This program is supported in part
by a grant from the Boston
Cultural Council, a local agency
which is funded by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council,
administered by the Mayor’s
Office of Arts and Culture.
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2017–2018 (Starting our Next Ten Years)
For information on our September 9, 2017 concert, click here
For information on our 2016-17 season, click here
Upcoming performances
Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 4:00 PM
Tapas - a concert of small ensemble works
First Church
66 Marlborough St
Boston MA 02116
Calliope is pleased to present its third "Tapas" performance. This concert features solo, duet, and small-ensemble performances of a wide variety of music styles and genres, in the intimate setting of the Hale Chapel at First Church, Boston. Works on this program include pieces by Brahms, Coleridge-Taylor, Strauss, Bellini, Saint-Säens, Vaughan Williams, and more!
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online, by phone at 978-376-1098, or at the door (pending availability). Due to the somewhat limited seating in the Chapel, we highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance.
Please join us for this special performance! A brief reception with light refreshments will follow.
Recent Performances
Saturday, February 3, 2018
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Join us February 3, 2018 for our annual benefit concert, "With Heart, In Time," in support of Waltham-based Project Pacer:
Charles Gounod
Introduction and "L'heure s'envole" from Roméo et Juliette
Fanny Hensel
"Morgengruss" from Gartenlieder
Liza Lehmann
"Queen of Hearts" from Nonsense Songs from Alice in Wonderland
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane
Franz Schubert
Dreifach ist der Schritt der Zeit
Gioachino Rossini
Overture and "Si, ritrovarla io giuro" from La Cenerentola
Priscilla Mague
"A Prayer of Invocation" from A Quinary Set of Prayers
Henry Purcell
"See we assemble" and "'Tis Love that Has Warmed Us" from King Arthur
Robert Schumann
Im Sommertagen rüste den Schlitten
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une enfant defunte
Pauline Viardot
Bonjour mon coeur
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
"The Watchman" and "Say, What Shall We Dance?" from Bon Bon Suite
Featuring musicians of Calliope presenting selections from English Folk Songs Collected from the Southern Appalachians, an anthology collected by Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil J. Sharp.
Saturday, September 9, 2017
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Click here for program notes and translations
September 9, 2017 Concert Program
Day
Lili Boulanger - Hymne au Soleil
Henry F. Gilbert - Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun
Dusk
Amy Beach - Dusk in June
Billy Joel - Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
Augusta Read Thomas - Silent Moon
Night
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - Le Sommeil d'Ulisse (Symphonie sommeil)
Ethel Smyth - Sleepless Dreams
Johannes Brahms - In Stiller Nacht
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony no. 45, IV - Adagio
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Night, cont.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Endymion's Dream
Dawn
Aleksandr Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Augusta Read Thomas - The Rewaking
Day Returns
Franz Joseph Haydn - Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) #12: The Sun Ascends
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"I get to participate in music with Calliope that I may only have
one opportunity in a lifetime to play."
- Frank Kumiega, Percussionist
