Performances + Events
Performances + Events
NEC requires digital tickets for each concert in Jordan Hall for the 2024-25 season. Tickets can be obtained digitally on each individual event page only.
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Performances + Events
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Events calendar
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Enrico Gatti, violin, Marcello Gatti, flute & Friends
Jordan Hall
Flatteusement, Vivement & Tendrement: The power of love and affection in Paris Italian brothers Enrico and Marcello Gatti have each distinguished themselves among the world’s finest virtuosos performing alongside Early Music’s leading ensembles and at major festivals across their respective careers. Join them for an intimate program featuring works from Telemann̵…
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Jordan Hall
Rivers of Splendor: Handel’s & Telemann’s Water Music A highlight of every Festival, the virtuoso BEMF Orchestra led by Orchestra Director Robert Mealy offers two exuberant works full of colorful orchestrations, lively dance rhythms, and regal fanfares. Handel’s Water Music is a collection of three orchestral suites overflowing with vibrant flamboyanc…
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin & Justin Taylor, harpsichord
Jordan Hall
The Power of Love: Music of Francoeur, Couperin, Eccles, Bach, Corelli, and others Immerse yourself in enthralling music performed with theatrical flair and graceful eloquence by two of Early Music’s most exciting young virtuosos: violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and harpsichordist Justin Taylor. Close colleagues as founders of the ensemble Le Consort, the duo unlock a tr…
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: ExtravaGamba!
Jordan Hall
From Byrd to Purcell and Beyond: Music for 2 to 16 viols With musicians drawn from the BEMF Orchestra and Festival artists over the years, the BEMF Viol Collective, led by Christel Thielmann, presents a richly varied program of musical gems guaranteed to touch the heart. Luxuriate in the lush timbres of the viol in beloved selections from the English viol consort repertoire: from no…
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Telemann’s Pimpinone & Ino
Jordan Hall
Explore the depth of Telemann’s genius with a fascinating pairing of stylish slapstick and scintillating drama for an evening of show-stopping virtuosity! Inspired by the Italian comic intermezzi, Pimpinone approaches social class and seduction with stylish slapstick and evocative humanity as the narcissistic Pimpinone is stung by the beauty and barbs of his charming cham…
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble & Friends
Jordan Hall
Starry, Starry Night: Music of Monteverdi, Luigi Rossi, Carissimi, and Steffani Our biennial Festivals bring together leading Early Music artists in our opera productions and concerts throughout this jam-packed week. Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs draw from this dazzling array of talent to deal out brilliance as if from an astonishing deck of musical cards for ou…
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: BEMF Youth Ensemble, BEMF Beyond Borders + A String Fort Smith
Jordan Hall
Please reach out to the BEMF Box Office with any questions regarding programming or ticketing details for the 2025 Festival at 617-661-1812.
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Boreas Quartett Bremen with Kathryn Montoya, recorder
Jordan Hall
Shakespeare in Love The Festival Concert Week comes to a glorious conclusion with the return of Boreas Quartett Bremen alongside guest artist and BEMF Orchestra member Kathryn Montoya. Performing on their 14-part Renaissance consort, these exceptional artists have created a beautiful program exploring the many stages of love in William Shakespeare’s works. They will present vivid m…
Recital Cancelled: Grace Lee '25 GD, Piano
Williams Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Grace Lee '25 GD studies Piano with
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Presents: Frederick Douglass by Ulysses Kay
Jordan Hall
In October 2021, we announced As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage, the most extensive and ambitious presentation of opera by Black composers to ever take place in the US. Ulysses Kay's Frederick Douglass is the second of five installments of five operas depicting vital figures of Black liberation and thought across 250 years of history. Frederick Doug…
