Celebrity Series of Boston – Past Concerts
Celebrity Series of Boston: Karim Sulayman, tenor & Sean Shibe, guitar
Thursday, November 16, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Program includes works by
Henry Purcell,
John Dowland,
Giulio Caccini,
Claudio Monteverdi,
Traditional,
Anonymous,
Sayed Darwish,
Fairuz,
Jonathan Harvey,
Layale Chaker,
Toru Takemitsu, and
Benjamin Britten.
$20-$45
Celebrity Series of Boston: Karim Sulayman, tenor & Sean Shibe, guitar
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, United States
Program includes works by
Henry Purcell,
John Dowland,
Giulio Caccini,
Claudio Monteverdi,
Traditional,
Anonymous,
Sayed Darwish,
Fairuz,
Jonathan Harvey,
Layale Chaker,
Toru Takemitsu, and
Benjamin Britten.
$55-$75
Celebrity Series of Boston: Neighborhood Arts Cello Quartet, "Global Impressions 2022"
Thursday, March 31, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Free (RSVP required)
Celebrity Series of Boston: Neighborhood Arts Cello Quartet, "Global Impressions 2022"
Thursday, March 31, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, MA, United States
Free
Celebrity Series of Boston: Anthony McGill, clarinet - Susanna Phillips, soprano - Myra Huang, piano
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Franz Schubert
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Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("The Shepherd on the Rock"), D. 965
James Lee III — Chavah's Daughters Speak
William Grant Still — Romance
Franz Schubert — Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
James Lee III — Chavah's Daughters Speak
William Grant Still — Romance
Franz Schubert — Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
$20 ($18 for Friends Circle Members+)
Celebrity Series of Boston: Anthony McGill, clarinet - Susanna Phillips, soprano - Myra Huang, piano
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
WGBH Calderwood Studio, Boston, MA, United States
Franz Schubert
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Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("The Shepherd on the Rock"), D. 965
James Lee III — Chavah's Daughters Speak
William Grant Still — Romance
Franz Schubert — Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
James Lee III — Chavah's Daughters Speak
William Grant Still — Romance
Franz Schubert — Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
$55-$75
Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet – (im)migration: music of change
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Mongo Santamaria
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Afro Blue
(arr. Valerie Coleman)
Florence Price — Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Jessie Montgomery — Sergeant McCauley (Boston premiere)
Roberto Sierra — Concierto de Cámara
Florence Price — Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Jessie Montgomery — Sergeant McCauley (Boston premiere)
Roberto Sierra — Concierto de Cámara
$20 ($18 for Friends Circle Members+)
Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet – (im)migration: music of change
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
First Church in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, United States
Mongo Santamaria
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Afro Blue
(arr. Valerie Coleman)
Florence Price — Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Jessie Montgomery — Sergeant McCauley (Boston premiere)
Roberto Sierra — Concierto de Cámara
Florence Price — Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Jessie Montgomery — Sergeant McCauley (Boston premiere)
Roberto Sierra — Concierto de Cámara
$29-$75
Celebrity Series of Boston: Simone Porter, violin
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, United States
Andrew Norman
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Sabina
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 16 in G minor "Passacaglia"
Reena Esmail — Drishti (Boston premiere)
Esa-Pekka Salonen — Lachen Verlernt
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 16 in G minor "Passacaglia"
Reena Esmail — Drishti (Boston premiere)
Esa-Pekka Salonen — Lachen Verlernt
$55-$65
Celebrity Series of Boston: Simone Porter, violin
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Andrew Norman
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Sabina
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 16 in G minor "Passacaglia"
Reena Esmail — Drishti (Boston premiere)
Esa-Pekka Salonen — Lachen Verlernt
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 16 in G minor "Passacaglia"
Reena Esmail — Drishti (Boston premiere)
Esa-Pekka Salonen — Lachen Verlernt
$20 ($18 for Friends Circle Members+)
Celebrity Series of Boston: Daniil Trifonov, piano
Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Karol Szymanowski – Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36
Claude Debussy – Pour le piano ("For the piano"), L. 95
Sergei Prokofiev – Sarcasms, Op. 17
Johannes Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Claude Debussy – Pour le piano ("For the piano"), L. 95
Sergei Prokofiev – Sarcasms, Op. 17
Johannes Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Ticket price TBA
Celebrity Series of Boston: Benjamin Appl, baritone & James Baillieu, piano
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
$20
Celebrity Series of Boston: What Makes it Great? with Rob Kapilow
Friday, January 21, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Frederick Loewe
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Selected works
$20
Celebrity Series of Boston: Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, United States
Program includes works by
John Jacob Niles,
Kurt Weill,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
Paul Bowles,
Margaret Bonds,
William Grant Still,
Marques L.A. Garrett, and
Moses Hogan.
Moved to online-only format; see note
Celebrity Series of Boston: Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Program includes works by
John Jacob Niles,
Kurt Weill,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,
Paul Bowles,
Margaret Bonds,
William Grant Still,
Marques L.A. Garrett, and
Moses Hogan.
$20
Celebrity Series of Boston: Conrad Tao, piano
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, United States
Online and in-person
Conrad Tao & John Adams – Improvisation / China Gates
Jason Eckardt – Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes"
Johann Sebastian Bach & Conrad Tao – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 / Improvisation
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
Conrad Tao – Keyed In (Boston premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Jason Eckardt – Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes"
Johann Sebastian Bach & Conrad Tao – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 / Improvisation
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
Conrad Tao – Keyed In (Boston premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Online: $18-$20 | In person: $10 obstructed view
Celebrity Series of Boston: Nicholas Phan & Brooklyn Rider
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Thomas Campion – Never weather-beaten sail
Rufus Wainwright, arr. Colin Jacobsen – Trois valses anglaises (Boston premiere)
Nico Muhly – Stranger (Boston premiere)
Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"
Rufus Wainwright, arr. Colin Jacobsen – Trois valses anglaises (Boston premiere)
Nico Muhly – Stranger (Boston premiere)
Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"
$20 ($18 CS Friends Circle Members)
Celebrity Series of Boston: Brooklyn Rider
Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Kinan Azmeh – Dabke on Martense Street
Gonzalo Grau – Aroma a Distancia (world premiere)
Osvaldo Golijov – Um Día Bom ("A Good Day") (world premiere)
Matana Roberts – borderlands...
João Gilberto, arr. Colin Jacobsen – Undiú
Gonzalo Grau – Aroma a Distancia (world premiere)
Osvaldo Golijov – Um Día Bom ("A Good Day") (world premiere)
Matana Roberts – borderlands...
João Gilberto, arr. Colin Jacobsen – Undiú
$20 ($18 CS Friends Circle Members)
Celebrity Series of Boston: Tetzlaff Quartet (on-demand until 5/6/2021)
Friday, April 30, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Ludwig Van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133)
Ludwig Van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 “Heiliger Dankgesang”
Ludwig Van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 “Heiliger Dankgesang”
$20
Celebrity Series of Boston: Stave Sessions – Cumulative Encore Performances
Saturday, April 24, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
Online event
All performances from Celebrity Series of Boston's digital festival of discovery, experimentation, & path-breaking music. Featuring Sybarite5, the Spektral Quartet, Bollywood singer Sid Siriam, singer/songwriter Meklit, & more.
Free (Free (registration required))
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