We are excited to announce “Finding Home” as the theme for our 31st season. In addition to exploring the meaning of “home” for musicians in past centuries, our programming features compelling and dramatic vocal works that have homecomings as their theme.
Finding Home
Fri. November 1, 7:30 First Parish, Sudbury
Sat. November 2, 3:00 Parish Hall, Emmanuel Church, Boston
This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1
Fri. December 13, 8:00, Emmanuel Church, Boston
Sun. December 15, 4:00, First Unitarian Church, Worcester
This Holiday program explores the guiding light of Epiphany. The ensemble will premiere Christoph Graupner’s cantata Das Volk so im Finstern wandelt (The people that wandered in darkness), Telemann’s New Year cantata Der mit Sünden beleidigte Heiland, and pastorales by Heinichen and Pez
With vocal soloists soprano Jessica Petrus, alto Sophie Micheaux, tenor Jason McStoots, and baritone Bradfod Gleim
Fri. March 6, 7:30, First Parish, Wayland
Sun. March 8, 3:00, Old South Church, Boston
Virtuoso Baroque instrumental works by Italians who settled in London with its lively musical scene. The program includes trio sonatas by Locatelli, Platti, and Tessarini, a capriccio for strings and continuo by Veracini, a flute concerto by Sammartini, and a cello sonata by Cervetto
Sat. May 2, 8:00, Harvard-Epworth Church, Cambridge
Sun. May 3, 4:00 Worcester Historical Museum
French Baroque cantatas and instrumental works, featuring Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s cantata Le Passage sur la mer rouge (based on the biblical story), Clerambault’s epic cantata Leandre et Hero, along with Clerambault’s Sonata La Felicite and an overture by Charpentier
With soprano Teresa Wakim
