Upcoming Concerts & Performances
6 upcoming concerts and performances from Boston Camerata, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All classical in Greater Boston →
Tue Oct 20 · 6:30pm
Boston Camerata marks the death of Joel Cohen, who directed the ensemble from 1963 to 2008 and remained its music director emeritus until he died on 26 July 2026. Under him the Camerata became one of the leading American early-music groups. The programme had not been announced when this was recorded.
Sun Oct 25 · 4:30pm
Songs of the young American republic — marches, anthems, spirituals and ballads by New England citizen-composers, alongside what the Camerata calls liberty's attendants: feminists, abolitionists, freed slaves and religious minorities. The programme was first commissioned by the Paris Philharmonie in 2018 and has since been recorded for Harmonia Mundi.
Sat Dec 5 – Sun Dec 6
Sat Dec 5 · 7pm, Central Congregational Church (Newburyport) / Sun Dec 6 · 3:30pm, Gordon Chapel at Old South Church (Boston); 6:30pm, Gordon Chapel at Old South Church (Boston)
Christmas in the English-speaking world from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to early America — mostly art music transcribed from old manuscripts and prints, but plain in manner and with a strong folk vein. The programme opens with the thirteenth-century Edi be thu hevene quene, and revives a Camerata holiday staple after two generations.
Mon Dec 21 · 5:00pm
Christmas music from Renaissance Iberia and the Hispanic settlements of the New World, where encounters among indigenous Americans, Spaniards and West Africans produced unusual vocal colours and rhythms. Winds, Iberian harp and percussion carry it, and the Camerata's singers are joined by Pan-American choral voices.
Tue Mar 9 – Wed Mar 10 · 7:30pm
Tue Mar 9 / Wed Mar 10 · 7:30pm
Thirteenth-century Iberia at the court of Alfonso X the Wise, who called himself King of the Three Religions and drew Jewish, Christian and Muslim musicians to it. The programme is built on his collection of songs to the Virgin, with Jewish and Islamic material woven around the Christian songs.
Tue Apr 20 · 7:00pm
Medieval song and poetry around desire, yearning and fulfilment, taken from the female point of view and sung by a consort of women. The Camerata dates the repertoire to about 1300 and offers it as its spring programme; it sits outside the subscription season.
