In Schoenberg’s arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s Song of the Earth, we encounter a meditation on mortality and rebirth, composed in the shadow of profound personal tragedy. Drawing from ancient poetry, Mahler weaves aching beauty with existential yearning fusing his career-long themes of nature and the cycles of life. LEARN MORE
Vocal Music
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The Boston Camerata - Farewell Unkind
02-15-2026 4:00 pm
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Songs and Dances of John Dowland
To celebrate the anniversary of John Dowland, lutenist to Queen Elizabeth the First and the greatest English song writer until Purcell and Britten, we present a program of airs, dances, hymns and fantasies, for voices and instruments. With British lute virtuoso Nigel North.
Emanuel Music: Bach Solo Cantatas
02-21-2026 8:00 pm
$30 - $56
Boston-based Emmanuel Music is an ensemble that was formed with the goal of weekly performances of
J.S. Bach's cantatas, in residence at Boston's historic Emmanuel Church. "At Emmanuel Music, we find in the power, brilliance, and immediacy of Bach's music a poignant representation of the human condition and humanity's relationship with something beyond itself, which can be called 'the divine'" (Pamela Dellal)
Emmanuel Music continues their cantata cycle, with in depth notes and translations of each cantata.
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort BWV 60
Der Friede sei mit dir BWV 158
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut BWV 199
Masterworks Chorale - Schumann Requiem
02-28-2026 8:00 pm
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HERZOGENBERG: War’s dunkel, ich lage im Walde, Op. 22, No. 1
BRAHMS: Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op. No. 3
HERZOGENBERG: Nachtlied, Op. 73 No. 1
SCHUMANN: Requiem, Op. 148
Featuring Susan Consoli, soprano; Roselin Osser, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; and Richard Giarusso, baritone
Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass)
03-08-2026 3:00 pm
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Boston Baroque presents one of Joseph Haydn’s greatest and most dramatic choral masterpieces—his Lord Nelson Mass, also known by its original title Missa in Angustiis (“Mass in Troubled Times”). Composed in 1798 during a period of political upheaval and uncertainty as Napoleon’s forces threatened Europe, this monumental mass reflects both the anxiety of the age and Haydn’s enduring belief in hope and triumph.
Written at a time when Haydn was at the height of his creative powers, the Lord Nelson Mass pairs soaring vocal lines with electrifying orchestral writing, including prominent parts for trumpets and timpani that give the work its bold, martial character. The nickname “Lord Nelson Mass” was added shortly after the Mass’s premiere when news of Admiral Horatio Nelson’s victory over Napoleon reached Austria, forever linking this powerful music with the idea of victory and resilience.