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Classical this fall: Early music

÷ indicates venue is wheelchair-accessible. For complete, updated listings, see Calendar in the Globe each Thursday.

Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
617-661-2736 before 9/13, 617-924-7501 thereafter.
$15. Scott Metcalfe, director. Works by Taverner, Aston, Sheppard; Sarum chant. 10/16: 8 p.m., St. Peter's Church, 838 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. 10/17: 4 p.m., Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston. [Get directions to the [Church of the Advent or St. Peter's Church].

Boston Baroque
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, unless noted. ÷ 617-484-9200. [Get directions].
8 p.m. unless noted. $18-$47. Martin Pearlman, conductor. 10/22-10/23: Gluck's "Iphigenie en Tauride" with Christine Goerke, Stanford Olson. 12/17-12/18: Handel's "Messiah" with Jennifer Welch, David Walker, Gordon Gietz, Kevin Deas. 12/31 8 p.m., 1/1 3 p.m.: Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge: ÷ "Baroque Fireworks!," works by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel with Sharon Baker, soprano; Daniel Stepner and Danielle Maddon, violin; Christopher Krueger, recorder.

Boston Camerata
÷ 617-262-2092.
8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $20-$32. Joel Cohen, director. 10/24: Faneuil Hall, Boston, "An American Celebration" with members of Harvard University Choir, Youth Pro Musica, Middlesex County Volunteers Fife & Drum Corps. 12/17 Wellesley, 12/18 Boston, 12/19 Cambridge: "A Medieval Christmas." [Get directions to Faneuil Hall].

Boston Early Music Festival Concerts
617-661-1812, 617-262-0650.
$18-$42. 10/15: 8 p.m., Gordon College, Wenham, The Tallis Scholars, Josquin program. 10/16: 8 p.m., Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston, The Tallis Scholars, Palestrina program. 10/22: 8 p.m., All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon St., Brookline, Les Voix Humaines, "Tears of the Muse." 11/14: 3 p.m., Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston, Musica Antique Koeln with Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo. 12/12: 3 and 7:30 p.m., Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Gabrieli Consort, Choir & Players with Harvard University Choir. [Get directions to All Saints Parish, Emmanuel Church, Gordon College, or Jordan Hall].

Cambridge Society for Early Music "Concerts by Candlelight" Series
617-489-2062.
$18. Ellen Hargis, soprano; Paul O'Dette, lute. Lute songs from England, France, Italy. 11/6: 8 p.m., First Parish, Route 3A, Duxbury. 11/7: 4 p.m., Heard House, 40 S. Main St., Ipswich. 11/8: 7:30 p.m., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge. 11/11: 8 p.m., First Religious Society, School St., Carlisle. 11/12: 8 p.m., Josiah Smith Tavern, 358 Boston Post Rd., Weston. [Get directions to First Parish, First Religious Society, Fogg Art Museum, or Heard House].

Ensemble Chaconne
French Baroque program. Peter Bloom, Baroque flute; Carol Lewis, gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, theorbo.
- - Lindsay Chapel, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St., Cambridge. ÷ 617-776-0692. 10/29: 8 p.m. $14. [Get directions].
- - Somerville Museum, Central Street and Westwood Road, Somerville. 617-666-9810. 10/31: 3 p.m. $10,, reservations recommended. [Get directions].

Igor Kipnis, clavichord
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University, Waltham. 781-891-0814. [Get directions].
9/24: 7:30 p.m. $10, students $5. Works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, Kuhnau, Mozart. Sponsored by Boston Clavichord Society.

Museum Concerts
St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Orchard Avenue, Providence. ÷ 401-245-6347. [Get directions].
Sun.: 3:30 p.m. $12. 10/17: Peter Sykes, harpsichord. Bach's "Goldberg Variations." 11/28: Schola Cantorum with strings, trumpets. Purcell's "Te Deum and Jubilate."

Musicians of the Old Post Road
Locations along Old Post Road. ÷ 781-446-6694.
8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. $17-$25. 10/1 Faneuil Hall, Boston; 10/3 Tuckerman Hall, Worcester: "Dance of the Elements," Rebel's "Les Elemens" with Charles Garth and Maris Wolff, historical dancers; works by Charpentier, Couperin. 11/6 Faneuil Hall; 11/7 First Church Congregational, Marlborough: works by Hummel, Reicha; Schubert's "Trout" Quintet. [Get directions to Faneuil Hall, First Church Congregational, or Tuckerman Hall].

New York Collegium
Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. ÷ 617-536-2412. [Get directions].
10/24: 7:30 p.m. $18, $25. Pergolesi's "La Morte di San Giuseppe." Fabio Biondi, director; Marguerite Krull, soprano; Manuela Custer, mezzo; Mark Tucker, tenor.



 


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