Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF)

Amanda Forsythe and Cecilia Duarte both smile widely. They both have long dark brown hair and warm brown eyes. Dorothee Mields smizes at the camera with her green eyes. She has long hair like the other two sopranos, but it's a light strawberry blonde. On the bottom half on the frame, nine members of the Tiburtina Ensemble stand in a line with their hands on each others shoulders. They each look unique, but they all smile at the camera.

The Boston Early Music Festival's Celebration of Women, with Tiburtina and The Three Sopranos

Sunday, June 1st at 7:00pm, on WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Prague-based women's ensemble Tiburtina sings medieval music by Hildegard von Bingen, and Renaissance Italy bursts into musical life through the singing of Amanda Forsythe, Cecilia Duarte, and Dorothee Mields.

The Bach Hour

The Joy and Depth of Bach's Cantata 31, "Heaven Laughs! Earth Exults"

On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, written for Easter.

Vox Luminis Sings Handel and Bach in Boston

On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis joins the BEMF Orchestra in Handel's "Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day" and Bach's "Magnificat" at Jordan Hall.

A stage with large wooden set pieces depicts a forest scene at night. Circé and Ulisse stand in the center of the stage clad in gold and crimson robes. Dancers twirl around them, and sheet music is visible at the edge of the stage where the pit orchestra plays.

Love, Magic, and Fate in Desmarets's "Circé" at the Boston Early Music Festival

On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, a renowned cast led by Karina Gauvin and Aaron Sheehan brings a story from Homer's Odyssey to life on the stage of the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater.

The Bach Hour

Bach's Fifth Brandenburg at BEMF, with Bezuidenhout

On The Bach Hour, Kristian Bezuidenhout is the harpsichordist in one of the masterpieces of the instrument, recorded in concert at the Boston Early Music Festival.

Eleven members of ACRONYM stand outside in a field on an early fall day. They're dressed casually and they all hold their instrument over their right shoulder -- even the cellists and viola de gamba players.

"Queen Christina's Playlist," from ACRONYM and the Boston Early Music Festival

On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, the baroque band ACRONYM performs music made possible by Sweden's Queen Christina, including works by Corelli, Scarlatti, Pasquini, and more, at Jordan Hall in Boston.

four panels of vocal soloists, clockwise from top left: soprano Amanda Forsythe, bass-baritone Douglas Williams, soprano Danielle Ruetter-Harrah, soprano Teresa Wakim

A Battle of Good Against Evil, from the Boston Early Music Festival

On WCRB with the Boston Early Music Festival, sopranos Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Wakim and Danielle Reutter-Harrah, and bass-baritone Douglas Williams anchor the casts of rarely heard dramatic cantatas by a brilliant composer and colorful character of the 17th century, Alessandro Stradella.

Douglas Williams, Aaron Sheehan, Nathan Medley, Danielle Reutter-Harrah, and Amanda Forsythe

Concerts

Baroque Christmas with Boston Early Music Festival, on Idagio

Join the GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival and Idagio for a holiday program showcasing masterworks from the Italian Baroque by Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Stradella!

Concerts

Dreams and Monsters, with BEMF

On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, concertmaster Robert Mealy leads the ensemble in a program coursing through the complete dramatic spectrum of operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Concerts

A Night of Royal French Baroque Music with BEMF

Sunday, November 15, 20207:00 PMOn WCRB In Concert with the Boston Early Music Festival, Ensemble Correspondances performs a collection of Charpentier's…

Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF)

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