2009-2010 Season

Join us for our 21st Season!

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A Haydn Celebration

Lively and expressive works from Haydn’s London period, including his Piano Trio No. 30 in F Major, the Cantata Arianna a Naxos, and his charming settings of Scottish and Welsh folk songs for voice and multiple instruments. During intermission, the audience will be invited to participate in the Musical Dice Game attributed to Haydn.

With mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal.

Friday, October 23, 8 pm, Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge
Saturday, October 24, 8 pm, First Parish, 327 Concord Rd., Sudbury 

Mediterranean Baroque Christmas

Ebullient and festive instrumental and vocal works from Spain, France, and Italy, including cantatas, villancicos, and the regional premiere of a cantata by the Italian Baroque composer Francesco Mancini.

With soprano Barbara Kilduff and mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal.

Saturday, December 19, 3 pm, Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston
Sunday, December 20, 4 pm, First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St., Worcester 

From the Romantic Salon

An evocative evening of intimate chamber music for guitar, flute, viola, and cello by Schubert, Paganini, and others. Olav Chris Henriksen will join the ensemble, performing on an authentic 19th-century guitar that has been in his family for centuries.

Friday, February 5, 8 pm, First Parish, Rte. 20 & 27, Wayland
Saturday, February 6, 8 pm, Harvard Epworth Church, 1555 Mass. Ave., Cambridge 

Virtuosi Italiani

Brilliant vocal and instrumental works, including motets and cantatas for solo soprano and strings by Vivaldi, a flute concerto by Nardini, and a string sinfonia by Locatelli. The ensemble will be joined by soprano Kristen Watson, who made her OPR debut last December to critical and audience acclaim.

Saturday, March 27, 8 pm, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston
Sunday, March 28, 4 pm, First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St., Worcester

  

 
Collaboration with
The Concert Series at Wellesley College

Conversations Galantes: Music of the French Baroque

Program will include one of Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concerts, a Paris quartet of Telemann, a quartet by Guillemain, and a French cantata. Featuring Wellesley College faculty Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, and OPR’s co-Artistic Director Suzanne Stumpf, traverso.

With guest baritone Aaron Engebreth.

Saturday, April 24, 8 pm, Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Welelsley