Hear that? It’s time for the BPR Concert Roundtable, a preview of upcoming performances in a wide variety of musical genres. As always, we are joined for the roundtable by Rob Hochschild, an Associate Professor of Liberal Arts at Berklee College of Music, Brian O’Donovan, the host of WGBH’s A Celtic Sojourn, and WCRB’s Brian McCreath, the producer of WCRB’s Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts, the executive producer of WCRB In Concert, and host of an interview podcast from WCRB called "The Answered Question."
FEATURED MUSIC:
BRIAN MCCREATH
WHO: Cantata Singers
WHAT: First ever performance of Harbison’s Sacred Trilogy
WHERE: Nov. 3, 8 p.m. at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
WHO: MISTRAL
WHAT: Purcell, Elgar, Bax, Vaughan Williams, Delius + French composer Jean-Michel Cras
WHERE: Nov. 10, 4 p.m. at West Parish Church in Andover; Nov. 11, 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church in Brookline
WHO: Chameleon Arts Ensemble
WHAT: Purcell, Elgar, Bax, Vaughan Williams, Delius + French composer Jean-Michel Cras
WHERE: Nov. 10, 4 p.m. at West Parish Church in Andover; Nov. 11, 5 p.m. @ St. Paul’s Church in Brookline
WHO: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
WHAT: Leipzig Week in Boston, Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano; Sebastian Kohlhepp, tenor; Andre Schuen, baritone; Tanglewood Festival Chorus. On the same weekend as Handel and Haydn Society’s Messiah.
WHERE: Leipzig week, Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at Symphony Hall, Handel and Haydn Society’s Messiah (Nov. 30-Dec. 2)
ROB HOCHSCHILD
WHO: Eliane Elias
WHAT: To Each His Dulcinea" from Music from "Man of La Mancha"
WHERE: Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday Nov. 24 at Scullers Jazz Club
WHO: Julian Lage
WHAT: "Roger Dodger" from Modern Lore
WHERE: Friday, Nov. 30, Celebrity Series, Berklee Performance Center
WHO: Jason Palmer
WHAT: Cheas" from At Wally's Vol. 2
WHERE: Saturday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m., Church of the Holy Spirit, 525 River Street, Boston, MA 02126 (Mattapan) free concert
BRIAN ODONOVAN
WHO: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer.
WHAT: three true GREATS of world music on Banjo, Double Base and Tabla
WHERE: Sanders Theatre, Saturday Nov. 17 , 8:00 p.m.
WHO: Billy Wylder,
WHAT: Boston based band. Progressive Folk.
WHERE: Friday, Nov. 9, at the Oberon Theatre.
WHO: David Bromberg
WHAT: One of the veterans of the Folk scene. For five decades. Seriously. He is 74.
WHERE: Nov. 8, at the Wilbur Theatre
