Aeolian-Skinner sings again - Katelyn Emerson in concert
| Park Street Church, 1 Park Street Cost: Free Performing: Katelyn Emerson |
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| Details: Katelyn Emerson plays Aeolian-Skinner op. 1353 (III/55), inaugurating our rebuilt Great, Swell, and Antiphonal. The ongoing work is by Spencer Organs (with Jonathan Ambrosino et al). Stop List | |
| Bio: https://www.katelynemerson.com/biography Contact: nskinner@parkstreet.org OrganInfo: Park Street Church [Map]     107405 | |
Annual Mini- Convention organized by the AGO Merrimack Valley Chapter
| First-Calvary Baptist Church, 586 Massachusetts Avenue Cost: Tickets: Gen: $; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: various presenters |
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| Details: Mark your calendars for AGO Merrimack Valley Chapter's 21st Mini Convention on February 23, 2019 from 8:30am to 4pm! It will again be held at the First-Calvary Baptist Church, 586 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA 01845. Presenters will include Robert Stibler with pointers on involving student and amateur brass players in your music, Susan Ferre on the application of early singing styles in Handel's Messiah, Craig Seaman on the "Care and Feeding" of pipe organs, and Richard Spicer on early publishers and composers of church music in Essex County. In addition, Spectrum Music will be back with a goodly selection of music for sale, and The Party Connection will again be serving up one of their delicious lunches. Members of the Chapter will be doing an anthem reading and hosting the Scholarship Fund flea market, and good fellowship will be had by all. The detailed program and the Registration form will be posted on the Chapter website | |
[Map]  107418 | |
Holy Cross Senior Recital
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel, Holy Cross College Cost: Free Performing: Lorraine Mihaliak |
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| Details: Works by Bach, Grigny, Durufle and Reger | |
[Map]  107430 | |
Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" and other sacred a cappella works
| St. John the Guardian of Our Lady Parish, 80 Union St. Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Sacred Music Guild and Schola Cantorum of Thomas More College |
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| Details: Please join us for the next presentation of our Sacred Music Series on Sunday, February 24th at 3:00 pm, as we welcome the Sacred Music Guild and Schola Cantorum of Thomas More College in Merrimack, NH. They will present an hour of beautiful a cappella sacred music, including the stunning Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" of Tomas Luis de Victoria. As always, admission is free and families are welcome. Freewill donations will be accepted at the door for the benefit of Visitation House, a Catholic organization in Worcester that provides food, shelter and care to pregnant women in need.
St. John's is located at 80 Union St. (Routes 62 and 70) in Clinton and is ramp accessible. We look forward to seeing you for a truly breathtaking program sung in a magnificent space. | |
| [Map] 107455 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Choir School of Hartford and Trinity Church Choir; Jackson Merrill, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on February 24 at 5:00, with music by the Choir School of Hartford, and the Trinity Church Choir; Jackson Merrill, choirmaster.
What is Choral Evensong? “Evensong … is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress — a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead.”
Why celebrate Evensong? Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that i | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107303 | |
Concerto Encore!
| King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $15 - Order your tickets in advance at brownpa Performing: King’s Chapel Concert Series |
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| Details: Back by popular demand, King’s Chapel Concert Series offers a Baroque feast of beloved instrumental concertos. Albinoni’s Adagio is much-loved for its unforgettable melody played by organ and strings, and Bach’s Concerto for Oboe and Violin sparkles with soaring musical lines and captivating rhythms. Performed on one of Boston’s finest organs, Handel’s concerto “The Cuckoo and The Nightingale” delights with its bird song motifs and stunning virtuosity. Don’t miss this program, featuring many of Boston’s finest interpreters of 18th century music.
PROGRAM --
BACH: Concerto for Oboe and Violin
HANDEL: Organ Concerto
ALBINONI: Adagio and Oboe Concerto
VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso for Two Violins
PERFORMERS --
Heinrich Christensen, organ; Andrew Price, oboe
Julia McKenzie & Katherine Winterstein, violins;
Guiomar Turgeon & Robert Curtis, violins; Susan Seeber, viola
Rebecca Shaw, cello; Scot Fitzsimmons, bass | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: hchristensen@kings-chapel.org [Map] 107431 | |
Anthem Sing
| Second Congregational Church, 487 Western Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Springfield Chapter |
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| Details: Have you ever wondered what other church choirs sing on any given Sunday morning? Now is your chance to find out! Come join the Springfield Chapter for a morning of food, singing and fellowship. Music-reading friends welcome. Feel free to bring copies of your favorite anthems, and also music for our swap table. Breakfast at 9:30 followed by Anthem sing at 10:00. Hosted by Karen Ducharme, Director of Music at Second Congregational Church, Westfield. To RSVP contact Kducharme@westfield.ma.edu | |
| Contact: kducharme@westfield.ma.edu [Map] 107454 | |
Pipes Alive! - Nathan Lively, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Nathan Lively, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Nathan Lively playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. Nathan is organist and choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington Depot.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107304 | |
The GMChorale's Alchemy Choir Performs March 3 in Cromwell
| Bethany Lutheran Church, 50 Court Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale; Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, offers a series concerts that often feature collaborations with local ensembles and performers. Now in its third season, and led by founding director Joseph D’Eugenio, the ensemble, known for its ability to adapt its sound to a broad variety of repertoire, took the name "Alchemy" in recognition of the ancient, mystical art of creating gold through transformation and refinement. Already recognized for its vocal beauty, richness, and subtlety, this 24-voice ensemble brings a touch of gold to interpretations of Romantic and contemporary choral music. This season’s concerts, called "Come to the Music" features a cappella and accompanied choral music by Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Duruflé, Fauré, Siegfried, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Thompson, Vierne, and Clausen. Allan Conway accompanies. No tickets are required; a free will donation will be accepted. | |
| Bio: (link) [Map]  107440 | |
Music at Trinity: Jonathan Dimmock, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Jonathan Dimmock |
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| Details: San Francisco's Jonathan Dimmock plays an organ recital of diverse works to kick-off the 50th anniversary celebration of the installation of the Noack Organ Company's Opus 40 tracker organ. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to benefit the Music at Trinity series. a birthday reception and a chance to greet the artist will follow the concert in Jeppson Hall. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/1078256055662485/ Bio: https://www.jonathandimmock.com/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107259 | |
Chorla Evensong
| St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Road, Wellesley 02482 Cost: Free Performing: St. Andrew's Senior Choir |
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| Details: St. Andrew's Senior Choir will sing a Choral Evensong. Guest organist,Thomas Handel.
Program includes; Rejoice in the Lamb by Benjamin Britten, Magnificat and Nunc dimittis by Charles Villier Stanford and the Hathaway Preces and Responses.
Reception in the Parish Hall to follow. | |
| [Map] 107433 | |
Choral Evensong
| The Parish of St. John the Evangelist, 172 Main St. Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Choir, directed by Buffy Gray with Guest Organist Jeremy Bruns, |
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| Details: Choral Evensong for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany:
John Stainer, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B-flat;
William Smith, Preces and Responses;
Craig Phillips, "Transfiguration".
Reception following. | |
| [Map] 107453 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Celtic Fire: CitySingers of Hartford
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: CitySingers of Hartford; Suzanne Gates, Artistic Director |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. The sacred Celtic tradition is a flame that ignites the imagination with captivating melodies and entrancing poetry. CitySingers of Hartford will explore this tradition and trace its evolution from ancient roots in concert on Saturday, March 9 at 4pm. Our musical journey will inspire our listeners with verse that reflects the Celtic spirit, and musical expression in chant, beautiful folk melodies and compositions by celebrated composers such as Turlough O’Carolan, Sean O’Riada, and Michael McGlynn. CitySingers will be joined by Celtic musicians known throughout our region, who will add traditional color and style to the music with Irish harp, wooden flute, fiddle, mandolin, concertina, bodhran and double bass, along with pipe organ and highland pipes. Suzanne Gates, artistic director. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107305 | |
American Folk Songs
| St. Mark's School Performance Hall, 25 Marlboro Road (Route 85) Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25.00; Sr/Stu: $20.00 Performing: Dr. Robert P. Eaton/ Assabet Valley Mastersingers |
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| Details: The AVM chorus will showcase a stirring array of American Folk Songs on March 10 at 3:30pm. The program will include both sets of Aaron Copland's Old American Songs, Gwyneth Walker's River Songs, and four compelling folk song arrangements by Mack Wilberg. Dr. Robert Eaton will conduct the concert with accompaniment by two pianos and percussion and with three soloists selected from the chorus. | |
| Contact: Alene Cole 978-562-9838 [Map] 107439 | |
Peter Niedmann, Organist
| Church of Christ, Congregational, 1075 Main Street, Newington, Connecticut Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Peter Niedmann, Organist |
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| Details: Peter Niedmann, prize winner AGO National Improvisation Competition. Music of Bach, Vierne, Wammes, and more. | |
| Works by Bach, Vierne, Wammes, more Bio: http://www.peterniedmann.com/bio/ Contact: 860-666-4689 OrganInfo: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=53054 [Map] 107242 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (1 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: The organ as the orchestra is a concept that started with César Franck and flourished through the French school of organ instruction. Dare yourself to step into another world on your lunch hour and find yourself in the world of imagination among cellos, violins, oboes, flutes, trumpets and trombones with Grand Piece Symphonique.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107425 | |
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Traveller
| First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20-70; Sr/Stu: $15-65 Performing: Benjamin Alard |
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| Details: A fast-rising star on the international stage, Benjamin Alard has been hailed for his “intellectual mastery” (The Globe and Mail) in his performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music. Join him in his BEMF concert series début in a journey through the great master’s music for harpsichord and organ. Before settling in Leipzig, Bach spent much of his early life traveling across Germany, gaining fame for his virtuosic keyboard playing. Bach immersed himself in the local German styles but just as eagerly exposed himself to music from Italy, France, and England. Experience the vivid contrasts of a youthful Bach’s intense keyboard writing, at turns electrifying and serene, as he explored (and often tried to surpass) these diverse influences. Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm. http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/18-19/alard.htm | |
| Works by J.S. Bach Contact: 617-661-1812 OrganInfo: https://flc-bostonmusic.org/flc-pipe-organ [Map]  107316 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (2 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: As you care for a friend or relative with dementia or Alzheimer’s, have you wondered what they may be going through? Robert Schumann did not have either, but his mental faculties were slipping out of his control, which can have its parallels. The way he writes his Sonata in F minor, it seems as though he is writing down a journal entry – his anger, his child-like playfulness, noticing that alongside his condition intensifying, his wife Clara Schumann is slipping away. Beyond the story, Schumann is known for writing technically challenging music. Be on the edge of your seat with this passionate, yet Olympic sonata.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107426 | |
Bach Birthday Bash on Kotzschmar Organ
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - Students $15, 12 and under free Performing: James Kennerley |
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| Details: Portland’s Municipal Organist, James Kennerley performs Bach on the Kotzschmar Organ!
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685. Come and join us as we celebrate the musical legacy of this prolific composer who has created some truly spectacular music, especially for the pipe organ. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/170897860242169/ Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/bach/ Contact: porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/stop-list/ [Map]  107320 | |
Boston Bach Birthday 334
| First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St Cost: Free - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-bach Performing: First Lutheran Church of Boston |
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| Details: All are invited to First Lutheran Church's eleventh annual celebration of the birthday of the greatest of all Lutheran composers, Johann Sebastian Bach. Beginning at 8am and ending at 5pm, the day features concerts, organ recitals, and of course the famous German lunch. All musical events are free and open to the public, and all may come and go as able.
This year's program:
8am: Lorraine Mihaliak, organ
9am: Nelli Jabotinsky, Baroque violin
10am: Peter Krasinski, children's event: BACH and the BALLOONATIC!
11am: Robert August, organ
12pm: German Lunch (tickets $15 at the door or on Eventbrite)
1:10pm: Sabrina Lang and Linnea Timko, violin
1:15pm: Bálint Karosi, organ and Audrey Fernandez-Fraser, soprano
2:15pm: Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
3:15pm: Adriaan Hoek, organ
4:40pm: Michael Ochoa, oboe (Vespers prelude)
5pm: Vespers featuring Bach's motet Jesu meine Freude | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107457 | |
Choral Music for the Soul: Durufle Requiem
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Choir; Scott Lamlein, Choirmaster; Larry Allen, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The Duruflé Requiem has firmly obtained its place in the choral canon after that of Gabriel Fauré, which was performed as part of this series last season. The composer based his work on the Gregorian chants for the Mass of the Dead. It is truly a quintessential reflection of early 20th century Parisian liturgical musical culture. The St. John’s 40-voice choir of children and adults joins forces with Hartford’s favorite organist, Larry Allen, along with trumpet and timpani, in this sublime performance, on Saturday, March 23 at 3pm. | |
[Map]  107306 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (3 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: Bach had this knack for creating the “harmony of the planets”; Brahms had the knack for creating harmonies that grab the listener’s heart. Brahms was also an essential piece in restoring an interest in historical music and the music of Bach. Join us in the land of imagination where we will start in outer space and end warming your heart.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107427 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: New World Trio |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. For more than three decades, the New World Trio has brought the excitement and intimacy of chamber music to live audiences throughout New England. Founded in 1985 by violinist Anhared Stowe, New World provides a unique experience for music lovers with its mix of both standard repertoire and contemporary works. With each performance, New World brings new vitality to established masterworks; these are paired with contemporary pieces, with each complementing the other in depth and beauty. “…New World has been (Hartford’s) one reliable source of chamber music since its founding…” says the Hartford Courant. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107307 | |
Music at Trinity: Sean Redrow, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Sean Redrow |
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| Details: Worcester's own Sean Redrow presents an organ recital of diverse works to conclude the month long 50th anniversary celebration of the installation of the Noack Organ Company's Opus 40. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to benefit the Music at Trinity series. A reception to greet the artist will follow the concert in Jeppson Hall. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/1801351513265866/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107260 | |
Vienna Boys Choir Sings in West Hartford
| St James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Ave Cost: Tickets: Gen: $45; Sr/Stu: $20 - $20/$45/$55/$65 Student/General/Preferre Performing: Vienna Boys Choir |
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| Details: Don’t miss the Vienna Boys Choir’s only Connecticut appearance on their Spring 2019 tour! This performance in West Hartford is a rare opportunity to hear the famed choir sing in the choir-friendly acoustic of a traditional church setting rather than in a large municipal auditorium or concert hall. The Vienna Boys Choir’s repertoire includes music from six centuries, from medieval melodies to polkas and waltzes by the Strauss dynasty. The Vienna Boys Choir sells out every appearance – reserve tickets soon! (link) | |
| Contact: Concerts at St James's, concerts@stjameswh.org [Map]  107414 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (4 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, pianist |
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| Details: Brahms lived with Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann for some time. When Robert Schumann arrived at the asylum, Brahms started to fall in love with Clara Schumann. The Sonata in F minor is a riveting sonata of a forbidden love.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107428 | |
Pipes Alive! - Scott Lamlein, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Scott Lamlein, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Scott Lamlein playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, April 7 at 12:30 p.m. Scott is Director of Music and Organist at St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, and Artistic Director of its Music at the Red Door concert series. Program: BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 549 BACH: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654 BLACKMORE: Prelude for Organ: "Tonality for Time" (Premier Performance) MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose COOK: Fanfare Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
[Map]  107308 | |
St. Andrew's Singer Series (SASS)Towards a World Unknown
| St. Andrew's Hall, Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20,age18or; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Adam Jacob Simon and tenor Alexander Nishibun |
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| Details: Join baritone Adam Jacob Simon and tenor Alexander Nishibun as they embark on a journey through life featuring excerpts from Schubert's Winterreise, Vaughan William's Songs of Travel, Britten's Winter Words, Clara Schumann, and more. Post-recital reception to follow to meet the artists. | |
| Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/singerseries2018 [Map] 107394 | |
Young Artists Showcase: Lorraine Mihaliak in Concert - FREE
| Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Lorraine Mihaliak |
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| Details: In her Mechanics Hall debut, Lorraine Mihaliak will perform works by Bach, Franck, Mendelssohn and others. Lorraine is pursuing a degree in organ and music at the College of the Holy Cross | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107437 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (5 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: Mendelssohn was always lauded for his performances of Bach’s Preludes and Fugues. He was also an essential part of restoring an interest in historical music practices as well as the music of Bach. Come hear how these two composers reside in perfect harmony!
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107429 | |
Music at Trinity: James MacMillan: St. Luke Passion
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Trinity Choir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Festival Chorus, Worcester Children's Chorus, Mark Mummert, Organ, Joshua Rohde, Conducting |
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| Details: Music at Trinity presents the annual Passion presentation with James MacMillan's St. Luke Passion. The 75-minute work for chorus, children's chorus, organ, and orchestra will be a joint effort between WPI and Trinity Church. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to cover the cost of this large passion project. As the work is not suitable for small children, child care will be available. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/642478322757423/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107261 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Organ Improvisations on the Stations of the Cross
| Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Thomas Sheehan and Carson Cooman |
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| Details: Thomas Sheehan and Carson Cooman perform a Holy Week recital of improvisations on the Fourteen Stations of the Cross using the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard University | |
| Contact: Carson Cooman OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs [Map] 107346 | |
Good Friday Concert: Charles Wood’s St. Mark Passion
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: LaFarge Ensemble of Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: Charles Wood’s St. Mark Passion was written in the span of 9 days at the request of the Rev. Dr. Eric Milner-White (then Dean of King’s College in Cambridge and institutor of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s). The St. Mark Passion, a large scale work soloists, choir and organ, traces Jesus’ last days from The Last Supper to the Crucifixion. As with Bach’s Passions, hymns are interspersed throughout the narrative to draw the audience into the action. Presented by the La Farge Ensemble. | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/woodpassion OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107395 | |
Celebrate: Prelude to Postlude
| First Congregational Church in Winchester MA, 21 Church St. Winchester, MA 0180 Cost: Free Performing: Savannah Curro |
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| Details: Savannah Curro, a former Boston Young Organists Initiative Scholar and church music intern at Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester, MA, will be presenting her high school senior organ recital at First Congregational Church in Winchester, MA. The program will include a variety of repertoire by Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Vierne, and Hakim. Free admission. | |
| OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107456 | |
Spring Chamber Music: Suzanne Bona and Brenda Miller
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Suzanne Bona and Brenda Miller |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Sunday Baroque host and flutist Suzanne Bona, along with pianist and internationally recognized music educator Brenda Moore Miller, will perform a varied program of music for flute and piano on Saturday, April 27 at 3pm. Sunday Baroque began in September of 1987 as a local, 90-minute radio show hosted by Fairfield, CT native Suzanne Bona. It has since grown into the enormously popular, 6-hour program that airs every Sunday on WSHU…and which is distributed to 170 stations across the country and heard by more than a quarter million listeners nationwide. | |
[Map]  107309 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Trinity Boys Choir from Trinity on the Green, New Haven; Walden Moore, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on April 28 at 5:00, with music by the Trinity Boys Choir, from Trinity-on-the-Green, New Haven; Walden Moore, choirmaster.
What is Choral Evensong? “Evensong … is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress — a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead.”
Why celebrate Evensong? Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that is | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107310 | |
Theatre Organ Concert
| Knight Auditorium, Babson College, 231 Forest St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $15; Sr/Stu: $ - $5 for age 18 & under Performing: Phil Kelsall at the Wurlitzer |
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| Details: http://emcatos.com/PipeOrganPopsAndSilentsInTheHouse/Events/Public_Events___Tickets/public_events___tickets.html | |
| OrganInfo: http://www.emcatos.com/PipeOrganPops_Satellite/organ%20specifications/babson%20college.pdf [Map] 107360 | |
Pipes Alive! - Jackson Merrill, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Jackson Merrill, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Jackson Merrill playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, May 5 at 12:30 p.m. Jackson is organist and choirmaster at Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
[Map]  107311 | |
Theatre Organ Concert
| Shanklin Music Hall, 130 Sandy Pond Rd Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $ - $15 for age 18 & under Performing: Phil Kelsall at the Wurlitzer |
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| Details: http://emcatos.com/PipeOrganPopsAndSilentsInTheHouse/Events/Public_Events___Tickets/public_events___tickets.html | |
| OrganInfo: http://www.emcatos.com/PipeOrganPops_Satellite/organ%20specifications/shanklin%20music%20hall.pdf [Map] 107361 | |
Carson Cooman performs Contemporary Music for Organ
| Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Carson Cooman |
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| Details: Carson Cooman performs a recital of contemporary organ music by Thomas Åberg, Burkhard Mohr; premieres of new works by Flemming Chr. Hansen and Lynn Trapp; and a performance in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) of Andreas Willscher's Organ Symphony No. 1, "Gravestones." | |
| Works by Thomas Åberg, Burkhard Mohr, Flemming Chr. Hansen, Lynn Trapp, Andreas Willscher Contact: Carson Cooman OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs [Map] 107347 | |
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor and Choral Masterworks
| Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa ane Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $20 - $10-$40 Performing: GMChorale - Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: The Austrian composer Anton Bruckner may be best-known for his symphonies, eleven immense orchestral works that are vast in scale and dimension. But in his “day job” as an organist and choirmaster, he composed a wealth of exquisite sacred music for his choirs at Sankt Florian monastery (where he had been a choirboy in his youth) and at the cathedral at Linz. His ethereal Mass No. 2 in E minor, composed in 1866 to celebrate a new chapel in the Linz cathedral, is scored for eight-voice mixed choir and a small group of wind instruments. This Mass, widely acknowledged as among Bruckner’s best works, evokes the cathedralesque musical architecture of the Renaissance masters overlaid with the rich harmonies of the nineteenth century. The program also includes a selection of motets by Bruckner and others. Tickets $10-$40. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) [Map] 107441 | |
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor and Choral Masterworks
| Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $20 - $10-$40 Performing: GMChorale - Joseph D\'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: The Austrian composer Anton Bruckner may be best-known for his symphonies, eleven immense orchestral works that are vast in scale and dimension. But in his “day job” as an organist and choirmaster, he composed a wealth of exquisite sacred music for his choirs at Sankt Florian monastery (where he had been a choirboy in his youth) and at the cathedral at Linz. His ethereal Mass No. 2 in E minor, composed in 1866 to celebrate a new chapel in the Linz cathedral, is scored for eight-voice mixed choir and a small group of wind instruments. This Mass, widely acknowledged as among Bruckner’s best works, evokes the cathedralesque musical architecture of the Renaissance masters overlaid with the rich harmonies of the nineteenth century. The program also includes a selection of motets by Bruckner and others. Tickets $10-$40. | |
Bio: [Map]  107442 | |
Music at Trinity: Nathanial Gumbs, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Nathaniel Gumbs |
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| Details: Yale University's brilliant young organist Nathaniel Gumbs plays an organ recital of diverse works on Trinity's Noack organ. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/2008889932535821/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map] 107262 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Anglican Musical Treasures from America AND England
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25-60; Sr/Stu: $ - https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/an Performing: Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: Help launch the Trinity Choirs on their August tour of the United Kingdom, where they will serve as choir-in-residence at Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals. This concert will feature works by American composers – Amy Beach, Joseph Jennings, Roland Martin and Richard Webster – as well as beloved classics from the English repertoire – Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Charles Wood. | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/anglican-choral-treasures OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107396 | |
125th Anniversary Choir Concert
| Christ Church, 569 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Festival, Youth, and Children's Choirs of Christ Church (Robert Potterton III & the Rev. Carolyn Jones, directors) |
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| Details: The combined singing forces of Christ Church present a wide-ranging program in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of its choral program, including selections by Byrd, Getty, Howells, Parry, Rutter, Schutz, Stopford, and Vaughan Williams. Robert Potterton III (Organist-Choirmaster) will accompany on the 1928 III/67 Skinner-Moeller organ; the Rev. Carolyn G. Jones will direct the Children's Choir. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: music@christchurchfitchburg.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107421 | |
Thomas Sheehan performs on the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard
| Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Thomas Sheehan |
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| Details: Thomas Sheehan performs a recital on the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard University | |
| Contact: Carson Cooman OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs [Map] 107348 | |
The GMChorale's Alchemy Choir Performs June 1 in Glastonbury CT
| First Church of Christ, Congregational, 2183 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale; Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, offers a series concerts that often feature collaborations with local ensembles and performers. Now in its third season, and led by founding director Joseph D’Eugenio, the ensemble, known for its ability to adapt its sound to a broad variety of repertoire, took the name "Alchemy" in recognition of the ancient, mystical art of creating gold through transformation and refinement. Already recognized for its vocal beauty, richness, and subtlety, this 24-voice ensemble brings a touch of gold to interpretations of Romantic and contemporary choral music. This season’s concerts, called "Come to the Music" features a cappella and accompanied choral music by Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Duruflé, Fauré, Siegfried, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Thompson, Vierne, and Clausen. Allan Conway accompanies. No tickets are required; a free will donation will be accepted. | |
| Bio: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale; Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org [Map]  107443 | |
The GMChorale's Alchemy Choir Performs June 1 in Glastonbury CT
| First Church of Christ, Congregational, 2183 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale; Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, offers a series concerts that often feature collaborations with local ensembles and performers. Now in its third season, and led by founding director Joseph D’Eugenio, the ensemble, known for its ability to adapt its sound to a broad variety of repertoire, took the name \"Alchemy\" in recognition of the ancient, mystical art of creating gold through transformation and refinement. Already recognized for its vocal beauty, richness, and subtlety, this 24-voice ensemble brings a touch of gold to interpretations of Romantic and contemporary choral music. This season’s concerts, called \"Come to the Music\" features a cappella and accompanied choral music by Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Duruflé, Fauré, Siegfried, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Thompson, Vierne, and Clausen. Allan Conway accompanies. No tickets are required; a free will donation will be accepted. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org [Map]  107444 | |
Pipes Alive! - Christa Rakich, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Christa Rakich, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Christa Rakich playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, June 2 at 12:30 p.m.
Christa Rakich, Organ Artist-in-Residence at St. John’s, West Hartford, recently retired from a position as Music Director at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in West Hartford. She lives in Bloomfield and maintains an active career as a performer and recording artist. She has served on the faculties of Westminster Choir College, Brandeis University, New England Conservatory, and the University of Connecticut, and as Assistant University Organist at Harvard. Previous Artist-in-Residencies have included the University of Pennsylvania and First Lutheran Church in Boston.
As a Fulbright Scholar, Christa studied for two years with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienn | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107312 | |
Lamlein in Concert on the 1864 Hook in Worcester
| Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Scott Lamlein |
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| Details: Cited by The American Organist magazine as infusing his music with “virtuosic flair and fire,” Scott’s performances bring a unique emotional and spiritual inspiration to his audiences. Listeners find a place of solace, a time of wonder and awe. His playing has been described as inspiring, uplifting, powerful and flawless. | |
| OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107450 | |
Young Artist Showcase - 1864 Hook in Worcester
| Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Christopher Holman |
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| Details: Since winning the Albert Schweizer Competition, American organist Christopher Holman has performed on some of the most important historic and modern organs in Europe and North America. As a guest artist, he has most recently appeared at the BachFest Leipzig, Festival international de l’orgue ancienne in Sion, Switzerland (the oldest organ in the world), and the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative. He has released two recordings, and his performances have been broadcast on German and Swiss national television and radio. Also active as a scholar, his research has most recently been published in Oxford University’s journal Early Music, and he is Editor of the journal Vox Humana and Director of Musicology for Bach Society Houston. | |
OrganInfo: [Map]  107451 | |
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