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Arcadia Players

Celebrating 22 Years of
Great Performances
on Period Instruments

Ian Watson, Artistic Director

2011-2012
Concert Calendar

TWENTY-THIRD SEASON

Beethoven - Handel - Abendmusik - Bach

Click here for a printable ticket order form (subscriptions and individual tickets), or order online through the Academy of Music Theatre (individual tickets only).

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

BEETHOVEN – Symphonies No. 5 and 6 “Pastorale”

Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Sweeney Concert Hall
Sage Hall, Smith College
Northampton, Mass.

Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Chapel of the Holy Spirit
Assumption College
Worcester, Mass.

Symphonies 5 and 6 continue our survey of all nine of Beethoven’s masterworks.This pairing provides a stunning concert, contrasting the programmatic Pastorale with the dramatic, turbulent and ultimately valedictory Fifth. Arcadia Players’ acclaimed interpretations of Beethoven, brilliantly performed on instruments of the period in the
glorious acoustics of Sweeney Concert Hall - don’t miss it!

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HANDEL – Messiah

Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Abbey Chapel
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass

Our moving annual performance of Messiah, performed by our expert and committed singers and instrumentalists, is well known to audiences in western Massachusetts and beyond. Come and experience this perennial favorite as Handel would have heard it in the glorious setting of Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College.

More about this event.

ABENDMUSIK - Vespers music for voices &
instruments by Buxtehude, Schütz and others

Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.

Abendmusik was originally a series of concerts given on the Sunday evenings in Advent at the Marienkirche in Lübeck, Germany. Instituted in the 17th century by the then organist, Franz Tunder, and
continued by Dietrich Buxtehude, the concerts of organ, vocal and instrumental music ran until 1810. Our version of Abendmusik will be a very interesting follow-up to our popular 2008 re-creation of an English Evensong service. Really gorgeous music!

J.S. BACH - The Six Brandenburg Concerti

Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Sweeney Concert Hall
Sage Hall, Smith College
Northampton, Mass.

Concert sponsor

The Six Brandenburg Concerti by J.S. Bach are some of the most
well-loved pieces of music in the world. Very rarely, however, do
audiences get the chance to hear and experience the spectacular
variety of imagination and instrumentation of all six concerti in
one concert. We have invited some of the nation’s finest soloists to
join us in what promises to be an evening to remember, once again
in the wonderful Sweeney Concert Hall.

Arcadia Players reserves the right to make changes in programs and dates

Our 23rd concert season is made possible above all through the support of our patrons and donors,
and by Smith College, New England Public Radio, the Daily Hampshire Gazette,
and in 2011 by the Local Cultural Councils of Amherst and Hadley, and the Northampton Arts Council,
local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Click here for a printable ticket order form (subscriptions and individual tickets)
or order online through the Academy of Music Theatre (individual tickets only).

email info[at]arcadiaplayers.org

mailing address: P.O. Box 387, Northampton MA 01061

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BEETHOVEN – Symphonies No. 5 and 6 “Pastorale” Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 4:00 PM Sweeney Concert Hall Sage Hall, Smith College Northampton, Mass. Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 2:00 PM Chapel of the Holy Spirit Assumption College Worcester, Mass.		Symphonies 5 and 6 continue our survey of all nine of Beethoven’s masterworks.This pairing provides a stunning concert, contrasting the programmatic Pastorale with the dramatic, turbulent and ultimately valedictory Fifth. Arcadia Players’ acclaimed interpretations of Beethoven, brilliantly performed on instruments of the period in the glorious acoustics of Sweeney Concert Hall - don’t miss it! More about this event.
HANDEL – Messiah Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM Abbey Chapel Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Mass		Our moving annual performance of Messiah, performed by our expert and committed singers and instrumentalists, is well known to audiences in western Massachusetts and beyond. Come and experience this perennial favorite as Handel would have heard it in the glorious setting of Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College. More about this event.
ABENDMUSIK - Vespers music for voices & instruments by Buxtehude, Schütz and others Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 7:30 PM Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Mass.		Abendmusik was originally a series of concerts given on the Sunday evenings in Advent at the Marienkirche in Lübeck, Germany. Instituted in the 17th century by the then organist, Franz Tunder, and continued by Dietrich Buxtehude, the concerts of organ, vocal and instrumental music ran until 1810. Our version of Abendmusik will be a very interesting follow-up to our popular 2008 re-creation of an English Evensong service. Really gorgeous music!
J.S. BACH - The Six Brandenburg Concerti Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM Sweeney Concert Hall Sage Hall, Smith College Northampton, Mass. Concert sponsor		The Six Brandenburg Concerti by J.S. Bach are some of the most well-loved pieces of music in the world. Very rarely, however, do audiences get the chance to hear and experience the spectacular variety of imagination and instrumentation of all six concerti in one concert. We have invited some of the nation’s finest soloists to join us in what promises to be an evening to remember, once again in the wonderful Sweeney Concert Hall.