sunday nov 4, 7pm

pindrop 10

fables for fools: a medieval cabaret

Centuries-old songs and poems about orange-haired animal-tyrants, fake news, chaotic mismanagement, and snogging with illicit playmates. Also, resistance and pushback. (So what else is new?) This event features two titans of Boston's early music scene, both involved for decades with the legendary Boston Camerata. Just in time for the midterms!

sunday dec 2, 7pm

pindrop 11

made in boston

This event will feature a real-time mashup of the Phoenix (Aeronaut's orchestra-in-residence) performing music composed by Boston-area composers with a wide assortment of texts that embody Boston, curated and read by local celebrities culled from academia, politics, and culture.

sunday jan 6, 7pm

pindrop 12

A massive percussion work performed on items rescued from a dump: sewer pipes, deck railings, dresser drawers, bike wheels, saws, bathroom fixtures, and bird cages. This work was performed to great acclaim at the hall of the San Francisco Symphony in 2010 and this will be its East Coast premiere.

sunday feb 10, 7pm

pindrop 13

all my heart’s intense longing: Franz Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin

frank kelley & joshua rifkin

Just in time for Valentine's Day, this event presents an exceedingly rare chance to hear two of the great classical musicians in America in an intimate performance of Franz Schubert's heart-wrenching vocal masterwork, Die schöne Müllerin. This legendary song cycle tells the tale of a melancholiac wanderer's journey though the woods, revealing some of the most gorgeous, evocative music ever dreamed up. We presented world-famous pianist and scholar Joshua Rifkin last year on the night of the Super Bowl and filled the taproom to capacity, and we're so excited to welcome him back this season along with his long-time collaborator, tenor Frank Kelley.

sunday mar 3, 7pm

pindrop 14

bach & banjo

Shirley Hunt is one of Boston's most-sought after Baroque specialists, and Curtis Eller's riveting live show is like nothing you've ever seen before–last time we presented him, a van of devotees drove from hundreds of miles away. He's bringing his whole band up from North Carolina. Bach + banjo = one of the most unique musical events of the season!

sunday apr 7, 7pm

pindrop 15

dance, dance, evolution

palaver strings & columba

One of the most ambitious emerging classical(ish) ensembles in the Greater Boston area, Palaver has performed at the Kennedy Center and is presently Ensemble-in-Residence at the Boston Center for the Arts. They'll be whipping up a program of exhilarating, dance-y string music and bringing along their friends, the exciting Eastern European-infused vocal trio Columba!

sunday may 5, 7pm

pindrop season 2 finale

the senses of summer

phoenix & mary bichner & margot rood

In a sprawling and season(al) finale, Aeronaut will present a feast for the senses and a perfect welcome to summer! With a sumptuous text by poet James Agee, Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915 is one of the unquestioned masterworks of 20th century vocal composition. Joining us to sing this piece will be soprano Margot Rood, hailed for her “luminosity and grace” by The New York Times and one of the top classical vocalists in America. We're also commissioning local synesthetic composer Mary Bichner to compose music based upon summer-inspired texts, inviting our orchestra-in-residence Phoenix to join, pairing all this with a specially brewed beer inspired by Agee's text... and we hope, a tasting menu! Phew!