Cappella Clausura
Cappella Clausura presents Three Women
Three Women, Historic Season Finale! For the final program of our 2022-2023 season, we are honored to present a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Boston Women's Memorial. Join us for this landmark event as we present world-premiere compositions inspired by the memorial's subjects and learn about the history of the sculpture from the artists and activists…
Cappella Clausura presents Exultet Terra
The season will start in October with Hilary Tann’s Exultet Terra, as an homage to our very dear friend who passed away this year. This exhilarating 45-minute work for a double reed quintet and double choir dispels the notion that women can only write for the salon. Performed with oboist Jennifer Slowik and friends.
Cappella Clausura presents Das Jahr
In November, Cappella Clausura offers Das Jahr (The Year), a stunning, extended work for solo piano by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, based on the cyclical nature of time. It will break up the months with seasonings of vocal quartets by Hensel and Clara Schumann– adding a bit of spice to the commemoration of a year gone…
Cappella Clausura presents Mass in D
SMYTH- Mass in D Sunday, March 3, 4:00 pm Capella Clausura invites you to a revolutionary and magnificent version of Mass in D by Dame Ethel Smyth. This new edition by Amelia LeClair with Shift Orchestra Project is presented for Women’s History Month in March at Emmanuel Church of Boston. This concert, with a full…
Cappella Clausura presents Vespers
Closing out the season in May, CC returns to the nuns 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…
Capella Clausura presents Songs that Enchant
Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, United StatesSongs that Enchant Join Capella Clausura for a concert-length ritual in music: Cappella Clausura’s first concert of the season presents 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…
Songs that Enchant
Grace Episcopal Church 76 Eldredge Street, Newton, MA, United StatesSongs that Enchant Join us for a concert-length ritual in music: Cappella Clausura’s first concert of the season presents 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…
Capella Clausura presents Songs that Enchant
Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, United StatesSongs that Enchant Join Capella Clausura for a concert-length ritual in music: Cappella Clausura’s first concert of the season presents 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…
Music to Lighten the Darkness
Grace Episcopal Church 76 Eldredge Street, Newton, MA, United StatesAs 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, with music by living women composers…
Capella Clausura presents Music to Lighten the Darkness
Emmanuel Church 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, United StatesAs 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, with music by living women composers…