Festival Concerts

2027 Festival | June 6-13, 2027

Festival Concerts

In addition to the Festival Operas, each Festival presents a series of concerts showcasing the most accomplished artists and ensembles in early music. For our 2027 Festival—Dragons & Divas—we will be offering 18 Festival Concerts plus the Organ & Keyboard Mini-Festivals.

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MONDAY | JUNE 7, 2027

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5PM | Piffaro

At the Town Square: Music of Renaissance Germany
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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8PM | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Rachel Podger, Director

Bach’s Coffeehouse: Music by Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, and Bach
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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10:30PM | Douglas Ray Williams, bass-baritone
with Boston Early Music Festival Continuo Ensemble

The Poet Sings: Evoking the great bass singers of Purcell’s London
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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TUESDAY | JUNE 8, 2027

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5PM | La Fonte Musica

Michele Pasotti, Director

Enigma Fortuna: The Revolutionary Music of Antonio Zacara da Teramo
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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8PM | Ensemble Polyharmonique & Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

Alexander Schneider, Director

Tender and Noble Simplicity: Ravishing cantatas from Telemann’s Sicilian cycle
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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10:30PM | BEMF Chamber Ensemble with Francesco Corti, organ

Jesse Irons, Concertmaster

Handel: Organ Concertos
The First Lutheran Church of Boston

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WEDNESDAY | JUNE 9, 2027

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5PM | Stile Antico

L’homme armé: Dragons, princes, and warriors
Emmanuel Church, Boston

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8PM | The Gesualdo Six

Owain Park, Director

St. George & The Goddess: From Dido to Oriana—Dragons, divas, and the power of storytelling
Emmanuel Church, Boston

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10:30PM | Rachel Podger, violin

Tutta Sola
Emmanuel Church, Boston

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THURSDAY | JUNE 10, 2027

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9AM–4PM | Organ Mini-Festival

9am: Part One | Katelyn Emerson | PURCHASE »
11:30am: Part Two | Jonathan William Moyer | PURCHASE »
2pm: Part Three | Nathan Laube | PURCHASE »

The First Lutheran Church of Boston

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5PM | Il Pomo d’Oro with Pablo Sosa, flute & Francesco Corti, harpsichord

Generations: Bach to Bach
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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8PM | Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director
Caroline Copeland & Julian Donahue, dancers

Rameau: The Art of Dance
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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10:30PM | Opera Prima with Amanda Forsythe, soprano

Cristiano Contadin, Director

Tormento Seicento: Love and torment in the music of the Italian Baroque
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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FRIDAY | JUNE 11, 2027

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9AM–4PM | Keyboard Mini-Festival

9am: Clavichord | Tatjana Vorobjova | PURCHASE »
First Church Boston

11:30am: Fortepiano | Yi-Heng Yang | PURCHASE »
2pm: Harpsichord | Francesco Corti | PURCHASE »
The First Lutheran Church of Boston

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5PM | Hathor Consort with Dorothee Mields, soprano

The Harmonious Joy of Musical Friends: German songs for voice and viols
Emmanuel Church, Boston

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8PM | Stile Antico

The Lion and the Eagle: The uneasy embrace of England and Spain
Emmanuel Church, Boston

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10:30PM | AGAVE with Reginald Mobley, countertenor & Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano

Mystics, Monsters, and Miracles
Emmanuel Church, Boston

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SATURDAY | JUNE 12, 2027

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4PM | ACRONYM

Leopold I: Dragon & Diva
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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10:30PM | Amanda Forsythe, soprano,
Dorothee Mields, soprano
& Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
with BEMF Continuo Ensemble

The Three Sopranos: Earthly Delights for Angelic Voices
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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SUNDAY | JUNE 15, 2025

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12:30PM | Stefan Temmingh, recorder, Dorothee Mields, soprano & Friends

Let the Dragons Dance: Music of Marais, Purcell, and Eccles
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

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