December 7, 2024 – December 8, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm – The Breath of Winter with Jennifer Carpenter, recorder December 7, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET “The breath of winter holds a hushed enchantment, a captivating stillness.” Scenes of winter and holiday revelry captivated many Renaissance poets and composers, including Lassus, Weelkes, Campion, and others. We’ll focus on how we use our breath as both an […]
December 7, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Experience the magic of Handel’s Messiah this holiday season in our new venue: First Congregational Church! Hear Artistic Director Julian Perkins’ first Messiah with PBO, a Portland holiday tradition on period instruments in an intimate setting along with professional choir Cappella Romana. This program sells out, so act fast!
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December 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – This intensely contemplative concert ventures into both the gritty and the sublime in elements related to pregnancy, expectation, childbirth, and hope, featuring three of the Mystery Sonatas by Franz Heinrich Biber: The Annunciation, the Visitation, and the Nativity, along with Baroque-style improvisation and works by Pachelbel, Muffat, and Bach. We will perform this concert at […]
December 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Experience our recent Harmonia Mundi CD release live and in-person! Transcendent Christmas music, featuring a superb all-female ensemble of voices and instruments. The sounds of Christmas spirituality from Medieval France, Italy, England, and Provence, including music of the church and songs of private devotion around the joyous theme of the Nativity. Included are songs to […]
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December 7, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents Telemann’s Don Quichotte Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Robert Mealy, Concertmaster Saturday, November 30, 2024 | 8PM | PURCHASE TICKETS Sunday, December 1, 2024 | 3PM | PURCHASE TICKETS New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 7:30pm (Concert Version) The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY Saturday, December 7, […]
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