Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (2 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: As you care for a friend or relative with dementia or Alzheimer’s, have you wondered what they may be going through? Robert Schumann did not have either, but his mental faculties were slipping out of his control, which can have its parallels. The way he writes his Sonata in F minor, it seems as though he is writing down a journal entry – his anger, his child-like playfulness, noticing that alongside his condition intensifying, his wife Clara Schumann is slipping away. Beyond the story, Schumann is known for writing technically challenging music. Be on the edge of your seat with this passionate, yet Olympic sonata.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map]    107426 | |
Bach Birthday Bash on Kotzschmar Organ
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - Students $15, 12 and under free Performing: James Kennerley |
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| Details: Portland’s Municipal Organist, James Kennerley performs Bach on the Kotzschmar Organ!
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685. Come and join us as we celebrate the musical legacy of this prolific composer who has created some truly spectacular music, especially for the pipe organ. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/170897860242169/ Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/bach/ Contact: porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/stop-list/ [Map]   107320 | |
“Requiem” by Maurice Duruflé
| St. Joseph Church, 1382 Highland Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Conducted by Jennifer Lester and accompanied by organist Leo Abbott |
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| Details: This performance of Duruflé’s “Requiem,” offered to the public as a Lenten meditation, will be conducted by Jennifer Lester and accompanied by organist Leo Abbott. The choir is comprised of singers from many communities who are eager to perform this exquisite sacred music.
Please join us for this exceptional opportunity to listen with appreciation to one of the 20th century’s choral masterpieces! | |
| [Map] 107472 | |
Boston Bach Birthday 334
| First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St Cost: Free - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-bach Performing: First Lutheran Church of Boston |
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| Details: All are invited to First Lutheran Church's eleventh annual celebration of the birthday of the greatest of all Lutheran composers, Johann Sebastian Bach. Beginning at 8am and ending at 5pm, the day features concerts, organ recitals, and of course the famous German lunch. All musical events are free and open to the public, and all may come and go as able.
This year's program:
8am: Lorraine Mihaliak, organ
9am: Nelli Jabotinsky, Baroque violin
10am: Peter Krasinski, children's event: BACH and the BALLOONATIC!
11am: Robert August, organ
12pm: German Lunch (tickets $15 at the door or on Eventbrite)
1:10pm: Sabrina Lang and Linnea Timko, violin
1:15pm: Bálint Karosi, organ and Audrey Fernandez-Fraser, soprano
2:15pm: Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
3:15pm: Adriaan Hoek, organ
4:40pm: Michael Ochoa, oboe (Vespers prelude)
5pm: Vespers featuring Bach's motet Jesu meine Freude | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107457 | |
Choral Music for the Soul: Durufle Requiem
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Choir; Scott Lamlein, Choirmaster; Larry Allen, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The Duruflé Requiem has firmly obtained its place in the choral canon after that of Gabriel Fauré, which was performed as part of this series last season. The composer based his work on the Gregorian chants for the Mass of the Dead. It is truly a quintessential reflection of early 20th century Parisian liturgical musical culture. The St. John’s 40-voice choir of children and adults joins forces with Hartford’s favorite organist, Larry Allen, along with trumpet and timpani, in this sublime performance, on Saturday, March 23 at 3pm. | |
[Map]  107306 | |
Choral Evensong & Reception
| Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street Cost: Free Performing: Choir of the Church of the Redeemer; Michael S. Murray; Stuart Forster |
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| Details: Anthem: Hymn to the Creator of Light, John Rutter
Hymn: 31 - Dunedin
Responses: Smith of Durham
Psalm: 45 (Anglican Chant)
Service: The Gloucester Service, Herbert Howells
Anthem: Nova, nova, Grayston Ives
Hymn: 278 - Rustington
Postlude: Magnificat primi toni, Dietrich Buxtehude | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107462 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (3 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: Bach had this knack for creating the “harmony of the planets”; Brahms had the knack for creating harmonies that grab the listener’s heart. Brahms was also an essential piece in restoring an interest in historical music and the music of Bach. Join us in the land of imagination where we will start in outer space and end warming your heart.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107427 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: New World Trio |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. For more than three decades, the New World Trio has brought the excitement and intimacy of chamber music to live audiences throughout New England. Founded in 1985 by violinist Anhared Stowe, New World provides a unique experience for music lovers with its mix of both standard repertoire and contemporary works. With each performance, New World brings new vitality to established masterworks; these are paired with contemporary pieces, with each complementing the other in depth and beauty. “…New World has been (Hartford’s) one reliable source of chamber music since its founding…” says the Hartford Courant. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107307 | |
Music at Trinity: Sean Redrow, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Sean Redrow |
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| Details: Worcester's own Sean Redrow presents an organ recital of diverse works to conclude the month long 50th anniversary celebration of the installation of the Noack Organ Company's Opus 40. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to benefit the Music at Trinity series. A reception to greet the artist will follow the concert in Jeppson Hall. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/1801351513265866/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107260 | |
Sung Choral Vespers
| St. Mary's, 8 Church St Cost: Free Performing: St. Mary's Youth Choir |
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| Details: Come to the traditional ancient service of sung vespers! The event will take place, Sunday March 31st at 6:00 pm! It will be sung by the St. Mary’s Youth Choir and is free and open to all. | |
| Contact: Kevin Lyczak [Map] 107470 | |
Vienna Boys Choir Sings in West Hartford
| St James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Ave Cost: Tickets: Gen: $45; Sr/Stu: $20 - $20/$45/$55/$65 Student/General/Preferre Performing: Vienna Boys Choir |
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| Details: Don’t miss the Vienna Boys Choir’s only Connecticut appearance on their Spring 2019 tour! This performance in West Hartford is a rare opportunity to hear the famed choir sing in the choir-friendly acoustic of a traditional church setting rather than in a large municipal auditorium or concert hall. The Vienna Boys Choir’s repertoire includes music from six centuries, from medieval melodies to polkas and waltzes by the Strauss dynasty. The Vienna Boys Choir sells out every appearance – reserve tickets soon! (link) | |
| Contact: Concerts at St James's, concerts@stjameswh.org [Map]  107414 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (4 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, pianist |
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| Details: Brahms lived with Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann for some time. When Robert Schumann arrived at the asylum, Brahms started to fall in love with Clara Schumann. The Sonata in F minor is a riveting sonata of a forbidden love.
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107428 | |
Pipes Alive! - Scott Lamlein, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Scott Lamlein, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Scott Lamlein playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, April 7 at 12:30 p.m. Scott is Director of Music and Organist at St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, and Artistic Director of its Music at the Red Door concert series. Program: BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 549 BACH: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654 BLACKMORE: Prelude for Organ: "Tonality for Time" (Premier Performance) MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose COOK: Fanfare Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
[Map]  107308 | |
St. Andrew's Singer Series (SASS)Towards a World Unknown
| St. Andrew's Hall, Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20,age18or; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Adam Jacob Simon and tenor Alexander Nishibun |
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| Details: Join baritone Adam Jacob Simon and tenor Alexander Nishibun as they embark on a journey through life featuring excerpts from Schubert's Winterreise, Vaughan William's Songs of Travel, Britten's Winter Words, Clara Schumann, and more. Post-recital reception to follow to meet the artists. | |
| Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/singerseries2018 [Map] 107394 | |
Young Artists Showcase: Lorraine Mihaliak in Concert - FREE
| Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Lorraine Mihaliak |
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| Details: In her Mechanics Hall debut, Lorraine Mihaliak will perform works by Bach, Franck, Mendelssohn and others. Lorraine is pursuing a degree in organ and music at the College of the Holy Cross | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107437 | |
Lenten Lunchtime Concert Series (5 of 5)
| Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Michael Steven Lianos, organist |
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| Details: Mendelssohn was always lauded for his performances of Bach’s Preludes and Fugues. He was also an essential part of restoring an interest in historical music practices as well as the music of Bach. Come hear how these two composers reside in perfect harmony!
These concerts are from 12:10pm to 12:50pm and are designed as concerts to enjoy during your lunch break from work, or to rejuvenate your afternoon with serious classical music. Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy during these concerts. A free-will offering will be received at the end. | |
| Works by (link) Bio: (link) Contact: Michael Steven Lianos OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107429 | |
Music at Trinity: James MacMillan: St. Luke Passion
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Trinity Choir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Festival Chorus, Worcester Children's Chorus, Mark Mummert, Organ, Joshua Rohde, Conducting |
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| Details: Music at Trinity presents the annual Passion presentation with James MacMillan's St. Luke Passion. The 75-minute work for chorus, children's chorus, organ, and orchestra will be a joint effort between WPI and Trinity Church. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to cover the cost of this large passion project. As the work is not suitable for small children, child care will be available. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/642478322757423/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107261 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Organ Improvisations on the Stations of the Cross
| Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Thomas Sheehan and Carson Cooman |
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| Details: Thomas Sheehan and Carson Cooman perform a Holy Week recital of improvisations on the Fourteen Stations of the Cross using the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard University | |
| Contact: Carson Cooman OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs [Map] 107346 | |
Good Friday Concert: Charles Wood’s St. Mark Passion
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: LaFarge Ensemble of Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: Charles Wood’s St. Mark Passion was written in the span of 9 days at the request of the Rev. Dr. Eric Milner-White (then Dean of King’s College in Cambridge and institutor of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s). The St. Mark Passion, a large scale work soloists, choir and organ, traces Jesus’ last days from The Last Supper to the Crucifixion. As with Bach’s Passions, hymns are interspersed throughout the narrative to draw the audience into the action. Presented by the La Farge Ensemble. | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/woodpassion OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107395 | |
Celebrate: Prelude to Postlude
| First Congregational, 21 Church Street Cost: Free Performing: Savannah Curro |
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| Details: You are invited to support former YOI Scholarship Winner Savannah Curro, performing her Senior Recital Friday evening, April 26th at 7:30 PM at the First Congregational Church in Winchester. Savannah is a senior at Arlington High School and began her organ studies in high school and is currently the church music intern at Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester. Savannah is finishing her college auditions where she is pursuing BM programs in organ performance to eventually become a full-time church musician. | |
[Map]  107461 | |
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 | |
George Baker in Concert at the Church of the Transfiguration
| Church of the Transfiguration, Arts Empowering Life Inc., PO Box 2831 Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $30 - Students are Free Performing: George Baker |
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| Details: Experience the incredible improvisation of world-class concert organist, George
Baker, on the “overwhelmingly breathtaking” E.M. Skinner Organ. Join us on Sunday,
April 28 at 3:30 p.m. at the Church of the Transfiguration, Cape Cod, MA. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: 508-240-2400 OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107474 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Trinity Boys Choir from Trinity on the Green, New Haven; Walden Moore, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on April 28 at 5:00, with music by the Trinity Boys Choir, from Trinity-on-the-Green, New Haven; Walden Moore, choirmaster.
What is Choral Evensong? “Evensong … is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress — a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead.”
Why celebrate Evensong? Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that is | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107310 | |
Theatre Organ Concert
| Knight Auditorium, Babson College, 231 Forest St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $15; Sr/Stu: $ - $5 for age 18 & under Performing: Phil Kelsall at the Wurlitzer |
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| Details: http://emcatos.com/PipeOrganPopsAndSilentsInTheHouse/Events/Public_Events___Tickets/public_events___tickets.html | |
| OrganInfo: http://www.emcatos.com/PipeOrganPops_Satellite/organ%20specifications/babson%20college.pdf [Map] 107360 | |
Pipes Alive! - Jackson Merrill, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Jackson Merrill, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Jackson Merrill playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, May 5 at 12:30 p.m. Jackson is organist and choirmaster at Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
[Map]  107311 | |
Theatre Organ Concert
| Shanklin Music Hall, 130 Sandy Pond Rd Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $ - $15 for age 18 & under Performing: Phil Kelsall at the Wurlitzer |
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| Details: http://emcatos.com/PipeOrganPopsAndSilentsInTheHouse/Events/Public_Events___Tickets/public_events___tickets.html | |
| OrganInfo: http://www.emcatos.com/PipeOrganPops_Satellite/organ%20specifications/shanklin%20music%20hall.pdf [Map] 107361 | |
Carson Cooman performs Contemporary Music for Organ
| Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Carson Cooman |
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| Details: Carson Cooman performs a recital of contemporary organ music by Thomas Åberg, Burkhard Mohr; premieres of new works by Flemming Chr. Hansen and Lynn Trapp; and a performance in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) of Andreas Willscher's Organ Symphony No. 1, "Gravestones." | |
| Works by Thomas Åberg, Burkhard Mohr, Flemming Chr. Hansen, Lynn Trapp, Andreas Willscher Contact: Carson Cooman OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs [Map] 107347 | |
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor and Choral Masterworks
| Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $20 - $10-$40 Performing: GMChorale - Joseph D\'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: The Austrian composer Anton Bruckner may be best-known for his symphonies, eleven immense orchestral works that are vast in scale and dimension. But in his “day job” as an organist and choirmaster, he composed a wealth of exquisite sacred music for his choirs at Sankt Florian monastery (where he had been a choirboy in his youth) and at the cathedral at Linz. His ethereal Mass No. 2 in E minor, composed in 1866 to celebrate a new chapel in the Linz cathedral, is scored for eight-voice mixed choir and a small group of wind instruments. This Mass, widely acknowledged as among Bruckner’s best works, evokes the cathedralesque musical architecture of the Renaissance masters overlaid with the rich harmonies of the nineteenth century. The program also includes a selection of motets by Bruckner and others. Tickets $10-$40. | |
Bio: [Map]  107442 | |
Music at Trinity: Nathanial Gumbs, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Nathaniel Gumbs |
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| Details: Yale University's brilliant young organist Nathaniel Gumbs plays an organ recital of diverse works on Trinity's Noack organ. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/2008889932535821/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map] 107262 | |
Sung Choral Vespers
| St. Mary's, 8 Church St Cost: Free Performing: St. Mary's Youth Choir |
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| Details: Come to the traditional ancient service of sung vespers! The event will take place, Wednesday May 8th at 7:00 pm! It will be sung by the St. Mary’s Youth Choir and is free and open to all. | |
| Contact: Kevin Lyczak [Map] 107471 | |
Boston Organ Studio Recital
Music for Bach's Favorite Instruments
| The Parish of All Saints - Ashmont, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA 02124 Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25; Sr/Stu: $18 - EBT Card Holder: $3, children under 13 f Performing: The Bach Project at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music |
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| Details: The second Bach Project event of the season, this concert features some of the nation’s finest period musicians performing solo works by the composer.
Shirley Hunt, baroque ‘cello
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Andrew Sheranian, organ
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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009
Suite for Harpsichord in E minor BWV 996
Passacaglia and Fugue for organ in C minor, BWV 582 | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: 617-436-3520 OrganInfo: (link) [Map] 107476 | |
Anglican Musical Treasures from America AND England
| Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $25-60; Sr/Stu: $ - https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/an Performing: Trinity Church Choir/Richard Webster |
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| Details: Help launch the Trinity Choirs on their August tour of the United Kingdom, where they will serve as choir-in-residence at Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals. This concert will feature works by American composers – Amy Beach, Joseph Jennings, Roland Martin and Richard Webster – as well as beloved classics from the English repertoire – Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Charles Wood. | |
| Bio: https://www.advent-press.com/index.php/23-adventpress/1-richard-webster Contact: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/anglican-choral-treasures OrganInfo: https://trinitychurchboston.org/worship/music/organs [Map] 107396 | |
125th Anniversary Choir Concert
| Christ Church, 569 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Festival, Youth, and Children's Choirs of Christ Church (Robert Potterton III & the Rev. Carolyn Jones, directors) |
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| Details: The combined singing forces of Christ Church present a wide-ranging program in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of its choral program, including selections by Byrd, Getty, Howells, Parry, Rutter, Schutz, Stopford, and Vaughan Williams. Robert Potterton III (Organist-Choirmaster) will accompany on the 1928 III/67 Skinner-Moeller organ; the Rev. Carolyn G. Jones will direct the Children's Choir. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: music@christchurchfitchburg.org OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107421 | |
Choral Evensong & Reception
| Church of the Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street Cost: Free Performing: Choir of the Church of the Redeemer; Michael S. Murray; Stuart Forster |
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| Details: Anthem: O Lorde, the maker of al thing, John Joubert
Hymn: 34 - Innisfree Farm
Responses: Craig Phillips
Psalm: 8 & 84
Service: Evening Service in b-minor, T. Tertius Noble
Anthem: Lord, thou hast been our refuge, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hymn: 24 - St. Clement
Postlude: Final (Symphonie No. 1), Louis Vierne | |
| Bio: (link) OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107463 | |
Thomas Sheehan performs on the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard
| Memorial Church, Harvard University, Harvard Yard Cost: Free Performing: Thomas Sheehan |
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| Details: Thomas Sheehan performs a recital on the Skinner and Fisk organs of Memorial Church, Harvard University | |
| Contact: Carson Cooman OrganInfo: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/organs [Map] 107348 | |
The GMChorale's Alchemy Choir Performs June 1 in Glastonbury CT
| First Church of Christ, Congregational, 2183 Main Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale; Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director |
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| Details: Alchemy, the vocal chamber ensemble of the GMChorale, offers a series concerts that often feature collaborations with local ensembles and performers. Now in its third season, and led by founding director Joseph D’Eugenio, the ensemble, known for its ability to adapt its sound to a broad variety of repertoire, took the name \"Alchemy\" in recognition of the ancient, mystical art of creating gold through transformation and refinement. Already recognized for its vocal beauty, richness, and subtlety, this 24-voice ensemble brings a touch of gold to interpretations of Romantic and contemporary choral music. This season’s concerts, called \"Come to the Music\" features a cappella and accompanied choral music by Schumann, Brahms, Bruckner, Duruflé, Fauré, Siegfried, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Thompson, Vierne, and Clausen. Allan Conway accompanies. No tickets are required; a free will donation will be accepted. | |
| Bio: (link) Contact: gmcmedia@gmchorale.org [Map]  107444 | |
Pipes Alive! - Christa Rakich, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Christa Rakich, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Christa Rakich playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, June 2 at 12:30 p.m.
Christa Rakich, Organ Artist-in-Residence at St. John’s, West Hartford, recently retired from a position as Music Director at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in West Hartford. She lives in Bloomfield and maintains an active career as a performer and recording artist. She has served on the faculties of Westminster Choir College, Brandeis University, New England Conservatory, and the University of Connecticut, and as Assistant University Organist at Harvard. Previous Artist-in-Residencies have included the University of Pennsylvania and First Lutheran Church in Boston.
As a Fulbright Scholar, Christa studied for two years with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienn | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107312 | |
Lamlein in Concert on the 1864 Hook in Worcester
| Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Scott Lamlein |
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| Details: Cited by The American Organist magazine as infusing his music with “virtuosic flair and fire,” Scott’s performances bring a unique emotional and spiritual inspiration to his audiences. Listeners find a place of solace, a time of wonder and awe. His playing has been described as inspiring, uplifting, powerful and flawless. | |
| OrganInfo: (link) [Map]  107450 | |
Young Artist Showcase - 1864 Hook in Worcester
| Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St Cost: Free Performing: Christopher Holman |
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| Details: Since winning the Albert Schweizer Competition, American organist Christopher Holman has performed on some of the most important historic and modern organs in Europe and North America. As a guest artist, he has most recently appeared at the BachFest Leipzig, Festival international de l’orgue ancienne in Sion, Switzerland (the oldest organ in the world), and the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative. He has released two recordings, and his performances have been broadcast on German and Swiss national television and radio. Also active as a scholar, his research has most recently been published in Oxford University’s journal Early Music, and he is Editor of the journal Vox Humana and Director of Musicology for Bach Society Houston. | |
OrganInfo: [Map]  107451 | |
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