Boston Early Music Festival

Boston Early Music Festival:

Summary of Events

Sunday, June 9	Wednesday, June 12	Saturday, June 15
Monday, June 10	Thursday, June 13	Sunday, June 16
Tuesday, June 11	Friday, June 14	Opera in the Berkshires

All venues are located in Boston, Massachusetts, unless otherwise stated. Programs, artists, dates, and venues subject to change.

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Sunday, June 9
3:10pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Lobby, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
3:30pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira \| Opening Performance Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
7pm Concurrent Event	Gala Opening Night Reception The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common, 10 Avery Street
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Monday, June 10
4pm Masterclass	Dame Emma Kirkby, voice Williams Hall at New England Conservatory
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk	"For the First Time…Mozart's Original Instruments Travel to the United States" Matthias Schulz, CEO and Artistic Leader, Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg Williams Hall at New England Conservatory
8pm Concert	BEMF Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation Quartet Music of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, on Mozart's Original Instruments New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
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Tuesday, June 11
5pm Concert	Symphonie des Dragons \| Gonzalo X. Ruiz, director Au Goût du Soldat: Refining Regimental Music in France and Germany New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
8pm Concert	Dame Emma Kirkby, soprano and Paul O’Dette, lute Time Stands Still: Music of John Dowland New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
11pm Concert	Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord Music by Couperin, Froberger, Handel and Bach New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
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Wednesday, June 12
9am Lecture-Demonstration	“…the Sound so Melting and Prolonged…”: An Overview of Ireland’s Early Harp Siobhán Armstrong City Room, Revere Hotel
10am-5pm	Exhibition Revere Hotel Boston
10am-1pm Concurrent Event	SPECIAL EVENT: Mozart's Original Instruments on Display BEMF Exhibition, Revere Hotel Boston
11am Lecture-Demonstration	Harmonic Architecture in Rameau's Music Rémy-Michel Trotier, Doctorand in Musicology at University of Paris-Sorbonne City Room, Revere Hotel
2pm Concert	Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba and Lorenzo Ghielmi, harpsichord Master and Student Emmanuel Church
4pm Masterclass	Peter Sykes, harpsichord Emmanuel Church
5:30pm Pre-Opera Talk	Ellen T. Harris, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
6:40pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Lobby, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
7pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
8pm Concert	La Risonanza \| Fabio Bonizzoni, director Handel: From England to Italy New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
11:15pm Concert	Elizabeth Kenny, lute English eccentrics, French fanatics: Cuthbert Hely, the Gaultiers, and Robert Johnson Emmanuel Church
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Thursday, June 13
9am Lecture-Demonstration	Modern Technology for Early Music Various BEMF Artists and Directors City Room, Revere Hotel
9am Mini-Festival	Organ Mini-Festival: Part One William Porter First Lutheran Church, Boston
9:30am Dance Workshop	Dance Workshop Session I Melinda Sullivan, BEMF Ballet Mistress Emmanuel Church, Music Room
10am-6pm	Exhibition Revere Hotel Boston
11am Masterclass	Amandine Beyer, violin Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street
11:30am Mini-Festival	Organ Mini-Festival: Part Two Lorenzo Ghielmi First Lutheran Church, Boston
2pm Mini-Festival	Organ Mini-Festival: Part Three John Scott First Lutheran Church, Boston
2:30pm Masterclass	Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
5pm Concert	The Newberry Consort \| David Douglass & Ellen Hargis, directors with Exsultemus \| Shannon Canavin, Artistic Director Rosa das Rosas: Cantigas de Santa Maria New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
8pm Concert	Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Robert Mealy, director The Birth of the Orchestra: The Extravagant and Sonorous Music of Paris and Rome, ca. 1700 New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
11pm Concert	Atalante \| Erin Headley, director In Carmine Dolore: Ancient Classical and Biblical Laments of 17th-century Rome Emmanuel Church
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Friday, June 14
9am Lecture-Demonstration	The Reflections of Memory: The Early Opera Stage Work of Gilbert Blin Gilbert Blin, BEMF Stage Director in Residence City Room, Revere Hotel
9:30am Dance Workshop	Dance Workshop Session II Korin Modigh, BEMF Dance Ensemble member Emmanuel Church, Music Room
10am Masterclass	Ellen Hargis, Paul O’Dette, and Stephen Stubbs 17th-century accompanied solo song Goethe-Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
10am-6pm	Exhibition Revere Hotel Boston
10:30am Mini-Festival	Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part One Peter Sykes & Fabio Bonizzoni, harpsichord Museum of Fine Arts
12:30pm Mini-Festival	Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part Two Anthony Romaniuk & Yi-heng Yang, fortepiano Museum of Fine Arts
2:30pm Mini-Festival	Keyboard Mini-Festival: Part Three Peter Sykes & Ulrika Davidsson, clavichord Museum of Fine Arts
5pm Concert	Gli Incogniti \| Amandine Beyer, director Viennoiseries: Austrian Music in the Stylus Phantasticus from the 17th century New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
5:30pm Pre-Opera Talk	Ellen T. Harris, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
6:40pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Lobby, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
7pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
8pm Concert	The Hilliard Ensemble A Hilliard Songbook Emmanuel Church
11:15pm Concert	Siobhán Armstrong, early Irish harp and Aine Ni Dhroighneain, voice My Small Dark Rose: Music of Early Ireland Emmanuel Church
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Saturday, June 15
10am-1pm Concurrent Event	Opera Symposium: Producting and Performing Handel’s Almira Professor Ellen T. Harris (MIT), BEMF Almira directoral team members Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Gilbert Blin, Anna Watkins, Caroline Copeland, and Carlos Fittante Revere Hotel Boston
10am-6pm	Exhibition Revere Hotel Boston
12pm Masterclass	Paul Leenhouts, recorder Emmanuel Church, Parish Hall
2:30pm Concert	Hespèrion XXI \| Jordi Savall, director Istanbul: Dimitrie Cantemir's The Book of the Science of Music and the Ottoman, Sephardic & Armenian traditions New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
3pm Concurrent Event	Family Day: Session I A tour of the BEMF Exhibition Revere Hotel Boston
4pm Concurrent Event	Family Day: Session II Music for the King's Court: Exploring the Early Winds David Coffin, BEMF Director of Education Revere Hotel Boston
8pm Chamber opera	Chamber Opera Double Bill Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
11pm Concert	Tragicomedia and Friends \| Stephen Stubbs, director Singen, Spielen, Tanzen, Trinken New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
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Sunday, June 16
12:30pm Concert	The Royal Wind Music \| Paul Leenhouts, director Angeli, Zingare e Pastori: Symbols & Allegories in Italian Renaissance Music New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
2pm Pre-Opera Talk	Ellen T. Harris, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
3:10pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Lobby, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
3:30pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College	Buy Tickets
7:30pm Concurrent Event	BEMF Pub Party Jacob Wirth Restaurant, 31-37 Stuart Street
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Friday, June 21 \| Opera in the Berkshires
5:30pm Pre-Opera Talk	*Members of the Almira* Directorial Team** Lobby, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
6:40pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
7pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center	Buy Tickets
10:30pm Concurrent Event	Meet-the-Artists Reception Castle Street Café, 10 Castle Street, Great Barrington
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Saturday, June 22 \| Opera in the Berkshires
5:30pm Pre-Opera Talk	*Members of the Almira* Directorial Team** Lobby, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
6:40pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
7pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center	Buy Tickets
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Sunday, June 23 \| Opera in the Berkshires
1pm Pre-Opera Talk	*Members of the Almira* Directorial Team** Lobby, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
2:10pm Fanfare	Opening Fanfare with members of the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
2:30pm Opera	George Frideric Handel’s Almira Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center	Buy Tickets