Nov
16
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Music to Lighten the Darkness

As the winter deepens and the days become shorter, we take this time to reflect on light and darkness - physical and emotional - and the challenges that we all face during this cold and lonely time. Cappella Clausura offers a performance on these subjects as a spiritual balm, and a call to celebrate love, life, and connection. Please join us for this journey, as we bring you through darkness to light. Music by Anna Clyne, Alma Mahler and others. Including a performance of Francis Poulenc’s epic and rarely-heard “Soir de Neige”.

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Nov
17
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Music to Lighten the Darkness

As the winter deepens and the days become shorter, we take this time to reflect on light and darkness - physical and emotional - and the challenges that we all face during this cold and lonely time. Cappella Clausura offers a performance on these subjects as a spiritual balm, and a call to celebrate love, life, and connection. Please join us for this journey, as we bring you through darkness to light. Music by Anna Clyne, Alma Mahler and others. Including a performance of Francis Poulenc’s epic and rarely-heard “Soir de Neige”.

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Dec
11
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Winter's Night

After a 7 year hiatus, Skylark revisits its ethereal and beautiful holiday program. Structured around Distler's seven variations of the hymn Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming), Winter’s Night is a serenely beautiful program that is sure to guide you into a meaningful holiday season.

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Dec
12
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Winter's Night

After a 7 year hiatus, Skylark revisits its ethereal and beautiful holiday program. Structured around Distler's seven variations of the hymn Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming), Winter’s Night is a serenely beautiful program that is sure to guide you into a meaningful holiday season.

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Dec
13
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Winter's Night

After a 7 year hiatus, Skylark revisits its ethereal and beautiful holiday program. Structured around Distler's seven variations of the hymn Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming), Winter’s Night is a serenely beautiful program that is sure to guide you into a meaningful holiday season.

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Dec
14
3:00 PM15:00

Skylark: Winter's Night

After a 7 year hiatus, Skylark revisits its ethereal and beautiful holiday program. Structured around Distler's seven variations of the hymn Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming), Winter’s Night is a serenely beautiful program that is sure to guide you into a meaningful holiday season.

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Dec
15
4:00 PM16:00

Skylark: Winter's Night

After a 7 year hiatus, Skylark revisits its ethereal and beautiful holiday program. Structured around Distler's seven variations of the hymn Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming), Winter’s Night is a serenely beautiful program that is sure to guide you into a meaningful holiday season.

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Dec
15
4:00 PM16:00

Skylark: A Christmas Carol at the Morgan Library

Experience the magic of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol in Skylark’s musical interpretation, narrated by actor Christine Baranski. Working from the original text abridged by Skylark artistic director Matthew Guard, composer Benedict Sheehan has created a score that weaves familiar Christmas carols into the fabric of the Dickens story for an unforgettable new version of a holiday classic. Every holiday season, the Morgan displays the original 1843 manuscript of A Christmas Carol in J. Pierpont Morgan’s historic library. Attendees are invited to view the manuscript before the concert from 5:30-6:30 PM.

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Feb
15
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: All About Love

“Sappho begins with a sweet apple and ends in infinite hunger.” (From "Eros the Bittersweet", by Anne Carson) Too often throughout history, we've seen women's love and desire depicted through a male gaze, while authentic expressions of love and desire by women in art have been considered taboo. Cappella Clausura challenges this by centering the voices of women and gender non-binary composers in this program on the topic of love in all its forms. Featuring music by Evelin Seppar, Modesta Bor, Rafaella Aleotti, Hildegard von Bingen, and others.

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Feb
16
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: All About Love

“Sappho begins with a sweet apple and ends in infinite hunger.” (From "Eros the Bittersweet", by Anne Carson) Too often throughout history, we've seen women's love and desire depicted through a male gaze, while authentic expressions of love and desire by women in art have been considered taboo. Cappella Clausura challenges this by centering the voices of women and gender non-binary composers in this program on the topic of love in all its forms. Featuring music by Evelin Seppar, Modesta Bor, Rafaella Aleotti, Hildegard von Bingen, and others.

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Apr
12
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Visions for a Kinder World

How should we live our lives, in a world where bad things happen to good people? What kinds of love and grace do we owe to ourselves and each other? How can we create lasting change, peace, and justice, for all people? Cappella Clausura's mission has always been rooted in justice, in correcting an inequality by performing music by women. This program is our creed more broadly, and includes music that promotes peace over war, healing over hurt, and people over policy. In short, we present music about the better angels of our nature, and how we can manifest a kinder world together. Music by Mattia Maurée, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Linda Chase, and others. The proceeds from this program will be split with a local Boston charity.

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Apr
13
3:00 PM15:00

Cappella Clausura: Visions for a Kinder World

How should we live our lives, in a world where bad things happen to good people? What kinds of love and grace do we owe to ourselves and each other? How can we create lasting change, peace, and justice, for all people? Cappella Clausura's mission has always been rooted in justice, in correcting an inequality by performing music by women. This program is our creed more broadly, and includes music that promotes peace over war, healing over hurt, and people over policy. In short, we present music about the better angels of our nature, and how we can manifest a kinder world together. Music by Mattia Maurée, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Linda Chase, and others. The proceeds from this program will be split with a local Boston charity.

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Apr
30
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Rachmaninoff Vespers

An apocryphal story recounts that when conductor Nikolai Danilin first heard Sergei Rachmaninoff play the score for his All-Night Vigil  (‘Vespers’), Danilin said “Where am I to get such basses? They are as rare as Asparagus at Christmas!" Skylark returns this spring with its stunning rendition of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, performing from its own edition of the score prepared by Artistic Director Matthew Guard and Skylark Soprano Fotina Naumenko. 

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May
1
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Rachmaninoff Vespers

An apocryphal story recounts that when conductor Nikolai Danilin first heard Sergei Rachmaninoff play the score for his All-Night Vigil  (‘Vespers’), Danilin said “Where am I to get such basses? They are as rare as Asparagus at Christmas!" Skylark returns this spring with its stunning rendition of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, performing from its own edition of the score prepared by Artistic Director Matthew Guard and Skylark Soprano Fotina Naumenko. 

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May
2
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Rachmaninoff Vespers

An apocryphal story recounts that when conductor Nikolai Danilin first heard Sergei Rachmaninoff play the score for his All-Night Vigil  (‘Vespers’), Danilin said “Where am I to get such basses? They are as rare as Asparagus at Christmas!" Skylark returns this spring with its stunning rendition of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, performing from its own edition of the score prepared by Artistic Director Matthew Guard and Skylark Soprano Fotina Naumenko. 

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May
4
3:00 PM15:00

Skylark: Rachmaninoff Vespers

An apocryphal story recounts that when conductor Nikolai Danilin first heard Sergei Rachmaninoff play the score for his All-Night Vigil  (‘Vespers’), Danilin said “Where am I to get such basses? They are as rare as Asparagus at Christmas!" Skylark returns this spring with its stunning rendition of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, performing from its own edition of the score prepared by Artistic Director Matthew Guard and Skylark Soprano Fotina Naumenko. 

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Oct
26
3:00 PM15:00

Skylark: Sleepy Hollow

Skylark begins the season with a brand new storytelling concert featuring acclaimed storyteller Sarah Walker. Abridged by Artistic Director, Matthew Guard, the beloved ghost story comes alive with spooky whispers, bloodcurdling screeches, bawdy drinking songs, and classic American tunes.

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Oct
25
7:00 PM19:00

Skylark: Sleepy Hollow

Skylark begins the season with a brand new storytelling concert featuring acclaimed storyteller Sarah Walker. Abridged by Artistic Director, Matthew Guard, the beloved ghost story comes alive with spooky whispers, bloodcurdling screeches, bawdy drinking songs, and classic American tunes.

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Sep
22
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Songs that Enchant

Join Cappella Clausura for a concert-length ritual in music that transports the listener to a world that blurs the line between dreams and reality. In this magic world, mermaids lure innocent people to their deaths, people are haunted by the ghosts of their dead lovers, the wind carries countless messages, and the most interesting things happen at night. Let us be your guide through this dream-world, as you fall under this spell and emerge transformed by the end. Featuring music by Clara Faisst, Alma Mahler, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Julia Schwartz.

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Sep
21
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Songs that Enchant

Join Cappella Clausura for a concert-length ritual in music that transports the listener to a world that blurs the line between dreams and reality. In this magic world, mermaids lure innocent people to their deaths, people are haunted by the ghosts of their dead lovers, the wind carries countless messages, and the most interesting things happen at night. Let us be your guide through this dream-world, as you fall under this spell and emerge transformed by the end. Featuring music by Clara Faisst, Alma Mahler, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Julia Schwartz.

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Jun
13
6:00 PM18:00

Skylark: Path of Miracles

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Skylark presents the 3rd concert in their series at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.

Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles may be the first true choral masterwork of the 21st century. Talbot, whose dramatic compositions include well-known film scores and luscious ballets, composed the piece in 2005 for the British ensemble Tenebrae, a group similar to Skylark both in size and vocal virtuosity. The piece takes the listener on a mesmerizing vocal journey across the ancient Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Northwest Spain. With its four varied and theatrical movements named for important cities along the pilgrim’s path, and its moving libretto by poet Robert Dickinson, Path of Miracles has been called “little short of a musical miracle in itself.”

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May
23
6:00 PM18:00

Skylark: Musical Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance

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Skylark presents the 1st concert in their series at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library.

The manuscript collection at the Hispanic Society Library is a rich trove of handwritten copies and early editions of 16th and 17th century polyphony from masters including Tomás Luis de Victoria and Francisco Guerrero, as well as lesser-known composers like Bartolomé de Olagüe, choirmaster of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela from 1651-58. In this luminous musical exploration of Spanish renaissance treasures, Skylark will perform several pieces that are modern premieres, having been lost to history until transcribed by Skylark musicologist Dr. John K. Cox directly from the Hispanic Society collections. The first program in Skylark’s musical pilgrimage will include some of the earliest music ever transcribed for multiple voices, chants from the Codex Callixtinus, the 13th-century guidebook for the pilgrimage to Santiago. The program will also take full advantage of the marvelous acoustics in the Hispanic Society’s main courtyard, at times surrounding the audience with up to 12 individual lines performed by Skylark’s virtuoso professional singers. 

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Apr
28
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Cozzolani - Vespers

Closing out our season in May, we return to Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, the nun who gave Cappella Clausura our name, with Music of the Italian Convents. In partnership with Handel & Haydn’s Chorus of Sopranos and Altos, we will honor Cappella Clausura’s past while cementing the historical presence of women in music with the works that initially inspired us to begin this ensemble two decades ago.

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Apr
27
8:00 PM20:00

Cappella Clausura: Cozzolani - Vespers

Closing out our season in May, we return to Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, the nun who gave Cappella Clausura our name, with Music of the Italian Convents. In partnership with Handel & Haydn’s Chorus of Sopranos and Altos, we will honor Cappella Clausura’s past while cementing the historical presence of women in music with the works that initially inspired us to begin this ensemble two decades ago.

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Apr
5
8:00 PM20:00

Odyssey Opera: The Voyage of Edgar Allen Poe

Join the Odyssey for an excursion like no other from Pulitzer Prize-winning master of contemporary American opera, Dominick Argento.

Ill and feverish, Boston-born writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe – his creativity and inspiration in the doldrums after his wife Virginia’s death two years prior – plans to sail to Baltimore on a “voyage of discovery.” But is a ship scheduled to depart? Amidst shipboard phantoms, morbid melodrama, a hasty child marriage, grotesque masquerade partygoers, a profusion of alcohol, and a haunting voice singing Poe’s last complete poem, “Annabel Lee”, two things exist: Poe and his dubious literary executor, the mercurial Griswold. A trial to contest madness, advised by fictional French detective Auguste Dupin, seemingly conjures Poe’s past, revealing a grisly auction of muses, his beloved Virginia’s funerary reawakening, and glittering visions of what lies beyond the grave.

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Mar
5
5:15 PM17:15

Yale Consort: Choral Evensong

Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.

Yale Consort, a newly formed professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.

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Mar
3
4:00 PM16:00

Cappella Clausura: Smyth - Mass in D

For Women’s History Month in March, we are thrilled to present the New England premiere of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D. This concert, with full romantic orchestra, will be offered only once. The program is the world premiere of Amelia LeClair's new edition of the work, and will be the culmination of six years of dedicated research.

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