara; Johann Joseph Fux Partita Turcaria, K331; Anonymous (Uhrovska zbierka , 1730) Gypsy music; Johann Sebastian Bach Triosonata in G major for 2 flutes & basso continuo, BWV 1039, Chaconne in d minor, BWV 1004 & Polonaises; Georg Philipp Telemann Polonaises & Concerto in g minor. First Congregational Church of Stockbridge, 4 Main St, Stockbridge. 800/838-3006 $35/30 Berkshire Bach Society members/FREE st w/ID www.berkshirebach.org/

Sunday, October 10

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Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations:

• Massachusetts WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 99.5 Boston

• Connecticut WSHU 91.1 Fairfield, 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford;

• Vermont WVPR 107.9 Burlington, 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

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

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost — Giovanni Croce Cantate Domino; Dr Christopher Tye Laudate nomen Domini. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner, cond): Bach Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

S. Stephen Choir (James Busby, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa Pater Noster. S. Stephen’s Church, 114 George St, Providence RI. 401/421-6702 Offering www.sstephens.org

10:30 am

Choir of Church of St. John the Evangelist (Jeffrey Mills, dir): Solemn Sung Eucharist for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost — Orlando di Lasso Jubilate Deo. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 617/227-5242 Offering www.stjev.org

11 am

Harvard University Choir (Edward E. Jones, dir): Memorial Church Service — Byrd Venite & O sing joyfully. Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge. 617/495-5508 Offering www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa ‘Pater noster’ & Dr Christopher Tye Praise ye the Lord, ye children. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

1:30 pm

Hilary Anne Walker, mezzosoprano; James Onstad, tenor & Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord: Bach, Purcell, Monteverdi & Strozzi. First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St, Boston. 617/267-6730 $15/10 st, sr, mil www.firstchurchbostonmusic.org

West Gallery Music workshop (Bruce Randall, leader) with special guests Sheila & Edwin Macadam (Oxford UK), leaders of the West Gallery Music revival. St. Mary’s Church, 258 Concord St, Newton Lower Falls. 978/373-5852 Donation

3 pm

Exsultemus (Shannon Canavin & Martin Near, dirs): The Italian Madrigals of Palestrina — works of Palestrina, Festa, Verdelot, Arcadelt, de Rore & Marenzio. First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St, Boston. 857/998-0219 $15-35/$10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org

4 pm

Boston Sacred Harp Singing (1991 ed. books available for loan). Christ Church Unity, 70 Colchester St, Brookline. info@bostonsacredharp.org Freewill donation www.bostonsacredharp.org

Music from the Frederick Collection. Cicilia Yudkin, piano by Ignaz Bösendorfer, Vienna, ca. 1830: The Chopin-Schumann Year — Robert Schumann Arabesque in C, Op. 18 (1838-39); Schumann Symphonic études in the form of twelve variations in c#, Op. 13 (1834-35; rev. 1852) & Five posthumous variations; Frédéric Chopin Sonata No. 3 in b, Op. 58 (1844). Ashburnham Community Church, corner of Rte. 12 & Chapel Street. 978/827-6232 $10 / FREE students & children www.frederickcollection.org

4:30 pm

7 pm

Amherst Early Music Fall Workshop Faculty: mixed program of Renaissance & Baroque music. Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley. 781/488-3337 $20/FREE to participants www.amherstearlymusic.org

8 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Special Concert Preview of Blue Heron’s upcoming concert of music by Lundford and Aston (see October 16) www.whrb.org/

Monday, October 11

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7 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Special Concert. Mozart Don Giovanni, K527; recording by London Voices & London Philharmonic Orchestra (Sir Georg Solti, cond); Renée Fleming, soprano; Monica Groop & Ann Murray, mezzosoprano; Herbert Lippert, tenor; Bryn Terfel & Roberto Scaltriti, baritone; Mario Luperi & Michele Pertusi, bass www.whrb.org/

Tuesday, October 12

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12:30 pm

Bates College Noonday Concert Series. Music's Quill (Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor & Timothy Burris, lute): songs & lute solos by Philip Rosseter. Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St, Lewiston ME. 207/786-6163 FREE

Wednesday, October 13

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6 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Evolution of the Fugue. Haydn String Quartet in f minor, Op. 20, No. 5; Mozart String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K387. www.whrb.org/

Thursday, October 14

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12:15 pm

Chopin Bicentennial Series. Leonardo Ciampa, piano: Mazurka in g minor, Op. 24/1; Mazurka in c-sharp minor, Op. 41/1; Etude in e minor, Op. 25/5; Waltz in D-flat Major (‘Minute’), Op. 62/1; Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61. First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St, Boston. 617/267-6730 Donation www.firstchurchbostonmusic.org

7 pm

8 pm

Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks — Ludford Missa Regnum mundi & Aston Gaude virgo mater Christi. St. Mary’s Chapel, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-6004 FREE www.bc.edu/schools/cas/music/calendar.html

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Michael Tilson Thomas, cond): Haydn Symphony No. 60 in C Major; Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 www.whrb.org/

Friday, October 15

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6:30 pm

RI Philharmonic Rush Hour Concert. Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (Larry Rachleff, cond): selected movements from Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastoral) & Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence RI. 401/248-7000 $38-46/25-28 st www.ArtTixRI.com

7 pm

7:30 pm

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

8 pm

Boston Early Music Festival. Stile Antico: In Paradisum; Swansongs & Memorials by the Renaissance Masters — Works by Byrd, Gombert, Josquin & Schütz. St. Paul Church, 29 Mt. Auburn St, Cambridge. 617/661-1812 $19-66 www.bemf.org

Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, dir); Barbara Quintiliani, soprano: Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Overture to Prometheus & Ah! Perfido; Cherubini arias from Medée. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/484-9200 $25-66 www.bostonbaroque.org Introductory talk at 7 pm

Saturday, October 16

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7 pm

8 pm

Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks — Ludford Missa Regnum mundi & Aston Gaude virgo mater Christi. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/960-7956 $30-50/25 sr/10 st, low income/FREE under 18 www.blueheronchoir.org Free pre-concert talk at 7:15 by James Simpson (Harvard University)

The Orpheus Singers (James Olesen, dir): Longing for the Divine — Psalm Settings by Lassus, Schutz, Monteverdi, & later composers. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/666-4617 $25/15 st, sr www.orpheussingers.org

Bach Society Orchestra (Yuga Cohler, dir): Gioacchino Rossini Overture to ‘L’Italiani in Algeri’; Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. Paine Hall, Music Building, behind 1 Oxford Street, Harvard University, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $12/8 st, sr www.hcs.harvard.edu/~bachsoc/

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (Larry Rachleff, cond): Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (Pastoral) & Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence RI. 401/248-7000 $30-100 www.arttixri.com

Sunday, October 17

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Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations:

• Massachusetts WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 99.5 Boston

• Connecticut WSHU 91.1 Fairfield, 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford;

• Vermont WVPR 107.9 Burlington, 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

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

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass forFeast of St. Luke — William Byrd I have longed for thy saving health. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadv ent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner, cond): Handel Chandos Anthem No. 1, Psalm 100, HWV 246. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

10:30 am

Choir of Church of St. John the Evangelist (Jeffrey Mills, dir): Solemn Sung Eucharist for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost — Thomas Attwood Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 617/227-5242 Offering www.stjev.org

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn High Mass for Feast of St. Luke — Roland de Lassus Missa ‘Bel Amfitrit’ altera;’ Tomás Luis de Victoria Ecce sacerdos magnus; Henry Purcell Hear my prayer. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

4 pm

Vox Lucens (Jay Lane, dir): Stories Sacred & Secular — music of Victoria, Morales & Guerrero; Flecha La Bomba. Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 978/897-5372 Free-will Offering www.voxlucens.net

5 pm

King’s Chapel Choir & Soloists (Heinrich Christensen, dir); El Dorado Consort of Viols (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson & Alice Mroszczyk, violas da gamba): A Royal Heritage, Anthems of the Tudors — works by Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons & Purcell. King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $15/10 st, sr www.kings-chapel.org

7 pm

Boston Recorder Society Playing Meeting. Lesley University, 3rd Floor, University Hall, Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 617/491-2111 $20 www.bostonrecordersociety.org

7:30 pm

Longy Faculty Artist Recital. Sandra Hebert, piano; Kirsi Perttuli, violin; Carol Mastrodomenico, soprano: All-Schumann program. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 FREE www.longy.edu

Monday, October 18

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Tuesday, October 19

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Wednesday, October 20

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6 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Evolution of the Fugue. Beethoven Finale from Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major ‘Hammerklavier,’ Op. 106; Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2; Grosse Fugue in B-flat Major, Op. 133. www.whrb.org/

Thursday, October 21

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12:15 pm

Thursday Harpsichord Recitals. Peter Sykes, harpsichord: From the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I -- Preludes & Fugues in C Major, BWV 846; d minor, BWV 851; E Major, BWV 854; f minor, BWV 857; G Major, BWV 860, First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St, Boston. 617/267-6730 Donations www.firstchurchbostonmusic.org

8 pm

Longy Faculty Artist Recital. Laurie Monahan, soprano & Frances Fitch, harpsichord: Uncommon Love Songs from Rome & Tuscany. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 FREE www.longy.edu

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $5 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Ariana Balayan, dir): William Shakespeare King Lear. Sala de Puerto Rico (MIT Stratton Student Center, 2nd floor), 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. 617/253-2903 $12/9 st, sr, MIT community/6 MIT/Harvard/Wellesley st web.mit.edu/ensemble/www/current-tix.html

Friday, October 22

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7:30 pm

Arcadia Consort of Viols (Marcy Jean Brenner, tenor viol; Robert Eisenstein, bass viol; Jane Hershey, tenor & treble viols; Alice Robbins, treble & alto viols): Music of 16th- & 17th-century Italy by Ortiz, Lasso, Ruffo, Merula; premiere performance of Will Ayton Fantasia on Dowland’s Lacrimae Tune. First Congregational Church, on the common at Rte. 113, Thetford Hill VT. 413/253-9998 $20/10 st

8 pm

Schola Cantorum of Boston (Frederick Jodry, dir): Byrd Mass for Four Voices; motets from Cantiones Sacrae (1589); Tomkins anthems from Musica Deo Sacra (1688) & madrigals. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 401/274-5073 $25/20 sr/8 st www.ScholaCantorumBoston.com

Musicians of the Old Post Road (Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling & Jesse Irons, violins; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord) with Kristen Watson, soprano: Roman Handel — sonatas, concerti, cantatas & arias by Handel, Gasparini, Bononcini, Corelli, Cesarini & Lulier. First Parish, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury. 781/466-6694 $25/20 sr/children free with adult ticket www.oldpostroad.org

Longy Chamber Orchestra (Julian Pellicano, cond): Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D Major, ‘London.’ Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, 27 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 FREE www.longy.edu

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

Saturday, October 23

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6 pm

International Landowska Tribute. Wladyslaw Klosicwicz (Poland), harpsichord: Works from the Golden Age of the Harpsichord by Rameau, Couperin, Froberger. St. Mary Catholic Church, 76 Sharon Rd, Lakeville CT. 860/435-4866 FREE

4 pm

La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutierrez, dir); Julianne Baird, soprano: Ulysses, Horror & Triumph! — cantata by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre; serenata by Maria Teresa Agnesi. The Benjamin Franklin Institute, 41 Berkeley St, Boston. 617/461-6973 $25-45/20 sr/10 st, low income/FREE under 18 www.ladm.org

8 pm

Musicians of the Old Post Road (Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling & Jesse Irons, violins; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord) with Kristen Watson, soprano: Roman Handel — sonatas, concerti, cantatas & arias by Handel, Gasparini, Bononcini, Corelli, Cesarini & Lulier. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 781/466-6694 $25/ 20 sr/children free with adult ticket www.oldpostroad.org

The Boston Cecilia (Donald Teeters, cond); William Hite, tenor; Barbara Bruns, piano: Take Me to Your Lieder — solo & choral works by Mendelssohn & Schubert. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon St, Brookline. 617/232-4540 $15-62/11-58 st, sr www.bostoncecilia.org

Brandeis University Chorus (James Olesen, dir): Mozart Coronation Mass, K317. Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University, 415 South St, Waltham. 781/736-3400 FREE www.brandeis.edu/arts/concerts/concerts.html

Schola Cantorum of Boston (Frederick Jodry, dir): Byrd Mass for Four Voices; motets from Cantiones Sacrae (1589); Tomkins anthems from Musica Deo Sacra (1688) & madrigals. St. Joseph's Church, 86 Hope St, Providence RI. 401/274-5073 $25/20 sr/8 st www.ScholaCantorumBoston.com

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

Sunday, October 24

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Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations:

• Massachusetts WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 99.5 Boston

• Connecticut WSHU 91.1 Fairfield, 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford;

• Vermont WVPR 107.9 Burlington, 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

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

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost — William Byrd Ego sum panis vivus; Richard Farrant Call to remembrance. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadv ent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (John Harbison, cond): Bach Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei, BWV 179. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

S. Stephen Choir (James Busby, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost — Orlande de Lassus Missa super Osculetur me; Heinrich Schütz Pharisäer und Zöllner. S. Stephen’s Church, 114 George St, Providence RI. 401/421-6702 Offering www.sstephens.org

10:30 am

Choir of Church of St. John the Evangelist (Jeffrey Mills, dir): Solemn Sung Eucharist for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost — Heinrich Schütz The Pharisee and the Publican. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 617/227-5242 Offering www.stjev.org

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost — Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa Æterna Christi munera; Heinrich Schütz The Pharisee and the Publican, SWV 444; Thomas Weelkes O how amiable. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

2 pm

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

3 pm

La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutierrez, dir); Julianne Baird, soprano: Ulysses, Horror & Triumph! — cantata by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre; serenata by Maria Teresa Agnesi. West Parish Garden Chapel, 129 Reservation Rd, Andover. 617/461-6973 $25-45/20 sr/10 st, low income/FREE under 18 www.ladm.org

Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series. Brett Maguire (Holy Cross Organ Scholar 2002) plays the Taylor & Boody Organ: works of Frescobaldi, Sweelinck & Buxtehude.. St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, College of the Holy Cross, One College St, Worcester. 508/793-2296 FREE www.holycross.edu

4 pm

Sandra Hebert, piano; Carol Mastrodomenico, soprano; Kirsi Perttuli, violin: Music of Robert Schumann — Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 105. Gargan Hall, Bapst Library, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-6004 FREE www.bc.edu/schools/cas/music

Arcadia Consort of Viols (Marcy Jean Brenner, tenor viol; Robert Eisenstein, bass viol; Jane Hershey, tenor & treble viols; Alice Robbins, treble & alto viols): Music of 16th- & 17th-century Italy by Ortiz, Lasso, Ruffo, Merula; premiere performance of Will Ayton Fantasia on Dowland’s Lacrimae Tune. Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College, Northampton. 413/253-9998 FREE

Schola Cantorum of Boston (Frederick Jodry, dir): Byrd Mass for Four Voices; motets from Cantiones Sacrae (1589); Tomkins anthems from Musica Deo Sacra (1688) & madrigals. Emmanuel Church, 42 Dearborn St, Newport RI. 401/274-5073 $25/20 sr/8 st www.ScholaCantorumBoston.com

5 pm

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn Evensong & Benediction — William Smith Responses; Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia Magnificat octavi toni; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Nunc dimittis tertii toni. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

8 pm

Members of the Yale Voxtet (James Taylor, dir); Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord: Ayres & Dances. Library Court, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St, New Haven CT. 203/432-5062 FREE www.yale.edu/ism

Monday, October 25

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6 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Evolution of the Fugue. Mendelssohn Organ Sonata No. 2 in c minor, Op. 65, No. 2 & Fugue in e minor; Schumann Fugue for Organ on B-A-C-H, Op. 60 No. 2 & Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44. www.whrb.org/

Thursday, October 28

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12:15 pm

Thursday Harpsichord Recitals. Lee Ridgway, harpsichord: J.S. Bach Fifteen Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786 & Four Duets, BWV 802-805. First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St, Boston. 617/267-6730 Donations www.firstchurchbostonmusic.org

7:30 pm

Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (Joe Hodgkin, dir): William Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra. Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. FREE/request from antonyandcleopatra2010@gmail.com www.hrdctheater.com

8 pm

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

Friday, October 29

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7:30 pm

8 pm

Handel & Haydn Society (Bernard Labadie, cond); with Robert Levin, fortepiano: Beethoven by Levin, Haydn by Labadie — Haydn Symphony no. 83 in g minor, ‘The Hen’ & Symphony no. 94 in G Major, ‘Surprise;’ Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston. 617/266-3605 $18-75 /10 st rush 1 hour before concert www.handelandhaydn.org

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

Saturday, October 30

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5 pm

Yale Schola Cantorum (Masaaki Suzuki, cond): Monteverdi Vespers. Yale University Woolsey Hall, 500 College St, New Haven CT. 203/432-5062 FREE www.yale.edu/ism

7:30 pm

8 pm

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

Sunday, October 31

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Sunday Baroque (Suzanne Bona, host) is heard on these New England NPR stations:

• Massachusetts WFCR 88.5 Amherst, WGBH 99.5 Boston

• Connecticut WSHU 91.1 Fairfield, 93.3 Northford & 90.3 Stamford;

• Vermont WVPR 107.9 Burlington, 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

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

Parish Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Mass for for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost — Ludovico da Viadana Exsultate justi; Juan Esquivel Ego sum panis vivus. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadv ent.org

10 am

Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner, cond): Bach Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org

S. Stephen Choir (James Busby, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost — Henry Purcell Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?. S. Stephen’s Church, 114 George St, Providence RI. 401/421-6702 Offering www.sstephens.org

10:30 am

Choir of Church of St. John the Evangelist (Jeffrey Mills, dir): Solemn Sung Eucharist for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost — Orlando di Lasso Justus es, Domine. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 617/227-5242 Offering www.stjev.org

11 am

Harvard University Choir (Edward E. Jones, dir): Memorial Church Service — Bach Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 196. Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge. 617/495-5508 Offering www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

11:15 am

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Mark Dwyer, dir): Solemn High Mass for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost — Steffano Bernardi Missa ‘Præparate corda vestra;’ Orlando Gibbons O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St, Boston. 617/523-2377 Offering www.theadvent.org

1:30 pm

A Joyful Noyse (Jennifer Webb, soprano, Rebecca Hawkins & Simona Talberga, violin, Lisa Kempskie, viola/violin; Martins Aldins, tenor/recorders;Hannah Davidson, viola da gamba; Sharyn Duncan, harpsichord): Baroque Music of Riga — Works by Meder, J. Fischer, Keiser, Müthel & Telemann. Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston, 58 Irving St, Brookline. 781/326-7823 $12 suggested donation. Sponsored by the Latvian Heritage Foundation

2 pm

Hyperion Shakespeare Company (Meryl Federman, dir): Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $10 www.hyperionshakespeare.org

2:30 pm

3 pm

4 pm

The Boston Camerata (Anne Azema, dir) with Harvard Choral Fellows (Edward Jones, dir): Vieni, Imeneo! — works by Dufay, Josquin, Marenzio, Monteverdi & others. Harvard Memorial Church, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge. 617/262-2092 $22-46/18-37 sr/10 st w/ID www.bostoncamerata.org

8 pm

WHRB Radio, 95.3 FM. Sunday Night at the Opera. San Francisco Opera & Chorus (Andriy Yurkevych, cond); Diana Damrau, soprano; Juan Diego Flórez, tenor; Bruno Praticò, bass-baritone: Donizetti La Fille du régiment (recorded live in performance). www.whrb.org /

7 pm

Long & Away Consort of Viols (Karen Burciaga, Anne Legene, Tobi Szuts, Elizabeth Weinfield, Zoe Weiss) with Anney Gillotte, soprano; Emily Fuhrmann, mezzosoprano; Ari Nieh, countertenor; Michael Barrett, tenor; Daniel Meyers, bass: Broomes for Old Shooes, Street Cries for Voices & Viols — Street cries, catches & fantasias from Elizabethan London by Gibbons, Byrd, Tye, Ravenscroft & Cobbold; settings of the "l'Homme arme" tune. St. John's Episcopal Church, Revere St. & Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain. 508/878-7028 Suggested donation $10 and/or homemade treats