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iCal 7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Debussy and Mahler. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Nikola Hillebrand, soprano; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 1:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Debussy and Mahler. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Nikola Hillebrand, soprano; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Saul. G.F. Handel: Saul. Neal Davies, bass-baritone (Saul); Christopher Lowrey, countertenor (David); Sarah Brady, soprano (Merab); Julie Roset, soprano (Michal); Linard Vrielink, tenor (Jonathan); Jonathan Cohen, conductor. With the H+H Youth Choruses and CitySing participants. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Debussy and Mahler. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Nikola Hillebrand, soprano; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Saul. G.F. Handel: Saul. Neal Davies, bass-baritone (Saul); Christopher Lowrey, countertenor (David); Sarah Brady, soprano (Merab); Julie Roset, soprano (Michal); Linard Vrielink, tenor (Jonathan); Jonathan Cohen, conductor. With the H+H Youth Choruses and CitySing participants. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. ach week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Eleanor Lyons, soprano; Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of Symphony Hall. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 1:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Eleanor Lyons, soprano; Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of Symphony Hall. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Eleanor Lyons, soprano; Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of Symphony Hall. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. ach week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Boston Choral Festival: To the Hands. Caroline Shaw: To the Hands; C. Hubert H. Parry’: I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me; Shawn Kirchner: Unclouded Day; Dieterich Buxtehude: Ad manus from Membra Jesu Nostri. The festival includes a special collaboration with students from Westborough, Arlington, and Lexington High School choirs, who join Cantata Singers on stage after a day of immersive workshops. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: The Back Bay Chorale at Fifty. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Djevo; Maurice Duruflé: Tota Pulchra Es; Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; Alice Parker: "Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal"; Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied; Florence Price: "Desire / Winter Idyl"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, I. Introitus; Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, IV & V; Guiseppe Verdi: Macbeth: Patria oppressa; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono; Guiseppe Verdi: La traviata: Brindisi; Nabucco: Va, pensiero; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu; Margaret Bonds: "I Wish I Knew"; "Set Down, Servant". Karen Slack, soprano; Stephen Spinelli, conductor. With chamber orchestra. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Emmanuel Music [MA]: Dido's Ghost. Errollyn Wallen: Dido's Ghost. Virgil's epic. A modern chamber opera that sets the entirety of Purcell’s original Dido and Aeneas as a dream sequence. Carley DeFranco, Anna/Dido; David Thomas Mather, Aeneas; Jonathan Woody, Elymas/Sorceress; Katherine Maysek, Lavinia/Spirit; Morgan Mastrangelo, Ascanius/First Sailor; Mara Riley, Belinda; Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Director. With the MIT Chamber Chorus. For more information, call 617-536-3356 or email music@emmanuelmusic.org. Thomas Tull Concert Hall at MIT, 201 Amherst Street, Cambridge MA 02142  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. ach week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. NEC Chamber Singers [MA]: Great Music for a Great Space: Beyond Boundaries and Borders. Hildegard von Bingen (arr. Gimon): O Virtus Sapientiae; Lili Boulanger: Pour les funérailles d'un soldat; Joel Thompson: The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed; Evelyn Curenton-Simpson (arr.): "Lord, How Come Me Here"; Michael Bussewitz-Quarm: My Name is Lamiya: Don't Call Me "Refugee"; Caroline Shaw: To the Hands. Erica J. Washburn, conductor. For more information, call 617-585-1100 or email home@pulsifer.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: A Celebration of German Poetry & Song, c. 1150-1450. Poetry and music by Walther von der Vogelweide, Neidhart, the Monk of Salzburg, and Oswald von Wolkenstein, as well as anonymous works from the Glogauer and Lochamer songbooks and the Buxheimer organ book. Priscilla Herreid, director. With winds, brass, and strings from the Philadelphia ensemble Piffaro. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 5:00 PM. King’s Chapel Concert Series [MA]: 20 for 25. Twenty a cappella favorites by Britten, Duruflé, Vaughan Williams, and more performed by the King’s Chapel Choir. For more information, call 617-227-2155 or email hchristensen@kings-chapel.org. Kings Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02108  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. ach week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: Danse Macabre. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version); with similar works by 20th and 21st century French composers that connect Charles Baudelaire Danse macabre to music’s own dance between life and death. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Eric Christopher Perry, Music Director. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: Danse Macabre. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version); with similar works by 20th and 21st century French composers that connect Charles Baudelaire Danse macabre to music’s own dance between life and death. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Eric Christopher Perry, Music Director. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 5:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Renaissance Reimagined. New compositions based on early sources paired directly with the pieces that informed them. Inspired by Roderick Williams’ Ave Verum Corpus (Reimagined), the concert will feature pieces by Nightingale composers Nathan Halbur, Kelvyn Koning, and Ben Perry, as well as by Kerensa Briggs, Caroline Shaw, and Richard J Clark, together with the Renaissance originals. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. ach week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. NEC Symphonic Choir / NEC Philharmonia [MA]: An Evening in Paris. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Lili Boulanger: Psaume 129: "Ils m'ont assez opprimé dès ma jeunesse"; W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297/300a "Paris"; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes. Free admission; ticket required. For more information, call 617-585-1100. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Stile Antico [MA]: The Prince of Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Motets by Palestrina and other leading composers active in Rome, and a new work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad written especially for Stile Antico and this program. Part of the Boston Early Music Festival. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. ach week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: The Fall of a Sparrow: Contemporary Classics. Music by Caroline Shaw, Evelin Seppar, Melinda Wagner, Patricia Van Ness, and others. What is it about the natural world that makes us reflect on our humanity? This program features music about nature, identity, and grief—and how these three themes seem to go together naturally in music and art. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Sacred Place. Alex Berko: Sacred Place; Felix Mendelssohn: Selections from Sechs Lieder, op. 59; works by Alberto Grau, Elaine Hagenberg, Benjamin Britten, Keith Hampton, Anton Bruckner. Hana Cai, Guest Director. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: Eternal Light. Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle; Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Ilyas Iliya: Avoonan Dbishmayy. Jerrick Cavangaro, organ; Jerrick Cavangaro, organ. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Lord Nelson Mass. F.J. Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in angustiis), Hob. XXII:11; Franz Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G, D 167. Deborah Selig, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; David McFerrin, baritone. For more information, call 617-858-6785 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: The Fall of a Sparrow: Contemporary Classics. Music by Caroline Shaw, Evelin Seppar, Melinda Wagner, Patricia Van Ness, and others. What is it about the natural world that makes us reflect on our humanity? This program features music about nature, identity, and grief—and how these three themes seem to go together naturally in music and art. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Koleinu / A Besere Velt [MA]: Tikkun Olam ~ Together in Song. A collaborative concert offering healing and hope to the Jewish Community during these challenging times. With multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat. For more information, email info@koleinu.org. Congregation Kehilath Israel, 384 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: To Saint Cecilia. A celebration of St. Cecilia on her feast day, highlighting music written for her by female composers who epitomized her spirit and by composers who revered her. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Handel’s Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Verdi Requiem. Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem. Ailyn Perez, soprano; Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano; John Osborn, tenor; Maharram Huseynov, bass; Donald Palumbo, guest choral coach and artistic advisor; Benjamin Zander, conductor. For more information, call 617-236-0999 or email boxoffice@bostonphil.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Blessed Cecilia. Benjamin Britten: Hymn to Saint Cecilia; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata for chorus, brass ensemble, and organ. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone; Filippo Ciabatti, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Holiday Concert. Margaret Bonds: The Ballad of the Brown King; George Frederick Handel: Concerto a Due Cori No. 2; Charles Ives: Three Places in New England. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. The Tallis Scholars [MA]: Mother & Child: English music for the Virgin Mary. Music from the English repertoire about the Virgin Mary, including Thomas Tallis’s Missa Puer natus, Benjamin Britten’s A Hymn to the Virgin, and a newly commissioned piece by Matthew Martin. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Blessed Cecilia. Benjamin Britten: Hymn to Saint Cecilia; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata for chorus, brass ensemble, and organ. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone; Filippo Ciabatti, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:30 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: All is Bright. Celebrate the light and warmth of the holiday season with a program including holiday classics and soon-to-be favorites. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. United Parish In Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Frost and Fire. Scott Ordway: North Woods; arrangements by Laura Jobin-Acosta, Greg Brown, and Jocelyn Hagen; a new work chosen from a call for scores from rising women, trans, and nonbinary composers; and medieval chant, early-renaissance polyphony, and American folk tunes and hymnody. For more information, call 605-354-3723 or email lorelei.ensemble@gmail.com. St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Emmanuel Music [MA]: Christmas Oratorio. J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Charles Blandy, Evangelist. For more information, call 617-536-3356 or email music@emmanuelmusic.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: Not-Quite-Winter Concert. The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; Cantata 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (first and last movements); Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Magnificat (last two movements). For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. Payson Park Congregational Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont MA 02478  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Holiday Concert. For more information, call 617-267-7442 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 2:00 PM. Emmanuel Music [MA]: Christmas Oratorio. J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Charles Blandy, Evangelist. For more information, call 617-536-3356 or email music@emmanuelmusic.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cantilena Women's Chorus [MA]: SHINE! Celebrating resilience through song. Rebecca Sacks: “Come, Ye Lovers of Art" (world premiere); Lea Morris: “Be the Light”; Ayrian Norman: “Keep Singing”; Daniel Gawthrop: “There Is Sweet Music”; Mari Esabel Valverde: “Cantares”. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain concert and conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti. A celebration of Christmas in 16th-century Spain, featuring motets by Cristóbal de Morales, villancicos by Francisco Guerrero and Mateo Flecha’s “La Bomba.” Also, Artistic director Scott Metcalfe will discuss the music with On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti. Tickets: $20, $30 premiere, $10 student. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Baroque Christmas. Christoph Graupner: Magnificat in C Major; J.L. Bach: Uns ist ein Kind geboren; Sanctus in C Major, BWV 237; Cantata 63, Christen, ätzet diesen Tag. Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With beloved Carols for choir and audience. Justin T. Blackwell, organ. With brass and percussion. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain. mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Mateo Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain. mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Mateo Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With beloved Carols for choir and audience. Justin T. Blackwell, organ. With brass and percussion. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain. mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Mateo Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. With The Bitumen Brass Quartet. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Baroque Christmas. Christoph Graupner: Magnificat in C Major; J.L. Bach: Uns ist ein Kind geboren; Sanctus in C Major, BWV 237; Cantata 63, Christen, ätzet diesen Tag. Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. With The Bitumen Brass Quartet. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Trinity Parish, 11 Homer Street, Newton Centre MA 02459  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. With The Bitumen Brass Quartet. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One. Samuel Barber: Vanessa. Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano (Erika); Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano (The Old Baroness); Pavel Černoch, tenor (Anatol); Thomas Hampson, baritone (The Old Doctor); Wei Wu, bass (Major Domo/Footman); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One. Samuel Barber: Vanessa. Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano (Erika); Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano (The Old Baroness); Pavel Černoch, tenor (Anatol); Thomas Hampson, baritone (The Old Doctor); Wei Wu, bass (Major Domo/Footman); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Chichester Psalms. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Allison Loggins-Hull: Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni, for flute and orchestra (BSO co-commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1. Seong-Jin Cho, piano; Lorna McGhee, flute; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Program repeats without Chichester Psalms on Friday 1/16 at 7:30 pm). For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Chichester Psalms. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Allison Loggins-Hull: Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni, for flute and orchestra (BSO co-commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1. Seong-Jin Cho, piano; Lorna McGhee, flute; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Program repeats without Chichester Psalms on Friday 1/16 at 7:30 pm). For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: In tongues: Ruehr’s “Cassandra”. Elena Ruehr" Cassandra; music by Julia Wolfe, Alissa Voth, and Isaac Roth Blumfield. Magic spells, prophecies, secrets, prayers; what happens when words mean more than what they say? Speech has the power to persuade, clarify, distort, and to move. In myth, Cassandra’s blessing is that she can see the future; her curse is that no one believes or understands her prophecies. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: In tongues: Ruehr’s “Cassandra”. Elena Ruehr" Cassandra; music by Julia Wolfe, Alissa Voth, and Isaac Roth Blumfield. Magic spells, prophecies, secrets, prayers; what happens when words mean more than what they say? Speech has the power to persuade, clarify, distort, and to move. In myth, Cassandra’s blessing is that she can see the future; her curse is that no one believes or understands her prophecies. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 5:00 PM. King’s Chapel Concert Series [MA]: A Festival of Psalms. A journey through music history and the Book of Psalms by the King’s Chapel Choir. For more information, call 617-227-2155 or email hchristensen@kings-chapel.org. Kings Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02108  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / The Crossing [MA]: poor hymnal and Good News Mass. David Lang Selections from poor hymnal; Carlos Simon: Good News Mass (with video by Melina Matsoukas; BSO co-commission). Jekalyn Carr, soprano; Melvin Crispell III, alto; Zebulon Ellis, tenor; Marc Bamuthi Joseph, librettist and spoken word artist; Thomas Wilkins, conductor. With The Crossing, Donald Nally, Artistic Director, and gospel choruses. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / The Crossing [MA]: poor hymnal and Good News Mass. David Lang Selections from poor hymnal; Carlos Simon: Good News Mass (with video by Melina Matsoukas; BSO co-commission). Jekalyn Carr, soprano; Melvin Crispell III, alto; Zebulon Ellis, tenor; Marc Bamuthi Joseph, librettist and spoken word artist; Thomas Wilkins, conductor. With The Crossing, Donald Nally, Artistic Director, and gospel choruses. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 🔗

iCal 2:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Masterwork Sing-in Series: Fauré Requiem. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem. In collaboration with the Choir of Trinity Church, Copley, with organ and violin. Stephen Spinelli and Colin Lynch, conductors. Members of the public are welcome to join in rehearsing and performing (please bring a score). Free admission. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Trinity Church, Copley Square, 206 Clarendon Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. ACRONYM [MA]: Seelenbräutigam: The Drese Effect. Nearly all of the extant works by Adam Drese and Johann Samuel Drese, with several of J.S. Bach’s arrangements of their music. Including Adam Drese’s funeral motet, Wie selig sind die Toten, the earliest-known work written for slide trumpet. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: In Praise of Laura Peverara: Madrigals for the Concerto delle donne. Madrigals from two anthologies compiled in the 1580s by Laura Peverara, including music by Wert, Marenzio, Luzzaschi, and others. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Feast of Remembrance. JS Bach: Gloria, BWV 191; Cantata, Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120.1; and famous choruses from Handel’s oratorios. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Schumann | Requiem. Heinrich von Herzogenberg: War’s dunkel, ich lage im Walde, Op. 22 No. 1; Nachtlied, Op. 73 No. 1; Johannes Brahms: Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op. 31 No. 3; Robert Schumann: Requiem, Op. 148. Susan Consoli, soprano; Roselin Osser, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; and Richard Giarusso, baritone. For more information, call 617-858-6785 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Brahms with Herbert Blomstedt. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; Schicksalslied; Symphony No. 4. Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 1:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Brahms with Herbert Blomstedt. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; Schicksalslied; Symphony No. 4. Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Il Nuovo Suono ("The New Sound"). A portrait of Claudio Monteverdi through performances of his madrigals and selections of his personal letters. With The Pandora Consort. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Museum of Modern Renaissance, 115 College Avenue, Somerville MA 02144 (View flier🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Lord Nelson Mass. F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass); W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Philippe Sly, bass-baritone; Bernard Labadie, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Masterwork Sing-in Series: Mozart Requiem. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem. Henry Weinberger, piano; Stephen Spinelli, conductor. Members of the public are welcome to join in rehearsing and performing (please bring a score). Free admission. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Il Nuovo Suono ("The New Sound"). A portrait of Claudio Monteverdi through performances of his madrigals and selections of his personal letters. With The Pandora Consort. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Terra Nostra. Stacy Garrop: Terra Nostra: An Oratorio. Dan Ryan, Guest Director For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers / Renaissance Men [MA]: All Night Vigil. Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 47; and Russian, Ukrainian, and other regional folk songs. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Brahms with Herbert Blomstedt. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; Schicksalslied; Symphony No. 4. Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: An Almost Spring Concert. With the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Lord Nelson Mass. F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass); W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Philippe Sly, bass-baritone; Bernard Labadie, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers / Renaissance Men [MA]: All Night Vigil. Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 47; and Russian, Ukrainian, and other regional folk songs. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Seven Words From the Cross. An exploration of the scriptural seven last words of Christ in American choral works and music from around the globe, including William Billings and the Sacred Harp tradition and the modern compositions of Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Church Of The Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Boundless. A concert that crosses international, cultural, and linguistic boundaries in celebration of the vibrant and universal human spirit. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: The Great Equalizer. Music that references natural equalizers such as love and death and man-made equalizers such as education and gun violence. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: And Still They Vanish. James Whitbourn: Annelies. Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Look Up. Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales, oratorio for chorus and live electronics; Meredith Monk: “Other Worlds Revealed” and “Earth Seen from Above,” from Atlas; Molly Herron: Stellar Atmospheres,; Elijah Daniel Smith: Suspended in Spin (Lorelei commission). For more information, call 605-354-3723 or email lorelei.ensemble@gmail.com. Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston MA 02210 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Blood and Honey: Modern Visions of Hildegard. Hildegard von Bingen: music for Saint Ursula; with micro-commissions from five emerging composers from the Boston area that comment on and take inspiration from the Hildegard chants. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Look Up. Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales, oratorio for chorus and live electronics; Meredith Monk: “Other Worlds Revealed” and “Earth Seen from Above,” from Atlas; Molly Herron: Stellar Atmospheres,; Elijah Daniel Smith: Suspended in Spin (Lorelei commission). For more information, call 605-354-3723 or email lorelei.ensemble@gmail.com. Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston MA 02210 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Blood and Honey: Modern Visions of Hildegard. Hildegard von Bingen: music for Saint Ursula; with micro-commissions from five emerging composers from the Boston area that comment on and take inspiration from the Hildegard chants. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 5:00 PM. King’s Chapel Concert Series [MA]: Solomon. G.F. Handel: Solomon. The King's Chapel Choir, soloists, and orchestra. For more information, call 617-227-2155 or email hchristensen@kings-chapel.org. Kings Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02108  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 and Excerpts from Nixon in China. Renée Fleming, soprano (Pat Nixon); Thomas Hampson, baritone (Richard Nixon); Andris Nelsons, conductor. John Adams: The Chairman Dances (March 26 & 28 only); Excerpts from Nixon in China; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 and Excerpts from Nixon in China. Renée Fleming, soprano (Pat Nixon); Thomas Hampson, baritone (Richard Nixon); Andris Nelsons, conductor. John Adams: The Chairman Dances (March 26 & 28 only); Excerpts from Nixon in China; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Haydn’s The Seasons. Joseph Haydn: The Seasons For more information, call 617-267-7442 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 and Excerpts from Nixon in China. Renée Fleming, soprano (Pat Nixon); Thomas Hampson, baritone (Richard Nixon); Andris Nelsons, conductor. John Adams: The Chairman Dances (March 26 & 28 only); Excerpts from Nixon in China; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Johannes Okeghem: Missa Cuiusvis toni. This Mass “in whatsoever mode” can be sung three ways, each with its own distinct scale and harmonic palette. We will sing the complete Mass in all three modes, in a two-part concert interpolating an explanatory presentation by Peter Urquhart and Scott Metcalfe. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Boston Children’s Chorus / Boston City Singers / Handel and Haydn Chamber Choir [MA]: Langston Hughes and Phillis Wheatley: I Dream a World. A U.S. 250th anniversary concert sponsored by Celebrity Series of Boston. Each youth choir presents a unique musical setting of Langston Hughes’ poem “I Dream A World,” by composers Rollo Dilworth, Mike Block, Andre Thomas, Dan Welcher, and others. With the world premiere of a work by B.E. Boykin setting text by Phillis Wheatley, and an arrangement for two cellos of Wheatley’s “A Farewell to America.” Mike Block and Francesca McNeeley, cello. For more information, call 617-778-2242 or email info@bostonchildrenschorus.org. Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing MA 02120 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Mahler Symphony #3. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano. With Radcliffe Choral Society and the Choristers of Saint Paul's Choir School. For more information, call 617-236-0999 or email boxoffice@bostonphil.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Jordi Savall, with Hespèrion XXI, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo & La Capella Reial de Catalunya [MA]: Un mar de músicas (A sea of music): 1440 to 1880. An ensemble of more than 30 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists representing Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Mali, and others, engage in a dialogue that honors the more than 25 million people from across the sea enslaved by European colonial powers over more than four centuries, celebrating their heritage with readings, traditional music from many countries, and works by Gaspar Fernandes and others. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Re-Imaginings. Works by Barber, Elgar, and Mahler alongside transformed songs from artists such as Joni Mitchell, Sarah Bareilles, and Jon Batiste. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Church Of The Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Idomeneo. W.A. Mozart: Idomeneo. David Portillo, Idomeneo; Hera Hyesang Park, Ilia; Valerie Eickhoff, Idamante; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elettra; Omar Najmi, Arbace; Joel Clemens, Il Voce; David Bates, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / New England Philharmonic [MA]: Songs for Peace. Krzysztof Penderecki: Credo; Carlos Carrillo: Cantares. For more information, call 855-463-7445 or email kwelter@nephilharmonic.org. Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester MA 02125  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Idomeneo. W.A. Mozart: Idomeneo. David Portillo, Idomeneo; Hera Hyesang Park, Ilia; Valerie Eickhoff, Idamante; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elettra; Omar Najmi, Arbace; Joel Clemens, Il Voce; David Bates, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 1:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 6:00 PM. Nikghtingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: A New Way to Breathe. Juhi Bansal: A New Way to Breathe, a choral cycle for SATB chorus and cello with poetry by linguist, poet, aphasia, and stroke-survivor Farzana Marie. A premiere performance and recording, in collaboration with Nightingale producer Rose Hegele. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: O Fortuna: A Carmina Burana Spectacular. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. With Choirs of Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Boston Conservatory at Berklee Orchestra; the Dance Division at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Stephen Spinelli, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 2:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Le grant rhetorique: The Music & Poetry of Guillaume de Machaut. Songs and motets by the most famous poet and composer of the 14th century, part of Machaut Weekend (May 1–3, 2026), a mini-festival of events. Tickets $11.50-$95.50 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: To Look for America. Traditional American sacred and secular tunes, protest songs, jazz standards, and contemporary choral works from diverse perspectives, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Trinity Parish, 11 Homer Street, Newton Centre MA 02459  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 2:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Sponsors’ Concert. Joaquin Rodrigo: La Azucena de Quito; Julius Eastman: Symphony No. 2. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: To Look for America. Traditional American sacred and secular tunes, protest songs, jazz standards, and contemporary choral works from diverse perspectives, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus / Highland Glee Club / Apollo Club of Boston [MA]: Let Freedom Sing: Celebrating 250 Years of the American Spirit. Works by Abbie Betinis, Reena Esmail, Dale Trumbore, Andrea Ramsay, and Elizabeth Alexander. Sharon Chen, percussion; Gaeun Ban, piano. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Mass for the Endangered. Sara Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered. Emily Howe, Guest Director For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Cantilena Women's Chorus [MA]: I Rise: Women in Song. Reena Esmail: I Rise: Women in Song. With the Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Bach and Telemann. J.S. Bach: Cantata 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit; Cantata 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden; Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata, Du aber Daniel gehe hin. Robin Johannsen, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Guy Cutting, tenor; Dingle Yandell, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: A New Song. Featuring a commissioned premiere and premieres from Cecilia's past. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Worthy of the Highest Praise: Bembo and Vivaldi. Antonia Bembo: Te Deum; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; with others. Bembo was nearly a contemporary of Vivaldi and also achieved renown as a composer, but is rarely performed today. This performance highlights two classical gems, one very well known and the other much less so. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Da Vinci. Jocelyn Hagen: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci a multimedia concert experience for choir, chamber orchestra, and video projections, and other works inspired by scientific curiosity, ingenuity, and invention. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue #1c, Somerville MA 02143 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Bach and Telemann. J.S. Bach: Cantata 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit; Cantata 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden; Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata, Du aber Daniel gehe hin. Robin Johannsen, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Guy Cutting, tenor; Dingle Yandell, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: A New Era. Michael Gilbertson: New work (commissioned) to text by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Cantata Singers / Brockton Symphony [MA]: Beethoven 9. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: Luminous Rescue: Psalms of Protest and Reconciliation. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Charles Ives: Psalm 90; Patricia Van Ness: Psalms of Luminous Rescue. Janet Stone, soprano; Jerrick Cavagnaro, organ. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Worthy of the Highest Praise: Bembo and Vivaldi. Antonia Bembo: Te Deum; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; with others. Bembo was nearly a contemporary of Vivaldi and also achieved renown as a composer, but is rarely performed today. This performance highlights two classical gems, one very well known and the other much less so. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Music for a Spring Evening. The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Voices Carry. Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das licht gegeben; Carlo Gesualdo: Miserere Mei; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater. James Burton, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Voices Carry. Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das licht gegeben; Carlo Gesualdo: Miserere Mei; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater. James Burton, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Strawberry Festival and Pops! Concert. Strawberries and Ice Cream in the Public Gardens from 6:00–7:15 PM Pops Concert at 7:30 PM; concert follows. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476  🔗

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