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(Last updated: 2/6/2012 10:45:09 PM)
BSO Current Schedule  |   WGBH 99.5FM All-Classical   |   WHRB 95.3FM Harvard Radio Broadcasting
» Today: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 in Boston at 12:15 pm
  • King’s Chapel presents
  • Mid-Day Recitals
  • Location: Kings Chapel
  • Frederick Sienkiewicz, trumpet & G. Fredrick Guzasky, organ “Hymns, Glimmers, & Chants”: Works by Tomasi, Persichetti, Ewazen & Stephenson. FREE
» Tomorow: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in Boston at 5:30 pm
» Tomorow: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» Tomorow: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 2 Days: Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Boston at 7:30 pm
  • Boston Lyric Opera (KM) (617.542.4912) presents
  • The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Location: Kennedy Museum, Columbia Pt.
  • Conductor DAVID ANGUS Stage Director TIM ALBERY* Set and Costume Designer CAMELLIA KOO* Lighting Designer THOMAS C. HASE Sandy / Officer 1, tenor JOHN BELLEMER Blazes / Officer 2, baritone CHRISTOPHER BURCHETT* Arthur / Voice of the Cards / Officer 3, bass DAVID CUSHING Chamber Ensemble from the Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra
» In 2 Days: Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 2 Days: Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts presents
  • Chamber Masterpieces
  • Location: Jordan Hall
  • Sa Chen, Pianist Ning Feng, Violinist Meng Yang, Cellist Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major, K 301 Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo Violin Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 1 Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 119 Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, No. 3, Op. 108
» In 3 Days: Friday, February 10, 2012 in Boston at 1:30 pm
» In 3 Days: Friday, February 10, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Schola Cantorum presents
  • Schola Cantorum
  • Location: Church of Saint John the Evangelist
  • Orlando di Lasso : Sacred motets & Secular Chanson including Magnificat: Ancor che col partire, De Rore: Madrigals & Villanelle for the Carnival season. $25 General, $20 Seniors, $7 Students
» In 3 Days: Friday, February 10, 2012 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
  • Longy School of Music (S) (617-876-0956) presents
  • Longy Conservatory Orchestra (LCO)
  • Location: Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street
  • Julian Pellicano, conductor Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone (Longy Faculty) Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia Yannatos: Concerto for Alto Saxophone (World Premiere) Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 FREE admission. Tickets available on the evening of the concert on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at Sanders Theatre.
» In 3 Days: Friday, February 10, 2012 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
  • Equilibrium Concert Series presents
  • Balletik Duo
  • Location: Gallery 263, 263 Pearl St.
  • violin / marimba Marti Epstein (world premier) Masaki Hasebe (world premier) Andrew Paul Jackson (world premier) Gunther Schuller Brian Buch (world premier) Pay-what-you-can, suggested $10/$5 students
» In 4 Days: Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Medford at 7:00 pm
  • Tufts University presents
  • Lunatics at Large
  • Location: Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue
  • Featuring music by Karim Al-Zand, Kinan Azmeh, Bushra El-Turk, Mohammed Fairouz, Zaid Jabri & Kareem Roustom will explore music by composers who live and work in the U.S.A. and Europe but have strong ties to the Arab world. Tickets are free with a Tufts ID card (limit two per ID) and $10 for general admission.
» In 4 Days: Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Emmanuel Music presents
  • Connected by Bach
  • Location: Emmanuel Church of Boston
  • The Orchestra and Vocal Soloists of Emmanuel Music, Ryan Turner, conductor Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 Stravinsky: “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto in E-Flat Corigliano: Fancy on a Bach Air Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 Stravinsly: Pulcinella (complete ballet) Katherine Growdon, mezzo-soprano Charles Blandy, tenor Dana Whiteside, bass-baritone Pre-concert Talk at 7:00 PM by John Heiss
» In 4 Days: Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Chestnut Hill at 8:00 pm
  • L’Academie (1.617.329.9679) presents
  • The Vivaldi Code
  • Location: Church of the Redeemer 379 Hammond Stree,
  • Andrew Arceci: Suite for gamba, strings and percussion Andrew Arceci, gamba soloist Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus: Pslam 126 in Gminor RV608 Emily Marvosh, contralto Francesco Bonporti: Concerto Op11. No.2 a quattro for strings and basso continuo in B flat Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op3. No.12: La Follia $25 general $12 students/seniors
» In 4 Days: Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Boston at 1:30 pm
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Boston Classical Orchestra presents
  • A Romantic Valentine with the Borromeo String Quartet
  • Location: Faneuil Hall, Boston
  • DEBUSSY: String Quartet TCHAIKOVSKY/TAKEMITSU: Andante doloroso (quartet & clarinet) TCHAIKOVSKY: “Souvenir de Florence” (Borromeo String Quartet & BCO principals)
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Boston at 3:00 pm
  • Boston Lyric Opera (KM) (617.542.4912) presents
  • The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Location: Kennedy Museum, Columbia Pt.
  • Conductor DAVID ANGUS Stage Director TIM ALBERY* Set and Costume Designer CAMELLIA KOO* Lighting Designer THOMAS C. HASE Sandy / Officer 1, tenor JOHN BELLEMER Blazes / Officer 2, baritone CHRISTOPHER BURCHETT* Arthur / Voice of the Cards / Officer 3, bass DAVID CUSHING Chamber Ensemble from the Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Boston at 3:00 pm
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Medford at 3:00 pm
  • Tufts University presents
  • BRAHMS AND HIS CIRCLE
  • Location: Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue
  • Scott Woolweaver, viola, and Frank Glazer, piano,perform Johannes Brahms’ Sonatas Op. 120, Nos. 1 and 2 for Viola and Piano and Heinrich von Herzogenberg’s Legends, Op. 62 and Robert Schumann’s Märchenbilder, Op. 113. Free
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Jamaica Plain at 7:00 pm
  • First Church, Unitarian Universalist ((617) 524-1634) presents
  • Love, Music and Chocolate
  • Location: 6 Eliot Stree
  • A soirée of beautiful music and decadent desserts to benefit the Tower Fund at First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU Boston’s renowned classical guitarist John Muratore Adults $20.00, reserved; at the door,$25.00 Seniors/students $15.00, reserved; at the door $20.00
» In 5 Days: Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 6 Days: Monday, February 13, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 7 Days: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 in Boston at 12:15 pm
  • King’s Chapel presents
  • Mid-Day Recitals
  • Location: Kings Chapel
  • Harriet Bridges, soprano & Sheila Beardslee, recorder “Love Bites” — Baroque Valentines by Bach, Handel, Hotteterre & Monteverdi FREE
» In 7 Days: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
» In 8 Days: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in Boston at 5:30 pm
» In 9 Days: Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Boston at 12:15 pm
  • First Church in Boston presents
  • Mid-Day Recitals
  • Location: First Church in Boston 66 Marlborough St,
  • Amy Dancz, soprano, and Yukiko Oba, piano Claude Debussy: C’est l’extase Noel des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons Apparition Richard Strauss: Die Nacht Schlagende Herzen Presentation of the Rose from Der Rosenkavalier, with Courtney Miller, mezzo-soprano Morgen! Donations accepted
» In 9 Days: Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Boston at 7:00 pm
  • Bulgarian-American Center Madara presents
  • TNT Duo
  • Location: Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory
  • Tania Stavreva, Piano & Teodora Dimitrova, Violin) FROM SOFIA TO BOSTON IN ONE Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978): Poem, Op.7 (1919) – New England Premiere Rachenitza, Op. 18 (1925) – New England Premiere Robert Cohen (b.1945) Five Nights in Sofia for Violin & Piano (2010) – New England Premiere Gypsy Bacchanale Midnight Girl Dancing Snowflakes Mourning Bells Banitza Bang Milcho Leviev (b.1937) Sonata for Violin & Piano (1957) – New England Premiere Allegro Passacaglia-Andante Finale. Prestissimo Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 Students/Seniors; $10 Children at the door
» In 9 Days: Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Boston at 8:00 pm
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra presents
  • Stéphane Denève, conductor
  • Location: Symphony Hall Boston
  • RAVEL – Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite STRAVINSKY – Concerto for Piano and Winds w Peter Serkin SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No. 5
» In 10 Days: Friday, February 17, 2012 in Boston at 1:30 pm
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra presents
  • Stéphane Denève, conductor
  • Location: Symphony Hall Boston
  • RAVEL – Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Suite STRAVINSKY – Concerto for Piano and Winds w Peter Serkin SHOSTAKOVICH – Symphony No. 5
» In 10 Days: Friday, February 17, 2012 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
  • Harvard University Department of Music presents
  • Chiara String Quartet
  • Location: John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard
  • Schubert: Quartet No. 13 in A minor “Rosamunde” Schubert: Quartet No. 12 in C minor “Quartettsatz” Schubert: Quartet No. 14 in D minor “Death and the Maiden” The concert is free but tickets are required from Harvard Box Office, Holyoke Center, beginning February 3rd.
» In 10 Days: Friday, February 17, 2012 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
  • Harvard University Department of Music (S) (617-495-2791) presents
  • Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Olga Kern, piano
  • Location: Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street
  • Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108 Igor Stravinsky, ‘Suite Italienne’ and Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel (dedicated to Vladimir Spivakov) Cesar Franck, Sonata in A Major $66, $56 and $36 for obstructed view seating; 15% discount for Students
» In 11 Days: Saturday, February 18, 2012 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
  • MIT Music Department (KH) ((617) 253-3210) presents
  • Radius Ensemble
  • Location: Killiam Hall, 160 Memorial Drive
  • Edward Cohen 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert New work for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion by MIT alumnus Andrew McPherson; Edward Cohen’s Clarinet Quintet, the Capriccio for solo piano, and ?the Suite for solo flute; ?Echo, for piano trio by Marjorie Merryman. 8pm, Killian Hall. Free
» In 11 Days: Saturday, February 18, 2012 in Cambridge at 8:00 pm
» In 11 Days: Saturday, February 18, 2012 in Boston