Concerts 2017-18
1620: Music the Pilgrims Loved to Hate
Papist Extravagance from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Music by William Byrd, John Bull, Peter Phillips and more
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
November 25, 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton
November 26, 3:00 pm
St Elizabeth's Chapel
435 Concord Rd, Sudbury
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
Part I of the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach in context, the Christmas Oratorio in a Christmas Eve Service.
December 24 9:50 am
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton
Free Admission
Having a Blast with Bach and Telemann
Underwritten by the Abbot Academy Fund
Brandenburg Concerto II BWV 1047, Harpsichord Concerto in G Minor BWV 1058,
Johann Sebastian Bach
Overture in D for 2 Trumpets and Strings TWV 55:D18, Concerto for Oboe in C Minor TWV 51:c1, Georg Philipp Telemann
Hipocondrie ZWV 187, Jan Dismas Zelenka.
Soloists: Vincent Monaco, trumpet; Alison Gangler, oboe; Lisa Brooke, violin; Joyce Alper, recorder and oboe;
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord.
January 19, 7:30 pm
Phillips Academy, Kemper Auditorium
180 Main St, Andover MA
Free Admission
January 20, 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
Parlor Repartee: 18th Century Oboe Quartets
Quartets by Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Johann Christian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Jiri Druzecky and Johann Baptist Vanhal
Alison Gangler, oboe; Lisa Brooke, violin; Odile Skarnes, Viola;
Colleen McGary Smith, violoncello; Andrus Madsen, fortepiano
February 3, 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
A Night with a Venetian Noble
Music by Benedetto Marcello for salon performance, including cantatas, cello sonatas and harpsichord sonatas.
Sarah Freiberg, cello; Tai Oney, countertenor; Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
March 17, 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton.
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
Heavenly Harmony: Music by Henry Purcell and John Blow for Soprano and Organ
Featuring Grammy Winner soprano Teresa Wakim, and organist Andrus Madsen playing on a spectacular copy of an English Baroque Organ at St. Elizabeth's in Sudbury.
Sacred Songs and Organ Voluntaries by Purcell and Blow from the Chapel Royal.
April 28, 7:30 pm
St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
1 Morse Road, Sudbury
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
María Cristina Kiehr with Newton Baroque
The World Famous Argentinian early music soprano María Cristina Kiehr appears in concert with Newton Baroque
May 5, 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton.
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
Byron Schenkman plays the Streicher
Byron Schenkman will deliver a program of 19th-century German music on the marvelous 1870s Viennese Piano at Second Church
June 23 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton
60 Highland St, West Newton.
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
Concerts 2016-17
Biblical Proportions
Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm
The Biblical Sonatas by Johann Kuhnau (1700)
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton
Fantasies Awakened
Saturday, March 18, 7:30 pm
The Newly Rediscovered Fantasies for Viol by Georg Philipp Telemann
with Fantasies for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, and a Paris Quartet
Laura Jeppesen and Douglas Kelley - viols
Mary Oleskiewicz - flute, Jesse Irons - violin
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton
Finding Lost Petz
Saturday, April 8, 7:30 pm
Rare and Unknown Sonatas from the Duplex Genius Collection by Johann Christoph Petz
Susanna Ogata and Jesse Irons - violin
Douglas Kelley - viola da gamba, Sarah Freiberg Ellison - violoncello
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton
Tenebrae Lessons from Munich 1580
Friday, April 14, 7:30 pm
Tenebrae Lessons and Other Sacred Works for Good Friday by Orlando di Lasso
Nicole Estima - soprano, Shiba Nemat-Nasser - alto,
Tom Oestling, Charley Blandy, Jason Connell - tenor,
Don Wilkinson - bass
Liederabend
Saturday, May 20, 7:30 pm
Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe and other 19th Century Lieder
with a stunning piano from 1870s Vienna
Pamela Dellal, Shiba Nemat-Nasser, Tom Oesterling, Julia Steinbok - voice
Andrus Madsen - piano
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton
In Memoriam Georg Philipp Telemann
Sunday, June 25, 5:00 pm
A Memorial of Georg Philipp Telemann on the 250th Anniversary of his Death
Including Cantatas and Various Chamber Music Sweets
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton
Tickets: Adults - $30, Seniors - $25, Students - $10, Under 18 free admission.
Concerts 2015-16
The Concerto Craze, Weimar 1715: Concerti from the Weimar Court
Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Torelli
Susanna Ogata, Daniel Lee, Jane Starkman, Katherine Winterstein – violins,
Mary Oleskiewicz – flute, Laura Jeppesen – viola, Sarah Freiberg – cello,
Andrus Madsen – harpsichord and director
September 12, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton
September 13, 3:00 pm at the College Club of Boston
40 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA
Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach
Mary Oleskiewicz – flute, Andrus Madsen – harpsichord
November 7, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton
Chez Sara Levy, an 18th Century Berlin Salon: Sinfonie, Concerti, Sonatas and Arias by C.P.E. Bach, Benda and Graun
Jesse Irons, Katherine Winterstein – violin, Mary Oleskiewicz – flute,
Laura Jeppesen – viola and viola da gamba, Jay Elfenbein – bass and viola da gamba,
Shirley Hunt – cello, Andrus Madsen – pianoforte and director
November 21, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton
November 22, 3:00 pm at the College Club of Boston
40 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA
A Spanish Christmas with Exsultemus
Music by Corselli, Pla, Durante, and others
December 13, 3:00 pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkely St., Boston MA
Tickets available at exsultemus.org
The Italian Invasion: Venetian charm overwhelms the Musicians of Lübeck
Music of Giovanni Rigatti, Giovanni Rovetta, Franz Tunder, Dietrich Buxtehude and more.
Featuring Teresa Wakim - Soprano, Shiba Nemat Nasser - Mezzo Soprano, and Paul Guttry - Bass,
Susanna Ogata and Julia Mckenzie - Violin, Douglas Kelley, Emily Walhaut and Jay Elfenbein - Viols,
Andrus Madsen - Harpsichord
January 9, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton
Lieder at Goethe Institute: Emanuel Bach, Mozart, Schubert
Pamela Dellal and Shiba Nemat Nasser with Andrus Madsen - fortepiano
Feb 21, 3:00 pm at the Goethe Institute, 170 Beacon St, Boston MA
Vivaldi Op 2: The sumptuous and seldom heard solo sonatas from 1709
Susanna Ogata, Sarah Freiberg, and Andrus Madsen
April 16, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton
Bach to the Future: Bach’s Sonatas for violin and keyboard through the lens of C.P.E. Bach.
This concert will feature sonatas on violin and fortepiano by J. S. Bach and C. P. E. Bach.
Emily Dahl Irons and Andrus Madsen - fortepiano
May 14, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton
In Memoriam Johann Jakob Froberger: Johann Jakob Froberger was perhaps the most widely beloved harpsichordist of the 17th Century. In this concert we celebrate the 400th anniversary of his birth.
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord
May 20, 8:00 pm at Second Church in Newton
60 Highland Street, West Newton