CONCERTS…NEXT SEASON
Please join us for our 21st season of revelatory performances by the world's finest early music soloists and ensembles!
Place your Early Subscription Deposit now to guarantee
the best seats available--subscription packages and single tickets
will go on sale in July 2010.
Details on the BEMF Concerts Series in New York City coming soon.
2010-2011 Boston Concert Season
Stile Antico
Friday, October 15, 2010 at 8pm
St. Paul Church in Cambridge
In Paradisum: Swansongs and Memorials by the Renaissance Masters
Stile Antico in their North American début
at the June 2009 Boston Early Music Festival
photo courtesy Julian Bullitt
"Staggeringly beautiful singing." -- The Sunday Times
BEMF Chamber Opera Series
Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Two performances!
Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 3pm
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
Laura Pudwell as Dido Douglas Williams as Aeneas
Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer
"A stageful of superb soloists merged into a superb ensemble."
-- The Boston Phoenix
Symphonie des Dragons
directed by Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe & recorder
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
From the Court to the Stage: The Rise of the French Oboe Band
Gonzalo X. Ruiz
"Expansive phrasing, lush sonorities and deft passagework."
-- San Francisco Examiner
Il Giardino Armonico
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 8pm
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University
A Venezia! Music of Castello, Merula,
Buonamente, Legrenzi, Vivaldi, and Galuppi
"Brightly coloured, individualistic, confident, stylish, arrestingly decorated, bubbling with enthusiasm." -- Gramophone
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Friday, February 25, 2011 at 8pm
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University
The Genius of Mozart
"A joy to hear and thrilling to watch." -- Democrat & Chronicle
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 8pm
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
The Best of the German Baroque
"Stylish and expressive, as well as pyrotechnically breathtaking."
-- The Daily Telegraph
SPECIAL SUBSCRIBER ONLY EVENT!
Extremely limited tickets; not available after August 20, 2010
Presented in partnership with
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 8pm
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University
The Other Amazing Mr. Bach: Symphonies and Concerti of C. P. E. Bach
Steven Devin, harpsichord
Richard Lester, 'cello
"The audience had to hold on to their seats." -- The Guardian
The Tallis Scholars
directed by Peter Phillips
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8pm
St. Paul Church, Cambridge
Celebrating Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
"Music where time stands still." -- The Financial Times
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