Upcoming Concerts
January 26, 2024
A Far Cry: Street Stories
BOCCHERINI Night Music of the Streets of Madrid
MONTEVERDI Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
ROUSTOM Suite from Clorinda Agonistes
TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
February 2-4, 2024
Tafelmusik: Fantasticus
with Lina Tur Bonet, violin and director
CASTELLO Sonata 16
CAPRICORNUS Sonata a 8
BERTALI Sonata a 3
SCHMELTZER Serenata con altre arie
BIBER Battalia
PICCHI Canzona 17 a 2 chori
et al.
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
February 16-18, 2024
A Far Cry: Stonehenge
THORVALDSDOTTIR Illumine
WIANCKO Vox Petra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”), arr. for string sextet by Michael Gotthard Fischer
South Shore Conservatory, Duxbury, MA
St. John's Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
February 23-25 and March 1-12, 2024
Tafelmusik: Passions Revealed
with Aisslinn Nosky, violin and director
FASCH Overture in D Minor
LOCATELLI Concerto grosso in C Minor, op. 1, no. 11
VIVALDI Concerto for bassoon “La Notte” (Dominic Teresi, soloist)
MARAIS Chaconne from Alcyone
TELEMANN Orchestral suite in B-flat Major
BACH Concerto for 2 violins in D Minor (Aisslinn Nosky & Johanna Novom, soloists)
MONDONVILLE Sonate en symphonie no. 1 in G Major
Feb. 23-25: Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
Mar. 1: Mees Auditorium, Columbus, OH
Mar. 3: E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO
Mar. 5: Morse Recital Hall, New Haven, CT
Mar. 8: Bailey Hall, Ithaca, NY
Mar. 10: Miller Theater, New York, NY
Mar. 12: Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA
March 22-24, 2024
Tafelmusik: Staircases
with Jonathan Woody, singer and composer
Julia Wedman, director
and Alison Mackay, curator
Music by LULLY, PURCELL, HANDEL, CORELLI, PLATTI, BACH, VIVALDI and the premiere of two works by JONATHAN WOODY
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 11-14, 2024
Opera Atelier: All Is Love
Music by Locke, Purcell, Lully, Rameau, Charpentier, Handel & Debussy
Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
April 19-21, 2024
Tafelmusik: Bohemian Rhapsody
with Zefira Valova, violin and director
and Keiran Campbell, cello
BENDA Concerto for violin in A Major, L2.13
STAMITZ Symphony in D Minor, op. 15, no. 3
HAYDN Concerto for violoncello in C Major
HAYDN Symphony no. 44 “Trauersymphonie”
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 30, 2024
Cramer Quartet: Haydn: Dialogues
JADIN String Quartet in B-flat Major Op. 1, No. 1
FIGGIS-VIZUETA 30 mengstraße
HAYDN String Quartet in D Major Op. 71, No. 2
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
May 10-12, 2024
Tafelmusik: Transformations
with Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and director
and John Abberger, oboe
PURCELL Ayres for the Theatre
AVISON Concerto No. 5 after Scarlatti
BACH Concerto for harpsichord in G Minor
BACH Sinfonia for oboe, harpsichord & strings, arr. Bruce Haynes
RAMEAU Concerts en sextuor
HANDEL Suite for orchestra
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
May 31-June 2, 2024
Tafelmusik: A Handel Celebration
with Ivars Taurins, director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
and the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Arias duets & choruses from: Solomon, Esther, L’Allegro, Judas Maccabeus, Deborah, Alexander Balus, Joseph & His Brethren, Semele, Hercules, and Athalia
January 26, 2024
A Far Cry: Street Stories
BOCCHERINI Night Music of the Streets of Madrid
MONTEVERDI Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
ROUSTOM Suite from Clorinda Agonistes
TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
February 2-4, 2024
Tafelmusik: Fantasticus
with Lina Tur Bonet, violin and director
CASTELLO Sonata 16
CAPRICORNUS Sonata a 8
BERTALI Sonata a 3
SCHMELTZER Serenata con altre arie
BIBER Battalia
PICCHI Canzona 17 a 2 chori
et al.
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
February 16-18, 2024
A Far Cry: Stonehenge
THORVALDSDOTTIR Illumine
WIANCKO Vox Petra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”), arr. for string sextet by Michael Gotthard Fischer
South Shore Conservatory, Duxbury, MA
St. John's Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
February 23-25 and March 1-12, 2024
Tafelmusik: Passions Revealed
with Aisslinn Nosky, violin and director
FASCH Overture in D Minor
LOCATELLI Concerto grosso in C Minor, op. 1, no. 11
VIVALDI Concerto for bassoon “La Notte” (Dominic Teresi, soloist)
MARAIS Chaconne from Alcyone
TELEMANN Orchestral suite in B-flat Major
BACH Concerto for 2 violins in D Minor (Aisslinn Nosky & Johanna Novom, soloists)
MONDONVILLE Sonate en symphonie no. 1 in G Major
Feb. 23-25: Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
Mar. 1: Mees Auditorium, Columbus, OH
Mar. 3: E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, St. Louis, MO
Mar. 5: Morse Recital Hall, New Haven, CT
Mar. 8: Bailey Hall, Ithaca, NY
Mar. 10: Miller Theater, New York, NY
Mar. 12: Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA
March 22-24, 2024
Tafelmusik: Staircases
with Jonathan Woody, singer and composer
Julia Wedman, director
and Alison Mackay, curator
Music by LULLY, PURCELL, HANDEL, CORELLI, PLATTI, BACH, VIVALDI and the premiere of two works by JONATHAN WOODY
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 11-14, 2024
Opera Atelier: All Is Love
Music by Locke, Purcell, Lully, Rameau, Charpentier, Handel & Debussy
Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
April 19-21, 2024
Tafelmusik: Bohemian Rhapsody
with Zefira Valova, violin and director
and Keiran Campbell, cello
BENDA Concerto for violin in A Major, L2.13
STAMITZ Symphony in D Minor, op. 15, no. 3
HAYDN Concerto for violoncello in C Major
HAYDN Symphony no. 44 “Trauersymphonie”
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 30, 2024
Cramer Quartet: Haydn: Dialogues
JADIN String Quartet in B-flat Major Op. 1, No. 1
FIGGIS-VIZUETA 30 mengstraße
HAYDN String Quartet in D Major Op. 71, No. 2
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
May 10-12, 2024
Tafelmusik: Transformations
with Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and director
and John Abberger, oboe
PURCELL Ayres for the Theatre
AVISON Concerto No. 5 after Scarlatti
BACH Concerto for harpsichord in G Minor
BACH Sinfonia for oboe, harpsichord & strings, arr. Bruce Haynes
RAMEAU Concerts en sextuor
HANDEL Suite for orchestra
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
May 31-June 2, 2024
Tafelmusik: A Handel Celebration
with Ivars Taurins, director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
and the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Arias duets & choruses from: Solomon, Esther, L’Allegro, Judas Maccabeus, Deborah, Alexander Balus, Joseph & His Brethren, Semele, Hercules, and Athalia
Past Concerts (selections)
April 27–29, 2023
Tafelmusik: Higher Love
with Samuel Mariño, soprano
Arias by HANDEL, HASSE, SCARLATTI, and VIVALDI
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Major, op. 6, no. 2
VIVALDI: Concerto for cello in E Minor (Keiran Campbell, soloist)
PISENDEL: Concerto in E-flat Major
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
Review
March 31, 2023
A Far Cry: Glittering World (curator)
HEARNE: Law of Mosaics
BECENTI: Glittering World
Jordan Hall, Boston
Review
February 28 – March 5, 2023
A Far Cry: Memory Tour
GOLIJOV: Arum dem Fayer, arr. Alex Fortes
MONTGOMERY: Banner
BECENTI: The Glittering World (world premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, performed from memory
Thomasville Center for the Arts, GA
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Groton Hill Music Center, MA
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
February 10–12, 2023
Tafelmusik: La Passione
with Rachel Podger
HAYDN: Symphony no. 43 in E-flat Major “Mercury”
MOZART: Violin Concerto no. 1 in B-flat Major, K.207
HAYDN: Symphony no. 49 “La Passione”
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 21–24 & October 21–23, 2023
Five Boroughs Music Festival: The Five Borough Songbook, Volume III (producer)
with On Site Opera, Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble (Nicole Joseph, Michele Kennedy, Gitanjali Mathur, sopranos; Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano; Haitham Haidar, tenor; Jonathan Woody, baritone), Candace Chien and Erika Switzer, piano; Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello
New song commissions by Arianne Abela, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Kinan Azmeh, Colin Britt, Majel Connery, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Will Healy, Brian Lawlor, Jessica Meyer, Angélica Negrón, Nkeiru Okoye, Juri Seo, Aaron Siegel, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Jonathan Woody (world premiere)
Brooklyn Public Library
Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island
Flushing Town Hall, Queens
Bronx Music Heritage Center
The Chapel at Hebrew Union College, Manhattan
May 13–15, 2023
The Thirteen: The Outer Edge of Youth
ORDWAY: The Outer Edge of Youth (world premiere)
Recording
June 17, 2021
Five Boroughs Music Festival: Terra Nova (producer)
with Oracle Hysterical and Hub New Music
B. BALLIETT: Wood Warblers
D. BALLIETT: The Spanish Requirement of 1513, The Gothic Pater Noster, and Agamemnon Crosses the Line
COLE: Terra Nova
CONNERY: All the way down and Fallen Angel
GREENE: When China Discovered the World
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island
Concert Film
April 25, 2021
Five Boroughs Music Festival: noise/SILENCE (producer)
with the Argus Quartet, Paul Wiancko, and XUAN
WALLIN: Selections from Curiosity Cabinet
CAGE: String Quartet in Four Parts
RUDD MOORE: Modes for String Quartet
WIANCKO: Vox Petra
The Noguchi Museum, Queens, NY
December 19, 2020
Five Boroughs Music Festival: Juxtapositions
with Monica Huggett and Manami Mizumoto, violin, and Elliot Figg and Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
BIBER: The Annunciation, from Rosenkranzsonaten
FRESCOBALDI: Canzon prima à basso solo
J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude in Bb major and Fugue in D# minor
FIGG: Sonate für Violine und Generalbaß, Canzona per basso solo, and Prelude and Fugue in 21 Tones
J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor & Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1014 & 1015
Concert Film
January 10, 2020
A Far Cry: Shostakovich and Mahler (curator)
with Sonja Tengblad, soprano and Dashon Burton, baritone
TAKEMITSU: Requiem
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 14
MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review
September 21-22, 2018
A Far Cry: I (curator)
RAMEAU: Suite from Les Indes galantes
VIVIER: Zipangu
SANLIKOL: A Gentleman of Istanbul (world premiere)
Recording
January 27, 2018
A Far Cry: Guardians of the Groove (curator)
LULLY: Suite from Acis et Galatée
STEVENS: Suite from Run Rabbit Run (arr. Michael P. Atkinson)
DVORAK: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
December 7, 2017
A Far Cry: The AFC Challenge (curator)
GLASS: Echorus
CAGE: “Nearly Stationary” from String Quartet in Four Parts
SHOSTAKOVICH: Scherzo from Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
WEBERN: Five Movements, Op. 5
Christopher HOSSFELD: “... and ZOMBIES” from concerto GROSSO
LIGETI: Ramifications
Shiori USUI: In Digestion
XENAKIS: Voile
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
May 5-7, 2017
Portland Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi's World
VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in E-flat Major, RV 483
VIVALDI: Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV 531 (solo cello II)
VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto for Lute in D Major, RV 93
PERGOLESI: Concerto in B-flat major for violin
First Baptist Church, Portland, OR
Kaul Auditorium, Portland, OR
March 7 & 10, 2017
Boston Baroque: The Mystery Sonatas
with Christina Day Martinson, violin
BIBER: Mystery Sonatas
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review
November 11, 2016
A Far Cry: Pau (curator)
with Lluis Claret, cello
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto
CASALS: Sant Marti del Canigo
GINASTERA: Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals, Op. 46
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
October 6, 2016
A Far Cry & Oracle Hysterical: The Sea - Tales of Lapham (curator)
B. BALLIETT: A Thousand Fearful Wracks
D. BALLIETT: Strait of Messina
COLE: How Deep Is the Ocean? and Sea Concerto
CONNERY: Jonah
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
September 23, 2016
A Far Cry: Memory
PART: Cantus in Memoriam of Benjamin Britten
MOZART: Serenata Notturna
ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
October 1, 2015
A Far Cry: VS. (curator)
John Zorn: Hockey
Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Chaconne” from Naïs
Samuel Scheidt: “Galliard Battaglia à 5”
Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for string orchestra
Trad: Song of the Birds (Cant dell Ocells), arr. Casals
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 for four violins and violoncello obligato
Frederick Rzewski: Coming Together
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
January 14 & 15, 2015
Matthew Ritchie: The Long Count/The Long Game
with Kelley Deal, Aaron & Dryce Dessner, Shara Worden, and Evan Ziporyn
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Review