Auditions

Auditions are open for Assabet Valley Mastersingers. See the auditions page for more information.

May 2, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. A journey in sound along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 30, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Our Composers Close to Home. Music by Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Child, John Harbison, Marti Epstein, and Elena Ruhr, as well as young up-and-coming composer Omar Najmi. Allison Voth, Music Director. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 14, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Map to the Next World. Scott Perkins: A Map to the Next World (World premiere). Draws upon Indigenous American folklore and using words by seven celebrated poets, environmentalists, activists, and anthropologists—Tamiko Beyer, Rachel Carson, Harold Courlander, Joy Harjo, Rachel Morgan, Jay Parini, and Judith Wright. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 28, 2025 (Friday)

6:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Community Sing. An opportunity for musicians and non-musicians of all ages to come together and make music. Whether you read music or just love to sing, you're welcome to join in the fun. Enjoy delicious food and drinks, and take some time to mingle and share in the joy of singing together. Sophia Miller, Guest Artist. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville MA 02143 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Cantata Christmas. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. St. Paul's Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Our Neighbors North and South. A showcase for the works of esteemed Canadian and Mexican composers. John Greer: "A Prairie Boy’s Life" for four hands and quartet; songs by Greer and by John Estacio; music by Daniel Catán, Carlos Chávez, and Arturo Márquez. Allison Voth, Music Director. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

October 25, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Boston Choral Festival: Monteverdi Vespers. Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610. With performances by select area high school choral programs who will have spent the day in immersive workshops, learning and perfecting several choral movements. This concert is a rare opportunity to witness the future of choral music alongside seasoned professionals. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Cyclorama Boston, 539 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 8, 2024 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cantata Singers / New England Philharmonic [MA]: Bonds: Credo. Margaret Bonds: Credo (text by W.E.B. Du Bois). For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Epicenter at Artists for Humanity, 100 West 2nd Street, Boston MA 02127 ⓘ 🔗

April 28, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers / New England Philharmonic [MA]: Sändstrom: Messiah. Sven-David Sandström: Messiah (Boston premiere; commissioned by the Oregon Bach Festival and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart). Maggie Finnegan, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Dylan Morrongiello, tenor; Leroy Davis, bass-baritone; Noah Horn and Tianhui Ng, co-conductors. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

November 11, 2023 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Celebrating Walt Whitman Through Song. Chamber Series recital. Allison Voth, director. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

October 29, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Duruflé Requiem. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Zachary Wadsworth: commissioned work, premiere. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

June 3, 2023 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Voices, Shared. Bach: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196; Roark: Range of Light; Where Endless Ages Roll; premieres of Classroom Cantatas compositions; additional repertoire to be announced. Cantata Singers will join students from the Classroom Cantatas program to present their brand-new compositions, orchestrated and sung by the full ensemble. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. First Parish Dorchester, 10 Parish Street, Dorchester MA 02122 ⓘ 🔗

April 29, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. Based on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Saint Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

February 26, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach's Mass in B minor. J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor (BWV 232) For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Radiant Dawn. Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars; Macmillan: O Radiant Dawn; Betinis: In the bleak midwinter; John Rutter: Carols from Dancing Day. Noah Horn, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2022 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Radiant Dawn. Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars; Macmillan: O Radiant Dawn; Betinis: In the bleak midwinter; John Rutter: Carols from Dancing Day. Noah Horn, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 30, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Oceana. Henry Purcell: They that go down to the sea in ships; Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Elevaverunt fluminat, from Dominus regnavit; Maurice Draughn: "Wade in de Water"; new commision; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae; Charles Hubert Hasting Parry: Crossing the Bar; Arianne Abela: We are the night ocean; Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana. Noah Horn, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Artists For Humanity EpiCenter, 100 W 2nd St., Boston MA 02127 ⓘ 🔗

June 11, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Celebration Concert for David Hoose. Gerald Finzi: Farewell to Arms, op. 9 (William Hite, tenor); Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. David Hoose, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 27, 2022 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Where Love and Hope. James MacMillan: "Child’s Prayer"; Johann Hermann Schein: Dennoch bleib ich stets an dir; Heinrich Schütz: Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391; Maurice Duruflé: Ubi caritas et Amor; Jonathan Dove: "In Beauty May I Walk"; Jocelyn Hagen: "Hands"; Christopher Harris: "My Way Home"; Yehuda Yannay: Le Campane di Leopardi; J.S. Bach: Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72. Katherine Chan, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

February 11, 2022 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Into Your Hands. J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229; Caroline Shaw: "To the Hands"; R. Nathaniel Dett: "Listen to the lambs"; Brandon Waddles: "He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand"; G.F. Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232. Noah Horn, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 12, 2021 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Of All the Kings. Heinrich Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456; Francis Poulenc: "O Magnum Mysterium" from Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël; R. Nathaniel Dett: Ave Maria; J.S. Bach: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen, BWV 248; Jonathan Dove: "The Three Kings"; Margaret Bonds: "The Ballad of the Brown King"; Saunder Choi, arranger: Angels We Have Heard on High. Anthony Trecek-King, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 22, 2021 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Immortal Bach. J.S. Bach: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130; Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19; Komm, süsser Tod; Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149; Nun is das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50; Alec Roth: Lost, from Shared Ground (Ensemble Premiere); Ponticelli: Bridge of Sighs; Alec Roth: "Oak", from Shared Ground; Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach. Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

February 1, 2020 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Under the Northern Lights. Rarely-performed chamber music from Nordic countries Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Longy School Of Music Of Bard College, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

January 31, 2020 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Under the Northern Lights. Rarely-performed chamber music from Nordic countries Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

January 24, 2020 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Copland, Wyner, Ives, and Fine. Charles Ives: General William Booth Enters into Heaven; Psalm 67, "God be merciful unto us"; Yehudi Wyner: Give Thanks for All Things (Cantata Singers' 2010 Commission); Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring; Irving Fine: The Choral New Yorker (orchestration by David Hoose). For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Music from Britain for the Holiday Season. Holiday music from Britain with Cantata Singers' Chamber Chorus. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. United Parish In Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

November 2, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Solomon. George Frideric Handel: Solomon. Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm in Williams Hall. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2019 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bruckner, Stravinsky, and Gabrieli. Anton Bruckner: Mass in E minor; Igor Stravinsky: Mass; Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo. A pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, will be held at 7 pm. Free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $25-$75; 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

April 26, 2019 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Women Composer of America. Chamer music of twentieth and twenty-first century American women composers, including Ruth Crawford Seeger, Amy Beach, Missy Mazzoli, Katharine Parker, and Libby Larson. Musicologist Liane Curtis will give a pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm, free to all ticketholders. Free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $30; 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, 200 Beacon Street, Somerville MA 02143 ⓘ 🔗

March 22, 2019 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: The Creation. F.J. Haydn: The Creation Amanda Forsythe, soprano,;William Hite, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass. Conductor Martin Pearlman will give the pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm in Williams Hall. Free post-concert reception. “I know of no finer Haydn conductor than Cantata Singers director David Hoose.”—music critic Lloyd Schwartz. Single Tickets: $25-$75; 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

February 8, 2019 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Women Composers of Europe. Chamber music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Francesca Caccini, Pauline Viardot, Dora Pejačević, and Clara Schumann. Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm by Elizabeth Seitz, professor of musicology at New England Conservatory. Free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $30; 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, 200 Beacon Street, Somerville MA 02143 ⓘ 🔗

January 25, 2019 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Primosch, Bartók, and Pärt. James Primosch: Matins (Cantata Singers and Winsor Music 2003 co-commission) for solo oboe, chorus, and string orchestra (Peggy Pearson, oboe); Arvo Pärt: Te Deum for three choirs, prepared piano, strings, and tape; Bela Bartók: Divertimento for Strings. Pre-conert talk by James Primosch, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm in Williams Hall. Free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $25-$75; get 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Renaissance Christmas. Motets by Heinrich Schütz, Michael Praetorius, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Orlande de Lassus for eighteen singers and chamber ensemble. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $25-$75; 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

December 7, 2018 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Renaissance Christmas. Motets by Heinrich Schütz, Michael Praetorius, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Orlande de Lassus for eighteen singers and chamber ensemble. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $25-$75; 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

November 3, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach and Harbison. J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 140, "Sleepers, awake"; John Harbison: Sacred Trilogy ("The Flight Into Egypt", "But Mary Stood", "The Supper at Emmaus"), presented in honor of the composer's 80th birthday. The three cantatas that form Harbison's Trilogy were all commissioned by Cantata Singers, but have never before been heard together in one concert. Composer John Harbison and composer and writer Robert Kirzinger will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm in Williams Hall. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception. Single Tickets: $25-$75; Choral Arts New England get 20% discount with code CANE1819. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 13, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Pärt, Victoria, and Harris. Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium defunctorum; Arvo Pärt: Berliner Messe; William Harris: Faire is the Heaven. William Cutter, Director of Choral Programs at MIT, will give a pre-concert talks one hour before the performance. All are welcome at a free reception following the performance. Single Tickets: $25-$75; discounts available for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. Church of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2018 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Pärt, Victoria, and Harris. Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium defunctorum; Arvo Pärt: Berliner Messe; William Harris: Faire is the Heaven. William Cutter, Director of Choral Programs at MIT, will give a pre-concert talks one hour before the performance. All are welcome at a free reception following the performance. Single Tickets: $25-$75; discounts available for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

April 6, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber series: Music of the Baltic Nations. Highlighting composers from the Baltic Nations, including Estonian Veljo Tormis, Latvian Peter Vasks, Lithuanian Jonas Govėdas, and others. Katherine Pukinskis, composer and musicologist, will give a pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm, free to all ticket holders. All are welcome at a free reception following the performance. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2018 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Beethoven's Missa solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis; Arnold Schoenberg: Psalm 130, De profundis. Dana Varga, soprano; Emily Marvosh, alto; Yegishe Manucharyan, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass. Lewis Lockwood, Professor of Music, Emeritus at Harvard University, will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm in Williams Hall. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception. Tickets: $25-$75; discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

February 2, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber series: Music of South America and Spain. Songs for solo treble voices by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Carlos Guastavino, among others. Musicologist Chelsea Burns will give a pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm, free to all ticket holders. All are welcome at a free reception following the performance. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

January 20, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach and Child. J.S. Bach: BWV 2, "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein"; BWV 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"; Peter Child: Lamentations (World Premiere, commission). Inspired by a contemporary poetic translation of the Lamentations from the Old Testament by writer David Rosenberg, Lamentations explores the themes of loss and turmoil, also echoed in BWV 2 and 21. Composer Peter Child will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm in Williams Hall. Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception. Single tickets: $25-$75; discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Noël: Music for the Season in Cambridge. Seasonal music for chamber chorus and ensemble by Schütz, Harbison, Holst and Vaughan Williams, with unusual, and unusually gorgeous, music by Bax and Chadwick. Single Tickets: $25-$75; 20% discount with online code HOLIDAY20. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. Powers Hall, Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave, Needham MA 02492 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Noël: Music for the Season in Cambridge. Seasonal music for chamber chorus and ensemble by Schütz, Harbison, Holst and Vaughan Williams, with unusual, and unusually gorgeous, music by Bax and Chadwick. Single Tickets: $25-$75; 20% discount with online code HOLIDAY20. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

November 17, 2017 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber series: Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn. Lesser-known chamber works by the three Classical composers for voice and piano, including Welsh folk song arrangements by Haydn, and Scottish and Irish folk song arrangements by Beethoven. David Hoose, Music Director of Cantata Singers, will give a pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm, free to all ticket holders. All are welcome at a free reception following the performance. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

November 3, 2017 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Mozart, Haydn, and Zelenka. W.A. Mozart: Misericordias Domini; F.J. Haydn: Symphony No. 80 in D minor; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Divi Xaverii, ZWV 12 (U.S. Premiere). Lisa Lynch, soprano; Alexandra Whitfield, soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Jennifer Webb, alto; Jason Sabol, tenor; Stephen Williams, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass. Pre-concert talk by William Cutter, Director of Choral Programs at MIT. Post-concert soirée in honor of David Hoose's 35th anniversary as Music Director is an additional ticketed event (soirée tickets are $50). Concert tickets: $25-$75 (subscriptions start at $85). For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 12, 2017 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Honegger, Wyner, and Weiner. Arthur Honegger: King David (in French); Yehudi Wyner: Torah Service for chorus, cantor, and brass ensemble; songs and choral music by Lazar Weiner (Yehudi Wyner’s father). In lieu of a pre-concert talk, a Shabbat dinner will be held at 6:30 pm at the Huntington Avenue YMCA at 316 Huntington Ave. (note that prior registration is required to attend the Shabbat dinner). Free post-concert reception. Tickets: $25-$69. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 31, 2017 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber series: Les Six. Music by early 20th century French avant-garde composers Honegger, Auric, Durey, Milhaud, Poulenc, and Tailleferre. Anna Winestein, art historian and Executive Director of the Ballets Russes Arts Initiative, will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 6:30 pm. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

February 26, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. Karyl Ryczek, soprano; Kimberly Leeds, alto; Lynn Torgove, alto; Jennifer Webb, alto; Eric Christopher Perry, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass; Dana Whiteside, bass. New England Conservatory musicologist Ellen Exner gives a pre-concert talks, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm on Friday and 2 pm on Sunday. Free post-concert reception. Tickets: $25-69;, discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

February 24, 2017 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. Karyl Ryczek, soprano; Kimberly Leeds, alto; Lynn Torgove, alto; Jennifer Webb, alto; Eric Christopher Perry, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass; Dana Whiteside, bass. New England Conservatory musicologist Ellen Exner gives a pre-concert talks, free to all ticketholders, at 7 pm on Friday and 2 pm on Sunday. Free post-concert reception. Tickets: $25-69;, discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 20, 2017 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Weiner and Weill. Yiddish art songs by American composer Lazar Weiner and cabaret music by German composer Kurt Weill. Soloists include sopranos Bonnie Gleason and Angelynne Hinson, mezzo-sopranos Lynn Torgove and Jennifer Webb, tenor Michael Bennett, and baritone Brian Church. Supported in part by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Yehudi Wyner, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 6:30 pm. Free post-concert reception. Tickets: $25; discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, 200 Beacon Street, Somerville MA 02143 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Seasonal Celebration. Claudio Monteverdi: Gloria a 7; Laetatus sum; Hugo Distler: “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen” Variations from “The Christmas Story”; Heinrich Schütz: “Nun danket alle Gott”; “Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding”; Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, op. 13. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. St. Paul’s Church, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

December 16, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Seasonal Celebration. Claudio Monteverdi: Gloria a 7; Laetatus sum; Hugo Distler: “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen” Variations from “The Christmas Story”; Heinrich Schütz: “Nun danket alle Gott”; “Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding”; Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, op. 13. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420 ⓘ

November 18, 2016 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber series: Entartete Musik. Music by Arnold Schoenberg, Berthold Goldschmidt, Paul Hindemith, and others labeled “degenerate” composers by the Nazis. Mark Ludwig, Executive Director of the Terezín Music Foundation and violist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will give the pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 6:30 pm. Following the performance, all are welcome at a free post-concert reception. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 200 Beacon Street, Somerville MA 02143 ⓘ 🔗

October 15, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach and Zelenka. J.S. Bach: Cantata 109, “Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben”; Cantata 147, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”; Jan Dismas Zelenka: “Laetatus Sum” (U.S. premiere); ZWV 55, “Tenebrae factae sunt” from Responsoria pro hebdomada Sancta. Lisa Lynch, soprano; Karyl Ryczek, soprano; Emily Marvosh, mezzo-soprano; Kimberly Leeds, alto; Lynn Torgove, alto; William Hite, tenor; Eric Christopher Perry, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass. Pre-concert talk by Scott Allen Jarrett, Director of Music at Marsh Chapel and Music Director of Back Bay Chorale. Free post-concert reception in Williams Hall. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email tickets@cantatasingers.org. New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 20, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach and Pärt. Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament (Boston premiere); J.S. Bach: J.S. Bach: “Komm, Jesu, komm”; Lutheran Mass in A. Pre-concert talk at 7 pm by Scott Allen Jarrett, Director of Music at Marsh Chapel and Music Director of Back Bay Chorale. Free post-concert reception. Single tickets: $25-$69. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. First Church, Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

April 1, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Brahms's Requiem. Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem; J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 60, “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort”; Ricercar; Anton Webern: Five Movements for String Orchestra. Majie Zeller, soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Eric Christopher Perry, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass; Dana Whiteside, bass. Pre-concert talk by John Harbison, composer and former Cantata Singers’ Music Director, at 7 pm in Williams Hall (free to all ticket holders). All are welcome at a free post-concert reception in Williams Hall. Single Tickets $25-$69, discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

January 31, 2016 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: G.F. Handel: Israel in Egypt (complete three-part version). NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115

January 29, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: G.F. Handel: Israel in Egypt (complete three-part version). Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420

November 17, 2015 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Made in America: Songs by Barber, Copland, and Fine. Chamber music by American composers Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Irving Fine. Allison Voth, conductor; Cantata Singers members performing include Brian Church, Angelynne Hinson, Kathy Howard, Kimberly Leeds, Lisa Lynch, Michael Merullo, Jennifer Webb, Ron Williams, and Majie Zeller. Yehudi Wyner will give a pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, at 6:30 pm. All are welcome at a free post-concert reception. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email jhughes@cantatasingers.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, 200 Beacon Street, Somerville MA 02143 ⓘ

October 10, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Choral Classics with Joseph Flummerfelt. A program chosen and led by world-renowned choral conductor Joseph Flummerfelt. Works include Tomás Luis de Victoria: O vos omnes; Pablo Casals: O vos omnes; Peter Maxwell Davies: The Lord’s Prayer; Maurice Duruflé: Notre père; Igor Stravinsky: Pater noster; Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Benjamin Britten: "The Evening Primrose", from Flower Songs; Irving Fine: "The Hourglass"; Samuel Barber: "The Coolin’", from Reincarnations; Aaron Copland: "Long time Ago"; "At the River"; "The Promise of Living", from The Tender Land; Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Wälzer; Neue Liebeslieder Wältzer; Zum schluss. Pre-concert talk at 7 pm by Dr. Jameson Marvin, choral conductor and former Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University. Free post-concert reception in Williams Hall. Single tickets $25-$69 (discounts for students, seniors, and groups); subscriptions available. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email eweddle@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

May 10, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Mozart's C Minor Mass. W.A. Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Elegiac Song, op. 118; F.J. Haydn: Symphony No. 86 in D Major. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

March 20, 2015 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach's Magnificat and Zelenka's Te Deum. Spend Mother's Day with the Cantata Singers. Hear Bach's beloved Magnificat alongside music by Cantata Singers' newest muse, Jan Dismas Zelenka. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

January 31, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Всенощное бдѣніе), op. 37. Sung in Russian. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ

January 24, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Всенощное бдѣніе), op. 37. Sung in Russian. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

November 8, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach and Ruehr. Elena Ruehr: "Eve" (Cantata Singers commission, world premiere); J.S. Bach: “Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben,” BWV 77; “Dem Gerechten muß das Licht immer wieder aufgehen,” BWV 195a. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

May 9, 2014 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach, Zelenka, and Harbison World Premiere. Program includes Bach: Chorale Prelude BWV 649, “Ach, bleib bei uns” orchestrated by David Hoose; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Miserere in C minor, ZWV 57; John Harbison: Supper at Emmaus (world premiere, for soloists, chorus and chamber orchestra); Zelenka: Motets from Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta, ZWV 55; Bach: Cantata BWV 6, “Bleib bei uns, den es will Abend werden”. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115

March 30, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber concert. Songs and small ensemble works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Monteverdi, and Harbison. Allison Voth, Music Director. Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston MA

February 22, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Mendelssohn: Elijah. Free performance, with the support of the Free for All Concert Fund. Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass (Elijah). NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Free admission. (As of Feb. 7, performance is sold out, but rehearsals on Feb. 19 and Feb. 21 have been opened to the public.) NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA ⓘ

February 21, 2014 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Dress rehearsal—Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Free admission. Performance is sold out: reserve rehearsal tickets online or by phone. For more information, call 617-868-5885. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA ⓘ

February 19, 2014 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Rehearsal—Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Free admission (in Lexington). Dress rehearsal on Feb. 21 at Jordan Hall is also open to the public. Performance is sold out: reserve rehearsal tickets online or by phone. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email cnovak@cantatasingers.org. Battin Hall, Cary Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ

December 7, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine). Performed with a full period instrument ensemble. Pre-concert discussion at 7:00 pm with Scott Allen Jarrett. St. Paul’s Church, 29 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge MA 02138

September 20, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Celebration of Bach Cantatas. The 50th Anniversary Season will commence with a reprise of Cantata Singers’ inaugural program. J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 131, “Aus der Tiefen" (Eric Perry, tenor, Dana Whiteside, bass); Bach: Cantata BWV 82, “Ich habe genug” (James Maddalena, baritone, Peggy Pearson, oboe); Bach: Cantata BWV 72, “Alles nur nach Gottes Willen” (Lisa Lynch, soprano, Lynn Torgove, alto, James Dargan, bass). Pre-concert discussion at 7:00 pm with David Hoose and David Rockefeller, Jr. in the Keller Room. Post-concert party in Brown Hall. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston MA 02115

May 10, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Rhetoric's Revolution. W.A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 47 in G, “The Palindrome”; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa votiva in E minor, ZWV 18 (First Boston Performance). Mozart’s iconic yet tender Ave Verum Corpus is paired with Haydn’s apparently simple—but secretly sensational—“Palindrome” Symphony No. 47, and the Boston premiere (in a city rife with early music ensembles) of Bach contemporary Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Mass in E minor. Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm in the Keller Room, and post-concert reception (both free with concert ticket). NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA

March 17, 2013 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Robert Schumann: Four Double Choruses; Marjorie Merryman: Beauty, Grief and Grandeur (First Boston Performance); James MacMillan: The Seven Last Words from the Cross (First Boston Performance). NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA

January 18, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Anton Bruckner: Pange lingua; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Herbert Howells: Requiem; Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir. First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge MA

November 9, 2012 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 114, “Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost”; Frank Martin: Et la vie l’emporta; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Three motets from Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta; J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 3, “Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid”. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA

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