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 | |
Alchemy Chamber Ensemble presents "Soirées Musicales"
| First Congregational Church of Cheshire, 111 Church Drive Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, Artistic Director Joseph D'Eugenio |
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| Details: Led by founding Artistic Director Joseph D’Eugenio, the 24-voice Alchemy ensemble presents an annual series of concerts across the state. In the 2019-2020 season, Alchemy, will offer “Soirées Musicales,” an hour-long program that showcases the versatility of this ensemble in performances of accompanied and a capella choral music and recalls the elegance of musical gatherings in earlier days. The featured work is the Neue Liebeslieder waltzes by Johannes Brahms, virtuosic settings of love poems for solo voices, chorus, and piano four hands (that is, two pianists playing one piano). The GMChorale’s long-time pianist Allan Conway will be joined at the keyboard by Artistic Director Joseph D’Eugenio, and members of Alchemy will perform the vocal solos. The program also includes evocative choral selections by Giacchino Rossini, Randall Thompson, Edward Elgar, and others. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org [Map]  107606 | |
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 | |
Connexions Concert I of the 2019-2020 season
| Sudbury United Methodist Church, 251 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: friends and members of Sudbury United Methodist Church music program |
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| Details: Ann Carroll Bundy, flute; Russ Doughty, guitar and mandolin; Rob Hammerton, bass guitar; Cecelia Murphy, oboe; Bill Hoke, clarinet; Kevin Murphy, piano, organ and vocals; Sherry Stonebraker, conductor; the SUMC Bell Chimes and the SUMC Men's Group and others will present the Connexions I concert of the 2019 - 2020 season. The selections will present a wide assortment of various styles including classical, sacred, folk and popular. The Connexions concerts at Sudbury United Methodist showcase the various talents of church members and guest artists who come to share their music. | |
| Contact: Kevin Murphy, music director OrganInfo: A Major Production Studio [Map]  107611 | |
James Kennerley in Concert
| South Church, 90 Main St Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: James Kennerley |
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| Details: Hailed as a "great organist" displaying "phenomenal technique and sheer musicality" (Bloomberg News), James Kennerley is a multi-faceted organist, conductor, singer, and composer. Previously, Kennerley held the position of Organist and Choirmaster of the St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church in New York City. He has recently been appointed as the Director of Music at St. Paul's Choir School and Parish in Cambridge, MA. James Kennerley received degrees from Cambridge University and the Juilliard School. He also holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists diploma. The Music Series at South Church is thrilled to invite James Kennerley to the console of our Cooper Memorial (Gress-Miles) organ.
This concert is offered free of charge. An offering will be collected. | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107576 | |
Evensong & Reception
| Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Choir of the Church of the Redeemer; Michael S. Murray; Stuart Forster |
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| Details: The Choir of the Church of the Redeemer sings Evensong for the feast of "Alfred the Great", followed by a festive reception.
Michael S. Murray, Director of Music
Stuart Forster, Organist
Herbert Howells - Behold, O God, our Defender
Samuel Sebastian Wesley - Evening Canticles in E
George Frideric Handel - Zadok the Priest
Edward Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 in D | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107595 | |
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 | |
Halloween Organ Recital
| First Church, West Hartford, 12 South Main Street Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Jim Boratko, director and organist |
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| Details: The Phantom of First Church returns to give his Halloween-Themed Organ recital. The Phantom has been haunting Cinépolis Luxury Cinema lately. (Did you remember feeling that cold draft in the middle of the last movie you saw there?) He was so taken with the cinematic experience, he plans to include a number of the scariest movie themes as a feature of his upcoming Halloween Organ Recital. All of your favorite scary Halloween music plus a silent film accompanied by the Phantom himself (The 1910 version of Frankenstein). For those younger folks who might feel a little uneasy about some of the night’s festivities, there will be a separate gathering which will include some activities that they would enjoy a little more. | |
| Bio: whfirstchurch.org Contact: 860-233-9605 [Map] 107610 | |
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 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
| Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St Cost: Free Performing: Members of Boston Organ Studio |
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| Details: A free recital of varied repertoire performed by students of Boston Organ Studio, featuring Fisk organ Op. 55 in Old West Church. | |
Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107578 | |
30th Annual Cathedral Organ Benefit Recital
| Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington St. Boston, MA 02118 Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $10 Performing: Leo Abbott, Richard J. Clark, Carson Cooman, Mark Dwyer, Janet Hunt, Peter Krasinski, Rosiland Mohnson |
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| Details: Continuing the longstanding tradition! 30th Annual Cathedral Organ Benefit Recital for the historic 101-rank 1875 E & GG Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 801 | |
OrganInfo: [Map]  107601 | |
gospel concert
| Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd. Cost: Free Will Offering - goodwill offering taken Performing: Brother Dennis and Friends |
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| Details: Gospel concert by Boston Pops Gospel Choir Director Brother Dennis Slaughter and Friends | |
| Bio: Dennis Slaughter, Artistic Director of Boston Pops Orchestra Gospel Choir Contact: Acton Congregational Church, Acton MA 978-263-2728 [Map] 107602 | |
gospel concert
| Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Rd. Cost: Free Will Offering - goodwill offering taken Performing: Brother Dennis and Friends |
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| Details: Gospel concert by Boston Pops Gospel Choir Director Brother Dennis Slaughter and Friends | |
| Bio: Dennis Slaughter, Artistic Director of Boston Pops Orchestra Gospel Choir Contact: Acton Congregational Church, Acton MA 978-263-2728 [Map] 107603 | |
An Afternoon with MacArthur and Ferreira
| Methuen Memorial Music Hall, 192 Broadway (Route 28) Cost: Tickets: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $10 Performing: Fred MacArthur, organ and piano Neal Ferreira, tenor |
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| Details: Join us for an afternoon of beautiful music with organist Fred MacArthur and tenor Neal Ferreira. Works by Bach, Handel, Gounod, Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and beloved spirituals will be performed, using the Great Organ and Steinway D Concert Grand piano. | |
| Contact: 978-685-0693 OrganInfo: [Map] 107604 | |
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 | |
Alchemy Chamber Ensemble presents "Soirées Musicales"
| Essex Meadows, 30 Bokum Road Cost: Free Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, Artistic Director Joseph D\'Eugenio |
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| Details: Alchemy presents an annual series of concerts across the state. In the 2019-2020 season, Alchemy will offer “Soirées Musicales,” a program that showcases the versatility of this ensemble in performances of accompanied and a capella choral music and recalls the elegance of musical gatherings in earlier days. The featured work is the Neue Liebeslieder waltzes by Johannes Brahms, virtuosic settings of love poems for solo voices, chorus, and piano four hands (that is, two pianists playing one piano). The GMChorale’s long-time pianist Allan Conway will be joined at the keyboard by Artistic Director Joseph D’Eugenio, and members of Alchemy will perform the vocal solos. The program also includes evocative choral selections by Giacchino Rossini, Randall Thompson, Edward Elgar, and others. Admission is free, but registration required at 860-581-4660 or (link) | |
| Bio: <(link) href= Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org [Map]  107607 | |
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 | |
Organ Concert
| Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel, College of the Holy cross Cost: Free Performing: Michelle Sacco and Matt Luca |
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| Details: A Hallowe'en Concert
Holy Cross Organ Scholars Matt Luca & Michelle Sacco will present a program of spooky music, including the famous Toccata and Fugue in d minor by Bach. Trick-or-Treat..........Come and enjoy the amazing sound of one of the great organs of North America. | |
| Contact: Ezequiel Menendez [Map] 107612 | |
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 | |
The Greenwoods Consort Renaissance Music, Song and Dance
| Avon Congregational Church, 6 West Main Street Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ - Free will offering. Performing: The Greenwoods Consort |
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| Details: Experience the magic of Renaissance music through singing, dancing, and instrumental music. Sunday, November 3rd at 3pm at Avon Congregational Church, 6 West Main Street, Avon, CT. Reception to follow the performance. A free will offering will be accepted supporting the Music Ministries of Avon Congregational Church. Suggested donation is $20. | |
[Map]  107613 | |
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 | |
New Every Morning: Fresh Choral Classics
| Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $25 - $10-$45 Performing: The GMChorale, Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: As part of its commitment to presenting new and lesser-known choral music of great quality, the GMChorale presents the local premiere of New Every Morning, a multi-movement choral work by Connecticut composer Peter Niedmann. This setting of joyful texts from two great English churchmen-poets and two Psalms is a rich textual and musical tapestry that is by turns comforting, celebratory, and uplifting. The music dances with pronounced rhythmic underpinnings and shifting meters, sublime harmonies and a cappella sections, and a virtuosic accompaniment that sparkles and enlivens the choral writing. The program also includes evocative choral music by John Rutter, David Conte, Dan Forrest, and James Mulholland. Alan Conway accompanies from the piano. Tickets at (link) | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org [Map]  107608 | |
Organ and Harpsichord Concert by Anthony Newman
| St Michaels Episcopal Church, 112 Randolph Ave Cost: Free Performing: Anthony Newman |
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| Details: Please join us for a historic concert by the " High Priest of the Harpsichord" Anthony Newman.
He will be playing the beautiful Andover organ at St Michaels Milton and a French Double Harpsichord for the second half of the program. The program will include JS Bach,Couperin, d'Aquin, Handel Mozart and Newman's own compositions. | |
| Bio: anthonynewmanmusician.org Contact: brinkbush@gmail.org [Map] 107598 | |
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 | |
Evensong & Reception
| Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Choir of the Church of the Redeemer; Michael S. Murray; Stuart Forster |
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| Details: The Choir of the Church of the Redeemer sings Evensong for the feast of St. Cecilia, followed by a festive reception.
Michael S. Murray, Director of Music
Stuart Forster, Organist
Herbert Howells - A Hymn to St. Cecilia
Robert Lehman - Preces & Responses
Basil Harwood - Evening Canticles in A-flat
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens
Basil Harwood - Allegro appassionato (Sonata No. 1 in C#-minor) | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107596 | |
Caroline Robinson in Concert
| The Memorial Church, Harvard University, 1 Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Caroline Robinson |
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| Details: Caroline Robinson is a Doctoral Candidate at the Eastman School of Music. She is aconcert organist, teacher, continuo player, and Eastman School of Music Theory Department teaching assistant and instructor. | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107586 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Ken Cowan, International Concert Organist
| First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742 Cost: Free Performing: Ken Cowan |
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| Details: Recital on the 2016 Russell & Company pipe organ.
III, 46 ranks | |
| Contact: huenneke@gmail.com [Map] 107605 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
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 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
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 | |
Carols by Candlelight - A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
| Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Choir of the Church of the Redeemer; Michael S. Murray; Stuart Forster |
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| Details: In the tradition of King's College, Cambridge, The Choristers and Choir of the Church of the Redeemer sings this hallowed service of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Michael S. Murray, Director of Music
Stuart Forster, Organist
Music by Archer, Carter, Daquin, Forster, Lloyd, Mathias, Nixon, Ravenscroft, Victoria, Vierne, Whitacre, & Willcocks. | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107597 | |
First Night Organ Recital
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 | |
Organ Recital: Arvid Gast
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 | |
Fifth Annual Women in Music Festial
| The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St Cost: Free Performing: Sophie Michaux, Benjamin Katz, Paul Holmes Morton, |
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| Details: Join us to celebrate Women in Music. The Members' Form begins at 6:00 PM with the Concert at 7:00 PM. Performers include: Sophie Michaux (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Katz (harpsichord), Paul Holmes Morton (theorbo), including works by Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). This event is co-sponsored by The Cathedral Church of St. Paul | |
[Map]  107589 | |
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 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
| Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St Cost: Free Performing: Members of Boston Organ Studio |
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| Details: A free recital of varied repertoire performed by students of Boston Organ Studio, featuring Fisk organ Op. 55 in Old West Church. | |
Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107582 | |
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 | |
Workshop: Organbuilding 101
| Ortloff Organ Company, 178 Crescent Rd Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35.00; Sr/Stu: $ - Limit 20 people Performing: Jonathan Ortloff, Jonathan Ambrosino |
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| Details: “Do you *really* know what happens after you press the key? Come spend a few hours with Jonathan Ortloff and Jonathan Ambrosino at the Ortloff Organ Company workshop in Needham and find out. We’ll discuss and demonstrate design, construction, and mechanism, and dispel some of the myths and misconceptions of scaling and voicing, using Ortloff Opus 2, which will be set up on the shop floor, as a guide.” | |
[Map]  107590 | |
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 | |
Bach Birthday 335
| First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St Cost: Free Performing: Bach Birthday Bash 335 |
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| Details: Join us at First Lutheran Church Boston for this year's Bach Birthday 335 Celebration. A German Lunch is served around noontime. Choral Vespers will be held at 5:00 PM.
This event is co-sponsored by First Lutheran Church. | |
OrganInfo: [Map]  107591 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
| Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St Cost: Free Performing: Members of Boston Organ Studio |
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| Details: A free recital of varied repertoire performed by students of Boston Organ Studio, featuring Fisk organ Op. 55 in Old West Church. | |
Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107583 | |
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 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
| Old West Church, 131 Cambridge St Cost: Free Performing: Members of Boston Organ Studio |
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| Details: A free recital of varied repertoire performed by students of Boston Organ Studio, featuring Fisk organ Op. 55 in Old West Church. | |
Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107584 | |
David Enlow in Concert
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 | |
BAGO Annual Meeting
| The Parish of All Saints, Ashmont, 209 Ashmont S Cost: Free Performing: Members' Recital |
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| Details: Join us for our Annual Members' Recital and Meeting. Rev. Rita Powell, Episcopal Chaplain at Harvard, will discuss Clergy/Musician Relations. Our own Daryl Bichel's Persimmon Catering will provide the meal.
5:30 PM Appetizers/Dinner
7:00 PM Members' Recital
7:45 PM Dessert and Meeting
Parking Available | |
| OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107592 | |
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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