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
Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa Dei Filii
Sunday, December 23 10:00 am
Newton Baroque joins the Chancel Choir at Second Church in Newton to offer up the stirring Missa Dei Filii in the context of a church service in the last Sunday in Advent.
During the prelude and postlude Newton Baroque will also play excerpts from Telemann' s Overture in D TWV 55:D8
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton.
Violin Unleashed
Saturday, January 12, 7:30 pm
Rambunctious repertoire for solo violin from late 17th Century Germany, featuring the incomparable Susanna Ogata. Have your mind blown by the violin fireworks in the sonatas of Dresden violinists Paul von Westhoff, Johann Jakob Walther. Sarah Freiberg Ellison cello, Simon Martyn-Ellis theorbo, and Andrus Madsen harpsichord, will fill out the continuo group.
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton.
