Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Youth and Adult Choirs; Scott Lamlein, Choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, Organist |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
An amazing start to the Advent season – arrive early to get a good seat! In the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge, prepare your soul for the Christmas miracle with carols for choir and organ. This event is a long-standing tradition at St. John’s – a “must” to center your soul during the Advent season. Sunday, December 9 at 3:00pm.
The St. John’s Adult and Youth Choirs; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, organist | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]     107296 | |
Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 62) and Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Op.6/8 in G minor
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $15-55; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: Come hear the Trinity Choirs and Orchestra perform the Handel’s Messiah (Advent & Christmas portions and the Hallelujah chorus), Bach’s Cantata 62 and Corelli’s Christmas Concerto in Boston’s only performance of these pieces in a sacred space. | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://trinitychurchboston.org/event/annual-messiah-concert OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map]  107389 | |
Advent Lessons and Carols
| St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Road Cost: Free Performing: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church |
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| Details: 7 Bible readings followed by 7 anthems plus advent hymns.
Composers include: Philip Ledger, Elizabeth Poston, Orlando Gibbons,Edgar Bainton, among others.
Candlelight reception to follow in the Parish Hall.
Erica Johnson, guest organist | |
| [Map] 107386 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Candlelight Carols
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: A beloved annual tradition since 1909, Candlelight Carols celebrates the birth of Christ through readings, carols and anthems offered in candlelight by the Trinity Choirs. Come and be part of the event Yankee Magazine called “as close to heaven as human hands and voices have ever crafted.” | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/candlelight-carols OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107390 | |
Candlelight Carols
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: A beloved annual tradition since 1909, Candlelight Carols celebrates the birth of Christ through readings, carols and anthems offered in candlelight by the Trinity Choirs. Come and be part of the event Yankee Magazine called “as close to heaven as human hands and voices have ever crafted.” | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/candlelight-carols OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107391 | |
Messiah Sing
| First Church Congregational, 37 High Street Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Assabet Valley Mastersingers |
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| Details: An annual Holiday Tradition. Join the Mastersingers and soloists to sing the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah. Come listen or bring/borrow a score and sing along in this informal, exhilarating event. | |
| Contact: Alene Cole, Publicity 978-562-9838 [Map] 107398 | |
Candlelight Carols
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $45-120; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: A beloved annual tradition since 1909, Candlelight Carols celebrates the birth of Christ through readings, carols and anthems offered in candlelight by the Trinity Choirs. Come and be part of the event Yankee Magazine called “as close to heaven as human hands and voices have ever crafted.” | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/candlelight-carols OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107392 | |
Darkness to Light: An Advent Lessons and Carols Service
| St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 127 Summer St Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: St. Paul's Choir, Sam Nelson, Director of Music and Organist, Julia Nelson and Neal Ferreira, Cantors |
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| Details: Music by Simon Andrews, Arlen Clarke, Thomas Clarke, Carson Cooman (Harvard), Graham J Ellis, Stuart Forster (Cambridge, MA), Robert Lehman, Palestrina, Richard Shepherd, Louis Vierne, and Philip M. Young.
Featuring the St. Paul's Choir
Julia Nelson and Neal Ferreira, Cantors
Sam Nelson, Music Director and Organist
The Rev. Robert Bacon, Rector
Please join us as we begin in darkness and come into the light while celebrating the advent of Jesus.
Free-will offering will go towards the Rector's Discretionary Fund which is used to help families in need. | |
| Bio: www.stpaulslynnfield.org Contact: 781-334-4594, office@stpaulslynnfield.org [Map]  107397 | |
Festival of Christmas Lessons & Carols
| Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, 188 Elliott Street Cost: Free Performing: Choir of Christ the Redeemer; Seraphim Choir; brass ensemble; Daniel McKinley, Minister of Music/Organist & Choirmaster |
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| Details: Music by William Billings, Rutland Boughton, Jacob Handl, Alan Hovhannes, Herbert Howells, William Mathias, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Healey Willan. Congregational hymns. Scripture lessons. Free-will offering. Child care provided. Refreshments afterward. | |
| Contact: www.ctrnorthshore.org [Map] 107399 | |
Christmas with Kennerley
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $27-50; Sr/Stu: $ - Reserved seating, 12 and under free Performing: James Kennerley, ChoralArt Singers, Kotzschmar Festival Brass |
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| Details: James Kennerley continues a beloved holiday tradition by celebrating the season in grand style with music on the Kotzschmar Organ. The program will include a variety of holiday classics, from traditional carols to modern favorites. There is always the possibility of some new organ transcriptions or even new compositions from Mr. Kennerley. The festive sounds of the Kotzschmar Brass, the beautiful voices of the ChoralArt Singers, and by a special guest vocal soloist will join the organ for a vibrant celebration of the holiday season. This is a holiday tradition that is not to be missed. | |
| Works by Bio: Contact: https://boxoffice.porttix.com/747/748 OrganInfo: [Map]  107319 | |
Christmas Eve Candlelight Lessons and Carols
| First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Will Sherwood, First Unitarian Festival Choir, instruments, soloists, timpani |
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| Details: The seasonal splendor of the Glory of Christmas . . . begins with the traditional holiday processional: Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)--first a single soprano begins processing quietly, followed by the glorious pageantry of the festive choral processional joined by the congregation, pipe organ, and timpani. Through a creative blend of congregational Christmas carols, solos, instruments, with the spoken word, the nativity story unfolds with colorful wonder. Both scriptures and contemporary readings recount the Christmas Story. Our renowned Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ pulls out all the stops to fill our wonderfully restored sanctuary with the glorious sounds of Angels, Wisemen, and Shepherds. We end the service with John Rutter's traditional Candlelight Carol and Silent Night as the single candle of the Spirit of Christmas is passed from one to another to fill our hearts with a renewed light of hope and peace. see www.FirstUMusic.com for repertoire | |
| Contact: 508 757 2708 [Map]  106854 | |
Pipes Alive! - Diana Chou, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Diana Chou |
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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 Diana Chou playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, January 6 at 12:30 p.m. Diana is a Yale Graduate Student and Organ Scholar, St. Paul’s-on-the-Green, Norwalk.
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]  107277 | |
Theatre Organ Concert
| Knight Auditorium, Babson College, 231 Forest St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $15; Sr/Stu: $ - $5 for age 18 & under Performing: Luke Staisiunas 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] 107359 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal 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]  107278 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Youth Choir; Scott Lamlein, 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 January 27 at 5:00, with music by the St. John’s Youth Choir; Scott Lamlein, 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 especially selected to bring | |
[Map]  107279 | |
Pipes Alive! - Kyle Swann, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Kyle Swann, 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 Kyle Swann playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, February 3 at 12:30 p.m. Kyle is organist and choirmaster at Grace 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! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107280 | |
Handel's Messiah: American Baroque Orchestra and Singers
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: American Baroque Orchestra and Singers |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Full of famous choruses – such as the great Hallelujah – and based on Italian folk songs and carols, Handel’s Messiah tells a story of wonder and triumph. Experience this timeless masterwork in its earliest version, as conceived by artistic director Mark Bailey, on Saturday, February 9th at 7:30pm. Snow date: February 16th, 7:30pm | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107287 | |
St. Andrew’s Singer Series (SASS)
| St. Andrew's Hall, Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20,age18or; Sr/Stu: $ - https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/si Performing: Katherine Growdon, mezzo-soprano and Megan Henderson, piano |
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| Details: An intimate recital featuring professional vocalists from around the city, this series features 45 minutes of music from different artists in a wide variety of repertoire. The intimate setting of St. Andrew's Hall on the 4th floor of the Trinity Church Parish House creates a "chamber music" atmosphere in which to enjoy these selections, and the performance will be followed by a reception to meet and chat with the artists. | |
| Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/singerseries2018 [Map] 107393 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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.
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]  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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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