Salisbury Singers will present a celebration of cantatas 17, 93, and 111 by J. S. Bach, accompanied by the Bach Consort of Worcester, which will also perform Bach’s famous concerto for oboe and violin. Trinity Lutheran’s newly renovated sanctuary will provide the beautiful setting for these most glorious works!

Tickets: $30 adults; $25 seniors

Bach’s Mass in B Minor ranks as a supreme achievement in Western music. Harry Christophers calls it “a choral extravaganza of extraordinary proportions, unrivaled worldwide.” Don’t miss it.

“With Christophers in exuberant control, every aspect of this ultimate religious statement moved the spirit.  Bach saves the deepest until last…with the ineffable chorus’s sublime plea for peace ringing in the mind.” – The Arts Desk, London

FRIDAY, MAR 23, 2018 AT 7:30PM
SUNDAY, MAR 25, 2018 AT 3:00PM

Harry Christophers, conductor
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Sarah Yanovitch, soprano
Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano
Stefan Reed, tenor
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Woodrow Bynum, baritone
David McFerrin, baritone
H+H Orchestra and Chorus

Bach’s Mass in B Minor ranks as a supreme achievement in Western music. Harry Christophers calls it “a choral extravaganza of extraordinary proportions, unrivaled worldwide.” Don’t miss it.

“With Christophers in exuberant control, every aspect of this ultimate religious statement moved the spirit.  Bach saves the deepest until last…with the ineffable chorus’s sublime plea for peace ringing in the mind.” – The Arts Desk, London

FRIDAY, MAR 23, 2018 AT 7:30PM
SUNDAY, MAR 25, 2018 AT 3:00PM

Harry Christophers, conductor
Sarah Brailey, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Sarah Yanovitch, soprano
Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano
Stefan Reed, tenor
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Woodrow Bynum, baritone
David McFerrin, baritone
H+H Orchestra and Chorus

“Harry Christophers is the Handelian of the moment.”
–The Observer

Its plot rife with sexual politics and satirical insights into lust, ambition, power, and marital infidelity, Handel’s bold opera was a bit too much for its day despite its richly sensuous score. Since Semele’s rediscovery in 1925, though, it has become a favorite of opera houses around the world; its first H+H performances since 1999 are a fitting finale to a memorable season-long musical journey.

“Harry Christophers is the Handelian of the moment.”
–The Observer

Its plot rife with sexual politics and satirical insights into lust, ambition, power, and marital infidelity, Handel’s bold opera was a bit too much for its day despite its richly sensuous score. Since Semele’s rediscovery in 1925, though, it has become a favorite of opera houses around the world; its first H+H performances since 1999 are a fitting finale to a memorable season-long musical journey.

Handel's Messiah
Christine Noel, conductor
Providence Singers, Christine Noel, artistic director

Margot Rood, soprano
Christina English, alto
Marcio de Oliveira, tenor
Nicholas Laroche, bass

“A confluence of superb conducting, splendid singing and orchestral distinction made it the finest performance of ‘Messiah’ in years…Both the standing ovations and shouts from the audience were the loudest I’ve heard in many years.”
–NewBostonPost

“There may be no conductor who has a better sense for ‘Messiah’ than Harry Christophers.”
–Boston Classical Review

Hallelujah! An annual tradition for more than 160 years, Boston’s favorite musical holiday celebration returns.

“A confluence of superb conducting, splendid singing and orchestral distinction made it the finest performance of ‘Messiah’ in years…Both the standing ovations and shouts from the audience were the loudest I’ve heard in many years.”
–NewBostonPost

“There may be no conductor who has a better sense for ‘Messiah’ than Harry Christophers.”
–Boston Classical Review

Hallelujah! An annual tradition for more than 160 years, Boston’s favorite musical holiday celebration returns.

“A confluence of superb conducting, splendid singing and orchestral distinction made it the finest performance of ‘Messiah’ in years…Both the standing ovations and shouts from the audience were the loudest I’ve heard in many years.”
–NewBostonPost

“There may be no conductor who has a better sense for ‘Messiah’ than Harry Christophers.”
–Boston Classical Review

Hallelujah! An annual tradition for more than 160 years, Boston’s favorite musical holiday celebration returns.

“If those original audiences got to hear anything like the performance Harry Christophers led Friday at Symphony Hall, they were very lucky audiences indeed.”
–The Boston Globe

Joyous, sublime, endlessly inventive, and profoundly inspiring, Bach’s Magnificat ranks among the master achievements of our civilization. Set alongside these other jewels of Bach’s genius, there is no better way to experience Harry Christophers and H+H doing what they do best.

“If those original audiences got to hear anything like the performance Harry Christophers led Friday at Symphony Hall, they were very lucky audiences indeed.”
–The Boston Globe

Joyous, sublime, endlessly inventive, and profoundly inspiring, Bach’s Magnificat ranks among the master achievements of our civilization. Set alongside these other jewels of Bach’s genius, there is no better way to experience Harry Christophers and H+H doing what they do best.

Invitation to a True Salon Concert

German Lieder selections to include works by Schubert and Mendelssohn, among others.

Chelsea Whitaker, piano
Cheng Cheng, piano
Beibei Guan, soprano
Stephanie Scogna, soprano
Jaime Korkos, mezzo-soprano
Marcio de Oliveira, tenor
Junhan Choi, baritone

Join us for Holy Week at The Church of the Advent, culminating with our Easter Sunday Mass.

Join us for Holy Week at The Church of the Advent, with Easter Vigil Mass.

Join us for Holy Week at The Church of the Advent, with a service of Good Friday Liturgy.

Join us for Holy Week at The Church of the Advent in Boston, MA, with a Maundy Thursday Mass.

Join us for Holy Week at The Church of the Advent in Boston, MA, with a Service of Tenebrae.

Join us for Holy Week at The Church of the Advent, beginning with Palm Sunday Mass.

No composer ever expressed such aching sorrow or ever captured the agony of the crucifixion as did Johann Sebastian Bach. With emotional intimacy and dramatic power, Bach’s St. John Passion is a musical monument that never fails to move the listener.

No composer ever expressed such aching sorrow or ever captured the agony of the crucifixion as did Johann Sebastian Bach. With emotional intimacy and dramatic power, Bach’s St. John Passion is a musical monument that never fails to move the listener.

Mykola Dyletsky (fl. 1675-ca. 1681) was a theorist and composer active in Kyiv, Vilnius, St. Petersburg, and Moscow; one source names him as "a well-known master at the tsar's court." His Grammatika musikiyskago peniya (‘A grammar of musical singing’) survives in several versions, one of which is in Ukrainian, and a fellow theorist claimed he was "a resident of Kyiv." His musical activities in the Polish-Lithuanian city of Vilnius took place at the intersection of Catholic, Uniate, and Orthodox insitutions there, and it is in this spirit that we perform his selections from his four-voice Liturgy alongside liturgical works and madrigals from the Polish court as well as German motets. Diletsky's music suggests — along with the scant documentary evidence — that he was immersed equally in Western and Eastern styles of worship and music. The concert will be preceded by a thirty-minute talk.

Mykola Dyletsky (fl. 1675-ca. 1681) was a theorist and composer active in Kyiv, Vilnius, St. Petersburg, and Moscow; one source names him as "a well-known master at the tsar's court." His Grammatika musikiyskago peniya (‘A grammar of musical singing’) survives in several versions, one of which is in Ukrainian, and a fellow theorist claimed he was "a resident of Kyiv." His musical activities in the Polish-Lithuanian city of Vilnius took place at the intersection of Catholic, Uniate, and Orthodox insitutions there, and it is in this spirit that we perform his selections from his four-voice Liturgy alongside liturgical works and madrigals from the Polish court as well as German motets. Diletsky's music suggests — along with the scant documentary evidence — that he was immersed equally in Western and Eastern styles of worship and music. The concert will be preceded by a thirty-minute talk.

Mykola Dyletsky (fl. 1675-ca. 1681) was a theorist and composer active in Kyiv, Vilnius, St. Petersburg, and Moscow; one source names him as "a well-known master at the tsar's court." His Grammatika musikiyskago peniya (‘A grammar of musical singing’) survives in several versions, one of which is in Ukrainian, and a fellow theorist claimed he was "a resident of Kyiv." His musical activities in the Polish-Lithuanian city of Vilnius took place at the intersection of Catholic, Uniate, and Orthodox insitutions there, and it is in this spirit that we perform his selections from his four-voice Liturgy alongside liturgical works and madrigals from the Polish court as well as German motets. Diletsky's music suggests — along with the scant documentary evidence — that he was immersed equally in Western and Eastern styles of worship and music. The concert will be preceded by a thirty-minute talk.

The Handel and Haydn Society goes to Washington for a special appearance in commemoration of the Bicentennial. This intimate concert showcases H+H’s versatility and commitment to furthering the choral-instrumental repertory with Gabriela Lena Frank’s new work, My Angel, his name is freedom, a co-commission with the Library of Congress that received its premiere with Harry Christophers and H+H at Symphony Hall in June 2015.

Bach composed his Magnificat, one of the moved beloved of all choral works, during his first year in Leipzig, Germany. Written for his first major feast service in Leipzig, Bach lavished on this work all the brilliance and inspiration he had to offer. Complementing this festive masterpiece are two works by composers whom Bach admired: Antonio Vivaldi and Jan Dismas Zelenka. Vivaldi’s Magnificat, is a lesser-known gem from the Venetian master. Bach’s contemporary, Jan Dismas Zelenka, spent his career working for the Catholic court church in Dresden, Germany, and Andover Choral Society is delighted to perform one of Zelenka’s many excellent Vesper psalm settings, Psalm 109 (110) Dixit Dominus, ZWV 68. Festivity will fill the air for this glorious trio of works.

“The chorus’s sumptuous tone and right-on tuning was a delight to the ear,” declared Boston Classical Review of the 2014 Bach Christmas program. This year, Laurence Cummings and the H+H Chorus celebrate the season with a trio of Bach holiday cantatas, including the beloved Sleepers Awake.

“The chorus’s sumptuous tone and right-on tuning was a delight to the ear,” declared Boston Classical Review of the 2014 Bach Christmas program. This year, Laurence Cummings and the H+H Chorus celebrate the season with a trio of Bach holiday cantatas, including the beloved Sleepers Awake.

A tradition for 162 years—make it yours! H+H’s 2014 Messiah was “triumphant,” raved The Hub Review. “One of the finest Messiahs to be heard in Boston in many a year. … Christophers has brought the H+H Chorus to a sublime peak. None can boast the interpretative subtlety and expressive precision that is now the standard at H+H.”

A tradition for 162 years—make it yours! H+H’s 2014 Messiah was “triumphant,” raved The Hub Review. “One of the finest Messiahs to be heard in Boston in many a year. … Christophers has brought the H+H Chorus to a sublime peak. None can boast the interpretative subtlety and expressive precision that is now the standard at H+H.”