Newton Baroque, directed by keyboardist Andrus Madsen, is a period instrument ensemble dedicated to innovative performances of Baroque repertoire. The outstanding musicians of Newton Baroque are known for their enjoyment in taking musical risks together and imbuing their performances with a spirit of improvisatory spontaneity.
Immediate Upcoming Concerts 2018
Friday April 19, 7:30 pm Stabat Mater in the Shadows
Music for Good Friday from 1730s Naples, including Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Francesco Durante's Lamentations of Jeremiah, and Allesandro Scarlatti's Miserere Mei all in the context of a tenebrae ritual. Nicole Estima soprano, Tai Oney alto.
This performance is in the context of a tenebrae worship service and as such there is no fee for admission
Saturday, May 11, 3:30 pm The Wizards of Saxony
Jesse Irons plays music by Johann Pisendel and his tremendous students, Johann Gottlieb Graun and Franz Benda, who were certainly the three greatest violinists in Germany in the 1730s-1770s
Saturday June 1, 7:30 pm Sarah Levy and the Ferocious Flutes
Flutists Mary Oleskiewicz and Christa Piehl Evans Team up with Andrus Madsen to play more ridiculously over the top music from Sarah Levy's circle of brilliant composers, including works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, and Johann Gottfried Graun.
