| Ryan Turner, Artistic Director • John Harbison, Principal Guest Conductor • Craig Smith, Founder |
Emmanuel Music in the News
2009-2010 Season
Season Announcement
Emmanuel emerges from founder's shadow
David Weininger, Boston Globe | June 5, 2009From its creation in 1970, Emmanuel Music has been associated inextricably with the artistic spirit of its founder, Craig Smith. Even after Smith's death, in 2007, his influence has lingered. The organization's last two seasons had been planned by Smith prior to his passing. more…
2008-2009 Season
J.S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion
A mighty night for Emmanuel
Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe | April 4, 2009Since Craig Smith's death in 2007, composer John Harbison has been in a caretaker role at Emmanuel Music, serving as acting artistic director. This season, Emmanuel has been honoring Smith's legacy with a series of Bach concerts culminating this weekend with two performances of the composer's mighty "St. Matthew Passion." more…
Lindsey Chapel Series: Bach’s Cello Suites
Cello Mid-day Treats at Emmanuel
Larry Phillips, Boston Musical Intelligencer | April 3, 2009Emmanuel Music gave the Boston musical community a splendid present by presenting all six Bach cello suites by different cellists in free midday concerts on successive Thursdays in Back Bay’s intimate Leslie Lindsey Chapel. Performing between February 26 and April 2 were Rhonda Rider, Shannon Snapp, Joshua Gordon, Michael Curry, Beth Pearson, and Rafael Popper-Keizer. more…
A gold mine of six cello suites
David Weininger, Boston Globe | February 21, 2009 more...
Schumann Chamber Series: Final Year
Emmanuel Music Continues Schumann Concerts with Intensity, Balance, and Grace
David Griesinger, Boston Musical Intelligencer | February 2, 2009This week’s Schumann offering from Emmanuel Music, now in its fifth year of presenting all of Robert Schumann’s compositions, featured two guest artists, Ya-Fei Chuang and Robert Levin, with Emmanue Music regulars. The program consisted of Wilhelm Meister Lieder, Op 98a, with Kendra Colton, soprano, Mark McSweeney, bass, and Ya-Fei Chuang, piano. It was followed by the composer’s Toccata in C Major, Op. 7, Ya-Fei Chuang at the piano. The final piece was the Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63, with Rose Mary Harbison, violin, Rhonda Rider, cello, and Robert Levin, piano. more...
CD: Lorraine at Emmanuel
Jeremy Eichler’s top CD picks of 2008
Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe | December 14, 2008From the archives of Emmanuel Music comes this moving disc of performances by the revered mezzo-soprano, mostly led by the late Craig Smith, a pillar of the local music community. more...
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concertos
Taking Bach in a clever direction
David Weininger, Boston Globe | September 20, 2008Emmanuel Music's 2008-09 season is the last to have been planned by its late founder, Craig Smith, and is dedicated to his memory. Smith was not a man to do things halfway; comprehensiveness was his mantra. So it comes as little surprise that he would have programmed all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos for Thursday's opening-night concert. more...
2007-2008 Season
Collaboration with Mark Morris Dance Group: Dido and Aenas
Morris’s next step is with a baton
David Weininger, Boston Globe | May 23, 2008 more...
Bach: Mass in B minor
Emmanuel’s Bach B-minor Mass
Lloyd Schwartz, Boston Phoenix | April 15, 2008 more...Difficult season ends on the right note
David Weininger, Boston Globe | April 14, 2008 more...
Bach: St. John Passion
Great Gifts
Lloyd Schwartz, Boston Phoenix | March 12, 2008 more...A Passion to rouse and soothe the spirit at a time of loss
David Perkins, Boston Globe | March 11, 2008 more...A passion to carry on
After the death of founder Craig Smith, Emmanuel Music looks to the future
David Weininger, The Boston Globe | March 7, 2008 more...
Craig Smith Memorial
Recalling a conductor who built grandly at home
Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe | February 2, 2008 more...Love and loss, Classical: 2007 in review
Lloyd Schwartz, Boston Phoenix | December 18, 2007 more...Craig Smith, 60; with Emmanuel, he created a nexus of joy and music
Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe | November 15, 2007 more...
Russell Sherman: J.S. Bach – English Suites
Unconventional Bach of the highest order
David Weininger, Boston Globe | January 29, 2008 more...
Schumann Chamber Series, Year 4
A lovely showcase for Schumanns’ work
David Perkins, Boston Globe | October 17, 2007 more...
Bach: Art of Fugue
The art of … Bach at Emmanuel
Lloyd Schwartz, Boston Phoenix | October 16, 2007 more...