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Twelfth Night Ensemble: Boston Debut

Sep 20

Violinist Rachell Ellen Wong makes her Calderwood Hall debut with the Twelfth Night Ensemble, joined by harpsichordist David Belkovski and cellist Coleman Itzkoff. The program features Baroque works by Nicola Matteis, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, John Eccles, Giuseppe...

Chamber Music Celebration honoring Scott Nickrenz

Sep 27

The inaugural Chamber Music Celebration honors the life and work of the late Scott Nickrenz, the Gardner's first Abrams Curator of Music. Violinists Geneva Lewis and YooJin Jang, violist Emma Wernig, cellist Jay Campbell, and pianist Conrad Tao present music by Henry Purcell and...

Ivalas Quartet

Oct 4

The Ivalas Quartet performs Franz Schubert's Death and the Maiden quartet paired with two American works: an early piece in George Walker's American style and An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave by Carlos Simon. The quartet, formed in 2017, is known for spotlighting past and present...

ACRONYM: Esther in the Age of Rembrandt

Oct 18

ACRONYM presents rare performances of three Esther cantatas written during Rembrandt's time, in conjunction with the Museum's exhibition. The program includes music by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Leonora Duarte, Salamone Rossi, Giacomo Carissimi, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer...

Celebrating Chrysanthemums

Oct 25

This concert explores the chrysanthemum as muse, coinciding with the Museum's annual John Lowell Gardner Chrysanthemum Installation.

in vain (Thursday Night Music)

Oct 29

Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson, performs Georg Friedrich Haas's in vain, a 70-minute work for 24 players, much of which is played in complete darkness. Haas wrote the piece in 2000 in response to the rise of far-right parties in Austria. The performance is part of...

Poiesis Quartet

Nov 8

The multiple prize-winning Poiesis Quartet performs at Calderwood Hall.

Lysander Piano Trio

Nov 15

The Lysander Piano Trio performs a wide-ranging program spanning from Swedish violinist and composer Amanda Maier to South African composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen.

Review: THE NORWEGIANS at Shakespeare & Company

Review: THE NORWEGIANS at Shakespeare & Company

by Marc Savitt · September 8, 2026

Murder-for-hire seems dark, and yes, some of the language can be a bit colorful (a few F-bombs are dropped), but really, this is a delightful little production with the emphasis on comedy that one might almost label as cute, possibly endearing.…

Review: NOISES OFF at Barrington Stage Company

Review: NOISES OFF at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · August 31, 2026

. During a roughly 20-minute near silent stretch the cast execute a near flawless, complex, scene employing “Controlled Chaos”. Even the most `curmudgeonly of audience members find themselves rolling along with the rest of the crowd.…

Review: HAMLET at Shakespeare & Company

Review: HAMLET at Shakespeare & Company

by Marc Savitt · August 18, 2026

Shakespeare’s most searching play – a gripping story of grief, conscience, and the cost of inaction. Haunted by his father’s ghost, a young prince must navigate a world of secrets, power, and betrayal, where nothing is as it appears.…

Review: Hugh Jackman Dazzles in Debut with Boston Pops at Tanglewood

Review: Hugh Jackman Dazzles in Debut with Boston Pops at Tanglewood

by R. Scott Reedy · August 14, 2026

Making his debut with the Boston Pops at Tanglewood on August 11, Hugh Jackman dazzled his sold-out audience – under the Koussevitzky Music Shed and stretching as far as the eye could see on the lawn that surrounds it – from the moment he took the stage.…

Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Barrington Stage Company

Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Barrington Stage Company

by Marc Savitt · August 13, 2026

Typical of BSC efforts, everything about this production is of first-rate quality. Pharel’s script is well blended with elements that “the kids say” as well as those which are more universally applicable.…

Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Berkshire Theatre Group

Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Berkshire Theatre Group

by Marc Savitt · August 5, 2026

So, if you like good lip-synching, a driving 4/4 beat, hair and makeup that’s “too – Fabu” or perhaps know of someone who needs to be reminded that I’m OK, you’re OK, and being different doesn’t make you less than… get down to The Colonial Theatre.…

Past Shows

Rachel Barton Pine: Brahms Violin Sonatas

Sep 13

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs a recital of Johannes Brahms's violin sonatas, joined by pianist Matthew Hagle. The program includes Brahms's own violin arrangement of a sonata better known on clarinet. Pine performs on the Guarneri del Gesù violin that Brahms himself...

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