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SALONMUSIK - AUGUST 31ST, 7PM
FORSYTH CHAPEL, FOREST HILLS CEMETERY, JP - TICKETS HERE Join us at Forest Hills Cemetery's stunning Forsyth Chapel for an evening of beautiful music and enchanting ambiance. Immerse yourself in the serene setting of the chapel's stained-glass artwork while enjoying live performances by 8 talented musicians. This unique event offers a blend of classical and contemporary music on the theme of our favorite bird, the nightingale. Poets and artists have long been infatuated with this romantic creature, and after hearing this program you will surely join in admiration. SALONMUSIK explores the many faces of the nightingale through a diverse program featuring music ranging from the renaissance era to the 21st century in a multitude of languages and styles. |
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BLUE SUN - OCT 19TH & 20TH, 7PM
OCT 19TH, 7PM - CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, BOSTON BOSTON TICKETS OCT 20TH, 7PM - GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AMHERST, MA AMHERST TICKETS Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents the New England premiere of Gregory Brown's 2017 cantata un/bodying/s in Boston and Amherst, MA on Oct 19/20, 2024. The piece, scored for 24 voices and set to text by local New England poet Todd Hearon, explores the history and future of the four 'drowned towns' that were 'disincorporated' to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir and provide water for Greater Boston. In providing water for our cities the difficult choices of the past ripple into the future as we confront our shared climate crisis. Also on the program will be Land-locked for double-choir, along with historic and modern works from the shape-note tradition. Project produced by Ben Perry and Greg Brown. |
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SOLSTICE - DEC 21ST, 5PM & 8PM
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, BOSTON 5PM TICKETS 8PM TICKETS Experience the extraordinary on December 21st as Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents SOLSTICE. Featuring original new music and sound installations by frequent Nightingale collaborators Angela Yam and Nicholas Ford, SOLSTICE invites you to dissolve the boundaries between audience and performer and embrace a collective act of creation with the members of Nightingale. Celebrate the winter solstice—a time of community, ritual, and feasting—by coming together on the darkest night of the year to embrace mysteries and magic stretching back to the dawn of human history. Join us as we ask the Sun to return in an evening of music-making like no other. Project Produced by Nicholas Ford. |
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VOICES OF WATER - MAR 12, 14, 15 7PM
MAR 12TH - SHALIN LIU CENTER, ROCKPORT - TIX SOON MAR 14TH - CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, BOSTON BOSTON TICKETS MAR 15TH - CAPE CODE PERFORMANCE, LOCATION TBD In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home. Project Produced by Joshua Glassman. |
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GALA: RENAISSANCE REIMAGINED - MAY 3RD, 7PM
OLD SOUTH CHURCH, GORDON CHAPEL, BOSTON, MA TICKETS HERE Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Nightingale had existed 400 years ago? Come and find out by joining us for this year’s NightinGALA: Renaissance Reimagined, a performance of new compositions based on early sources paired directly with the pieces that informed them. Inspired by Roderick Williams’ Ave Verum Corpus (Reimagined), an inventive reworking of the Byrd classic, the concert will feature premieres by Nightingale composers Nathan Halbur, Kelvyn Koning, and Ben Perry, as well as contemporary compositions by Kerensa Briggs, Caroline Shaw, and local composer Richard J Clark all showcased alongside works of the Renaissance greats. Join us for food, drink, a silent auction, and a concert you won’t soon forget! Project Produced by Elijah Botkin and Barbara Hill. |
