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News, Season Announcement

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale Unveils 2025-26 Season

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The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale has announced its 2025-26 season. “The 2025-26 Season is rooted in discovery—of voices from the past and present, of beloved favorites, rarely heard works, and fresh perspectives… Through thoughtful community engagement initiatives to develop new audiences and future supporters, we’re offering everyone a chance to experience this music with renewed depth, curiosity, and joy,” {…}

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Washington Bach Consort Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Washington Bach Consort has released the details of its 2024-25 season. For the purposes of this article only vocal works are included. Opening the ensemble’s 47th season is Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion.” Aaron Sheehan sings the Evangelist, with Jonathan Woody as Jesus. Sopranos include Clara Rottsolk and Margot Rood, Kristen Dubenion-Smith and Rhianna Cockrell sing the alto parts, with tenors Jacob {…}

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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is the rundown of the vocal performances on offer. All performances are set to take place at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, the Bing Concert Hall in Stanford, and First Congregational Church in Berkeley. First up is “Vivaldi, Venice, and ‘The Four Seasons.’” The showcase will feature soprano {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Boston Early Music Festival 2023 Review: The Dragon of Wantley

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Credit: Kathy Wittman It might be ingenuous to say, but in one’s opinion any opera that features a dragon singing a long melisma on the word “whore,” especially when it follows the ominous words “son of a,” is an unforgettable piece of theater. “The Dragon of Wantley” is based on the old legend that a dragon roamed South Yorkshire, a {…}

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Erika Grimaldi, Michael Sumel & Joélle Harvey Lead National Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 Season

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The National Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performance for the season. Gianandrea Noseda conducts soloists Denis Kozhukhin, Elena Stikhina, Sergey Skorokhodov, and Alexey Markov in Rachmaninoff’s “The Rock,” Piano Concerto No. 4, and “The Bells.” Performance Dates: Sept. 28-30, 2023 Kevin John Edusei and Katerina Burton lead a program that includes {…}

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Erin Morley, John Holiday & Joélle Harvey Lead Handel and Haydn Society’s 2023-24 Season

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The Handel and Haydn Society has announced its 2023-24 season, the first under new Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen. “This season we will make the old new again as our orchestra and chorus approach every piece of music with passion, vitality, and freshness on instruments from the period as the composers intended,” said Jonathan Cohen, Artistic Director of the Handel and {…}

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Tenet Vocal Artists to Open New Season With ‘The Motets of J.S. Bach’

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Tenet Vocal Artists is set to kick off its 2022-23 season with a performance of “The Motets of J.S. Bach” on Sept. 18, 2022. The works to be performed include “Singet dem Herrn,” “Komm Jesu, komm,” “Jesu, meine Freude,” “Oh Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht,” and Der Gaist hilft.” There will also be music by Georg Philipp Telemann. Soloists include {…}

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TENET Vocal Artists Unveils 2022-23 Season

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TENET Vocal Artists has announced its 2022-23 season. First up is a program entitled “Motets of J.S. Bach” with such soloists as Jolle Greenleaf, Molly Quinn, Clifton Massey, Thomas Parsons, James Reese, Aaron Sheehan, Charles Wesley Evans, and Jonathan Woody. The showcase will take place at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Performance Date: Sept. 18, 2022 Next up is “Polifonía de {…}