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ASTON MAGNA FESTIVAL
Daniel Arts Center, Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA (map)
800.875.7156
info@astonmagna.org
http://www.astonmagna.org

This chamber music series, under the artistic direction of Daniel Stepner, is celebrating its 35th season featuring Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music performed on period instruments. Concerts at the Daniel Arts Center at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington are at 8 pm. Concerts at the Olin Auditorium at Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, NY are at 5 pm. Concerts at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown are at 3 pm. Tickets are $35, free for up to two children ages six to 12 with each purchase of an adult ticket. Student rush tickets are $10 and are available at the door 30 minutes before concert time. Senior tickets are $30 for the Daniel Arts Center and the Clark and can be purchased in advance.

JUNE 29 "Aston Magna 35th Anniversary Concert," with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, J.S. Bach's Double Concerto for Two Violins, and J.S. Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin, Olin Auditorium
JUNE 30 "Aston Magna 35th Anniversary Concert" at the Daniel Arts Center
JULY 1 "Aston Magna 35th Anniversary Concert" at the Clark
JULY 6 "18th-century Italian virtuoso music for violin and guitar," works by Paganini, Locatelli, and others, at the Olin Auditorium
JULY 7 "18th-century Italian virtuoso music for violin and guitar" at the Daniel Arts Center
JULY 13 "Bach at the Court of Frederick the Great," with J.S. Bach's A Musical Offering, a flute concerto by Frederick the Great, and a C.P.E. Bach sonata, at the Olin Auditorium
JULY 14 "Bach at the Court of Frederick the Great" at the Daniel Arts Center
JULY 15"Bach at the Court of Frederick the Great" at the Clark
JULY 20 "The Wit and Wisdom of the French Baroque," with the cantats and sonatas of Rameau, Couperin, and others, at the Olin Auditorium
JULY 21 "The Wit and Wisdom of the French Baroque" at the Daniel Arts Center
JULY 27 "Mostly Monteverdi," madrigals and sonatas, at the Olin Auditorium
JULY 28 "Mostly Monteverdi" at the Daniel Clark Arts Center
JULY 29 "Mostly Monteverdi" at the Clark
AUG 3 Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Deborah Rentz-Moore as Dido at the Olin Auditorium
AUG 4 Dido and Aeneas at the Daniel Arts Center

BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Rovensky Concert Shed, Berkshire School, Rte 41, Sheffield, MA (map)
413.229.1999 or 413.229.8526
bcf@choralfest.org
http://www.chorus.org

Concerts are July 14 through Aug 11 in the Rovensky Concert Shed at 8 pm. Sheffield performances are $25 to $40, call or visit the Web site for other venues' prices and additional information.

JULY 14 Dvorßk's Stabat Mater directed by Frank Nemhauser
JULY 21 Don McCullough leads the chorus in Haydn's Harminiemesse and five of his own sacred works: Psalm 150, We Remember Them, Lift Up Your Heads, Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester, and O Be Joyful in the Land
JULY 28 Grant Gershon conducts an evening of Te Deums by Haydn, Bruckner, Verdi, and PSrt
AUG 4 David Hayes conducts Beethoven's Elegaic Song, Op 123; Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Op 80; and Cherubini's Requiem in C Minor
AUG 11 Kathy Saltzman Romey conducts Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor and Mendelssohn's Psalm 42, Wie die Hirsch Schreit

BERKSHIRE OPERA COMPANY
Piitsfield, MA (map)
413.442.0099
info@berkshireopera.org
http://www.berkshireopera.org

The professional opera company of the Berkshires perform on various stages. Tickets are $40 to $90, except as noted. Ages under 18 receive 50-percent-off tickets; students over 18, 25-percent; and student rush tickets, 15-percent. Visit the Web site for details and showtimes.

JUNE 22, 23 AND 24 Lully's PsychT, presented in collaboration with the Boston Early Music Festival, with Carolyn Sampson [PsychT] and Karina Gauvin [Venus], at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, 7 pm (June 22 and 23) and 2:30 pm (June 24)
JULY 5 "Moonlight at the Mahaiwe," an evening of opera's greatest love affairs with Jennifer Aylmer, Sari Gruber, and Oren Gradus, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 8 pm,
AUG 17, 20, 22, 24, AND 26 Puccini's La BohFme, with Maureen O'Flynn, Sari Gruber, and Troy Cook, at the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, 8 pm (Aug 17, 22, and 24) and 2 pm (Aug 20 and 26)

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL AND EXHIBITION
161 First Street, Suite 202, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.661.1812
bemf@bemf.org
http://www.bemf.org

The Boston Early Music Festival and Exhibition (BEMF) began on June 11 and runs through 17 at various venues throughout Boston. It includes concerts, family-day programs, public symposia, and master classes. The exhibition consists of a trade show for instrument maker; exhibitors of rare books, prints, manuscripts, and antique instruments; record companies; publishers; accessory manufacturers; demonstration recitals; and workshops. There will also be panel discussions -- and more. This year's theme is "Feast of the Gods." Concerts are held in Emmanuel Church, the Old West Church, and the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Tickets to evening, afternoon, and late-night concerts are $20 to $56, unless otherwise noted. Check the BEMP Web site for more information on symposia and master classes.

JUNE 14 at 5 pm in Emmanuel Church, the Orlando Consort presents "The Rose, the Lily, and the Whortleberry: Medieval and Renaissance Gardens in Music"
JUNE 14 at 8 pm in Jordan Hall, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus directed by Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs presents "Music of Rameau and Eccles: Suite from Nais and Judgment of Paris"
JUNE 14 at 11 pm in Jordan Hall, "Ambrosia and Nectar: Women in Baroque England"
JUNE 15 Organ Mini-Festival from 9 am to 4 pm at the Old West Church
JUNE 15 at 5 pm in Jordan Hall, "Mozart a Due: Sonatas and Variations for Violin and Piano"
JUNE 15 at 8 pm in Jordan Hall, Sequentia directed by Benjamin Bagby presents "The Rheingold Curse: A Germanic Saga of Greed and Revenge from the Medieval Icelandic Edda"
JUNE 16 at 2 pm in Jordan Hall, Nachtmusique directed by Eric Hoeprich presents "Harmoniemusik: Works by Mozart, Duvernoy, Kreutzer, Weyse, and Beethoven"
JUNE 16 at 8 pm in Jordan Hall, Le PoFme Harmonique directed by Vincent Dumestre presents "Aux Marches du Palais: Traditional French Romances and Laments"
JUNE 16 at 11 pm in Jordan Hall, Tragicomedia and Friends directed by Stephen Stubbs presents "Welcome to All the Pleasures"
JUNE 17 at 12:30 pm in Jordan Hall, the Royal Wind Music directed by Paul Leenhouts presents "The Gods' Flute Heaven: Dutch and Spanish Consort Music After a 17th-century Collection"
JUNE 17 at 3:30 pm in the Cutler Majestic Theater, Lully's PsychT, with Carolyn Sampson [PsychT] and Karina Gauvin [Venus], $30 to $250

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL FRINGE CONCERTS
161 First Street, Suite 202, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.661.1812
bemf@bemf.org
http://www.bemf.org/pages/06fest/fringe.htm

If you can't get your Early Music fix from the selection of featured BEMF Concerts, there are over 70 fringe concerts all located in Boston, except as noted. All concerts take place during the BEMF dates (which began June 11) through June 17. Check the Web site for program information and directions.

JUNE 14 at 9 am, Viola de Gamba Society of America at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, donations welcome
JUNE 14 at 10 am, clavichord player Judith Conrad at the Paulist Center Library, donations to the Iraq Family Relief Fund
JUNE 14 at 11 am, Harmonious Blacksmith at the Boston Center for Adult Education, $20, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at 11 am, lautenwerck player William Carragan at the Zuckermann Harpsichords Exhibition Room, Radisson Hotel, 6th floor, free
JUNE 14 at noon, the Sun's Darlings at the Beacon Hill Friends House, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at noon, the New York Continuo Collective at Gordon Chapel in Old South Church, $10, $5 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at noon, Baroque and Classical violinist Gesa Kordes and fortepiano player/harpsichord player Andrew Willis at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, $15, $8 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at 12:30 pm, the Lute Society of America presents Dulce Melos at Lindsey Chapel in Emmanuel Church, $16, $11 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at 1 pm, pardessus de viole player Joanna Blendulf and violinist David Wilson at the Church of the Covenant, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at 2 pm, Harvard Early Music Society at the French Library, free
JUNE 14 at 2 pm, From the Depths at St. Paul's Church, Brookline, $15 to $20 suggested donation
JUNE 14 at 2 pm, Ensemble Gaudior at Boston Center for Adult Education, $20, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 14 at 3 pm, Renaissance lute player Seth Warner at Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, $15, $10
JUNE 14 at 3 pm, harpsichord player Athur Haas and the Stony Brook Baroque Players at the Harpsichord Clearing House Exhibition Room, Radisson Hotel, 6th floor, free
JUNE 14 at 3:45 pm, Vox Lucens at the Beacon Hill Friends House, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 15 at 11 am, University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra and Singers at the Church of the Covenant, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 11 am, Scandinavian Baroque Project at the Goethe-Institut, $20, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 11 am, Trio Settecento at Lindsey Chapel in Emmanuel Church, $20, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at noon, Musica Sacra at Gordon Chapel in Old South Church, $10, $5 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at noon, Tarantella Recorder Trio with guest Judith Linsenberg at the Boston Center for Adult Education, $20, $15 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 1 pm, University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra and Singers at the Church of the Covenant, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 1 pm, Infiorare at the Emmanuel Church Music Room, $12, $8 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 1:30 pm, Early Music America presents Emsemble La Rota at Lindsey Chapel in Emmanuel Church, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 15 at 2 pm, Concerto Antico at the Boston Conservatory Concert Room, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 2 pm, Music for a While at Hale Chapel at First Church Boston, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 2 pm, Ensemble La Sylva at the Boston Center for Adult Education, $12, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 15 at 3 pm, Duo Appassionata at the Beacon Hill Friends House, free
JUNE 15 at 3 pm, multi-instrumentalist Judith Conrad at the Paulist Center Auditorium, donations go to the Iraq Family Relief Fund
JUNE 15 at 3 pm, Henry Lebidinsky at the Harpsichod Clearing House Exhibition Room, Radisson Hotel, 6th floor, free
JUNE 16 at 10 am, Musical Playground at the Goethe-Institut, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 16 at 10:30 am, Baroque Orchestra of North Jersey at the Cathedral of St. Paul, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 16 at 11:30 am, La Donna Musicale at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, $20
JUNE 16 at 11:30 am, fortepiano player Sylvia Berry at the First Church in Boston, $5 suggested donation
JUNE 16 at noon, Rainier Baroque Band at Gordon Chapel in Old South Church, $10, $5 for students and seniors
JUNE 16 at noon, Polyhymnia at Lindsey Chapel in Emmanuel Church, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 16 at 12:15 pm, La Donna Musicale at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, $20 preferred seating, $15 general seating
JUNE 16 at 4 pm, Music Divine at the First Church in Boston, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 16 at 4 pm, Ulv at Nordic Hall in the Scandinavian Living Center, West Newton, $15, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 16 at 4 pm, soprano Jessica Gould and theorbo player Charles Weaver at the Beacon Hill Friends House, $12, $10 for students and seniors
JUNE 16 at 4 pm, Flying Forms at the Goethe-Institut, $10 suggested donation
JUNE 17 at 10:45 am, cellists Reinmar Seidler and Bennett Haynes, harpsichord player Michael Bahmann, and triple harp player Barbara Poeschl-Erdrich, at the Goethe-Institut, $15, $12 for students and seniors

BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA
168 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.520.2202
info@landmarksorchestra.org
http://www.landmarksorchestra.org

Charles Ansbacher conducts this ensemble, which performs at the Hatch Shell on Boston's Charles River Esplanade. The free concerts take place on Wed from July 11 through Sept 5 and start at 7 pm. In addition to these concerts, the BLO has commissioned an orchestral work for children, which will be performed for free at various locations.

JULY 11 Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, with the New World Chorale
JULY 18 "Fresh Romantics," works by Saint-Sadns, FaurT, and Bizet with cellist Matt Haimovitz
JULY 25 Greenwood Music Camp Orchestra conducted by Frederic Cohen presents "Brilliance from the Top," works of Brahms and Weber with violinist Emily Smith and clarinettist Oliver Hagen
JULY 31 children's concert at the Charlestown Navy Yard in the Boston National Historical Park presents Larry Bell's David and "Old Ironsides", 7 pm
AUG 1 children's concert at the Hatch Shell, 7 pm
AUG 2 children's concert at Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley St, Roxbury, 10:30 am and noon
AUG 2 children's concert at Adams National Historic Park, 135 Adams St, near the Beale House, Quincy, 7 pm
AUG 3 children's concert at Great Hall at Codman Sq, between Washington St and Talbot Ave, Dorchester, 10:30 am and noon
AUG 8 "Salute to the Red Sox", with all-American program including Julian Wachner's Lifting the Curse: A Story of the Red Sox"
AUG 15 "A Taste of Opera," selections from the Boston Lyric Opera's upcoming season, including Puccini's La BohFme, Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, and Mozart's Die Entfnhrung aus dem Serail
AUG 22 Longwood Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan McPhee presents "Musical Magic" with Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1, Williams's Suite from Harry Potter, and Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty
AUG 29 "With Liberty and Justice for All," including Nkeiru Okoye's The Journey of Phillis Wheatley with the Boston Community Choir
SEPT 5 "Great Masterpieces"

MASTERWORKS CHORALE SUMMER SING
33 Marrett Rd (Rte 2A), Lexington, MA (map)
781.235.6210
info@masterworkschorale.org
http://www.masterworkschorale.org

All are invited to join in the singing. Music scores are provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own. Performances June 12 through Aug 7 on Tues at 8 pm. Call or visit the Web site for schedule information. Admission $10, $9 for students and seniors.

JUNE 12 Brahms's Requiem
JUNE 19 Bach's Magnificat
JUNE 26 Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
JULY 10 Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem
JULY 17 Mozart's Requiem
JULY 24 Verdi's Requiem
JULY 31 Orff's Carmina Burana
AUG 7 FaurT's Requiem

MEETING HOUSE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Cape Cod, various locations, MA (map)
508.896.3344
meetinghousefestival@gmail.com
Festival runs from July 1 through 31. Concerts are at 8 pm in various locations around Cape Cod. Tickets $18. Call for schedule and program information.

JULY 1 works by Telemann, Dodgson, Bax, Glazunov, and Henrietta Reine, at the First Parish Unitarian Church, Brewster
JULY 2 same program as July 1, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
JULY 8 works by Stravinsky, K=daly, and Tchaikovsky, Wellfleet Public Library
JULY 9 same program as July 8, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
JULY 16 works by Dvorßk, Schumann, and Schubert, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
JULY 17 same program as July 16, at the Cotuit Center for the Arts
JULY 22 works by Bach, Schnittke, Kreisler, Brahms, and Poulenc, at the Cape Cod Covenant Church, Brewster
JULY 23 same program as July 22, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
JULY 30 works by Haydn, Ronald Perera, and Mendelssohn, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
JULY 31 same program as July 30, at the Yarmouthport Congregational Church

METHUEN MEMORIAL MUSIC HALL
192 Broadway (Rte. 28), Methuen, MA (map)
978.685.0693
edward_j_sampson@raytheon.com
http://www.mmmh.org

The Music Hall presents organ recitals performed on the 84 stops, 115 ranks, and 6027 pipes of the 1863 Walcker Great Organ. Concerts are Wed. at 8 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Tickets $10, $5 for children under 12.

JUNE 20 Ingrid Gutberg
JUNE 27 Eileen Hunt with Meredith Derr, tenor
JULY 4 "Red, White, and Blue Concert" with pianist Ben Benston and organist Chandler Noyes
JULY 11 Jon Gillock
JULY 18 Chelsea Chen
JULY 25 Jared Johnson
AUG 1 John Weaver
AUG 5 at 3 pm, "Sunday at the Music Hall: Orchestral Transcriptions" with Chandler Noyes
AUG 8 John Finney
AUG 15 Margaret and Warren Scharf
AUG 22 Lois Toeppner
AUG 29 Scott Lamlein

MOHAWK TRAIL CONCERTS
Federated Church, Rte 2, Charlemont, MA (map)
413.625.9511 or 888.MTC.MUSE
info@mohawktrailconcerts.org
http://www.mohawktrailconcerts.org

The 38th year of the MTC Summer Chamber Music Festival runs for five wekeends from June 29 through July 28, and this season focuses on the 125th anniversary of Stravinsky's birth and the 100th anniversary of Shostakovich's birth. (It's always something.) Open rehearsals on Fri at 7:30 pm, concerts on Sat at 8 pm, except as noted. Concert tickets $18, $15 for seniors and students, except Saturday's Bolcom & Morris tickets, which are $20 and $17 (but worth it). Open rehearsal tickets $15, $12 for seniors and students, except Bolcom & Morris tickets, which are $18 and $15. Visit the Web site for more information.

JUNE 29 AND 30 piano pieces by Edward MacDowell; Ligeti's Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano, Hommage a Brahms; and Brahms's Horn Trio, Op 40
JULY 6 AND 7 Bruce Adolphe, soprano Lauren Skuce, and violinist Harumi Rhodes perform Adolphe's Wind Across the Sky and Bruce Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers, Stravinsky's "Lullaby" from Firebird, and a Haydn trio
JULY 13 AND 14 baritone Andre Garland and pianists Anne Koscielny and Estela Olevsky perform songs by Lee Hoiby, including Private First Class Jesse Givens (A Letter from Iraq), Grieg songs, Rogers and Hammerstein's "Soliluquy" from Carousel, and four-hand music by Mozart, Grieg, Kurtag, and Barber
JULY 20 AND 21 William Bolcom and mezzo-soprano Joan Morris perform with the Da Camera Singers and others in an Anthology of American Theatre and Cabaret; a tribute to US Poet Laureate Donald Hall with Simple Stories, a setting of Hall's poems; and Let Evening Come, a setting of poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Kenyon
JULY 27 AND 28 Alice Parker's Songs for Eve, with poems of Archibald MacLeise, an Irving Fine Trio, and Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op 44

MUSIC AT EDEN'S EDGE
94 John Wise Ave, Essex, MA (map)
978.270.4463
http://www.edensedge.org

Music at Eden's Edge celebrates its 26th anniversary season. Throughout the summer, the North Shore's resident chamber-music ensemble perform at six venues, including the Peabody Essex Museum, which often includes free access to one or more of their galleries. Concerts are on Tues at 2 pm, on Fri and Sat at 8 pm, and on Sun at 5 pm. Check the Web site for venue details. Tickets $22, $15 to $16 for seniors and students unless otherwise noted.

JUNE 19 "Essentially Spanish June," AlbTniz's Asturias, Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasilieras no.5, Nfn's Seguida Espagnol, Handel's Spanish Cantata, other works by de Falla, Cassado, Granados, and traditional Sephardic songs, Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers
JUNE 22 "Essentially Spanish June," New England Biolabs, Ipswich, free
JUNE 23 "Essentially Spanish June," Endicott College Chapel, Beverly
JULY 10 "Music of Our Age," Ravel's Sonatine e Trio, Amlin's Encomium, Gubaidulina's Garden of Joys and Sadness, Beethoven's Duo in F Major, Young's The Song of the Lark, and Navok's Veiled Echoes, Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers
JULY 13 "Music of Our Age," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
JULY 15 "Music of Our Age," Community House of Hamilton and Wenham, South Hamilton
JULY 31 "High Summer Strings": Martinu's Three Madrigals; Beethoven's Trio in E-Flat, Op. 3; and the World-Premiere of Mark Berger's The Dry Salvages. Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers
AUG 3 "High Summer Strings," New England Biolabs, Ipswich, free
AUG 4 "High Summer Strings," Endicott College Chapel, Beverly
AUG 21 "The 18th-Century Grand Tour in August," works by Le Roux, Marais, Coperin, Laurenti, Mondonville, Purcell, Corelli, Bach, and Telemann, Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers
AUG 24 "The 18th-Century Grand Tour in August," Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
AUG 25 "The 18th-Century Grand Tour in August," Endicott College Chapel, Beverly
SEPT 11 "European Roots, American September," Beethoven's Archduke Trio plus works of Lili Boulanger, Paine, and Foote, Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, Danvers
SEPT 14 "European Roots, American September," Community House of Hamilton and Wenham, South Hamilton
SEPT 30 "European Roots, American September," Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester

NANTUCKET MUSICAL ARTS SOCIETY
First Congregational Church, 62 Centre St, Nantucket, MA (map)
508.228.1287
This year's season runs from July 10 through Aug 21. All concerts are on Tues at 8 pm at the First Congregational Church, which is handicap-accessible. Tickets are available at the door, or can be purchased in advance at the Antiques Depot, 14 Easy St.. Tickets $15, $7 for students.

JULY 10 St. Petersburgh String Quartet
JULY 17 soprano Emily Pulley from the Metropolitan Opera Company
JULY 24 the Boston Virtuosi, under the direction of James David Christie, perform works for strings, organ, and timpani
JULY 31 Polish pianist Stanislaw Dzerweicki
AUG 7 violinist Emil Chudovsky
AUG 14 pianist Jung Lin
AUG 21 Lacatrina String Quartet

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA (map)
617.585.1260
boxoffice@newenglandconservatory .edu
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu

All concerts listed are free.

JUNE 24 AND JUNE 25 opera scenes from the School of Continuing Education Opera Studio, Brown Hall, 8 pm
JULY 19 adult and children's choirs perform at Jordan Hall, 7 pm
JULY 26 chamber music concert with the NEC Festival Youth Orchestra led by Aaron Kula, Williams Hall, 3 pm
JULY 27 orchestral concert with the NEC Festival Youth Orchestra led by Aaron Kula, Jordan Hall, 8 pm
JULY 28 World Rhythm Camp Institute final concert led by Jerry Leake, 7 pm
JULY 29 Summer Metropolitan Flute Festival Orchestra concert led by Paige Dasher Long, Jordan Hall, 5 pm

ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Rockport Art Association, 12 Main St, Rockport, MA (map)
978.546.7391
info@rcmf.org
http://www.rcmf.org

From June 7 through July 1, the RCMF celebrates its 26th anniversary season. Concerts are on Thurs, Fri, and Sat at 8 pm, and on Sun at 5 pm at the Rockport Art Association, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are $20 to $35, $19 to $33 for seniors, $10 for students in Tier 3, free for children 18 and under. Four or more concerts are $18 to $32 each; full-season tickets are $305 to $510.

JUNE 14 Ravel's Duo for Violin and Cello, and Messiaen's Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps
JUNE 15 Pianist Joyce Yang performs Bach's French Overture, BWV 831; Carl Vine's Sonata No. 1; Brahms's Piano Pieces, Op. 119; and Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op 35, Books I and II
JUNE 16 the Peabody Trio perform Ives's Piano Trio, Zhou Long's Spirit of Chimes, and Beethoven's Piano Trio in E-Flat, Op 70, No. 2
JUNE 21 the Claremont Trio performs Beethoven's Trio in D, Op 70, No. 2 ("Ghost"); Mason Bates's String Band for Piano Trio; and Dvorßk's Piano Trio in E Minor, Op 90 ("Dumky")
JUNE 22 an all-Brahms Program, with solo piano works, selected lieder, and the Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano in D Minor, Op 108
JUNE 23 works for solo guitar and baritone by Schubert, Villa-Lobos, and Leisner, as well as Wenzeslaus Matiegka's Grand Trio for Guitar, Violin, and Viola
JUNE 24 Haydn's Piano Trio in G, Kodßly's Duo for Violin and Cello, and Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op 97, Archduke
JUNE 28 Schubert's Sonatina in D for Violin and Piano (arr. clarinet), Berg's Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Peter Sculthorpe's Songs of Sea and Sky, and Brahms's Sonata in F Minor, Op 120 No. 1
JUNE 29 the Miami String Quartet presents Bruce Adolphe's Whispers and Mortality and Schubert's String Quartet in D Minor, D 810 ("Death and the Maiden")
JUNE 30 the Miami String Quartet presents Charles Mason's Prelude to Parlay: Music for the City; Mendelssohn's Quartet in F Minor, Op 80; and Tchaikovsky's Sextet for Strings ("Souvenir de Florence")
JULY 1 the Atlantic Brass Quintet performs music from the Italian Renaissance and "Americana!"

TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER
297 West St, Lenox, MA (map)
413.637.5165
http://www.bso.org

The Tanglewood Music Center trains emerging professional musicians, who present concerts throughout the summer. Concerts take place in the Florence Gould Auditorium of Seiji Ozawa Hall. Tickets are $26 to $36 for orchestra performances, $11 for other TMC performances and for TMC lawn tickets. TMC musicians also perform in 6 pm "preulde" concerts before the 8:30 BSO performance every Sat.. Prelude concert tickets are free for 8:30 pm concert ticket holders, and otherwise are regularly priced. In addition, the TMC performs chamber music every Sun at 10 am. Tickets are only available at the Tanglewood box office one hour before concert time. Call or visit the Web site for more information.

JUNE 28 AND 29 at 8:30 pm, TMC Vocal Fellows and Orchestra with the Mark Morris Dance Group present Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, conducted with Stefan Asbury and choreographed by Mark Morris, $19 to $68
JULY 1 at 8:30 pm, chamber music in the Chamber Music Hall
JULY 2 at 10 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm, there will be two-hour TMC performances, collectively called the "String Quartet Marathon"
JULY 9 at 2:30 pm, TMC opening exercises; 8:30 pm, the TMC Orchestra conducted by Stefan Asbury perform Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, a Bart=k suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, and Holst's The Planets
JULY 16 at 8:30 pm, the TMC Orchestra conducted by Mark Elder performs Stravinsky's Danses Concertantes; Haydn's Symphony No. 92, Oxford; and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1
JULY 28 at 7:30 pm, in the Koussevitsky Music Shed, the TMC Orchestra conducted by James Levine perform Verdi's Don Carlo, with soprano Particia Racette [Elisabeth of Valois], mezzo-soprano Luciana D'Intino [Princess Eboli], tenor Johan Botha [Don Carlo], baritone Zeljko Lucic [Rodrigo], bass James Morris [Philip II], bass Paata Burchuladze [the Grand Inquisitor], baritone David Won [the Count of Lerma], bass Jordan Bisch [a Mink], vocal fellows of the TMC, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus conducted by John Oliver, $18 to $89
JULY 29 "Festival of Contemporary Music," at 10 am. The New Fromm Players perform Borden's From Earth Journeys for Alvin Curran, Zwilich's String Quartet No. 2, a TMC-commissioned world premiere by Eckhardt, and Sollberger's The Advancing Movement. At 8:30 pm, a program of vocal music with soprano Lucy Shelton performing Borden's From Earth Journeys for John Harbison, Del Tredici's I Hear an Army, Heiss's Five Songs from James Joyce, and Fussell's world premiere of Venture
JULY 30 "Festival of Contemporary Music," at 8:30 pm, excerpts from films with music by Glass, Chihara, and Silverman
JULY 31 "Festival of Contemporary Music," at 8:30 pm, Borden's From Earth's Journeys for Paul Chihara; McKinley's selected etudes for piano (world premiere); a TMC-commissioned world-premiere by Bates; Milburn's Bagatelles, for piano and percussion; Chaitkin's Three Dances for piano; and Harbison's Abu Ghraib for cello and piano
AUG 1 "Festival of Contemporary Music," at 8:30 pm, the TMC Orchestra with conductor Stefan Asbury perform Corigliano's Troubadors, variations for guitar and chamber orchestra; Bolcom's A Whitman Triptych, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra; Wuorinen's Rhapsody for violin and orchestra; and Tower's Strike Zones for percussion and orchestra
AUG 2 "Festival of Contemporary Music," at 8:30 pm. "The Fromm Concert at Tanglewood," Part 1: the Julius Hemphill Sextet performs works by Hemphill, Ehrlich, Furnace, Harding, Laster, Stewart, and White; Part 2: Music Electronica Viva performs with keyboardists Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, and Richard Teitelbaum
AUG 11 at 2 pm, in the Theatre, TMC Vocal Fellows and Orchestra, conducted by James Levine and directed by Ira Siff, present Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, $55 to $95
AUG 12, 13, AND 14 at 7:30 pm, in the Theatre, TMC Vocal Fellows and Orchestra, conducted by James Levine and directed by Ira Siff, present Mozart's Cosi fan tutte $55 to $95
AUG 15 "Tanglewood on Parade," chamber music from 2:30 to 6 pm in Ozawa and Chamber Music Halls. At 5 pm, TMC Composition Program and the Shakespeare Project present Macbeth, with fellows of the TMC, the New Fromm Players, and Shakespeare and Company. At 8 pm, fellows of the TMC play fanfares in the Koussevitzky Music Shed; at 8:30 pm, the TMC Orchestra performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops, conducted by James Levine, John WIlliams, Keith Lockhart, and Rafael Frnhbeck de Burgos, in a program of Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor, Sibelius's Valse Triste, the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a Pops selection, and Tchailovsky's 1812 Overture, $20 to $99
AUG 19 at 2:30 pm, in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, the TMC Orchestra conducted by Rafael Frnhbeck de Burgos perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, with soprano Melanie Diener, mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, tenor Marcus Haddock, bass Raymond Aceto, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus conducted by John Oliver, $19 to $99. At 7:30 pm, in the Theatre, fellows of the TMC perform opera scenes

TANGLEWOOD SUMMER CONCERTS
Tanglewood Music Center, 297 West St, Lenox, MA (map)
413.637.5165
http://www.tanglewood.org

Aside from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Performances, Tanglewood hosts a number of other groups from around the world to perform classical music from diverse styles and eras. All concerts are at 8:30 pm in Seiji Ozawa Hall, and tickets are $16 to $50, except as noted.

JULY 1 at 2:30 pm, the Emerson String Quartet perform an all-Beethoven program of Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op 132 and Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op 130 (with Grosse Fuge finale), $17 to $56
JULY 5 the Juliard String Quartet perform an all-Bart=k program, with Quartet No. 2, Op. 17; Quartet No. 4, Op 91; and Quartet No. 6
JULY 12 Hesprion XXI, with director Jordi Savali, presents "Paradise Lost: Music of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the time of King Alfonso X of Castille, 1221-1284"
JULY 17 the Boston Symphony Chamber Players perform Schumann's Dichterliebe for baritone and piano, Barber's Summer Music for wind quintet, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder for baritone and chamber ensemble (arr. Hampson)
JULY 25 the Netherlands Bach Society presents Bach's Mass in B Minor, conducted by Jos van Veldhoven
JULY 26 the Netherlands Bach Society presents a selection of Bach cantatas, including the Coffee Cantata and the Wedding Cantata, conducted by Jos van Veldhoven
AUG 8 pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs Schumann's GesSnge der Frnhe, Bach's The Art of the Fugue, Benjamin's Piano Figures, and Carter's Intermittences, Two Diversions, and Catenaires
AUG 16 bass-baritone JosT van Dam performs songs by FaurT, Duparc, Debussy, and Poulenc
AUG 21 the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century presents an all-Schubert program conducted by Frans Brnggen, with the Symphony in B Minor, Unfinished, and the Symphony in C, The Great
AUG 22 the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century , conducted by Frans Bruggen, with pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, present an all-Beethoven program: the Corolian overture, Piano Concerto No. 4, and Symphony No. 5

WALTHAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Waltham, MA (map)
781.891.7968
admin@wpho.org
http://www.wphil.org

This Jonathan Girard-conducted orchestra performs its annual "Concert in the Common" on June 17 at 7 pm. Concert takes place on the Waltham Common at the corner of Main and Moody Streets. Free.