Tickets for Upcoming Performances

Oct. 31, 4:00 PM Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA BUY TICKETS
Nov. 1, 4:00 PM Trinity Church, Lakeville, CT BUY TICKETS
General Seating $45 | Premium Seating $80 | Youth $15
Tickets also available at the door on first-come, first-served basis 45 minutes before concerts.
Purchase by mail: Make check out to “Crescendo”. Mail to: PO Box 245, Lakeville, CT 06039

Galant Fire—Masterpieces of Venice and Naples

This program celebrates the electrifying transition from the intense gravity of the High Baroque to the luminous, driving passion of the early galant style.

Antonio Vivaldi’s Laetatus sum RV 827 and aria In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626, Baldassare Galuppi’s Dixit Dominus in E-flat major, Antonio Lotti ‘s Dixit Dominus in G minor à 5, Leonardo Leo’s Credo in C major.

Instrumental works by Vivaldi (Sonata al Santo Sepolcro), Francesco Durante, Antonio Caldara.

Crescendo Chorus, soprano Caroline Christopher, alto Laura Evans, tenor Kevin Ray, baritone Douglas Ray Williams, and Crescendo Period String Ensemble (Jeremy Zhang-Rhizor, concert master), directed by Christine Gevert, organ.

The First Spark: Early Celtic & British Airs for the Winter Gateway

An Early Holiday Concert for Chamber Ensemble and Voice. Designed to bring warmth and light into the deepening winter dark, this concert features Zoe Vandermeer (voice/Welsh triple harp), Tricia van Oers (recorders), and Christine Gevert (virginal/organ). The performance interweaves evocative folk tunes with highly sophisticated Renaissance and Baroque music from English, Irish, and Scottish traditions. At the center of the program are masterworks by Renaissance icons like John Dowland and William Byrd, alongside the brilliant Baroque harp melodies of Turlough O’Carolan, and original arrangements of ancient Celtic airs and folk dances by the ensemble. Audiences will join the ensemble for a special sing-along during the timeless classic, Greensleeves.

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December 3, 7:30 PM at Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, MA

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December 4, 7:30 PM at St. John’s Church, 12 Main St, Salisbury, CT

General Seating $45 | Premium Seating $80 | Youth $15

Tickets also available at the door on first-come, first-served basis 45 minutes before concerts.
Purchase by mail: Make check out to “Crescendo”. Mail to: PO Box 245, Lakeville, CT 06039

A Celtic Wintertide—Echoes of an Early Yuletide

This festive performance interweaves evocative Celtic folk tunes with the highly sophisticated motets of the British Renaissance and Baroque traditions. The Crescendo Chorus will be joined by Zoe Vandermeer (Celtic harp), Tricia van Oers (recorders), and Anne Legêne (viola da gamba), under the direction of Christine Gevert at the organ. Together, they will guide audiences through a seasonal tapestry that spans from the intricate 10-part Renaissance polyphony of Scottish composer Robert Carver’s Mass Dum sacrum mysterium to hauntingly beautiful traditional arrangements like “The Darkest Midnight in December” (a Wexford Carol variant) and the Scottish Gaelic “Tàladh Chriosda,” and early masterworks by Byrd, Ravenscroft, and Aston alongside beloved seasonal standards like “Greensleeves & Scarborough Fair” and “The Holly and the Ivy.”

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December 17, 7:30 PM at St. Paul’s Church, 29 Main St, Stockbridge, MA

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December 18, 7:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church*, 369 Warren St, Hudson, NY
*Please note that First Presbyterian Church is a historic building with stair-only walking access to the performance space.

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December 26, 4:00 PM at St. Andrew’s Church, 1 North Main St, Kent, CT

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December 27, 4:00 PM at Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, MA

General Seating $45 | Premium Seating $80 | Youth $15
Tickets also available at the door on first-come, first-served basis 45 minutes before concerts.
Purchase by mail: Make check out to “Crescendo”. Mail to: PO Box 245, Lakeville, CT 06039

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