Arcadia Players 2009-2010 Season Concert Calendar

Arcadia Players

Celebrating
21 Years of Historical Performance

2009-2010
Concert Calendar

Arcadia Players is proud to have
the sponsorship of

Public Television for Western New England
for our entire 21st season

Next concert

Arcadia Players Founding Trio
20th Anniversary Concert

Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM
White Church Community Center, 6 Memorial St.
Deerfield MA

Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St.
Holyoke MA

Favorites from the Baroque repertory of Arcadia Players’ Founding Trio: violinist Dana Maiben, cellist & gambist Alice Robbins and harpsichordist & organist Margaret Irwin-Brandon.

Reception after 9/26 concert

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Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.

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A Consort of Viols

Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Wesley United MethodistChurch, 98 North Maple St.
Hadley MA

One performance only!

Viola da gamba artists Marcy Brenner, Robert Eisenstein, Jane Hershey and Alice Robbins celebrate Henry Purcell’s 350th birthday with English & Italian consort music, including Purcell’s masterful Fantasies, plus a wide array of dances and fantasies for viols in solo, duo, trio and quartet combinations by William Young, Carlo Farina, Tarquinio Merula, Vincenzo Ruffo and Thomas Lupo.

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Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.

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Special non-series events in November!

Wistariahurst Museum presents

Mendelssohn Anniversary Concert

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St.
Holyoke MA

One performance only!

To honor Wistariahurst's 50th anniversary as a museum, and the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn, members of Arcadia Players perform a benefit chamber concert with a selection of the Songs Without Words, the Piano Trio in D minor, and with songs and duets by Felix and his sister Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and works for violin and piano by their friend Ferdinand David.

Tickets at the door $20; $15 for students and seniors.

Read more about this event on the museum's website

Commonwealth Opera presents
Mozart's Così fan tutte

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Academy of Music, 274 Main St.
Northampton MA

In the orchestra pit - Ian Watson conducting Arcadia Players!

Tickets will be availble from Commonwealth Opera.

Our regular series resumes in December

Handel's Messiah

Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 3 Elm St.
Northampton MA

Concert sponsor

One performance only!

Guest conductor Allan Taylor leads Arcadia Players in the large scale holiday favorite. The Daily Hampshire Gazette sponsors this presentation of one of Handel’s best-loved masterpieces in the 250th anniversary year of the composer’s death.

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Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.

Heartaches and Earthquakes

Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 335 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow MA

Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 3:00 PM
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St.
Northampton MA

Arcadia presents the vocal ensemble Cantabile and friends in a program of Renaissance chansons and motets, and, at the 550th anniversary of his birth, Antoine Brumel’s Missa Et ecce terrae motus, better known as the “Earthquake Mass.”

Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.
call 413 586-8742 (413 58-MUSIC) or

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Arcadia Players Gala Anniversary Concert

Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College
Northampton MA

One performance only!
An Arcadia Players showcase with works by anniversary composers from the Baroque and early Romantic periods, with harpsichordist Ian Watson, tenor Peter W. Shea, fortepianist Monica Jakuc Leverett, and other Arcadia luminaries

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Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.
www.CABOTIX.com.

Ian Watson Organ Concert

Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 3:00 PM,
St. Theresa’s Church, 9 East Parkview Drive
South Hadley MA

One performance only!

A wide-ranging program of music for organ played and introduced by Ian Watson, who celebrates his fifth anniversary as Arcadia’s Artistic Director.

Reception after the concert.

Free to benefactors and subscribers.
Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.

All-Beethoven Concert

Friday, June 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College
Northampton MA

Concert sponsor

After the June 11 concert, Arcadia will be taking this exciting orchestral program on the road, with performances at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, and at the Connecticut Early Music Festival. Arcadia Players, conducted by Ian Watson, presents our second All-Beethoven concert, with the “Egmont” Overture (first performed in 1810), Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” and the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor with fortepiano soloist Monica Jakuc Leverett.

Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35.
$5 more at door.
Students always $10.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the date of this concert has been changed from Saturday, June 12 to Friday, June 11. Time and venue are the same. We apologize for any inconvenience. Replacement tickets will be mailed to those who have already purchased them, and refunds can be requested by contacting the office (contact information below).

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

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contact us at:

413-586-8742

email info[at]arcadiaplayers.org

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

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Handel's Messiah Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 3 Elm St. Northampton MA Concert sponsor One performance only!	Guest conductor Allan Taylor leads Arcadia Players in the large scale holiday favorite. The Daily Hampshire Gazette sponsors this presentation of one of Handel’s best-loved masterpieces in the 250th anniversary year of the composer’s death. Read more about this event Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35. $5 more at door. Students always $10.
Heartaches and Earthquakes Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 335 Longmeadow St. Longmeadow MA Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 3:00 PM St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St. Northampton MA	Arcadia presents the vocal ensemble Cantabile and friends in a program of Renaissance chansons and motets, and, at the 550th anniversary of his birth, Antoine Brumel’s Missa Et ecce terrae motus, better known as the “Earthquake Mass.” Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10. call 413 586-8742 (413 58-MUSIC) or Read more about this event
Arcadia Players Gala Anniversary Concert Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College Northampton MA One performance only!	An Arcadia Players showcase with works by anniversary composers from the Baroque and early Romantic periods, with harpsichordist Ian Watson, tenor Peter W. Shea, fortepianist Monica Jakuc Leverett, and other Arcadia luminaries Read more about this event. Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10. www.CABOTIX.com.
Ian Watson Organ Concert Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 3:00 PM, St. Theresa’s Church, 9 East Parkview Drive South Hadley MA One performance only!	A wide-ranging program of music for organ played and introduced by Ian Watson, who celebrates his fifth anniversary as Arcadia’s Artistic Director. Reception after the concert. Free to benefactors and subscribers. Pre-ordered tickets: general $20, preferred $30. $5 more at door. Students always $10.
All-Beethoven Concert Friday, June 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE) Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall, Smith College Northampton MA Concert sponsor After the June 11 concert, Arcadia will be taking this exciting orchestral program on the road, with performances at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, and at the Connecticut Early Music Festival.	Arcadia Players, conducted by Ian Watson, presents our second All-Beethoven concert, with the “Egmont” Overture (first performed in 1810), Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” and the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor with fortepiano soloist Monica Jakuc Leverett. Pre-ordered tickets: general $25, preferred $35. $5 more at door. Students always $10. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the date of this concert has been changed from Saturday, June 12 to Friday, June 11. Time and venue are the same. We apologize for any inconvenience. Replacement tickets will be mailed to those who have already purchased them, and refunds can be requested by contacting the office (contact information below).