As spring moves into summer and we start our new fiscal year, we remain grateful for the support and encouragement of fans everywhere. Our goal remains the same: to bring world-class Boston Baroque performances to you, our audiences, in a manner that is safe for everyone.
Our plans for the coming season involve a combination of live concerts and continued expansion of our streaming content presented through Boston Baroque Live.
A POP-UP CONCERT SEASON IN 2020-2021
Because so much about the trajectory of this virus remains unknown, Boston Baroque’s 2020-2021 live concert season will be a series of pop-up concerts that will be presented when it is safe to bring musicians and audiences together.
Tickets will go on sale three weeks before each performance. This means we will not sell tickets until we are confident that we can deliver on the program, thereby avoiding cancellations and postponements. This practice will allow us to be nimble in an uncertain environment.
To whet your appetite for the coming season, our first pop-up program will feature Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. We are hopeful that this concert will take place in the fall—predicated on access to daily testing for our musicians and on-site pre-concert testing for our audiences. This Boston Baroque concert experience will be different: audiences and musicians will wear masks and be socially distanced, the ensemble and audience will be smaller, and performances will have no intermission. We will continue to offer live streaming options to audience members who prefer to enjoy Boston Baroque performances from home.
A BOSTON BAROQUE LIVE CONCERT SEASON
We have been amazed by the outpouring of support for Boston Baroque Live, our streaming channel on our website and Amazon Prime. Each month for the foreseeable future, Boston Baroque will release full-length concerts and operas. Some of the planned content over the coming year includes Beethoven’s Fidelio, our New Year’s Eve Celebrations from 2018 and 2019, and Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
In addition to the concerts, we look forward to bringing you behind the scenes of these programs. Our Boston Baroque Live platform will include interviews (and interactive Q&As) with the artists, conversations with our music director and musicians, special musical performances, concert talks, and more. We hope this programming will allow you, our audience, to engage with our music more deeply than ever before.
The future will be different, but it will be bright.
We recognize that this coming season will be a new experience for everyone. We are confident that you will have the opportunity to enjoy the high-caliber concerts that you have come to expect from Boston Baroque, in an environment where your comfort level remains high and your satisfaction with the performance remains unparalleled.
With warm wishes,
Jennifer Ritvo Hughes
Executive Director
