New England Early Music Calendar - October Concerts



	NEW ENGLAND'S EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR OCTOBER 2009 This calendar updated October 1, 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. Thursday, October 1 -------------- 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 Antje Maria Traub plays the Flentrop Organ: Muffat Toccata undecima & Ciacona; Böhm Vater unser im Himmelreich; Bach Concerto in d minor. BWV 596. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St, Cambridge. 617/495-9400 FREE www.hcs.harvard.edu/organ 7 pm London National Theatre (Live in HD; Marianne Elliott, dir): Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well. Mahaiwe Theatre, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington. 413/528-0100 $23/21 sr /16 children under 13 www.mahaiwe.org 7:30 pm ART Institute (David R. Gammons, dir): William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $10 www.amrep.org



	Friday, October 2 -------------- 8 pm ART Institute (David R. Gammons, dir): William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $10 www.amrep.org Saturday, October 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) 3 pm ART Institute (David R. Gammons, dir): William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $10 www.amrep.org 8 pm Berkshire Bach Society. Simone Dinnerstein, piano: J.S. Bach French Suite #5, Keyboard Concerto #1, selections from Well-tempered Clavier II. Daniel Arts Center at Bard/Simon's Rock College, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington. 413/528-9277 $30 www.berkshirebach.org ART Institute (David R. Gammons, dir): William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge. 617/547-8300 $10 www.amrep.org Sunday, October 4 -------------- 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 Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org 1:30 pm Arnold Steinhardt, violin: Chaconne Anyone? conversation & performance centered on J.S. Bach Partita for solo violin No. 2 in d minor, BMV 1004. 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 4 pm Music from the Frederick Collection. Thomas Pandolfi, piano (Erard, Paris, 1877): Frédéric Polonaise in c, Op. 40/2; Four famous études from Op. 10 & Op. 25; Fantasy-Impromptu No. 4 in c#, Op. 66; Polonaise in Ab, Op. 53 ("Héroique"); works of later composers. Ashburnham Community Church, Rte. 12 & Chapel St, Ashburnham. 978/827-6232 $10/st & children FREE www.frederickcollection.org Fanfare Consort (Christa Rakich, organ; Thom Freas, clarino):Voluntarily English -- English voluntaries by G. F. Handel, John Stanley, John Alcock & Simon Stubley. The Shrine of Saint Anne, 515 South Main St, Waterbury CT. 203/756-4430 $20 Suggested free-will offering www.shrineofsaintanne.org Monday, October 5 -------------- 11 am MFA Gallery Talk. Anne Trout, double bassist/speaker: The Early Double Bass -- the history, repertoire & musical role of the double bass from the 1700s through the end of the 19th century; demonstration of playing technique using an instruments & bows from Ms. Trout's collection. The MFA's 1827 double bass (Abraham Prescottm Concord NH) will be on hand for comparison & discussion. 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 Tuesday, October 6 -------------- 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 Alan Weiss, flute & Heinrich Christensen, organ: Works by Bach, Hasse & Frederick the Great. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 Suggested donation www.kings-chapel.org 4:15 pm Music in the Afternoon. Krista Reisner, baroque violin & Ian Watson, harpsichord: Masters of the Baroque Violin -- Bach, Handel & Biber. Gasson Hall 100, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill. 617/552-6004 FREE www.bc.edu/schools/cas/music/calendar.html Wednesday, October 7 -------------- 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 pm MFA Gallery Talk. Steve Brown, musician/speaker: Rattlin' Bones, The Musical Clappers -- history, manufacture & technique of playing "the bones," clappers made from bone or wood used in a variety of musical forms from early American minstrel shows to Irish folk groups. A manufacturer of bones & an accomplished performer, Brown demonstrates a number of different types of this simple-looking, but rhythmically dynamic instrument, including a set from the MFA's collection that date to the late 19th century. 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 David Shemer (Israel), harpsichord & Na'ama Lion, baroque flute: All-Bach concert including Partita & Duets for harpsichord solol Sonata in b minor for harpsichord & flute. Recital Room N1, Longy School of Music, 33 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/876-0956 x1500 FREE www.longy.edu Thursday, October 8 -------------- 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)



	4:30 pm Andrea Rothe (Conservatory, Middlebury College Museum), speaker: The Restoration of the Altarpiece by Lippo d'Andrea. Mahaney Center for the Arts 221 Middlebury College, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu Friday, October 9 -------------- 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) 8 pm Handel & Haydn Society (Jean-Christophe Spinosi, con); Andreas Scholl, countertenor: Viva La Voce! -- Vivaldi Fida Ninfa Overture; "Cessate, omai cessate, Sinfonia 'Al santo sepolcro'; Filiae Maestae Jerusalem, Stabat Mater; Handel arias from Giulio Cesare & Giustino. Symphony Hall, Boston. 617/266-3605 $35-67 www.handelhaydn.org Saturday, October 10 -------------- 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. Héloïse Degrugillier, Eric Haas & John Tyson, consort coaches; choral workshop with Michael Barrett: Viva Italia! -- Music from Renaissance and early Baroque Italy. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord. 978/264-0584 choral program $18/12 REMM members; consort program $12/REMM Members free www.recordersearlymusic.org Sunday, October 11 -------------- 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 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot,, BWV 39. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org 1:30 pm West Gallery Music workshop (Sheila & Edwin Macadam, guest leaders). St. Mary's Church, 258 Concord St, Newton Lower Falls. 978/373-5852 Donation 3 pm Handel & Haydn Society (Jean-Christophe Spinosi, con); Andreas Scholl, countertenor: Viva La Voce! -- Vivaldi Fida Ninfa Overture; "Cessate, omai cessate, Sinfonia 'Al santo sepolcro'; Filiae Maestae Jerusalem, Stabat Mater; Handel arias from Giulio Cesare & Giustino. Symphony Hall, Boston. 617/266-3605 $35-67 www.handelhaydn.org 4 pm Anonymous 4 (Marsha Genensky, Ruth Cunningham, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek & Susan Hellauer, voices): Secret Voices,The Sisters of Las Huelgas -- 13th-century polyphony & sacred Latin song from the Spanish Las Huelgas Codex. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT. 860/651-3593 $20/15 st, sr www.1stchurchsimsbury.org Music from the Frederick Collection. Gail Olszewski, piano (Tröndlin, Leipzig ca.1830): Franz Schubert Four Impromptus, D899; Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in E, Op. 109; Robert Schumann Sonata No.2 in g, Op. 22. Ashburnham Community Church, Rte. 12 & Chapel St, Ashburnham. 978/827-6232 $10/st & children FREE www.frederickcollection.org Monday, October 12 -------------- Tuesday, October 13 -------------- 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. 5. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 Suggested donation www.kings-chapel.org Wednesday, October 14 -------------- 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) 4:30 pm Jacqueline Marie Musacchio (Wellesley College), speaker: Art, Marriage, and Family in the Florentine Renaissance Palace. Mahaney Center for the Arts 221 Middlebury College, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu Thursday, October 15 -------------- 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, October 16 -------------- 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 Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, dir; Paul Peers, stage dir); Ava Pine & Mary Wilson, soprano; Leah Wool, mezzosoprano; Matthew White, countertenor: Handel Amadigi di Gaula (semi-staged; sung in Italian with English titles). NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/484-9200 $29-73 www.bostonbaroque.org



	8 pm Boston Early Music Festival. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (Scott Metcalfe, dir): Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks -- Sacred vocal music by Hugh Aston, Nicholas Ludford, Robert Fayrfax & others. St. Paul Church, Bow & Arrow Sts, Cambridge. 617/661-1812 $19-64 www.bemf.org Free pre-concert talk at 7pm Saturday, October 17 -------------- 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 pm Close Encounters With Music. Walter Ponce, piano: Chopin in Paris -- celebrating the 250th anniversary of Chopin's birth, a concert of Ballades, Mazurkas & Polonaises, framed by chamber works of his favorite opera composers, including Bellini & Donizetti as well as his friendly rival Franz Liszt. Mahaiwe Theatre, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington. 413/528-0100 $25-35/10 st www.mahaiwe.org 7:30 pm Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, dir; Paul Peers, stage dir); Ava Pine & Mary Wilson, soprano; Leah Wool, mezzosoprano; Matthew White, countertenor: Handel Amadigi di Gaula (semi-staged; sung in Italian with English titles). NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston. 617/484-9200 $29-73 www.bostonbaroque.org The Parker String Quartet with Seth Warner, guitar: Boccherini Fandango Quintet; works of Haydn & Mendelssohn. The Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St, Lewiston ME. 207/786-6135 $12/6 st, sr www.batestickets.com 8 pm Music for Viols & Friends. Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar): Musick's Recreation -- Instrumental Music from the Commonwealth & Restoration by Locke, Simpson, Jenkins, Matteis, Finger & others. Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, Mason & Garden Sts, Cambridge. 617/776-0692 $22/17 st, sr, low-income Bach Society Orchestra (Yuga Cohler '11, dir): Bach Ricercar from "Musical Offering;" Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastorale;" & works of later composers. Paine Hall, Harvard University Music Building, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge. 617/496-2222 $12/8 st sr 65+ ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice



	Sunday, October 18 -------------- 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 Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47 Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org 3 pm Somerville Museum Early Music Afternoon. Duo Maresienne (Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo, Baroque lute & Baroque guitar): Musick's Recreation -- Instrumental Music from the Commonwealth & Restoration by Locke, Simpson, Jenkins, Matteis, Finger & others. Somerville Museum, One Westwood Rd (at Central St), Somerville. 617/666-9810 $17/12 st, sr, Museum members 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 Andreas Staier, fortepiano: Sonatas & Variations of Franz Joseph Haydn. The Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St, Lewiston ME. 207/786-6135 $12/6 st, sr www.batestickets.com Monday, October 19 --------------



	Tuesday, October 20 -------------- 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, October 21 -------------- 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, October 22 -------------- 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) 8 pm Harvard Early Music Society (Victoria Crutchfield, dir): John Eccles Semele. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge. 617/495-8727$20/15 sr/10 st ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutiérrez, dir): Women Composers of 17th & 18th-Century Venice -- works by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo & Anna Bon. Carlisle Congregational Church, 147 School St, Carlisle. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Eve Summer, dir): William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor. La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge. er@mit.edu $9/6 st Friday, October 23 -------------- 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)



	8 pm Boston Early Music Festival. Emma Kirkby, soprano & Jakob Lindberg, lute: Music & Sweet Poetrie, Orpheus in England -- Music of Dowland & Purcell. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge. 617/661-1812 $19-64 www.bemf.org Free post-concert talk following the performance Schola Cantorum of Boston (Frederick Jodry, dir): Music for the Tudors -- Taverner Small Devotion Mass; works of Fayrfax, Sheppard & Byrd. Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St, Boston. 401/274-5073 $20/15 sr /10 st www.scholacantorumboston.com Musicians of the Old Post Road (Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling, violin; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano); Pamela Dellal, mezzosoprano): A Haydn Celebration -- Haydn Piano Trio No. 30 in F Major; Arianna a Naxos; settings of Scottish & Welsh folk songs; Musical Dice Game at jntermission. Christ Church, Zero Garden St, Cambridge. 781/466-6694 $25/20 st, sr/children 7-17 free with accompanying adult www.oldpostroad.org Harvard Early Music Society (Victoria Crutchfield, dir): John Eccles Semele. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge. 617/495-8727$20/15 sr/10 st ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutiérrez, dir): Women Composers of 17th & 18th-Century Venice -- works by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo & Anna Bon. Weston Congregational Church, 130 Newton St, Weston. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Eve Summer, dir): William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor. La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge. er@mit.edu $9/6 st Saturday, October 24 -------------- 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 Marcy Brenner, Robert Eisenstein, Jane Hershey & Alice Robbins, violas da gamba: A Consort of Viols -- Henry Purcell Fantasies for Four Viols; English & Italian consort music. Wesley United Methodist Church, 98 North Maple St, Hadley. 413/586-8742 Advance sale $20-30; at the door $25-35/10 st www.arcadiaplayers.org



	8 pm Harvard Early Music Society (Victoria Crutchfield, dir): John Eccles Semele. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge. 617/495-8727$20/15 sr/10 st ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice The Orpheus Singers (James Olesen, dir): The Spirit Ascends -- Haydn Wider den Übermut & Abendlied zu Gott, Palestrina Missa brevis & later composers. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/666-4617 $20/10 st, sr www.orpheussingers.org CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutiérrez, dir): Women Composers of 17th & 18th-Century Venice -- works by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo & Anna Bon. Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr, Salem Athenaeum members/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org Musicians of the Old Post Road (Suzanne Stumpf, traverso; Sarah Darling, violin; Daniel Ryan, cello; Michael Bahmann, fortepiano); Pamela Dellal, mezzosoprano: A Haydn Celebration -- Haydn Piano Trio No. 30 in F Major; Arianna a Naxos; settings of Scottish & Welsh folk songs; Musical Dice Game at jntermission. First Parish Church, 327 Concord Rd, Sudbury. 781/466-6694 $25/20 st, sr/children 7-17 free with accompanying adult www.oldpostroad.org Schola Cantorum of Boston (Frederick Jodry, dir): Music for the Tudors -- Taverner Small Devotion Mass; works of Fayrfax, Sheppard & Byrd. St Joseph's Church, 86 Hope St, Providence RI. 401/274-5073 $20/15 sr /10 st www.scholacantorumboston.com Yale Schola Cantorum (Masaaki Suzuki, cond), Yale Collegium Players (Robert Mealy, dir) & soloists from the Yale Voxtet (James Taylor, I): J.S. Bach cantatas & motets including Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225; Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229; Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78; Ein feste Burg, BWV 80. St. Mary's Church, 5 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven CT, 203/432-5062. FREE www.yale.edu/ism The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Eve Summer, dir): William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor. La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge. er@mit.edu $9/6 st Sunday, October 25 -------------- 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 Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 Offering www.emmanuelmusic.org 2 pm Harvard Early Music Society (Victoria Crutchfield, dir): John Eccles Semele. New College Theatre, 12 Holyoke St, Cambridge. 617/495-8727$20/15 sr/10 st ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice 3 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. Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Bernhard Music Center, Williams College, 54 Chapin Hall Dr, Williamstown. 413/597-3146 FREE music.williams.edu/node/1025 4 pm Emmanuel Chamber Music Series. Jayne West, soprano; Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Heidi Braun-Hill, violin; Mary Ruth Ray, viola; Michael Curry, violoncello; Eran Egozy, clarinet; Rane Moore, bass clarinet; William Buonocore, mandolin; John Muratore, guitar; Michael Beattie, piano: Serenades -- Haydn Vocal Solos, ensembles with piano; works of Schoenberg. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. 617/536-3356 $50 Patron/30 gen'l/10 st www.emmanuelmusic.org CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutiérrez, dir): Women Composers of 17th & 18th-Century Venice -- works by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo & Anna Bon. Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St, Ipswich. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org Musica Nuova (Amanda Kell, soprano, Joshua Schreiber Shalem, viola da gamba; Scott Lemire, lute; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord): The Halloween Show music from Purcell's England. Taylor House Bed & Breakfast, 50 Burroughs St, Jamaica Plain. 617/983-9334 $10 Suggested Donation



	5 pm King's Chapel Choir & Soloists, Chamber Orchestra (Heinrich Christensen, dir): Happy Anniversary! -- Music by 2009 anniversarists including Handel Let God Arise; Haydn Little Organ Mass; Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord; Mendelssohn Magnificat & Nunc dimittis. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $15/10 st, sr www.kings-chapel.org Monday, October 26 -------------- 7:30 pm CSEM Chamber Music by Candlelight. La Donna Musicale (Laury Gutiérrez, dir): Women Composers of 17th & 18th-Century Venice -- works by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bembo & Anna Bon. Christ Church Cambridge, Zero Garden St, Cambridge. 617/489-2062 $30/25 sr/FREE st with ID, children under 18 www.csem.org Tuesday, October 27 -------------- 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 Malcom Proud (Ireland) plays the C.B. Fisk Organ: Works by Bach & Byrd. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston. 617/227-2155 $3 Suggested donation www.kings-chapel.org 12:30 pm Musica Nuova (Amanda Kell, soprano, Joshua Schreiber Shalem, viola da gamba; Scott Lemire, lute; Suzanne Cartreine, harpsichord): The Halloween Show music from Purcell's England. The Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St, Lewiston ME. 207/786-6135 FREE www.batestickets.com Wednesday, October 28 -------------- 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, October 29 -------------- 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) 4:30 pm Wendy Watson (curator, Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum), speaker: Lorenzo Ghiberti and his Florentine Workshop. Mahaney Center for the Arts 221 Middlebury College, Middlebury VT. 802/443-5007 FREE museum.middlebury.edu 8 pm Stile Antico Vocal Ensemble: The Desire of Heavenly Harmonies -- works of Tallis & Byrd. Marquand Chapel,409 Prospect St, New Haven CT. 203/432-5062 FREE www.yale.edu/ism The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Eve Summer, dir): William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor. La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge. er@mit.edu $9/6 st Friday, October 30 -------------- 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) 8 pm Exultemus: Josquin & his Legacy -- works of Josquin, Gombert, Clemens non Papa, Richafort, de Monte, de Silva. Union Church, 14 Collins Rd, Waban. 857/998-0219 $15-35/10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Eve Summer, dir): William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor. La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge. er@mit.edu $9/6 st Saturday, October 31 -------------- 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)



	8 pm Exultemus: Josquin & his Legacy -- works of Josquin, Gombert, Clemens non Papa, Richafort, de Monte, de Silva. University Lutheran Church, 68 Winthrop St, Cambridge. 857/998-0219 $15-35/10-30 st, sr www.exsultemus.org The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble (Eve Summer, dir): William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor. La Sala de Puerto Rico, MIT, Cambridge. er@mit.edu $9/6 st