Auditions

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

May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: To the Hands. Tracy Wong: Antata (Between); Sarah Quartel: “I Will Be With You”; Caroline Shaw: “To Thy Hands”; and other works by predominantly women composers that celebrate strength, resilience, and grace through the powerful metaphor of human hands. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 8, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Earth Have Voice. Alberto Grau: Kasar mie la gahie; Joe Twist: “How Shall We Sing In A Strange Land?” that underscore our global and timeless relationship with the Earth. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 7, 2024 (Saturday)

6:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Northern Light. Part Uusberg: Valgusele (For light); Ola Gjelio: “Northern Light”; Eric Barnum: “Sweeter Still”; and other Nordic-inspired works. With traditional holiday carols as well. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 18, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Fauré Requiem. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem. Staged performance in collaboration with director Patrick Chiu. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Lutheran Church of the Newtons, 1310 Centre Street, Newton Centre MA 02459 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: My Journey Yours: Immigrant Stories. A multilingual program of works by immigrant composers and writers. Judith Shatin: La Frontera; Melissa Dunphy: "N-400 Erasure Song"; Sydney Guillaume: “Finding a Home”; and songs from several of the immigrant communities of Boston. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street, East Cambridge MA 02141 ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: My Journey Yours: Immigrant Stories. A multilingual program of works by immigrant composers and writers. Judith Shatin: La Frontera; Melissa Dunphy: "N-400 Erasure Song"; Sydney Guillaume: “Finding a Home”; and songs from several of the immigrant communities of Boston. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street, East Cambridge MA 02141 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2023 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Silent Night, Silent Light. Arvo Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons (selections); Jake Runestad: “Winter Star”; Kim Baryluk: “Solstice Carol”; with traditional holiday music and carols. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

October 21, 2023 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: PopUp Boston! A 30-minute family-friendly program with joyful music from the many diverse communities that call Boston home. Pieces include “Kalinda” in Haitian Creole; “Balelaikka,” a Tamil tongue-twister from India; “Salseo,”a Venezuelan song with a salsa beat; and the stirring “Song for the People” by Melissa Dunphy. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

1:30 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: PopUp Boston! A 30-minute family-friendly program with joyful music from the many diverse communities that call Boston home. Pieces include “Kalinda” in Haitian Creole; “Balelaikka,” a Tamil tongue-twister from India; “Salseo,”a Venezuelan song with a salsa beat; and the stirring “Song for the People” by Melissa Dunphy. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

11:00 AM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: PopUp Boston! A 30-minute family-friendly program with joyful music from the many diverse communities that call Boston home. Pieces include “Kalinda” in Haitian Creole; “Balelaikka,” a Tamil tongue-twister from India; “Salseo,”a Venezuelan song with a salsa beat; and the stirring “Song for the People” by Melissa Dunphy. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington Street, Quincy MA 02169 ⓘ 🔗

June 3, 2023 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: This Is How We Love. Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy C. Takach: “This Is How You Love”; Lansing McLoskey: “You Have a Name and a Place” (New England premiere); with additional works by Saunder Choi, Edward Elgar, and others. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 25, 2023 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: For the Beauty of the Earth. Antonín Dvořák: “Songs of Nature”; Joe Twist: “Hymn of Ancient Lands”; Matthew Orlovich: “Tides of Ocean”; and Jake Runestad: “We Can Mend the Sky”. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2022 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Season of Light. Annual holiday concert featuring traditional and contemporary music by Edvard Grieg, William Byrd, Kim André Arnesen, Abbie Betinis, Marques L. A. Garrett, along with beloved holiday carols. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

November 5, 2022 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: PopUp Boston! A 30-minute family-friendly program celebrating Boston’s diverse community with music from around the world, including Atahualpa Yupanqui's “Duerme negrito”, Pärt Uusberg's “Muusika”, and Eric Whitacre’s musical setting of “Goodnight Moon”. Free admission. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Central Library of the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

1:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: PopUp Boston! A 30-minute family-friendly program celebrating Boston’s diverse community with music from around the world, including Atahualpa Yupanqui's “Duerme negrito”, Pärt Uusberg's “Muusika”, and Eric Whitacre’s musical setting of “Goodnight Moon”. Free admission. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Jamaica Plain branch library, 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130 ⓘ 🔗

11:00 AM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: PopUp Boston! A 30-minute family-friendly program celebrating Boston’s diverse community with music from around the world, including Atahualpa Yupanqui's “Duerme negrito”, Pärt Uusberg's “Muusika”, and Eric Whitacre’s musical setting of “Goodnight Moon”. Free admission. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston St #123, Boston MA 02215 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2021 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Holiday Concert. Joyful music and good cheer to mark the holiday season. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

October 17, 2021 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [online]: Voice + Body: a singer's workshop. A live online workshop led by Klo Garoute, BCE’s Interim Artistic Director, and SarahEmily Pina, registered yoga teacher, this program is designed to help vocalists get back into shape as we resume in-person singing and rehearsals. This session is open to everyone—no previous singing or yoga experience is required. Free admission; suggested donation $15. For more information and to register, visit https://www.bostonchoral.org/voice-body For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

May 29, 2020 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Commission Concert / Byrd Four-part Mass. Lansing McLoskey: You have a Name and a Place (world premiere; winner of our 2018 commission competition); William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; with other works the Ensemble has commissioned, which will be professionally recorded at the end of the season. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2019 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Holiday Concert. Nell Shaw Cohen: Blue Shadows, Silver Sunlight (world premiere, based on poems by Margaret Widdemer, Sara Teasdale and Amy Lowell); Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden; with holiday carols old and new, for both choir and audience. Pre-concert organ recital by Andrew Shenton at 2:30 PM. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

November 10, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Annelies. James Whitbourn: Annelies. Presented with Vilna Shul’s Shabbat service on Friday night and in a Sunday matinee. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips St, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

November 8, 2019 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Annelies. James Whitbourn: Annelies. Presented with Vilna Shul’s Shabbat service on Friday night and in a Sunday matinee. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips St, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

June 2, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles, a four-movement work for choir and percussion based on the Pilgrimage to Santiago with texts from the Codex Callistinus, other Galician texts, and the work of Robert Dickinson. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Mission Church, 1545 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02120 ⓘ 🔗

April 14, 2019 (Sunday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: MacMillan and Allegri. James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere (new edition); Arvo Pärt: Silouan’s Song for string orchestra. Andrew Shenton, Artistic Director For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Mission Church, 1545 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02120 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2018 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Christmas Concert. Britten: Ceremony of Carols. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

November 11, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Rachmaninoff Vespers. Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37; Arvo Pärt: Ja ma kuulsin hääle (And I heard a voice) (American premiere). For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Mission Church (Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), 1545 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02120 ⓘ 🔗

August 5, 2018 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Summer Sing: Fauré Requiem. Qualified singers of all ages and all voice parts are welcome to come and sing Fauré’s Requiem and his Cantique de Jean Racine with Andrew Shenton, conductor, and Mitchell Crawford, organ. We assemble at 1:45 PM to rehearse starting at 2:00 PM. The performance will start at 4:00 PM and will be followed be a reception. Singers should download the Requiem score edited by Philip Legge from the CPDL web site and either print it off or add it to their tablet. They should also download the Cantique in the version edited by Rafael Ornes which we will perform, rehearsal time permitting. Some scores will be available on the day for a nominal fee. Cost: $10 or by donation for singers, $20 or by donation for audience members; tickets available at the door. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

May 31, 2018 (Thursday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Rainbow Connection: Pride. Music and texts by LGBTQIA+ writers and composers, and a new work by commission competition winner Mari Esabel Valverde. Benjamin Britten: Advance democracy; Aaron Copland: Lark; Aaron Copland: "The promise of living" (from The Tender Land); Jennifer Higdon: Invitation to love; Nico Muhly: Set me as a seal; Francis Poulenc: Ave verum corpus; Salve Regina; Zachary Wadsworth: Look down fair moon; Williams & Ascher: "Rainbow connection"; Mari Esabel Valverde: Wondrous glow (World Premiere); Joe Utterback: Songs for Orlando. Tickets: $25 reserved. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Oberon, American Repertory Theater, 2 Arrow St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 3, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Deutscher Konnect: Totentanz. Hugo Distler: Totentanz, Op. 12; Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Funeral music), Op. 7; with music by Anton Heiller and Hans Werner Henze juxtaposing death and dance. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2017 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Christmas Connection: Noel. Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque; Francis Poulenc: Christmas Motets; Hugo Distler: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; other holiday songs and carols. With Bill Littlefield, host of NPR's Only A Game. Concert is preceded by an organ recital by Andrew Shenton that starts at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $20–$30 in advance (additional $5 at the door); free with proof of an EBT card. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

November 4, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Connexion Française: Fête. Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; with works by Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen and organ music by Jean Langlais performed on the historic 1897 Hutchings Great Organ. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Mission Church (Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), 1545 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02120 ⓘ 🔗

June 17, 2017 (Saturday)

12:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Obrecht Saint Donatian Mass of 1487. Part of the Boston Early Music Festival. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

May 18, 2017 (Thursday)

9:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cosmos: Seeing Stars. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Randall Stroope, Ola Gjeilo, and others, including the world premiere of a new work by Stacy Garrop, winner of our commission competition. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cosmos: Seeing Stars. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Randall Stroope, Ola Gjeilo, and others, including the world premiere of a new work by Stacy Garrop, winner of our commission competition. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

May 14, 2017 (Sunday)

8:30 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cosmos: Seeing Stars. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Randall Stroope, Ola Gjeilo, and others, including the world premiere of a new work by Stacy Garrop, winner of our commission competition. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

6:30 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cosmos: Seeing Stars. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Randall Stroope, Ola Gjeilo, and others, including the world premiere of a new work by Stacy Garrop, winner of our commission competition. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2017 (Thursday)

9:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cosmos: Seeing Stars. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Randall Stroope, Ola Gjeilo, and others, including the world premiere of a new work by Stacy Garrop, winner of our commission competition. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cosmos: Seeing Stars. Music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Randall Stroope, Ola Gjeilo, and others, including the world premiere of a new work by Stacy Garrop, winner of our commission competition. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

March 25, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Kaleidoscope. The world’s first ‘scratch and sniff’ choral concert, and ‘son et lumiere’ performance of color-themed works brought to life with computer-aided projections. Dominick Argento: Dover beach Revisited; PDQ Bach: "My bonny lass she smelleth"; Benjamin Britten: "The Ballad of Green Broom" (from Flower Songs); John Cage: (4:33); Simon Carrington (arr.): "My love is like a red, red rose"; Ēriks Ešenvalds: "Stars"; Olivier Messiaen: Rechant 1 (from Cinq rechants); Forrest Pierce: "Jasmine" (from The Jasmine Arrow Music, BCE Commission Competition Winner, 2009); Donald Skirvin: "Clear evening"; C.V. Stanford: "Quick! We have but a second"; "The Bluebird"; John Tavener: "Eonia"; Veljo Tormis: "Wind over the barrens" and "Heather" from Autumn Landscapes; Eric Whitacre: "A Boy and a Girl"; "With A Lily In Your Hand". For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2016 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Holiday concert: Secret Angels (loosely based on the traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols). Music by John Tavener, Adrian Peacock, Francis Poulenc and others. Preceded by an organ recital by Andrew Shenton at 2:30. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

October 15, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Jacob Obrecht: Missa De Sancto Donatiano (celebrating the 529th anniversary of the premiere); music by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Pre-concert lecture and display by Obrecht scholar M. Jennifer Bloxam (Williams College). For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St, Boston, MA 02116 ⓘ

October 14, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Jacob Obrecht: Missa De Sancto Donatiano (celebrating the 529th anniversary of the premiere); music by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Pre-concert lecture and display by Obrecht scholar M. Jennifer Bloxam (Williams College). For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

May 13, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Serenade to Music: Settings of Shakespeare. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music (text from The Merchant of Venice); Greg Brown (BCE Commission Competition winner, 2015): Neither rhyme nor reason (premiere); works by Jaakko Mäntyjävri and Frank Martin. members of the Actors' Shakespeare Project who will set the scene for each piece, with speeches from The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and others. Reception follows. For more information, call 918-605-8308 or email development@bostonchoral.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

February 12, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: A Voice From Heaven. Herbert Howells: Requiem (1936/1980); David Lang: Little Match Girl Passion (2008) . Part of the annual conference of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music. The concert will end with a round table discussion by a distinguished group of scholars and performers. For more information, email WhatsHappening@bostonchoral.org. Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 ⓘ

December 19, 2015 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Sing Nowell! — Holiday Concert. Loosely based on the traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols, includes carols for choir and congregation. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116

November 13, 2015 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Third Boston Byzantine Music Festival. Byzantine-inspired music by Arvo Pärt, John Tavener and Ivan Moody. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

October 20, 2015 (Tuesday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: What Sweeter Music: 15th anniversary concert. We will be joined by the two previous artistic directors, founder Thomas Cunningham and successor Miguel Felipe, for this concert. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

June 13, 2015 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Long, long night. John Taverner (1490–1545): Dum transisset Sabbatum, five-voice motet (1575); Audivi vocem; John Tavener (1944–2013): Song for Athene (sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales); Ex Maria Virgine for choir and organ (excerpts). Encore performance added on June 13! Holy Cross Cathedral, 1400 Washington St, Boston MA 02118 ⓘ

June 7, 2015 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Long, long night. John Taverner (1490–1545): Dum transisset Sabbatum, five-voice motet (1575); Audivi vocem; John Tavener (1944–2013): Song for Athene (sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales); Ex Maria Virgine for choir and organ (excerpts). Encore performance added on June 13! Holy Cross Cathedral, 1400 Washington St, Boston MA 02118 ⓘ

June 6, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Long, long night. John Taverner (1490–1545): Dum transisset Sabbatum, five-voice motet (1575); Audivi vocem; John Tavener (1944–2013): Song for Athene (sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales); Ex Maria Virgine for choir and organ (excerpts). Encore performance added on June 13! First Church, Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

March 29, 2015 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cold, cold night. David Lang: The Little Match Girl, a setting for choir and percussion instruments based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story describing the cold night in which a poor girl freezes to death; Samuel Beebe: Riding on a Train at Rush Hour (world premiere), a short opera. winner of the BCE 2014 composition competition. Gordon Chapel at Old South Church, , 645 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 ⓘ

March 27, 2015 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Cold, cold night. David Lang: The Little Match Girl, a setting for choir and percussion instruments based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story describing the cold night in which a poor girl freezes to death; Samuel Beebe: Riding on a Train at Rush Hour (world premiere), a short opera. winner of the BCE 2014 composition competition. First Church, Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

December 20, 2014 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Annual holiday concert. Still, still night. Loosely based on the traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols, this candlelight concert also includes carols for choir and congregation using the fine organ in Old South Church and many arrangements of secular carols. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 ⓘ

November 2, 2014 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Dark, dark night. John Tavener: Funeral Ikos; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9; Carlo Gesualdo: composition for All Saints Day. Holy Cross Cathedral, 1400 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118 ⓘ

November 1, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Dark, dark night. John Tavener: Funeral Ikos; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9; Carlo Gesualdo: composition for All Saints Day. Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 02215 ⓘ

December 14, 2013 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Choral Holiday - A Ceremony of Carols. Update of the traditional Lessons and Carols service with repertoire both old and new, including Paul Ayre’s reimagining of Handel’s “For unto us a child is born,” several works by Benjamin Britten to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth (including the “Ceremony of Carols”), carols by Poston, Rutter, Tavener and others, and carols for congregation accompanied on Old South Church’s world-famous organ. Selected seasonal readings complement the holiday program. For more information, email marketing@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116

November 24, 2013 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: raindrops footsteps. We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten with his famous Hymn to St. Cecilia, one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century. We celebrate the extraordinary choral music of Arvo Pärt with works including his Magnificat, and the US premieres of two Pärt works composed in 2012. We perform another movement from Joby Talbot’s magnificent Path of Miracles (which will be presented in its entirety in our March concerts); and we include the world premiere of raindrops footsteps by Rita Ueda, winner of our 2013 competition for a new work. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116

November 22, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: raindrops footsteps. We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten with his famous Hymn to St. Cecilia, one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century. We celebrate the extraordinary choral music of Arvo Pärt with works including his Magnificat, and the US premieres of two Pärt works composed in 2012. We perform another movement from Joby Talbot’s magnificent Path of Miracles (which will be presented in its entirety in our March concerts); and we include the world premiere of raindrops footsteps by Rita Ueda, winner of our 2013 competition for a new work. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. St. Paul Parish, 29 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA 02138

June 15, 2013 (Saturday)

12:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Déplorations: A Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert. A concert exploring the act of deploration, or lament, featuring music by Josquin, Tomkins, Tartini, and Whitacre, and including the monumental Spem in alium for 40 voices by Thomas Tallis. For more information, call 978-729-1910 or email marketing@bostonchoral.org. Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington Street, Boston MA 02118

May 19, 2013 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Rose Songs. A spring bouquet, with special emphasis on the beautiful rose. With music by Rutter, Elgar, and Lauridsen, and featuring the Five Flower Songs, Op. 47, by Benjamin Britten, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. For more information, call 978-729-1910 or email marketing@bostonchoral.org. Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116

May 17, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Rose Songs. A spring bouquet, with special emphasis on the beautiful rose. With music by Rutter, Elgar, and Lauridsen, and featuring the Five Flower Songs, Op. 47, by Benjamin Britten, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. For more information, call 978-729-1910 or email marketing@bostonchoral.org. Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116

March 9, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Déplorations. The act of deploration, or lament, especially for the death of a loved one, has inspired composers to write some of the most powerfully moving music. This concert begins with the famous Deploration on the death of Ockeghem by Josquin. In the first of two main sections we contrast Tallis’s settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah for men’s voices with Tartini’s setting of the Stabat Mater dolorosa for women’s voices. In the second main section, we highlight different approaches to text interpretation with settings of the same text of “When David Heard that Absalom was Slain,” from the Renaissance and from the twentieth century. The concert concludes with the monumental 40-part motet Spem in alium by Tallis (1505-85), a Renaissance masterpiece whose performance is always an occasion. For more information, call 978-729-1910 or email info@bostonchoral.org. Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington Street, Boston MA 02118

March 8, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Déplorations. The act of deploration, or lament, especially for the death of a loved one, has inspired composers to write some of the most powerfully moving music. This concert begins with the famous Deploration on the death of Ockeghem by Josquin. In the first of two main sections we contrast Tallis’s settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah for men’s voices with Tartini’s setting of the Stabat Mater dolorosa for women’s voices. In the second main section, we highlight different approaches to text interpretation with settings of the same text of “When David Heard that Absalom was Slain,” from the Renaissance and from the twentieth century. The concert concludes with the monumental 40-part motet Spem in alium by Tallis (1505-85), a Renaissance masterpiece whose performance is always an occasion. For more information, call 978-729-1910 or email info@bostonchoral.org. St. Paul Church, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138

December 15, 2012 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: A Choral Holiday. Join BCE for our annual holiday program! This year we will update the traditional lessons and carols format by presenting a mixture of sacred and secular music and readings for the holiday season. The program will include songs reflecting upon the image of the Virgin Mary as a rose and exploring the beauty and cruelty of midwinter snow, as well as traditional carols for choir and congregation accompanied by organ. Check out www.BostonChoral.org for tickets and more information. For more information, call 978-729-1910 or email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA

November 11, 2012 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Celebrating anniversaries of Claude Debussy (1862–1918) and Jean Françaix (1912–97). This concert features some little-known secular French works from the twentieth century. Longy School of Music, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge MA

November 9, 2012 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Celebrating anniversaries of Claude Debussy (1862–1918) and Jean Françaix (1912–97). This concert features some little-known secular French works from the twentieth century. Longy School of Music, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge MA

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