Happy long weekend! Celebrate being able to get out of your house by experiencing some music – we’ve got a gorgeous a cappella experience in a lovely hall, the New Phil makes its Jordan Hall debut, and a free Suzuki class for young ones!
FRIDAY
Cappella Clausura*
presented by Scandinavian Cultural Center*
Friday, February 15 at 7pm | $20 adults, $10 seniors/students
Have you been to Nordic Hall yet? Check it out and hear a musical journey through the history of female composers of a cappella: chant, motets, and madrigals, featuring Hildegard von Bingen, Vittoria/Rafaella Aleotti, Hilary Tann, Patricia Van Ness, and Dorothy Crawford.
SATURDAY
Suzuki Prep Class – Free Trial
Suzuki School of Newton*
at Newton Cultural Center
Saturday, February 16 at 9am | FREE
The Suzuki School of Newton offers free trial classes for its Suzuki Prep program for children ages 2-4 and an adult caregiver. This is a fun way to share time with your child: sing, move to music, do pre-instrumental Suzuki activities, and hear live instrument demonstrations from the SSN faculty. What a great way to have quality time together, learn what Suzuki music lessons are all about and find out why the Suzuki philosophy works!
West Meets East: An Evening of Western & Chinese Classical Music
featuring New Philharmonia Orchestra*
presented by Yan-Huang Performing Arts
Saturday, February 16 at 7:30pm | $15-$40
Jordan Hall, Boston
The New Phil, Newton’s premiere symphony, makes its Jordan Hall debut this Saturday! The concert features a balance of Chinese and Western music, including the gorgeous Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto with Xin Ding of the BSO and Schumann’s fantastic Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.” Come share the love of one of life’s greatest treasures – music!
There will be another gorgeous a capella experience in a lovely hall this weekend… Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7:30PM: Vespers at FUSN is a 30-minute candlelight service of music, poetry, and meditation featuring the a capella quartet Vermilion, poetry readers from FUSN, and guest musicians (yes, that makes it just a bit un-a capella, I guess). This Sunday, harpist Susan Miron is the guest musician.
In the sanctuary of the First Unitarian Society in Newton, 1326 Washington Street. Free. Donations accepted.
(Vespers at FUSN is usually on the second Sunday of the month. This Sunday is the snow date.)
Bruce is absolutely correct. I’ve been to 4 or 5 of the Sunday Vespers at First Unitarian and the a capella quartet and Vermilion rearders are just fantastic. As a kid, I never thought I’d be going to the Unitarian Church to hear sacred music in Latin, or that it would be done to such perfection. This is the place to be if you like great music from the likes of Thomas Tallis, Palestrina, Josquin Des Prez and other great pre-baroque luminaries.
Thanks for posting, Bruce! I’ll be sure to catch it for posting next month!