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iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Cape Cod Symphony [MA]: To The Sea. Ralph Vaughn Williams: Sea Symphony; Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’Ocean from Miroirs; Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea ll. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; James Blachly, conductor. For more information, call 508-362-1111 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Branstable Performing Arts Center, 744 W Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Cape Cod Symphony [MA]: To The Sea. Ralph Vaughn Williams: Sea Symphony; Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’Ocean from Miroirs; Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea ll. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; James Blachly, conductor. For more information, call 508-362-1111 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Branstable Performing Arts Center, 744 W Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: April Fools: Music and Humor. Music by PDQ Bach, Tom Lehrer, Jaako Mäntyjärvi, and others. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston MA 02125  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Four Funerals and a Wedding. Henry Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary; Herbert Howells: Take Him Earth, For Cherishing; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Howard Goodall: "Lacrymosa: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" from Eternal Light: A Requiem; Daniel Pinkham: "Wedding Cantata". For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: The Range of Light. Ēriks Ešenvalds: Yosemite: Impressions of Light and Shadow (World premiere, commissioned work).; Francisco J. Núñez: Naturaleza; Jake Runestad: The Peace of Wild Things; Come to the Woods; The Swingles: "Anthem" from Until It's Gone; Ben Parry: Sunrise. Lisa Graham, conductor. Tickets: $35 general admission, $30 senior, $45 preferred seating; free with Card to Culture. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Brookline Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Heaven is Here: Mendelssohn and Britten. Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42; Benjamin Britten: The Company of Heaven. Sarah Yanovitch-Vitale, soprano; Michael Merullo, tenor; Alan McLellan, speaker. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 seniors, $10 children 10 & under. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Brookline Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Heaven is Here: Mendelssohn and Britten. Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42; Benjamin Britten: The Company of Heaven. Sarah Yanovitch-Vitale, soprano; Michael Merullo, tenor; Alan McLellan, speaker. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 seniors, $10 children 10 & under. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Monteverdi Vespers. Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine. Sonja DuToit Tengblad and Corrine Byrne, sopranos; Lisa Barone, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, Ethan DePuy, Michael Merullo, tenors; Bradford Gleim and Dana Whiteside, baritones. With musicians from several of the nation’s leading period instrument ensembles, including Boston Baroque, Dark Horse Consort, and Handel and Haydn Society. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Artists for Humanity Epicenter, 100 W 2nd Street, Boston MA 02127  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana . Caroline Corrales, soprano; Jason Budris, tenor; Bradford Gleim, baritone. With Pazzi Lazzi Troupe, a Boston-based Commedia dell’Arte company. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Celtic Crossroads. A rousing, rollicking celebration of music from Irish and Celtic traditions, with Fellswater (https://www.fellswater.com/). Hear some of your favorite tunes and even sing along with our merry band!! Note: tickets are ONLY available in advance - no tickets will be sold at the door. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. JFK Library, Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: For The Earth. Works by Steven Sametz, Eriks Esenvalds, Joni Mitchell, selections from Scott Ordway’s “The End of Rain” and more—an exploration of our planet’s beauty, fragility, and our shared custody of its future. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Emily Marvosh, mezzo soprano; Dana Whiteside, baritone. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Artists For Humanity EpiCenter, 100 W 2nd St., Boston MA 02127  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert. Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert. With soprano Gabrielle Goodman; tap dancer Ian Berg, the Boston Jazz Orchestra, and special guest artist Mercedes Ellington. Join us for an exciting collaboration featuring some of Boston’s finest artists and Duke Ellington's granddaughter! Tickets: $35 regular, $45 premium, $5 discount senior/student. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Brookline MA 02446  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir - Bridging 300 Years of Polyphony. Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir; with a piece by Giovanni Gabrieli. Free tickets available to EBT/WIC cardholders at the venue on the evening of the event. Parking available at University Place Garage, off of Mount Auburn Street, behind the Charles Hotel (separate from the Charles Hotel garage). Note: All guests 12 and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an FDA or WHO authorized or approved vaccine and must show proof of vaccination at their time of entry with their ticket. Children 5-11 must have received at least one dose of an FDA or WHO authorized or approved vaccine. Children under age 5 years old will not be admitted. All guests will be required to wear face coverings at all times. For more information, email tickets@metropolitanchorale.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: 3rd Annual Beer Choir - Octoberfest! Join the Metropolitan Chorale, conductor Lisa Graham, and collaborative pianist Julia Scott-Carey at Remnant Brewing's beautiful (and large) OUTDOOR patio! In line with CDC guidelines for safe singing, we will be requiring masks to be worn at this event. Attendees who are not members of the chorale will pay $15 at the door to help support our organization, which includes a ticket for your first beer! You'll also get access to all the music you need for the evening. Yes, you'll be singing right along with us and you'll probably even know a lot of the songs already! Reserve your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beer-choir-2021-oktoberfest-tickets-169531801181 For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Remnant Brewing, 2 Bow Market Way, Somerville MA 02143  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [online]: Home - Virtual concert including world premiere. This virtual presentation will feature the world premiere of a suite of four new pieces by Steven Sametz, with some old and new favorites. This project is a self-portrait; a snapshot of our year together in a virtual space, and the newfound significance of “home.” Members took part by contributing their own reflections on the concept of home over the past year, which then served as text for these new works, making this concert especially personal and unique for us. The concert will also feature works by Brahms and Stephen Paulus. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Online  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [online]: Virtual Egg Nog Sing. Bring on the holiday cheer with our Virtual Egg Nog Sing! Join Metropolitan Chorale's Music Director Lisa Graham and collaborative pianist Julia Scott-Carey. Sing your favorite holiday songs with us from the comfort of your home and whip up some egg nog! Your ticket includes access to the PDF of our songbook for the evening. The zoom link for the event will be included on your eticket. You will receive the PDF of the song book via email closer to the event. For more information, email operations@metropolitanchorale.org. Online  🔗

iCal 7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [online]: Metropolitan Chorale Summer Sing - Virtual Beer Choir. It's a Virtual Beer Choir sing-along! Join Metropolitan Chorale's Music Director Lisa Graham, and collaborative pianist Julia Scott-Carey! Your ticket includes access to the PDF of our songbook for the evening (check your email closer to the event date). We have partnered with Turtle Swamp Brewing for this event. Be sure to check out the offerings of this great local business here: https://turtleswampbrewing.square.site/s/order?location=11ea742a85a16367a53a0cc47a2b63cc For more information, email operations@metropolitanchorale.org. Online  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: The World's Fair. [Note new venue! The concert will also be presented as a Live Stream on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/metrochorale/] Musical stories from the World Expositions of Paris, London, New York, Chicago. Showcasing new music and celebrating musical heritage simultaneously, the fairs also featured musicians from many cultures and countries, challenging perceptions that redrew boundaries of musical experience. The journey begins in the late 19th century, where the world's musics collided and new works showcased the talent of the time. From Paris we see that everything old is new again, and New York- we learn that it really is a small world, after all. For more information, call 508-816-3496 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. New England Philharmonic / Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Together & Apart. Judith Weir: Moon and Star (featuring Metropolitan Chorale); John Adams: The Chairman Dances; Bernard Hoffer: Violin Concerto No. 2, “Decapod” (World premiere; Danielle Maddon, violinist); Bela Bartok: Kossuth (First Boston performance). Richard Pittman, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 6:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Summer Sing - Beer Choir style! Join the Metropolitan Chorale for our Summer Sing at Turtle Swamp's Beer Garden. We'll gather together to sing some classic choral chestnuts, anthems, and choruses, as well as selections from the Beer Choir Hymnal, under the direction of Lisa Graham. You'll have a chance to meet singers and join voices while enjoying some fabulous local craft brews. Your $20 admission ticket includes your first beer and all the music you'll need for the evening. See https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10438789. Beer consumption is not required to have a great time with us, so we would love to have you even if beer isn't your thing. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Turtle Swamp - Roslindale Substation, 4228 Washington Street, Roslindale MA 02131  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. The Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore and The Medieval Bestiary. Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore; R. Murray Schafer: A Medieval Bestiary. Fantastical creatures come alive in our collaboration with the Puppet Showplace Theater (https://www.puppetshowplace.org/), featuring the Callithumpian Consort (http://www.callithumpian.org/). For more information, call 508-816-3496 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: The Creative Impulse. Protest. Resist. Persist. Songs born from struggle have broken barriers and united people the world over. With repertoire from the Holocaust, the Baltic Singing Revolution, the Civil Rights Movement, and other periods of unrest from around the globe, the Metropolitan Chorale explores music as an agent of change. With WGBH's Jim Braude and Margery Eagan as narrators. Audience members will have opportunity to lend their own voices to the experience. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 2:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale and Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem. The combined voices of the Metropolitan and Commonwealth Chorales (180+ voices) present Verdi's titanic masterpiece under the baton of Lisa Graham. Antonia Tamer, soprano; Vera Savage, mezzo-soprano; Yeghishe Manucharyan, tenor; James Harrington, bass. Tickets: $35 general admission, $45 preferred seating, $30 seniors, $10 student rush with ID; free with the EBT Card. For more information, call 508-816-3496 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115  🔗

iCal 7:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Summer Sing - R. Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. All are welcome. No reservations necessary. Invite your friends. Bring your own score or borrow one from us. Dr. Lisa Graham, Music Director of the Metropolitan Chorale, will be conducting. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Northern Lights. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds and others from Iceland, Scandinavia and North America, accompanied by a light show. A Q&A with Director and Lighting Design Team will follow the performance. Tickets: $45 preferred seating, $35 adults ($5 off for seniors and members of WGBH and Coolidge Corner Theatre), $20 students. For parking details and coupons, visit http://greaterbostonparking.com/harvard.html or call 617-491-0801. For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Metropolitan Chorale presents Une vague du Souvenir (Wave of Remembrance). Gabriel Faurë: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine; Lili Boulanger: Psalm 129; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes. With the Brookline Symphony. Sonja Tengblad, soprano, and David McFerrin, baritone; Lisa Graham, conductor. With the Brookline Symphony, Andrew Altenbach, conductor. Tickets: $25 adults, $20 students and seniors, $35 preferred seating. For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Metropolitan Chorale presents Une vague du Souvenir (Wave of Remembrance). Gabriel Faurë: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine; Lili Boulanger: Psalm 129; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes. With the Brookline Symphony. Sonja Tengblad, soprano, and David McFerrin, baritone; Lisa Graham, conductor. With the Brookline Symphony, Andrew Altenbach, conductor. Tickets: $25 adults, $20 students and seniors, $35 preferred seating. For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: All-Night Vigil. Sergei Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Songs of Innocence. Steven Sametz: A Child’s Requiem (an oratorio composed in 2014 as a response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School); music by Rutter, Tormis, and Maxwell Davies. David Vanderwal, tenor; with the Handel and Haydn Society’s Young Women’s Choir. For more information, call 617-734-1904. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus; Chandos Anthem No. 11, “Let God Arise”; Coronation Anthem No. 1, “Zadok the Priest”. For more information, call 617-734-1904. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02445

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Choral Britannia: Masterpieces from the Cathedral Tradition and Beyond. Works by Parry, Finzi, Howells, MacMillan and Lennon/McCartney. Ian Watson, organ. Tickets $45 (preferred) and $35 general, $5 discount for students and seniors, available from http://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/10110012. Seating is general by section. For more information, call 617-734-1904. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138  🔗

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Sibelius, Symphony No. 4 | Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem. Sibelius: Symphony No. 4; Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem. Dana Vargas, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone. With the Brookline Symphony, Adam Boyles, conductor. Tickets: $25 Adults, $20 Students, Seniors, Coolidge Corner or WGBH Members, $15 Groups of 10 or more. For more information, call 804-519-2221 or email jesselimbachercomposer@gmail.com. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Sibelius, Symphony No. 4 | Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem. Sibelius: Symphony No. 4; Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem. Dana Vargas, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone. With the Brookline Symphony, Adam Boyles, conductor. Tickets: $25 Adults, $20 Students, Seniors, Coolidge Corner or WGBH Members, $15 Groups of 10 or more. For more information, call 804-519-2221 or email jesselimbachercomposer@gmail.com. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Gioachino Rossini: Petite messe solennelle. With Giuseppe Verdi: Pater Noster. Deborah Selig, soprano; Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Lost in the Stars. Hits from Broadway and the best of the American popular song with favorites by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and more. Featuring internationally acclaimed baritone Justin Hopkins singing selections from Porgy and Bess, Les Misérables and Showboat. For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Handel: Israel in Egypt. With The Zamir Chorale, Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director. Presented with the generous support of the Seth Sprague Charitable Foundation and Educational Trust. For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: The Ecstasies Above. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year; Tarik O’Regan: The Ecstasies Above. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02445

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: The Ecstasies Above. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music (quotes Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in an ethereal setting); Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year (Dickinson and Tennyson); Tarik O’Regan: The Ecstasies Above (imaginatively portrays Edgar Allen Poe’s poem "Israfel"). For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

iCal 7:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Carmina Burana Open Sing. Scores for Free. Beer for Sale. For more information, call 617-734-2501 or email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: Beethoven Mass. Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Op. 86; J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme." With Dana Schnitzer, Soprano; Oriana Dunlop, Mezzo-Soprano; Charles Blandy, Tenor; Matthew Wight, Bass; and orchestra, Tickets $25 Adults, $20 Seniors, Students, Coolidge Corner Theatre and WGBH Members, $15 Groups of 10 or more. For more information, email metropolitanchorale@gmail.com. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445

iCal 3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: American Stories. Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (Narrated by NPR’s Here & Now co-host Robin Young); Halsey Stevens: The Ballad of William Sycamore; Charles Ives: The Circus Band; David Conte: Elegy for Matthew; Howard Hanson: Song of Democracy; Lee Hoiby:Last Letter Home; and selections from the musical Ragtime. In collaboration with the Brookline Symphony, Adam Boyles, conductor. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

iCal 8:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline [MA]: American Stories. Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (Narrated by NPR’s Here & Now co-host Robin Young); Halsey Stevens: The Ballad of William Sycamore; Charles Ives: The Circus Band; David Conte: Elegy for Matthew; Howard Hanson: Song of Democracy; Lee Hoiby:Last Letter Home; and selections from the musical Ragtime. In collaboration with the Brookline Symphony, Adam Boyles, conductor. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

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  • Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ [ME]: Grand Opera Meets the Mighty Kotzschmar. ChoralArt Masterworks performs opera transcriptions with the Mighty Kotzschmar organ in an evening of musical splendor! James Kennerley, Portland Municipal Organist; Robert Russell, ChoralArt Director; Philip Lima, Baritone. [11/17/2024] Portland ME