Based on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, this astonishing piece by Joby Talbot—composer for Sing and Sing 2—has made it a cult hit amongst choral singers, many of whom now consider it their favorite. The singers evoke the long journey of the Camino, and find incredible joy by reaching a new life at the end of that journey. Visit https://www.cantatasingers.org/concerts-ss for more information and tickets.

The Cantata Singers Chamber Series continues its exploration of women poets, featuring the poetry of Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, H.D., Alice Fulton, Clarissa Scott Delaney, Gwendolyn B. Bennet, Helen Johnson, Dorothy Parker, Helen Birch Barlett, Winifred Bryher, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Mary Oliver. More information and tickets: https://www.cantatasingers.org/concerts-ss/toliveinthisworld

In addition to his prolific work as a composer, Dan was instrumental (and vocal) in pioneering efforts of the Early Music rediscovery. This program juxtaposes some of his discoveries with his own works inspired by those earlier masters. More information and tickets: kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html

Considered one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, Bach’s Mass in B minor stands as a timeless expression of faith in a better world. This dancing, energetic Baroque work for orchestra, choir, and soloists remains widely popular with audiences worldwide. Even after hundreds of recordings across the years, the B-minor Mass still thrills when experienced in person. More information and tickets here.

Carson Cooman: In the Midst of Wild Being

Graham Gordon Ramsay: New Work TBA

Daniel Pinkham: In Heaven Soaring Up

We launch the Pinkham Centennial with a program pairing him up with subsequent generations of Boston composers. More information here.

Immerse yourself in what director Amelia 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, percussion.

Tickets and more information: https://www.clausura.org/ordo-virtutum

Immerse yourself in what director Amelia 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, percussion.

Tickets and more information: https://www.clausura.org/ordo-virtutum

Two chances to hear rarely-performed chamber music from Nordic countries Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland.

Tickets and more information: http://www.cantatasingers.org/February-2020/

Two chances to hear rarely-performed chamber music from Nordic countries Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland.

Tickets and more information: http://www.cantatasingers.org/February-2020/

A winter soiree around our new pianos. Capacity limited; please reserve tickets in advance. http://www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html

Join us as Cantata Singers presents a program of beloved American composers. The program begins with two works by Charles Ives, General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Psalm 79, "God be merciful unto us." Cantata Singers then makes its return to Yehudi Wyner’s Give Thanks to All Things since its world premiere in 2010. Wyner’s work was inspired by a selection of poetry, including Walt Whitman’s “Dirge for Two Veterans,” poetry by Cato, and selections of Psalms from the Bible. Aaron Copland’s cherished ballet, Appalachian Spring, embodies the sounds of 19th century rural America, featuring the beloved Shaker tune, “Simple Gifts.” Concluding the program is Boston composer Irving Fine’s The Choral New Yorker, based on an anthology of poetry that appeared in the magazine between 1925 and 1935.

A pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, will be given at 7pm in Williams Hall.

Tickets and more information: http://www.cantatasingers.org/January-2020/

Celebrate the holidays with Cantata Singers with a program of holiday music from Britain with Cantata Singers' Chamber Chorus.

Tickets and more information: http://www.cantatasingers.org/December-2019

Heinrich Christensen conducts the Kings Chapel Choir, Soloists and Orchestra in J.S. Bach's cantatas Wachet auf (BWV 140) and Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 62). Also featured is J.D. Zelenka's Magnificat in D.

Doors open at 4:30pm, open seating. Validated discount parking is available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from the chapel.

Tickets and more information: http://www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html

Hayden: Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War)

Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem (selections)

With additional choral works by Samuel Barber and Edward Whalen

Tickets and more information: http://www.wellesleychoralsociety.org/

Cantata Singers opens the 56th season with Handel's iconic oratorio, Solomon. Handel’s masterful recreation of the biblical story celebrates the wise King Solomon as a peaceful and prosperous ruler. Centered around the judgement story where King Solomon determines the rightful parentage of a child in dispute, Handel’s rich and triumphant music shines throughout, written for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

A pre-concert talk, free to all ticketholders, will be given at 6:30pm in Williams Hall.

Following the performance, all are invited to attend a free post-concert reception.

Tickets and more information: http://www.cantatasingers.org/November-2019/

Hear the Boston premiere of Arvo Pärt’s Adam’s Lament, framed by J.S. Bach’s Lutheran Mass in A Major (Jennifer Rachel Webb, alto soloist) and the motet “Komm, Jesu, komm.” For more information and tickets, visit http://www.cantatasingers.org/

The King's Chapel Choir and soloists present Mozart's Missa Brevis in B Flat Major (Jennifer Rachel Webb, alto soloist) and Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore with chamber orchestra.

Brahms’ emotional German Requiem is uniquely paired with J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 60, “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort” and Ricercar, and Anton Webern’s Five Movements for String Orchestra. For more information and tickets, visit http://www.cantatasingers.org

Denovo Brass Quartet, organists Rosalind Mohnsen, Tom Sheehan, and Peter Sykes; baritone Robert Honeysucker; Aristedes Rivas, cello; Daniel Sauceda, timpani; Timur Rubensteyn, glockenspiel, snare and cymbal; Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair director; and the Charlestown Community Chorus.

Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Purcell: Dido’s Lament
Bach: I Call to Thee Lord Jesus Christ
Anon: Were You There?
Morris: A Sower Came from Ancient Hills
Mendelssohn: Arias and Choruses from Elijah (Jennifer Rachel Webb, alto soloist)
Franck: Prière op. 20 (from Six Pièces)
Vaughan Williams: Old 100th Psalm Tune
Parry: I Was Glad
Walton: Crown Imperial

Admission free

Marvelously expressive and complex madrigals by Barbara Strozzi, Lasso, Madalena Casulana, and Gesualdo. For more info and tickets, visit http://www.clausura.org

Marvelously expressive and complex madrigals by Barbara Strozzi, Lasso, Madalena Casulana, and Gesualdo. For more info and tickets, visit http://www.clausura.org

Conductor Amy Lieberman leads Cantata Singers’ members in a rare performance of Luciano Berio’s Cries of London. Inspired by phrases used by street vendors in old London, Berio’s Cries of London is surrounded by colorful music by Machaut and Janequin, and serenely beautiful works by Pärt and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. More info and tickets at http://www.cantatasingers.org.

Cantata Singers will present the complete version of George Frederic Handel’s beloved 1783 oratorio, Israel in Egypt. Often performed with only the second and third movements, Cantata Singers restores the deeply personal music of Part 1 to this audience favorite.

Cantata Singers will present the complete version of George Frederic Handel’s beloved 1783 oratorio, Israel in Egypt. Often performed with only the second and third movements, Cantata Singers restores the deeply personal music of Part 1 to this audience favorite.

King's Chapel Choir and soloists observe the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with a program of his words set to music by Vaughan Williams, Frank Martin, Jaako Mantyjarvi, and Three Sonnets written for the occasion by Graham Gordon Ramsay. 

Lessons and carols at King's Chapel, Boston.

The Cantata Singers Chamber Series begins with some of the finest and most characteristic twentieth-century American chamber music by the great American composers Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and Irving Fine. Allison Voth, Cantata Singers Chamber Series director, leads a program of songs and vocal chamber music that reaches from the playful to the deeply moving. 

Music of Rebecca Clarke, Aaron Copland, and Elena Ruehr's Cassandra, newly arranged especially for this program, in a first-ever concert staging. 

Music of Rebecca Clarke, Aaron Copland, and Elena Ruehr's Cassandra, newly arranged especially for this program, in a first-ever concert staging.