Upcoming Concerts
November 4-November 22, 2025
Tafelmusik: Brilliant Baroque Tour
with Rachel Podger, violin and director
LULLY Suite from Roland
AVISON Concerto No. 6, after D SCARLATTI
BACH Prelude & Fugue, BWV 552 (arr Dominic Teresi)
TELEMANN Concerto for Two Oboes and Bassoon, TWV 53:d1
BACH Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056
HANDEL Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6
Nov 4 St James by-the-Sea, La Jolla, CA
Nov 6 First Church Berkeley UCC, Berkeley, CA
Nov 7 Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
Nov 8 Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Nov 9 Newman Center, Denver, CO
Nov 14 St Andrews Cathedral, Victoria, BC
Nov 15 Chan Centre, Vancouver, BC
Nov 17 The Port Theatre, Nanaimo, BC
Nov 19 Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC
Nov 20 First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton, AB
Nov 21 & 22 Rozsa Centre, Calgary, AB
December 5 & 7, 2025
Boston Baroque: Messiah
with Filippo Ciabatti, director, Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Paula Murrihy, mezzo, Thomas Cooley, tenor, Roderick Williams, baritone
HANDEL: Messiah
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
December 13 & 14, 2025
A Far Cry: Schubert Octet
SCHUBERT: Octet in F major
Dec 13: St. John’s Church, Jamaica Plain, MA
Dec 14: First Church, Cambridge, MA
December 18-21, 2025
Tafelmusik: Messiah
with Ivars Taurins, director, Stefanie True, soprano
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo, Nicholas Scott, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
Handel: Messiah
Dec 18-20: Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
Dec 21 (Sing-Along): Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
December 31, 2025 & January 1, 2026
Boston Baroque: New Year’s Celebration
MOZART Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16
MOZART Exultate Jubilate
HANDEL Water Music (complete)
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
January 29-February 1, 2026
Tafelmusik: Bach Brandenburgs
JS BACH
Brandenburg Concertos nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 (arr Dominic Teresi)
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
February 7, 2026
Cramer Quartet: Haydn Dialogues I
PROGRAM TBD
Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre, New York, NY
February 13 & 14, 2026
A Far Cry: Heart Strings (Rafi Popper-Keizer, curator)
JS BACH “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß,” BWV 622 (arr Max Reger)
CLYNE Within Her Arms
TCHAIKOVSKY Adagio cantabile from Souvenir de Florence
JANACEK String Quartet No. 1 “Kreuzter Sonata” (arr Zenas Hsu)
COLEMAN Tracing Visions
Feb 13: Groton Hill Music Center, Groton, MA
Feb 14: Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
February 19-March 1, 2026
Tafelmusik & Juilliard 215: Rameau & The Art of Dance
with Robert Mealy, director,
and Caroline Copeland, choreographer
REBEL Les caractères de la danse
RAMEAU & MARAIS: Opera Suites
Feb 19-22: Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
Feb 27: Alica Tully Hall, New York, NY
Mar 1: First Church, Cambridge, MA
March 6 & 8, 2026
Boston Baroque: Lord Nelson Mass
with Bernard Labadie, director, Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Alex Hetherington, mezzo, Andrew Haji, tenor
Philippe Sly, baritone
MOZART Symphony No. 40
HAYDN Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass)
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
March 12-15, 2026
Tafelmusik: A Bach Celebration
with Ivars Taurins, director, Myriam Leblanc, soprano
James Reese, tenor, and the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
JS BACH Choruses, arias and duets
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
March 21, 2026
Cramer Quartet: Haydn Dialogues II
PROGRAM TBD
Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre, New York, NY
April 9-12, 2026
Tafelmusik: Influencers
with Rachel Podger, violin and director
and Keiran Campbell, cello
JC BACH Sinfonia in G Minor
MOZART Violin concerto no. 3
CPE BACH Cello concerto in A major
HAYDN Symphony no. 52 in C Minor
Apr 9: Meridian Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
Apr 10-12: Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
April 15, 16, 18, & 19, 2026
Opera Atelier: Pelléas et Mélisande
DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande
Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
April 30-May 3, 2026
Tafelmusik: Hearing Her Voice
with Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Selections from operas and cantatas by DE LA GUERRE, DE ROSSI, MRS PHILHARMONICA, GRIMANI, HANDEL, PERGOLESI, & TELEMANN
New work by KAREN SUNABACKA, text by JOYCE CLOUSTON
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Toronto, ON
May 9, 2026
A Far Cry: The Strangers’ Case (Jesse Irons, curator)
with Karim Sulayman, tenor
KOUYOUMDJIAN Tagh [Diary] of an Immigrant
HANDEL Arias for Tenor
DVORAK Nocturne in B major, Op. 40
AL-ZAND The Strangers’ Case for Tenor and String Orchestra
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
May 29-30, 2026
Tafelmusik: The Winds of Change
with Shunske Sato, violin and director
GOSSEC Overture to Le Triomphe de la République
BOLOGNE Violin Concerto op. 3 no. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON
June 16-20, 2026
Baroque Music Montana: Hymn of Thanksgiving
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op 132
Jun 16: Sweet Grass Arts Theater, Big Timber, MT
Jun 17: American Prairie National Discovery Center, Lewistown, MT
Jun 18: Coulter House, Helena, MT
Jun 19: Hope Lutheran Church, Bozeman, MT
Jun 20: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Billings, MT
Past Concerts (selections)
March 22-24, 2024
Tafelmusik: Staircases
with Jonathan Woody, singer and composer
Julia Wedman, director
and Alison Mackay, curator
Music by LULLY, PURCELL, HANDEL, CORELLI, PLATTI, BACH, VIVALDI
and the premiere of a new work by JONATHAN WOODY
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 27–29, 2023
Tafelmusik: Higher Love
with Samuel Mariño, soprano
Arias by HANDEL, HASSE, SCARLATTI, and VIVALDI
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Major, op. 6, no. 2
VIVALDI: Concerto for cello in E Minor (Keiran Campbell, soloist)
PISENDEL: Concerto in E-flat Major
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
Review
March 31, 2023
A Far Cry: Glittering World (curator)
HEARNE: Law of Mosaics
BECENTI: Glittering World
Jordan Hall, Boston
Review
February 10–12, 2023
Tafelmusik: La Passione
with Rachel Podger
HAYDN: Symphony no. 43 in E-flat Major “Mercury”
MOZART: Violin Concerto no. 1 in B-flat Major, K.207
HAYDN: Symphony no. 49 “La Passione”
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto, ON
April 21–24 & October 21–23, 2023
Five Boroughs Music Festival: The Five Borough Songbook, Volume III (producer)
with On Site Opera, Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble (Nicole Joseph, Michele Kennedy, Gitanjali Mathur, sopranos; Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano; Haitham Haidar, tenor; Jonathan Woody, baritone), Candace Chien and Erika Switzer, piano; Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello
New song commissions by Arianne Abela, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Kinan Azmeh, Colin Britt, Majel Connery, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Will Healy, Brian Lawlor, Jessica Meyer, Angélica Negrón, Nkeiru Okoye, Juri Seo, Aaron Siegel, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Jonathan Woody (world premiere)
Brooklyn Public Library
Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island
Flushing Town Hall, Queens
Bronx Music Heritage Center
The Chapel at Hebrew Union College, Manhattan
May 13–15, 2023
The Thirteen: The Outer Edge of Youth
ORDWAY: The Outer Edge of Youth (world premiere)
Recording
June 17, 2021
Five Boroughs Music Festival: Terra Nova (producer)
with Oracle Hysterical and Hub New Music
B. BALLIETT: Wood Warblers
D. BALLIETT: The Spanish Requirement of 1513, The Gothic Pater Noster, and Agamemnon Crosses the Line
COLE: Terra Nova
CONNERY: All the way down and Fallen Angel
GREENE: When China Discovered the World
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island
Concert Film
April 25, 2021
Five Boroughs Music Festival: noise/SILENCE (producer)
with the Argus Quartet, Paul Wiancko, and XUAN
WALLIN: Selections from Curiosity Cabinet
CAGE: String Quartet in Four Parts
RUDD MOORE: Modes for String Quartet
WIANCKO: Vox Petra
The Noguchi Museum, Queens, NY
Concert Film
December 19, 2020
Five Boroughs Music Festival: Juxtapositions
with Monica Huggett and Manami Mizumoto, violin, and Elliot Figg and Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
BIBER: The Annunciation, from Rosenkranzsonaten
FRESCOBALDI: Canzon prima à basso solo
J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude in Bb major and Fugue in D# minor
FIGG: Sonate für Violine und Generalbaß, Canzona per basso solo, and Prelude and Fugue in 21 Tones
J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 in B Minor & Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1014 & 1015
Concert Film
January 10, 2020
A Far Cry: Shostakovich and Mahler (curator)
with Sonja Tengblad, soprano and Dashon Burton, baritone
TAKEMITSU: Requiem
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 14
MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review
September 21-22, 2018
A Far Cry: I (curator)
RAMEAU: Suite from Les Indes galantes
VIVIER: Zipangu
SANLIKOL: A Gentleman of Istanbul (world premiere)
Recording
January 27, 2018
A Far Cry: Guardians of the Groove (curator)
LULLY: Suite from Acis et Galatée
STEVENS: Suite from Run Rabbit Run (arr. Michael P. Atkinson)
DVORAK: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
December 7, 2017
A Far Cry: The AFC Challenge (curator)
GLASS: Echorus
CAGE: “Nearly Stationary” from String Quartet in Four Parts
SHOSTAKOVICH: Scherzo from Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
WEBERN: Five Movements, Op. 5
Christopher HOSSFELD: “... and ZOMBIES” from concerto GROSSO
LIGETI: Ramifications
Shiori USUI: In Digestion
XENAKIS: Voile
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
May 5-7, 2017
Portland Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi's World
VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in E-flat Major, RV 483
VIVALDI: Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV 531 (solo cello II)
VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto for Lute in D Major, RV 93
PERGOLESI: Concerto in B-flat major for violin
First Baptist Church, Portland, OR
Kaul Auditorium, Portland, OR
March 7 & 10, 2017
Boston Baroque: The Mystery Sonatas
with Christina Day Martinson, violin
BIBER: Mystery Sonatas
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Review
November 11, 2016
A Far Cry: Pau (curator)
with Lluis Claret, cello
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto
CASALS: Sant Marti del Canigo
GINASTERA: Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals, Op. 46
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
October 6, 2016
A Far Cry & Oracle Hysterical: The Sea - Tales of Lapham (curator)
B. BALLIETT: A Thousand Fearful Wracks
D. BALLIETT: Strait of Messina
COLE: How Deep Is the Ocean? and Sea Concerto
CONNERY: Jonah
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
September 23, 2016
A Far Cry: Memory
PART: Cantus in Memoriam of Benjamin Britten
MOZART: Serenata Notturna
ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
October 1, 2015
A Far Cry: VS. (curator)
John Zorn: Hockey
Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Chaconne” from Naïs
Samuel Scheidt: “Galliard Battaglia à 5”
Toru Takemitsu: Requiem for string orchestra
Trad: Song of the Birds (Cant dell Ocells), arr. Casals
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 for four violins and violoncello obligato
Frederick Rzewski: Coming Together
Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Review
January 14 & 15, 2015
Matthew Ritchie: The Long Count/The Long Game
with Kelley Deal, Aaron & Dryce Dessner, Shara Worden, and Evan Ziporyn
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Review