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BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Monteverdi: Here I am, ready for kisses!
Saturday, October 16, 2021
7:30pm | New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until November 13, 2021 at 11:59pm (ET)
Danielle Reutter-Harrah & Teresa Wakim, soprano; Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano; Jason McStoots & Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone; Tekla Cunningham, concertmaster; Cynthia Roberts, violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola & viola da gamba; Erin Headley, lirone & viola da gamba; Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord; Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, chitarrone
Piffaro
Joan Kimball & Bob Wiemken, Artistic Directors
Point/Counterpoint: Fuguing in Renaissance Music
Sunday, November 14, 2021
4pm | First Lutheran Church, Boston
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, November 26, 2021 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 9, 2021 at 11:59pm (ET)
BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents
Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin & Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Stage Directors
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director
Saturday, November 27, 2021, 8pm
Sunday, November 28, 2021, 3pm
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 25, 2021 at 11:59pm (ET)
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, Vespetta
Douglas Williams, Pimpinone
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director
Josquin 500: Music of Josquin, Palestrina, and Byrd
Friday, December 10, 2021
8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, December 17, 2021 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until December 24, 2021 at 11:59pm (ET)
Stile Antico
Toward the Dawn: A musical journey from evening to sunrise
Friday, February 18, 2022
8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, March 4, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until March 18, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
Jordi Savall & Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, director
Les Fêtes Royales in Baroque Versailles
Friday, February 25, 2022
8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until March 25, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
Juilliard415 & Royal Early Music
Paul Agnew, director
C. P. E. Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste
Saturday, March 26, 2022
8pm | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, April 8, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until April 22, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
& Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Songs of Parting: Music by Mozart, Haydn, and others
Saturday, April 2, 2022
8pm | New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until April 23, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé, director
Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri: Music of Buxtehude and Schütz
Friday, April 29, 2022
8pm | St. Paul Church, Cambridge
VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, May 13, 2022 at 8pm (ET)
Available to watch until May 27, 2022 at 11:59pm (ET)