Arcadia Players - New England's Period Instrument Ensemble

Arcadia Players embraces 
historical performance 
practice to illuminate 
and invigorate the 
great Western heritage 
of vocal and 
instrumental music.

2022-2023 Concert Season

Thirty-third Season Opener
Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College
Sunday, October 2, 3:00 PM
Arcadia Players’ 33rd season opens with a program of celebrated instrumental works from the Baroque period including Johann Pachelbel’s Canon & Gigue, Johann Sebastian Bach’s lively Orchestral Suite No. 2, Antonio Vivaldi’s evocative flute concerto, La Notte, and more. Flutist Andrea LeBlanc is the guest soloist.

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Handel's ​Messiah
Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College 
Saturday, December 17, 7:00 PM
A holiday spectacular: George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah. With Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble and soloists. Andrew Arceci conducts.

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Arcadia Viols
Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley
Sunday, February 19, 3:00 PM
Arcadia Viols will be joined by Andrew Arceci for an intimate program of consort repertoire from the Renaissance. Featured composers include Orlando Gibbons, John Coprario, Thomas Lupo and Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger.

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Johann Theile's St. Matthew Passion
Sunday, April 2, 3:00 PM
Location TBD   
After years of waiting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Arcadia Players proudly presents Johann Theile’s St. Matthew Passion. Theile’s elegant setting of the Passion text predates that of Johann Sebastian Bach and is a hidden masterpiece of the German Baroque.

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