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The Congregational Church of Salisbury, Conn., will present its annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. at 30 Main St. The Meeting House doors will open at 2:30 p.m. Attendance will be restricted to one-half capacity. Audience members will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. Masks will be required.
After a one-year hiatus, the Smithfield Church Christmas Concert & Tea returns on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m.
The Smithfield Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Matt Finley will present holiday classics, an offertory on Greensleeves, excerpts from “The Nutcracker Suite,” readings of two poems and more.
The Salisbury Association will offer a free concert of traditional Christmas music and carols on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Congregational Church in Salisbury, Conn.
Just because it’s Thanksgiving, that doesn’t mean everything you do has to have a holiday theme. For something completely different, think about going to the En Vogue concert in Kingston, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. hosted by the Bardavon at the UPAC.
“The Messiah,” by George Frideric Handel (shown in this 1736 painting by Thomas Hudson), has become a highlight of the holiday season. Image courtesy of Brittanica
You don’t have to love choral music or even classical music — or even Christmas — to love G.F. Handel’s “Messiah.” I would count myself as fairly uneducated when it comes to the glories of great music but even for me, “The Messiah” is a delight to listen to.
Christophe Landon, one of the world’s premier luthiers, will talk about and demonstrate the magic of stringed instruments in a fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 7, for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Photo courtesy Bardavon
Christophe Landon, one of the world’s leading luthiers, will give a talk on “Mysteries of the Great Instruments” at Revel 32 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., hosted by the Bardavon, on Sunday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m.
Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will sing French cabaret songs at a fundraising event for the Bard College Conservatory of Music and Graduate Vocal Arts Program on Saturday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Tickets for the live performance start at $25.
Emmy-nominated musician Christylez Bacon is part of a lively and joyful show of jazz, classical and more on Nov. 21 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. Photo by christylez.com
The 2020s haven’t been a super joyful time, so the Sunday, Nov. 21, concert called Cafe Jazz, presented by Close Encounters With Music, sounds like just the right mood brightener.
In our Compass issue of Sept. 30, classical music reviewer Fred Baumgarten offered enthusiastic praise for the podcast called “Aria Code,” in which Rhiannon Giddens, a trained opera singer, dives deep on operas, often finding unexpected relevance in them to the modern world.
Members of the Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra will perform an orchestral concert of famous Baroque solo concertos on Oct. 29 and 30, with soloists Jeremy Rhizor, violin, Chris Belluscio, natural trumpet, Hideki Yamaya, mandolino, and Crescendo’s founding artistic director Christine Gevert, organ and direction.
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