Friday night @ 8:00, Cantata Singers gives a concert at First Church Cambridge, continuing in their season-long celebration of Heinrich Schütz. Also on the program are Harbison and Duruflé. $17-$52, students 50% off, seniors $5 off.
Friday night also marks the start of the Harvard Film Archive’s Alain Resnais retrospective. They’re kicking off with the bizarre Last Year at Marienbad (1961) @ 7:00 and The War is Over (1966), starring Yves Montand, @ 9:00. Screenings continue through the 24th.
The period vocal ensemble Exsultemus has Saturday (8:00, University Lutheran Church in Cambridge) and Sunday (3:00, First Lutheran Church of Boston) concerts. Lamentations: Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah from England, France, Italy, and Mexico, $15, $25, $35 with $5 off for students and seniors.
Boston Chamber Music’s Winter Festival continues Saturday night @ 8:00 in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, with a lecture @ 4:00. $25 and free for students.
Sunday morning @ 11:00, the Coolidge presents Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in HD. $20, $17 for members.
The always worthwhile Discovery Ensemble delivers a program of Bach, Stravinsky, Bartok, and Prokofiev @ 3:00 in Sanders. Tickets through the Harvard Box Office, $35, $28, $20, with $10 off for students and seniors.
Monday night @ 7:00, the Coolidge screens Truffaut’s The Wild Child (1970). As part of its Science on Screen series, the film will open with a talk on language acquisition by Dr. Judy Shepard-Kegl. I’m hoping to do a post in advance of this. $9.75, $7.75 seniors/students/MoS members, free to Coolidge members.
Tuesday evening @ 7:00 is free opera night at the Copley BPL in the Rabb Auditorium. The BLO performs selections from their upcoming production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw.
Wednesday night @ 8:00 in Jordan Hall baritone Dong Won Kim, who blew us all away as Orbazzano in Opera Boston’s Tancredi, will give a free recital with selections of Handel, Mahler Mozart, et al.
New plays include the Huntington’s All My Sons, the New Rep’s Indulgences, SpeakEasy’s [title of show], and Company One’s The Good Negro. I’ll be checking out [title of show] and hopefully the BSO’s Mozart and Elgar program featuring Sir Colin Davis and Nikolaj Znaider.
Still from Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad. Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, and stone balustrade.
