For the holiday program, billed as a one-hour Pop-Up Livestream Concert, the group performed under COVID guidelines.

“For starters, you have to limit the amount of people that are playing,” explained Pearlman. “We all have to be distanced from each other, so there can’t be a big group, and we ca...

December 2, 2023
Calderwood Studio at GBH, Boston, MA

Boston Baroque

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23-24 SEASON
Martin Pearlman, conductor

Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone

Set in medieval Scotland, Ariodante is a tale of love tested by deception. Prince Ariodante and Princess Ginevra’s happiness is torn apart by the jealous Duke Polinesso, who schemes to destroy their union with lies and manipulation. The drama unfolds through some of Handel’s most exquisite music,...

Usher in springtime with a fresh program of works by Handel and Vivaldi. Beloved Boston soprano Amanda Forsythe shines in Handel’s Silete Venti, and GRAMMY®-nominated concertmaster Christina Day Martinson returns to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with her signature virtuosic flourish.

Saturday, Marc...

Boston Baroque performs an all-Beethoven program, featuring the much-anticipated return to Beethoven’s beloved final Symphony No. 9, his “Coriolan” Overture, and “Elegiac Song.” Founding Music Director Martin Pearlman leads the renowned orchestra and chorus alongside an all-star roster of soloist...

Sunday, December 31, 2023
Calderwood Studio at GBH, Boston, MA

Composers
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
William Boyce

Featuring
Boston Baroque, orchestra
Martin Pearlman, conductor, soloist
Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano
Justin Bland, trumpet

Program
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Programme
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in E minor for Recorder and Flute
Antonio Vivaldi: Motet, "O qui coeli"

Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Philipp Telemann
Antonio Vivaldi

Featuring
Boston Baroque, orchestra
M...

GRAMMY®-nominated soloist Christina Day Martinson performs Heinrich Biber's The Mystery Sonatas, a virtuosic tour de force of the Baroque. Rarely presented as a complete set – and performed here on Baroque violins – the sonatas depict each of the mysteries of the rosary. Featuring Michael Unterma...

Bright. Virtuosic. Sublime. Boston Baroque presents Bach’s masterpiece, the Mass in B minor, one of his most beloved and luminous works, featuring Amanda Forsythe, soprano, Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Phan, tenor, and Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.

Composers
Johann Sebastian Bach

Featur...

Vivid. Transcendent. Timeless. Boston Baroque presents a new production from stage director Mo Zhou of Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Tauride, starring Soula Parassidis in the titular role, Jesse Blumberg as Oreste, William Burden as Pylade, David McFerrin as Thoas, and Angela Yam as Diana.

Composer...

Soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer and tenor William Burden are electric in Beethoven's operatic masterpiece, Fidelio, performed on period instruments and filmed at a live performance on Boston Baroque's stage. Martin Pearlman conducts an all-star cast in this moving story of undying love and unflinching ...

Live from GBH's Fraser Performance Studio

About this event
Meet the X-tet, Boston Baroque’s period string chamber ensemble, in this one-hour long documentary film that follows the ensemble during a weeklong residency. The film features performances by the X-tet of music by Vicente Lusitano, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Rusenmüller, Franz S...

This all-Mozart program sparkles, featuring the glorious “Jupiter” Symphony No. 41 and charming Sinfonia concertante. Violinist Christina Day Martinson and violist Jason Fisher shine alongside Boston Baroque’s illustrious orchestra, all led by Founding Music Director Martin Pearlman.

Composers
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