If you play the recorder, wish you played the recorder, or know a child who plays the recorder,

you owe it to yourself to see what talented professional players can do with the worlds most popular instrument. This year the BRS Concert Series offers eight concerts at two locations.

Ticket Prices
BRS members, members of the Loring-Greenough House, The Friends Meeting at Cambridge, Seniors, and members of other recorder societies, are admitted for the discounted prices. Children under 14 are admitted free. Fabulous discounts on Series Subscriptions!! Individual tickets: $15/$10 Series subscriptions (1/3 off): $80/$50. Make checks payable to BRS and send to: BRS c/o Tobi Hoffman, 58 Hilldale Road, Ashland, MA 017211651 Or buy online at For More Information Call (781) 393 9828, or email  , or surf to .

Friends Meeting House at Cambridge, 5 Longfellow Park (off Brattle St.)

Our December 2, March 3, April 14, and April 28 concerts will take place at the Friends Meeting Our October 8, November 5, January 7, and February House near Harvard Square. The Meeting House 4 concerts will take place at 3 PM at this historic Geor- is wheelchair accessible, with a small parking lot gian Mansion dating from 1760. These concerts will through the archway behind the Meeting House. be followed by an elegant tea, where you can meet the performers and other audience members. Seating is limited at the Loring-Greenough House; please call (617) 524-3158 for reservations. Directions The Loring-Greenough House is at the intersection of Centre Street and South Street. By T: Take a #39 bus from the Green Line at Copley Square or from the Orange Line at Forest Hills. Ask to get off at the Monument. You can also walk from Forest Hills Station, following South Street about three quarters of a mile to the Monument. Parking: Loring-Greenough House has its own small parking lot, and there is plentiful on-street parking in the area.

The Loring Greenough House, 12 South St., Jamaica Plain

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October 8, 3 PM, Loring-Greenough House, Judith Conrad (fortepiano and recorder) with Mike Shand (baroque ute) Music of Blavet, Cabanilles, Telemann, Hummel, Beethoven and Vaughan Williams A program showcasing the Loring-Greenough House with its 1790s parlor piano and its comfortable intimate seating. Featured will be a sonata by the eighteenth century French ute virtuoso Michel Blavet, solo keyboard works of Valencian organist Juan Baptista Cabanilles and some Beethoven settings for piano with ute accompaniment of music from the British Isles. November 5, 3 PM, Loring-Greenough House, The Quilisma Consort La Caccia: Canons, Fantasias, Fugues, and Other Musical Chases An exploration on recorders of all kinds of imitative polyphony from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including 14th-century Italian caccias and madrigals, 15th-century instrumental consort music, 16th-century fantasias, and Jacobean fugues. Works of Ciconia, Landini, di Lasso, Josquin, van Eyck, and others. Lisa Gay, Carolyn Jean Smith and Melika M. Fitzhugh, recorders. December 2, 8 PM, Friends Meeting House The Heliotrope Consort A program exploring the German-Italian connection, featuring works in both styles, including cantatas for recorder and chamber works for recorders and continuo. It will showcase the recorder in a variety of ensembles and combinations, in lively and exciting repertoire. Hannah Davidson (viola da gamba), Anja Kollmuss (recorder, voice), Emily OBrien (recorder, traverso), and Alastair Thompson (harpsichord). January 7, 3 PM, Loring-Greenough House Steve Tapper with John Tyson and Shelley Otis Unexpected Repertoire: world folk music, jazz, popular music, and Steve Tappers original compositions on recorders, utes, bass guitar and harp. February 4, 3 PM, Loring-Greenough House Cameraderie (Sonja Lindblad et al.) March 3, 8 PM, Friends Meeting House Ensemble Amarynthis Sonata: Que me veux tu? Paris in the 1720s. Music by Boismortier, Marcello, Leclair, Corelli, and Dieupart. (Hlose Degrugilier and Mara Virginia Rolfo) April 14, 8 PM, Friends Meeting House Pentimento Just a Couple of Song & Dance Men Gorgeous chansons and lively dances of 16th century France (with a few sublime dances and upbeat songs thrown in for variety). Works may include Oncque amour, Doulce memoire, Susanne ung jour, and dances from the Phalese anthologies. Eric Haas (recorder and Renaissance ute) and Olav Chris Henriksen (lute and Renaissance guitar). April 28, 8 PM, Friends Meeting House Renaissonics, John Tyson, director Renaissance Chamber Music Glorious, rarely heard masterpieces from the ages of Leonardo, Michangelo, and Shakespeare, including FrancoFlemish polyphony from the Odhecaton, virtuoso diminutions, Elizabethan fantasias, and 17th century Italian sonatas. Works of Josquin, Palestrina, Morley, Gibbons, Baldwin, Cima, Merula (and of course Renaissonics famous improvisations).