historically informed, vibrantly performed
The Henry Purcell Society of Boston creates historically informed, vibrantly performed Baroque experiences. We believe early music is most powerful when it creates connection — between artists and audiences, past and present, and people encountering this music for the first time alongside those who have loved it for decades.
Our performances are designed to feel immediate and welcoming, human, and alive: exceptional music-making meant not simply to be observed, but to be experienced and shared.
This season, the Henry Purcell Society of Boston invites you into three very different Baroque worlds.
We begin with The Loves of Mars and Venus, a theatrical evening of Restoration music filled with intrigue: love, jealousy, seduction, comedy, and celestial misbehavior. Then we head to the tavern for Purcell & the Alehouse, part of our new A Taste of What We Do series — an intimate, social evening of music, conversation, and.. a little something to drink. In the spring, Hark! The Wild Musicians Sing! lets the season loose with William Boyce’s buoyant trio sonatas, led by Susanna Ogata, alongside Purcell’s pastoral and rarely heard symphony songs for our vocalists — a program of springtime, virtuosity, and unabashed frolicking… with a few surprises along the way!
Three programs, three ways into the music — theatrical, social, and exuberantly musical. Whether you already love early music or are simply curious about what all the fuss is about, come join us.
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