Boston Chapter AGO Opening Service
| Trinity Church in the City of Boston, 206 Clarendon St Cost: Free Performing: Richard Webster, Colin Lynch, Trinity Choristers and Schola |
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| Details: Choral Evensong at Trinity at 6PM. Reception to follow at Old South Church across the street. This is a chance to hear the tonal reconstruction of the organ. From Jonathan Ambrosino "As you listen, note that Trinity's nave organ is nearing completion of a tonal reconstruction project. A collaboration between Foley-Baker and Jonathan Ambrosino, the project has a goal of returning the nave organ closer to its 1926 Skinner roots, using vintage Skinner and Aeolian-Skinner pipework almost exclusively." | |
| OrganInfo: (link) [Map]     107572 | |
Choral Evensong - Come and Sing!
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Choirs, Scott Lamlein, Director of Music and Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the fourth Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on September 22 at 5:00pm for this time of music and worship. Do you love to sing Evensong? Join us at 3:15pm to be part of the choir! Please send message saying “I / we are coming” to Scott Lamlein at (link). We’d love to have you join in the fun. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107528 | |
Dulcet Tones, Regal Splendor
| The Stone Church, 283 Main St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $15; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Malcolm Halliday, Organ & Jonathan Clark, Flügelhorn |
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| Details: Malcolm Halliday, Organ with Jonathan Clark, Flügelhorn. Music from Europe and the New World, showcasing the beautiful sounds of the 1874 Johnson and Son organ of the Stone Church of Gilbertville. Also on the program are three works of the Mexican organist and composer Ramón Noble, as well several selections with flügelhorn, played by Jonathan Clark. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107569 | |
Music for Grand Organ and Orchestra: Houlihan and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $35 - $35 General Adm; $55 Premium Performing: Christopher Houlhan, organist, with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan, conducting |
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| Details: Acclaimed organist Christopher Houlihan joins the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan conducting, in the Opening Concert of the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford. The program includes the thrilling and notoriously difficult Symphonie Concertante for organ and orchestra by Joseph Jongen. Houlihan, described as “one of the brightest stars in the new generation of American organists,” will also perform music by Bach and Widor (the opening movement of the Sixth Symphony). The program includes the fourth movement of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 in D Major and an orchestral portrait of Albert Schweitzer by Gene Scheer, narrated by NEPR classical host John Nowacki. Pre-concert talk one hour before the performance. Tickets $35-$55 | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: media@asofhartford.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107559 | |
Young Professional Division Competition: Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: Elena Baquerizo; Alexander Pattavina; Joe Russell |
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| Details: Each of 3 finalists, selected from an international pool of applicants, performs a 45 minute recital on the 4,429-pipe Austin Organ. Elena Baquerizo plays at 10:00 am., followed by Alexander Pattavina at 11:00 am and Joseph Russell at 12:45 pm. At 4:30 pm., the winner presents a solo recital. At 5:00 evensong, the Chapel Singers of Trinity College join the choirs of St James's Episcopal Church and St John's Episcopal Church (both W. Hartford) led by Vaughn Mauren and Scott Lamlein, choirmasters, to present great choral music from the English cathedral tradition. The service will be accompanied by Benjamin Straley, former Organist of Washington National Cathedral. At 6:00 pm, the three finalists compete for the $2,500 David Spicer Hymn Playing Prize, demonstrating their ability to inspire and lead several hundred people in song. This is an especially fun event with lots of audience participation! | |
Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107561 | |
Festival Choral Evensong
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: The Chapel Singers of Trinity College; the choirs of St James's Episcopal Church & St John's Episcopal Church (both W. Hartford); Vaughn Mauren & Scott Lamlein, conducting; Benjamin Straley, organist |
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| Details: In this service, part of the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford, hear the organ in its liturgical form with the Festival Choir, with choral music from the English cathedral tradition by Radcliffe, Stanford, and Gardiner. The Chapel Singers of Trinity College join with the choirs of St James's Episcopal Church, and St John's Episcopal Church (both in W. Hartford) led by choirmasters Vaughn Mauren and Scott Lamlein. Organist is Benjamin Straley, former Organist of Washington National Cathedral. An Evensong reflection will be offered by The Rev. Dr. Sidnie White Crawford, Trinity College '81, Willa Cather Professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism Emerita, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Following the service, enjoy the final phase of the A Young Professional Competition, as three finalists compete for the $2,500 David Spicer Hymn Playing Award. | |
| Bio: Contact: media@asofhartford.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107562 | |
Music for Grand Organ and Orchestra: Houlihan and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $ - $55 Premium Performing: Christopher Houlhan, organist, with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan, conducting |
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| Details: Acclaimed organist Christopher Houlihan joins the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan conducting, in the Opening Concert of the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford. The program includes the thrilling and notoriously difficult Symphonie Concertante for organ and orchestra by Joseph Jongen. Houlihan, described as “one of the brightest stars in the new generation of American organists,” will also perform music by Bach and Widor (the opening movement of the Sixth Symphony). The program includes the fourth movement of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 in D Major and an orchestral portrait of Albert Schweitzer by Gene Scheer, narrated by NEPR classical host John Nowacki. Pre-concert talk one hour before the performance. Tickets $35-$55 | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: media@asofhartford.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107560 | |
Choral Evensong
| Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, 188 Elliott Street Cost: Free Performing: Choir of Christ the Redeemer; Daniel McKinley, organist & choirmaster |
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| Details: The Choir of Christ the Redeemer will sing Choral Evensong. Music by Stephan Casurella (Preces & Responses); George Dyson (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in D); Hubert Parry (I was glad). The congregation will participate in the singing of hymns. Free admission; free-will offering. Reception afterward. | |
| Contact: Dan McKinley [Map] 107565 | |
Pedals Pipes and Pizzas
| South Church, 41 Central Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $5; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Cathy Meyer and Abby Shoppe |
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| Details: Organ demo and tour, a chance to play, and pizza!
Geared for grades 3-8, but all are welcome!
We will use the Young Person's Guide to the Organ book and demonstrate the South Church organ, and everyone will be invited to play a piano piece on the organ with help registering it. And pizza!
Participants must bring a responsible adult
To register: (link) | |
| [Map] 107563 | |
"The Queen and I" with Dr. Barry Rose
| All Saints Church, 10 Irving Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Dr. Barry Rose |
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| Details: Dr. Barry Rose, OBE will recount conducting the choir for the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and other stories from his time serving the Royal Family as Master of the Choir at St. Paul's Cathedral in an exciting and illustrated talk. Tickets $20, light refreshments will be served. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: 5087523766 [Map] 107573 | |
Sing Praises! Festival Evensong
| All Saints Church, 10 Irving Street Cost: Free Performing: Dr. Barry Rose |
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| Details: The Choir of All Saints is honored to host Dr. Barry Rose, The Choir of St. Paul's on the Green and the Choir of St. Paul's Fairfield for this year's "Sing Praises!" Festival, October 12-13.
Dr. Rose will lead these three choirs in a weekend workshop, culminating in two exciting services over the weekend - Evensong on Saturday October 12 at 5 p.m. and a Festival Eucharist on Sunday October 13 at 10 a.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: 5087523766 [Map] 107574 | |
Sing Praises! Festival Eucharist
| All Saints Church, 10 Irving Street Cost: Free Performing: Dr. Barry Rose |
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| Details: The Choir of All Saints is honored to host Dr. Barry Rose, The Choir of St. Paul's on the Green and the Choir of St. Paul's Fairfield for this year's "Sing Praises!" Festival, October 12-13.
Dr. Rose will lead these three choirs in a weekend workshop, culminating in two exciting services over the weekend - Evensong on Saturday October 12 at 5 p.m. and a Festival Eucharist on Sunday October 13 at 10 a.m. | |
| Contact: 5087523766 [Map] 107575 | |
Historic Cole Organ Celebration
| First Congregational Church, 14 Mountain Rd Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Malcolm Halliday |
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| Details: A wide-ranging concert features the venerable 1910 organ by the Massachusetts builder James Cole. Works include Mendelssohn's Sonata no. 4 in B flat major, Suite Gothique by Boëllmann as well as 3 pieces by the Mexican composer Ramón Noble. Mr. Halliday will also play several favorite works on the church grand piano. | |
| Contact: 978-464-2837 [Map] 107568 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Famrington 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 (link). 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: reddoormusic.org [Map]  107529 | |
Pipescreams!
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Various local organists |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). Pipescreams! is Friday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. Hear the celebrated St. John’s Austin organ played by a stunning cast of costumed players in this spooktacular concert. The music will be kooky, creepy, dramatic, doleful – featuring old favorites as well as some pieces you may not have heard before. Reception with ghoulish treats follows the concert. Fun for all ages. Don’t miss it! Co-sponsored by the Greater Hartford Chapter, American Guild of Organists. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107533 | |
13th Anniversary Duo-Piano Gala
| Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman St Cost: Free - 30 at the door, 25 in advance Performing: pianists Paul Buono, Malcolm Halliday, Kallin Johnson, Sima Kustanovich, Olga Rogach, Myron Romanul, and Ian Watson |
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| Details: Classical music as well as some Jazz tunes in two-piano arrangements, often with up to six pianists. This year's even includes music by Bach, Gershwin, Holst, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Piazzolla. This event tends to sell out. It is highly recommended to order tickets in advance. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map] 107570 | |
Juilliard C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow to Play Hampton Tracker Concert
| Hampton Congregational Church, 263 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Colin MacKnight |
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| Details: Colin MacKnight, a Juilliard C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow, is this year’s artist for the nineteenth annual tracker concert at Hampton Congregational Church. The instrument, built in 1836, is the oldest pipe organ in Connecticut still being used regularly. Concert date is Sunday, October 27th at 4 pm. There is no charge, only a free will offering at the door. The church address is 263 Main Street (Route 97) in Hampton. Refreshments will follow the program. | |
| [Map] 107567 | |
Choral Evensong - St. John's Youth and Adult Choirs
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Youth and Adult Choirs, Scott Lamlein, Organist and Choirmaster |
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| Details: The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the fourth Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on October 27 at 5:00pm for music by the St. John’s Youth and Adult Choirs, Scott Lamlein, organist and choirmaster. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107534 | |
Halloween Family Concert
| South Church, 41 Central Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20/family; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Cathy Meyer and Maggie Marshall |
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| Details: Join us for a family-friendly, 40 minute program
of spooky Halloween music & fantastic light show!
Suggested donation $20/family | Co-sponsored by the MVAGO
Wear a costume or come in your jammies!
Bring your stuffed animals and blankets. | |
| [Map] 107564 | |
Harmony at Home
| First Parish, 327 Concord Rd Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1 | |
| Bio: (link) [Map]  107510 | |
Harmony at Home
| Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: This concert explores the extraordinarily fruitful musical relationships within two musical families: that of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and that of husband and wife Jan Ladislav and Sophia Corri Dussek. Program includes Felix’s Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio no. 1 in his own arrangement for flute, cello, and piano, Fanny Mendelssohn’s Adagio for violin and piano, J.L. Dussek’s Piano Trio in E Minor, op. 2, and Sophia Dussek’s Flute Sonata no. 1 | |
| Bio: (link) [Map]  107512 | |
Notre-Dame de Paris Organist Johann Vexo in Concert
| Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Johann Vexo |
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| Details: Johann Vexo - Organiste du Chœur - Notre-Dame de Paris
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 – Church of the Redeemer - 7:30pm
A concert of French organ music on the 2018 Schoenstein organ
General Admission by donation – open seating – proceeds to benefit the restoration of the organs of Notre-Dame de Paris
SPECIAL PATRON'S TICKETS - LIMITED NUMBER
There will be a limited number of Special Patron's Tickets available by advanced sale only, which will include:
One seat in Reserved Priority Seating
Special Patron's Private Pre-Concert Reception (6:30pm-7:15pm), with Johann Vexo, Organist
Passed gourmet hors d'œuvres and premium French wines
$150.00 per person
For Special Patron’s Tickets reservations or more information, please contact Suzy Westcott - verger@redeemerchestnuthill.org
617 566 7679 etx. 150 | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107526 | |
* Hartford Chapter Event - Aaron Tan in concert
| Church of Christ, Congregational, 1075 Main Street Cost: Free Performing: Aaron Tan, organist |
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| Details: This annual young artist recital is co-sponsored by Church of Christ, Congregational, Newington. | |
[Map]  107555 | |
Silent Film: The King of Kings (1927)
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Patrick Miller, pianist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). Join us as pianist Patrick Miller accompanies the 1927 Cecil B. DeMille epic silent film The King of Kings, on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it.
In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) [Map]  107535 | |
Christmas Pilgrimage
| Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: This Holiday program explores the guiding light of Epiphany. The ensemble will premiere Christoph Graupner’s cantata Das Volk so im Finstern wandelt (The people that wandered in darkness), Telemann’s New Year cantata Der mit Sünden beleidigte Heiland, and pastorales by Heinichen and Pez
With vocal soloists soprano Jessica Petrus, alto Sophie Micheaux, tenor Jason McStoots, and baritone Bradfod Gleim | |
| Bio: (link) [Map]  107514 | |
Candlelight Festival of Lessons and Carols
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Choir, Scott Lamlein, choirmaster, Floyd Higgins, organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). 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 15 at 3:00pm.
The St. John’s Adult and Youth Choirs; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, organist | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107536 | |
Christmas Pilgrimage
| First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: This Holiday program explores the guiding light of Epiphany. The ensemble will premiere Christoph Graupner’s cantata Das Volk so im Finstern wandelt (The people that wandered in darkness), Telemann’s New Year cantata Der mit Sünden beleidigte Heiland, and pastorales by Heinichen and Pez
With vocal soloists soprano Jessica Petrus, alto Sophie Micheaux, tenor Jason McStoots, and baritone Bradfod Gleim | |
| Bio: (link) [Map]  107515 | |
Pipes Alive! - Scott Lamlein, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal 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 (link). Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Scott Lamlein playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, January 5 at 12:30 p.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107537 | |
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 (link). 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: (link) [Map]  107538 | |
* Chapter Event - Jeremy Filsell in concert
| St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Jeremy Filsell |
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| Details: This recital is co-sponsored by Concerts at St. James's. Jeremy Filsell is Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue. | |
[Map]  107556 | |
Choral Evensong - Choirs of Trinity Church, Hartford
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Choir of Trinity Church, Hartford, Jackson Merrill, choirmaster; Scott Lamlein, organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the fourth Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on January 26 at 5:00pm for music by the Choir School of Hartford, and Trinity Church Choir; Jackson Merrill, choirmaster; Scott Lamlein, organist. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107539 | |
Pipes Alive! - Cheryl Wadsworth, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Cheryl Wadsworth, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The 2020 Pipes Alive! series continues with Cheryl Wadsworth playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, February 2 at 12:30 p.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107540 | |
Celebrity Organ Concert: Simon Johnson
| <a href="https://www.reddoormusic.org/event/simon-johnson-organist/" target="_blank">(link)</a>, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Simon Johnson, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). We welcome concert organist Simon Johnson to the mighty St. John’s pipe organ on Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm. Mr. Johnson is organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107541 | |
Choral Evensong - Voices of Concinnity
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Voices of Concinnity; Sarah Kaufold, choirmaster; Scott Lamlein, organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the fourth Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on February 23 at 5:00pm for music by the professional choral ensemble Voices of Concinnity; Sarah Kaufold, choirmaster and Scott Lamlein, organist. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107542 | |
Pipes Alive! - Grant Wareham, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Grant Wareham, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The 2020 Pipes Alive! series continues with Grant Wareham playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, March 1 at 12:30 p.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107543 | |
The Lure of London
| First Parish, 225 Boston Post Road Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: Virtuoso Baroque instrumental works by Italians who settled in London with its lively musical scene. The program includes trio sonatas by Locatelli, Platti, and Tessarini, a capriccio for strings and continuo by Veracini, a flute concerto by Sammartini, and a cello sonata by Cervetto | |
Bio: [Map]  107516 | |
Choral Music and Jazz at the Red Door: The Nat Reeves Trio and St. John's Choirs
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Nat Reeves Trio, St. John's Youth and Adult Choirs |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). An evening of incredible jazz! Join us on Saturday, March 7 at 7:30pm, in the marvelous acoustics of St. John’s Church, for a unique concert teaming up the Nat Reeves Trio with the St. John’s Youth and Adult Choirs. The featured work will be A Little Jazz Mass by English composer Bob Chilcott. Snow date: March 14 at 7:30pm. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) [Map]  107544 | |
The Lure of London
| Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: Virtuoso Baroque instrumental works by Italians who settled in London with its lively musical scene. The program includes trio sonatas by Locatelli, Platti, and Tessarini, a capriccio for strings and continuo by Veracini, a flute concerto by Sammartini, and a cello sonata by Cervetto | |
| Bio: (link) [Map] 107517 | |
Choral Evensong - St. John's Schola
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Schola, Scott Lamlein, organist and choirmaster |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the fourth Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on March 22 at 5:00pm for music by the St. John’s Schola; Scott Lamlein, organist and choirmaster. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107545 | |
* Chapter Event - Chelsea Chen in Concert
| Trinity College Chapel, 300 Summit Street Cost: Free Performing: Chelsea Chen |
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| Details: Co-sponsored with Trinity College Chapel. "Rare musicality and lovely lyrical grandeur." - The Los Angeles Times | |
[Map]  107557 | |
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 (link). 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: (link) [Map]  107546 | |
Pipes Alive! - Zachary Schurman
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Zachary Schurman |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The 2020 Pipes Alive! series continues with Zachary Schurman playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, April 5 at 12:30 p.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107547 | |
Spring Chamber Music: Leonid Sigal and Friends
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Leonid Sigal |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). Join us for a beautiful chamber music concert on Friday, April 24 at 7:30pm by Leonid Sigal and friends. Mr. Sigal is well known for his series at the Wadsworth Atheneum, “Sunday Serenades,” where he and his HSO colleagues perform repertoire inspired by the artwork on display. He has planned a program of Prokofiev, Fauré and Beethoven. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107548 | |
Choral Evensong - St. John's Youth Choir
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Youth Choir with the Youth Choir of Christ Church, Newington; Scott Lamlein and Peter Niedmann, choirmasters |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the fourth Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on April 26 at 5:00pm for music by the St. John’s Youth Choir, with the Youth Choir of Christ Church, Congregational, Newington; Scott Lamlein and Peter Niedmann, choirmasters. | |
| Contact: (link) [Map]  107549 | |
Dramatic Return
| Harvard-Epworth Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: French Baroque cantatas and instrumental works, featuring Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s cantata Le Passage sur la mer rouge (based on the biblical story), Clerambault’s epic cantata Leandre et Hero, along with Clerambault’s Sonata La Felicite and an overture by Charpentier
With soprano Teresa Wakim | |
| Bio: (link) [Map] 107518 | |
Pipes Alive! - Michelle Horsley, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Michelle Horsley, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The 2020 Pipes Alive! series continues with Michelle Horsley playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, May 3 at 12:30 p.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107550 | |
Dramatic Return
| Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $30-40; Sr/Stu: $10 - Kids free in Section B! Performing: Musicians of the Old Post Road |
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| Details: French Baroque cantatas and instrumental works, featuring Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s cantata Le Passage sur la mer rouge (based on the biblical story), Clerambault’s epic cantata Leandre et Hero, along with Clerambault’s Sonata La Felicite and an overture by Charpentier
With soprano Teresa Wakim | |
| Bio: (link) [Map]  107519 | |
Pipes Alive! - Benjamin Straley, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Benjamin Straley, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit (link). The 2020 Pipes Alive! series continues with Benjamin Straley playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, June 7 at 12:30 p.m. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107551 | |
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