INTRODUCING
OUR 2025-2026 SEASON
For the first time in its 52-year history, Boston Baroque welcomes five guest
conductors to the podium, following the retirement of founding Music Director Martin Pearlman.
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MEET OUR GUEST CONDUCTORS
CHRISTIAN CURNYN
FILIPPO CIABATTI
MARC MINKOWSKI
BERNARD LABADIE
DAVID BATES
Five extraordinary concerts | Five visionary conductors | One unforgettable season
BAROQUE MASTERWORKS
Oct 11 & 12, 2025 | NEC’s Jordan Hall
Conductor | Christian Curnyn
A program of Baroque masterworks including Ferrandini’s Il Pianto di Maria, a suite from Rameau’s Les Boréades, J. S. Bach’s Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 42, and a selection from Handel’s Water Music Suite in F Major.
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Dec 5 & 7, 2025 | NEC’s Jordan Hall
Conductor | Filippo Ciabatti
Our annual tradition of celebration of this timeless classic! Featuring Boston Baroque favorites soprano Amanda Forsythe, mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy, tenor Thomas Cooley, and Baritone Roderick Williams.
NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION
Dec 31, 2025 & Jan 1, 2026 | Harvard’s Sanders Theatre
Conductor | Marc Minkowski
Join us for our celebrated Holiday tradition and ring in the New Year with conductor Marc Minkowski and a program that includes Handel's complete Water Music, with more to be announced.
LORD NELSON MASS
Mar 6 & 8, 2026 | NEC’s Jordan Hall
Conductor | Bernard Labadie
Presenting Haydn’s choral masterwork, the Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) coupled with Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor. Bernard Labadie is joined by Lauren Snouffer, soprano, Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano, Andrew Haji, tenor, and Philippe Sly, bass-baritone, all making their Boston Baroque debuts.
MOZART’S IDOMENEO
Apr 24 & 26, 2026 | Robert J. Orchard Stage at the Paramount Center
Conductor | David Bates
Torn between duty and love, Idomeneo—King of Crete—must choose between his son’s life and a vow to the gods. Join us for Mozart’s powerful take on this timeless tale. Featuring David Portillo as Idomeneo, Hera Hyseang Park as Ilia, Valerie Eickoff as Idamante, and Wendy Bryn Harmer as Elettra.
THE X-TET CONCERTS
Feb 6 & 8, 2026 | Works by Spanish composer Olivia Pérez-Collellmir, coupled with works from the Spanish Baroque featuring tenor Karim Sulay.
May 29-31, 2026 | A program of Turkish and Ottoman works featuring members of DÜNYA and including a world premiere by celebrated Turkish composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol.
MEET A FEW OF OUR FEATURED SOLOISTS
DAVID PORTILLO
TITLE ROLE IN MOZART’S OPERA, IDOMENEO
RODERICK WILLIAMS
BARITONE SOLOIST IN HANDEL’S MESSIAH
LAUREN SNOUFFER
SOPRANO SOLIST IN HAYDN’S LORD NELSON MASS
“We are delighted to welcome such an exciting lineup of guest conductors and soloists at this pivotal moment in Boston Baroque’s history. Martin Pearlman has led the orchestra from strength to strength, and as we turn the page, we do so with enormous gratitude and excitement for what’s ahead.”