2008-2009 Season
Collegium Vocale Gent
with guest director Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
The Haydn Songbook
October 18 • First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Hespèrion XXI
directed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Music from the Time of Cervantes
October 25 • Sanders Theatre at Harvard University
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Opera Series
Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Lucy Graham, Choreographer
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer
John Blow's Venus and Adonis
Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Actéon
November 29 • New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
Venice Baroque Orchestra
with Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Music of Vivaldi, Galuppi, and Albinoni
January 17 • Emmanuel Church
January 18 • The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City
Sarasa Ensemble with
Dominique Labelle, soprano and Michael Chance, countertenor
Music of Handel, Purcell, and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
February 7 • First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
February 9 • The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City
Concerto Palatino
directed by Bruce Dickey and Charles Toet
with James David Christie, organ
A Magnificent Noise: Music from Venice to Hamburg
February 14 • Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College
Presented in collaboration with the Concert Series at Wellesley College
Petra Müllejans, violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Mozart Sonatas and Variations
March 21 • Paine Hall at Harvard University
March 24 • The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City
The Tallis Scholars
directed by Peter Phillips
Music for Double Choir by Palestrina, Lassus, Gibbons, and others
April 3 • St. Paul Church in Harvard Square
