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Auditions

Auditions are open for Metropolitan Chorale and Tanglewood Festival Chorus. See the auditions page for more information.

May 10, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: Fragile Freedoms. David Lang: The National Anthems; Reena Esmail: When the Violin; F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass) Hob. XXII/11. Deborah Selig, soprano; Christina English, mezzo-soprano; Gregory Zavracky, tenor; David McFerrin, baritone; Caron Daley, conductor. With orchestra. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

March 2, 2024 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: The Outer Edge of Youth. Scott Ordway: The Outer Edge of Youth, a choral opera that explores and critiques the relationships between childhood, landscape, aesthetics, and contemporary ideals of masculinity. Amy Nicole Broadbent, soprano; Emily Marvosh, contralto; Emily Isaacson, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., Boston MA 02111 ⓘ

December 16, 2023 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas: Bright Star. A Christmas triptych, featuring musical "scenes" from Leipzig (J.S. Bach, Georg Telemann, and Christoph Graupner), the Harlem Renaissance (Florence Price and William Grant Still, and "Bright Star," a yet-unpublished Christmas carol by Margaret Bonds), and the present day (Eriks Esenvalds and John Tavener). With brass, timpani, and organ. Stephen Spinelli, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ

December 15, 2023 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas: Bright Star. A Christmas triptych, featuring musical "scenes" from Leipzig (J.S. Bach, Georg Telemann, and Christoph Graupner), the Harlem Renaissance (Florence Price and William Grant Still, and "Bright Star," a yet-unpublished Christmas carol by Margaret Bonds), and the present day (Eriks Esenvalds and John Tavener). With brass, timpani, and organ. Stephen Spinelli, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ

October 28, 2023 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: La Dolce Vita. Alessandro Scarlatti: Exultate Deo adjutori; Rafaella Aleotti: Ego Flos Campi; Surge Propera Mea; Claudio Monteverdi: Si ch'io vorrei morire; Ah! Dolente partita; Antonio Vivaldi: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina; Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus; Domenico Scarlatti: Te Deum; Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Confitebor tibi Domine, P. 66; Antonio Vivaldi: Laetatus sum; Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria from “Quattro Pezzi Sacri”; Gioachino Rossini: Giunone, cantata for the birthday of Ferdinando IV. Robert Duff, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Saint Leonard's Church, 320 Hanover Street, Boston MA 02113 ⓘ

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