For more than three decades, the Boston Early Music Festival has brought the world’s most superb and accomplished artists and ensembles—specializing in Early Music—to the Boston concert stage! Each season offers a new opportunity to experience the most legendary, the most daring, and the most extraordinary musicians performing today. Join us for the 2012–2013 Concert Series and create musical memories to last a lifetime. Don’t miss a note—reserve your seats today!
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Saturday, October 27 at 8pm Emmanuel Church, Boston 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
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston 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 |
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Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston “A popular tradition among local early music fans.” –The Boston Globe |
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St. Paul Church, Cambridge Love is Better than Wine: Music for the Holiday Season by Vivanco, Lassus, Pärt, and Praetorius “Inspiring and deeply moving.” –The Telegraph |
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Robert Mealy and
Julie Andrijeski, directors
First Church Cambridge, Congregational 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 |
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Andrea Marcon, director
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, Cambridge Italian Concertos for Single and Multiple “Joy and a sense of discovery are everywhere.” —The Times (London) |
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First Lutheran Church, Boston Double Bach Recital “The whole performance was gorgeous and elicited a prompt standing ovation.” —Chamber Music Today |
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St. Paul Church, Cambridge 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 |