Boston Early Music Festival

We are thrilled to invite you to join the Boston Early Music Festival for our 23rd annual Concert Series featuring superb performances by the world’s most sought-after artists and ensembles. With each new season, BEMF offers unique opportunities to experience the most daring and extraordinary musicians performing today. These unparalleled artists have crafted exquisite programs of early music, offering both enduring repertoire and opportunities for discovery for intimate and revelatory experiences to last a lifetime.

	Friday, April 5, 2013 at 8pm St. Paul Church, Cambridge Learn more Treasures of the Renaissance: Masterpieces from the Golden Age of Choral Music “Their sound has the urgency and freshness you get from young voices, and an amazing rhythmic vitality.” —The Daily Telegraph
PAST CONCERTS
	Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 8pm Emmanuel Church, Boston Learn more Concertare: Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, and dall’Abaco "Concerto Köln offers an exhilarating authentic-band experience.” —Classic FM (London)

Jordi Savall	Jordi Savall, director Friday, November 2, 2012 at 8pm New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston Learn more Musical Europe: The Golden Age of Consort Viol Music (1500–1700) “Jordi Savall testifies to a common cultural inheritance of infinite variety. He is a man for our time.” —The Guardian


	TWO PERFORMANCES! Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8pm Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 3pm New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston Learn more Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Aaron Sheehan, Orfeo “A popular tradition among local early music fans.” –The Boston Globe

	Peter Phillips, director Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 7:30pm St. Paul Church, Cambridge Learn more Love is Better than Wine: Music for the Holiday Season by Vivanco, Lassus, Pärt, and Praetorius “Inspiring and deeply moving.” –The Telegraph

	Robert Mealy and Julie Andrijeski, directors Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 8pm First Church Cambridge, Congregational Learn more Fantasticus: The Extravagant and Virtuosic Chamber Music of 17th-century Germany “Their playing is drop-dead gorgeous with a wonderful interplay of timbres.” —Early Music America

	Andrea Marcon, director Friday, February 8, 2013 at 8pm Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, Cambridge Canceled due to weather conditions.

	Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 8pm First Lutheran Church, Boston Learn more Double Bach Recital “The whole performance was gorgeous and elicited a prompt standing ovation.” —Chamber Music Today

PAST CONCERTS