CLASSICAL MUSIC

Join Masterworks Chorale for our 63rd Messiah Sings, the longest-running annual Messiah Sings in the country! This year, we are excited to return to Cary Hall as our venue location. As a community, we sing selections from Handel’s choral masterpiece with professional soloists and a volunteer orchestra led by Music Director Kevin Leong. Bring your score (or borrow one of ours), your voice, and a suggested donation of $15.

The showpiece of this concert will be the Missa Dei Filii (Mass for the Son of God) by Jan Dismas Zelenka, this distinctive and often overlooked composer's most ebullient choral work. Zelenka's music is original, distinctive, and offers dazzling rewards to the listener. Accompanying the Mass on the program are selections from the Cantatas for Advent and Christmas by Zelenka's admirer, Johann Sebastian Bach.   

An American Christmas (2025)

Full of joy and delightful discovery, this holiday program revisits Camerata’s most popular Christmas offering. It features songs, hymns, New England anthems, and carols from the early years of the American republic. Drawn from a wide range of early tune books and manuscripts, this magnificent Christmas repertoire, our very own, is performed by an ensemble of superb vocal soloists and instrumentalists, under the direction of Anne Azéma.

Join us for Boston Baroque’s celebrated holiday tradition and ring in the New Year with internationally renowned conductor Marc Minkowski leading the orchestra in a festive program featuring Handel’s complete Water Music, with additional repertoire to be announced.

Composed in 1717 for King George I’s royal barge outing on the River Thames, Handel’s Water Music is one of the most iconic and joyous works of the Baroque era. Brimming with lively dance rhythms, regal fanfares, and infectious energy, the three suites that make up Water Music were designed to be heard outdoors, captivating the royal court and Londoners alike as they floated along the river. Nearly three centuries later, the work remains a timeless symbol of celebration, vitality, and musical brilliance—perfect for welcoming a new year.

Join us for Boston Baroque’s celebrated holiday tradition and ring in the New Year with internationally renowned conductor Marc Minkowski leading the orchestra in a festive program featuring Handel’s complete Water Music, with additional repertoire to be announced.

Composed in 1717 for King George I’s royal barge outing on the River Thames, Handel’s Water Music is one of the most iconic and joyous works of the Baroque era. Brimming with lively dance rhythms, regal fanfares, and infectious energy, the three suites that make up Water Music were designed to be heard outdoors, captivating the royal court and Londoners alike as they floated along the river. Nearly three centuries later, the work remains a timeless symbol of celebration, vitality, and musical brilliance—perfect for welcoming a new year.