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New Phil: A Musical Tapestry – A Silver Salon Evening
New Phil: A Musical Tapestry – A Silver Salon Evening
Join the New Phil for a special evening of chamber ensembles and culinary treats! The program for this tapestry-style event will include the music of Bach, Suk, Stravinsky, and Mozart's great Symphony No. 40. The evening will include fanciful refreshments and a chance to explore the beauty of the exquisite Gregorian Oriental Rugs in Newton…
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Pro Arte’s All-Mozart Salon
Pro Arte’s All-Mozart Salon
Come and enjoy this classic all-Mozart program featuring the rich tenor voices of french horn and viola. The rarely heard horn quintet, featuring the playing of Pro Arte's principal horn Robert Marlatt, will surely be a treasure. Musicologist Alfred Einstein, a great fan of this work, described the slow movement "a little love duet between…
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Suzuki School of Newton: Student Solo Recitals
Suzuki School of Newton: Student Solo Recitals
Violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, guitar, and harp students from the Suzuki School of Newton will present their polished pieces in two solo recitals: one beginning at 3:00 p.m., and a second beginning at 4:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. More info at suzukinewton.org
SCC Concert: Voices of Scandinavia
SCC Concert: Voices of Scandinavia
Brothers Lawrence Wilde and Charles Boguinia come together to present a program of piano music by Edward Grieg and new compositions for the Swedish nyckelharpa, violin and piano inspired by Swedish and Norwegian Folk music. The Voices of Scandinavia program will feature piano works by Edvard Grieg and new compositions for nyckelharpa, violin and piano…
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All Newton Music School: Gospel Vocalist Renese King in Concert
All Newton Music School: Gospel Vocalist Renese King in Concert
Renese King is a talented instrumentalist and arranger whose soulful and moving voice has been called "resplendent" by The Boston Globe and garnered her a Boston Music Award for Gospel Artist of the Year. King has toured with the Boston Pops, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and many other orchestras, and was a featured artist on…
Suzuki School of Newton: Student Solo Recitals
Suzuki School of Newton: Student Solo Recitals
Violin, viola, cello, piano, flute, guitar, and harp students from the Suzuki School of Newton will present their polished pieces in two solo recitals: one beginning at 3:15 p.m., and a second beginning at 4:45 p.m. Free and open to the public. More info at suzukinewton.org.
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Newton Baroqoue: Southern Harmony
Newton Baroqoue: Southern Harmony
The music of southern Germany warms a February night when violinists, Susanna Ogata and Anna Griffes team up with Doug Kelley, viola da gamba, and Andrus Madsen, music director and harpsichord to play music from the Stuttgart and Munich courts by Johann Christoph Pez, Giuseppe Brescianello, and Evaristo Dall'Abaco. (pictured: interior of Ludwigsburg Palace, built…
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Cappella Clausura: Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum”
Cappella Clausura: Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum”
Immerse yourself in chanted opera: what Director LeClair calls the very first opera, written around 1150 by Abbess and now St. Hildegard von Bingen, fully staged for modern audiences with 18 women and men lending gender fluidity to the various ancient roles; with Na'ama Lion, flute; Nancy Hurrell, harp; Laura Jeppesen, vielle; and Mike Williams,…
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Newton Free Library: Solo Violin Performance
Newton Free Library: Solo Violin Performance
Violinist Dorisiya Yosifova will perform works by Telemann, Bach, Kreisler, and others. A native of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Ms. Yosifova earned a Master of Music degree in violin performance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Cappella Clausura: Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum”
Cappella Clausura: Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum”
Immerse yourself in chanted opera: what Director LeClair calls the very first opera, written around 1150 by Abbess and now St. Hildegard von Bingen, fully staged for modern audiences with 18 women and men lending gender fluidity to the various ancient roles; with Na'ama Lion, flute; Nancy Hurrell, harp; Laura Jeppesen, vielle; and Mike Williams,…
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Newton Theatre Company presents: Pinocchio – A Commedia Adventure
Newton Theatre Company presents: Pinocchio – A Commedia Adventure
This family-friendly original retelling follows the adventures of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who wishes to become a real boy. Featuring Liz Adams, Chiara Durazzini, Matt Goldstein and Valerie Goldstein. With masks made by Behind the Mask Studio. Lighthearted and funny, this adaptation will appeal to children of all ages. Cost: $10-20.
Newton Nomadic Theater: No Exit
Newton Nomadic Theater: No Exit
Something old, something new - Noni Lewis, one of our regular actors in recent years (Revolutionists, Colder Than Here, Dracula: the Bloody Truth) is in the director's seat this time out, with her original take on a famous classic - No Exit. A slightly odd and inscrutable bellhop leads three different guests into the same…
Weston Wind Quintet at the Newton Free Library
Weston Wind Quintet at the Newton Free Library
The Weston Wind Quintet has given dozens of concerts in the greater Boston area over the past 15 years, covering a wide repertoire. Live recordings of many of those concerts are available free of charge for listening or downloading from SoundCloud. For this concert they will perform works by Giacchino Rossini, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Paul Juon and…