Come Hear America's Premier Concert Organist
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - $15 Students, 12 and under free Performing: Walt Strony |
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| Details: Walt Strony is one of America's premier concert organists. He made his public debut in 1974 at the age of 18 and has since established himself as one of few organists equally at home playing both theatre and classical organ.
Theater organists are known for announcing their program from the stage and adapting their repertoire to compliment the individual nature of the variety of instruments that they play. Walt Strony is the only living organist to have been twice voted "Organist of the Year" by the American Theatre Organ Society - in 1991 and 1993. In 2011, he was inducted into the ATOS "Hall of Fame."
His performance in Portland on the Kotzschmar organ promises to surprise and delight all who attend!
Please join us for a pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM in the Rehearsal Hall of Merrill Auditorium.
Tickets available through the PortTIX box office, porttix.com, 207-842-0800. | |
| Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/walt-strony/ Contact: info@foko.org OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/stop-list [Map]     107238 | |
World-Renowned Recitalist on the Great Organ
| Methuen Memorial Music Hall, 192 Broadway (Route 28) Cost: Tickets: Gen: $12.00; Sr/Stu: $12.00 Performing: Dong-ill Shin |
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| Details: Dong-ill Shin performs on the 1863 Great Organ, the first concert organ in the United States. | |
| Works by Messiaen, Bach, Dupre and Elgar Bio: http://www,mmmh.org Contact: (978) 609-2232 [Map]  107291 | |
Gloriae Dei Cantores presents Part's Passio
| Church of the Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr. Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $30 - free for students and 18 and under Performing: Gloriae Dei Cantores |
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| Details: Celebrating thirty years of choral artistry, Gloriæ Dei Cantores invites you to join them in concert, August 24 & 25, featuring Arvo Pärt’s Passio with guest soloists and orchestra. Performances will take place at the Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA at 7:30PM; Pre-concert lectures at 6:45PM.
For tickets, call 508-240-2400 or purchase online at gdcchoir.org. | |
| [Map] 107233 | |
Gloriae Dei Cantores presents Part's Passio
| Church of the Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr. Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $30 - free for students and 18 and under Performing: Gloriae Dei Cantores |
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| Details: Celebrating thirty years of choral artistry, Gloriæ Dei Cantores invites you to join them in concert, August 24 & 25, featuring Arvo Pärt’s Passio with guest soloists and orchestra. Performances will take place at the Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA at 7:30PM; Pre-concert lectures at 6:45PM. \r\n\r\nFor tickets, call 508-240-2400 or purchase online at gdcchoir.org. | |
| [Map] 107234 | |
An American in Paris – spectacular music for organ and brass
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - $15 Students, 12 and under free Performing: James Kennerley, Kotzschmar Festival Brass |
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| Details: Join James Kennerley, Portland’s Eleventh Municipal Organist, for his second concert on the mighty Kotzschmar. James is joined by brass and percussion players from the Portland Symphony Orchestra for this special concert, featuring music from the great cathedrals of France, the American silver screen, and even a medieval battleground!
You’ll hear a dramatic symphony by French virtuoso organist and composer Alexandre Guilmant, and a piece by Lefébure-Wely that has been described as “circus music!” We’ll revel in new transcriptions of piano works by Claude Debussy (including the celebrated Clair de Lune) that James has crafted specifically to take advantage of the myriad of orchestral sounds of the Kotzschmar.
Join us for a pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM in the Rehearsal Hall of Merrill Auditorium.
Tickets available through the PortTIX box office, porttix.com, 207-842-0800. | |
| Works by John Dunstable, Alexandre Guilmant, Louis–James–Alfred Lefébure–Wély, Claude Debussy, George Gershwin Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107239 | |
World-Renowned Recitalist on the Great Organ
| Methuen Memorial Music Hall, 192 Broadway (Route 28) Cost: Tickets: Gen: $12.00; Sr/Stu: $12.00 Performing: Colin Lynch |
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| Details: Colin Lynch performs on the 1863 Great Organ, the first concert organ in the United States. | |
| Works by Widor, Wright, Gammes, Parry and Durufle Contact: (978) 609-2232 OrganInfo: http://www.mmmh.org [Map] 107300 | |
Master class
| First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street Cost: Free Performing: Christa Rakich, Christian Lane, and Martin Schmeding |
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| Details: As the opening event of the Boston Bach International Organ Competition, jury members Christian Lane, Christa Rakich, and Martin Schmeding will offer a master class at First Lutheran Church. | |
| Bio: www.bbioc.org Contact: Cheryl Ryder or Jonathan Wessler [Map] 107254 | |
St. John's Community Block Party
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Hartford Steel Band, Jeff Verney & Steve Metcalfe Folk, The Alternate Facts, Celtic Music |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
ALL are invited to our 3rd annual Community Block Party at St. John’s Episcopal Church, on Sunday, September 9 from noon to 3 p.m., following an outdoor Sunday Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. Bring a picnic or buy lunch here: hot dogs, pizza, and ice cream. Enjoy live music by local bands (The Hartford Steel Band (11:45), Beatles Covers with Jeff Verney & Steve Metcalf Folk, Rock, & Americana with The Alternate Facts, and Celtic Music with Norb Spencer & Friends), along with a bounce house and other fun activities for kids, tours of St. John’s historic building, and more. Free admission, rain or shine. Everyone is welcome! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107267 | |
Worcester AGO Chapter Evening Prayer and Installation
| All Saints Episcopal Church, 10 Irving Street Cost: Free Performing: Graeme McCullough, Sean Redrow, St. John's Schola Cantorum |
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| Details: An ecumenical service of evening prayer with choral music offered by the St. John's Schola Cantorum (Sean Redrow, conducting) and organ works offered by host Graeme McCullough, Organist and Director of Music at All Saints Episcopal Church begins our chapter season. The installation of chapter officers will be included in the service, led by Chaplain Richard Jones. A festive wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres reception follows the service. All are welcome. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/195104891355896/ Contact: Mark Mummert [Map] 107322 | |
Bernstein Dancing Estonian Folk
| Old South Church (Sanctuary), 645 Boylston St. (Copley Square) Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $16; Sr/Stu: $8Students - Tickets at door only. Performing: Freisinger Chamber Orchestra |
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| Details: Featuring pianist Bianca Oglice and singers Hailey Fuqua and Ethan Bremner, the FCO, in its 11th season, performs works by Beethoven, Mozart, Bernstein, Donizetti, and Estonian Eduard Tubin!
Dear Organist Friends and Organ-loving Colleagues,
The program includes Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, “Linz,” Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Bernstein duets from West Side Story and Candide, Donizetti “L’elisir d’amore” duet, and Eduard Tubin’s Estonian Dance Suite (1938), a short piece full of color and character .The Freisinger Chamber Orchestra presents only one concert per season, featuring an orchestra of young and emerging professionals who perform at a very high level. Many audience members return frequently, highly impressed by the enthusiasm and musicality of the group. Our established Boston-based soloists are very fine. Suggested admission: $16/$8 students. Organists may pay whatever they'd like. Old South Church offers 850 seats, so please spread the word, and c | |
| Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Bernstein, Donizetti, Eduard Tubin Bio: http://FreisingerChamberOrchestra.org Contact: Peter: 917-405-8580 [Map] 107245 | |
Bernstein Dancing Estonian Folk
| Old South Church (Sanctuary), 645 Boylston St. (Copley Square) Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $16; Sr/Stu: $8Students - Tickets at door only. Performing: Freisinger Chamber Orchestra |
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| Details: Featuring pianist Bianca Oglice and singers Hailey Fuqua and Ethan Bremner, the FCO, in its 11th season, performs works by Beethoven, Mozart, Bernstein, Donizetti, and Estonian Eduard Tubin!\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nDear Organist Friends and Organ-loving Colleagues,\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nThe program includes Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, “Linz,” Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Bernstein duets from West Side Story and Candide, Donizetti “L’elisir” duet, and Eduard Tubin’s Estonian Dances (1938), a short piece full of color and character. The FCO presents only one concert per season, featuring an orchestra of young and emerging professionals who perform at a very high level. Many audience members return frequently, highly impressed by the enthusiasm and musicality of the group. Our established Boston-based soloists are very fine. Suggested admission: $16/$8 students. Organists may pay whatever. Old South=850 seats; please spread the word; welcome! PeterFreisinger.c | |
| Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Bernstein, Donizetti, Eduard Tubin Bio: Contact: Peter: 917-405-8580 [Map] 107249 | |
Bernstein Dancing Estonian Folk
| Old South Church (Sanctuary), 645 Boylston St. (Copley Square) Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $16; Sr/Stu: $8Students - Tickets at door only. Performing: Freisinger Chamber Orchestra |
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| Details: Featuring pianist Bianca Oglice and singers Hailey Fuqua and Ethan Bremner, the FCO, in its 11th season, performs works by Beethoven, Mozart, Bernstein, Donizetti, and Estonian Eduard Tubin!
Dear Organist Friends and Organ-loving Colleagues, The program includes Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, “Linz,” Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Bernstein duets from West Side Story and Candide, Donizetti “L’elisir” duet, and Eduard Tubin’s Estonian Dances (1938), a short piece full of color and character. The FCO presents only one concert per season, featuring an orchestra of young and emerging professionals who perform at a very high level. Many audience members return frequently, highly impressed by the enthusiasm and musicality of the group. Our established Boston-based soloists are very fine. Suggested admission: $16/$8 students. Organists may pay whatever. Old South=850 seats; please spread the word; welcome! PeterFreisinger.com | |
| Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Bernstein, Donizetti, Eduard Tubin Bio: Contact: Peter: 917-405-8580 [Map] 107251 | |
Joshua Stafford, Organist
| Church of Christ, Congregational, 1075 Main Street, Newington, Connecticut Cost: Free Performing: Joshua Stafford |
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| Details: First Prize winner of the Longwood Gardens Organ Competition.
"Technically flawless, yet exceptionally nuanced playing." | |
| OrganInfo: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=53054 [Map]  107241 | |
Choral Evensong
| 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, 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 September 23 at 5:00, featuring music by the St. John’s Youth and Adult Choirs; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster.
Responses: Radcliffe
Canticles: Dyson in D
Anthems by Peter Niedmann: A prayer of St. Richard of Chichester, Only for these I pray
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? E | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107313 | |
Choral Evensong
| 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, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on September 23 at 5:00, featuring music by the St. John’s Youth and Adult Choirs; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster.
Responses: Radcliffe
Canticles: Dyson in D
Anthems by Peter Niedmann: A prayer of St. Richard of Chichester, Only for these I pray
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? Eve | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107263 | |
Jean-Willy Kunz Jazz Quintet
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20-60; Sr/Stu: $ - Reserved Seating Performing: Jean-Willy Kunz |
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| Details: "Impressions:" an evening of jazz featuring organist Jean-Willy Kunz on the Kotzschmar Organ and his jazz quintet.
The organ is often associated with the church, with an austere and codified musical repertoire, and with an audience from another era. Over the course of centuries, from the Middle Ages to the present, it has sometimes been a simple bystander in the history of music, but at others a key agent developing musical style. Now, in today’s era of cultural convergence and artistic crossbreeding, Impressions presents the organ in an atypical role as, accompanied by instruments with which it rarely associates, it embarks on a musical journey in search of original repertoire.
Jean-Willy Kunz is the first organist in residence of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. In addition to playing both with the orchestra and in recital, he sees to the development and showcasing of the OSM's Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique installed at Maison symphonique de Montréal.
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| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/458918714540437 Bio: OrganInfo: [Map]  107317 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue, 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] 107269 | |
Organ PLUS!
| Trinity Episcopal Church, 220 Prospect St. Cost: Suggested Donation: Gen: $10; Sr/Stu: $ Performing: Christa Rakich, Robert Blake, Wendy Rolfe, Eleanor Hilly Blake |
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| Details: Music for Organ Plus, featuring Robert Blake and Christa Rakich, organ, Eleanor Hilly Blake, cello, and Wendy Rolfe, flute. Program includes a transcription of Cécile Chaminade's Concertino for Flute & Orchestra, Opus 107, as well as Vivaldi works for Organ & Cello. | |
| Works by Vivaldi, Handel, Cécile Chaminade, Nadia Boulanger, & Antonín Dvořák Bio: www.christarakich.com [Map] 107321 | |
Jackson Borges on the Aeolian-Skinner Opus 998
| Trinity Episcopal Church, 26 White Street Cost: Free Performing: Jackson Borges |
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| Details: Trinity Episcopal Church is pleased to announce an organ recital on its Aeolian-Skinner organ provided by Jackson Borges. Mr. Borges is a very active recitalist throughout the US. (www.jacksonborges.com/html) Please visit the church website for history and description of Opus 998 designed by G.Donald Harrison(www.trinityhaverhill.org/mission/music-at-trinity/aeolian-skinner-organ) | |
| Bio: OrganInfo: [Map] 107253 | |
Music at Trinity: Harmonie Transverse Flute Ensemble
| Trinity Lutheran Churhc, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Harmonie Transverse Flute Ensemble / Jay V. Kast-Tuttle, Director |
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| Details: Harmonie Transverse Flute Ensemble plays a concert program of diverse works for flute choir. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/MusicatTrinityWorc/ Contact: Mark Mummert [Map]  107255 | |
Worcester AGO and Arts MetroWest present Damin Spritzer at Trinity's Noack Opus 40
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Damin Spritzer, Organist |
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| Details: International performing artist Damin Spritzer plays a concert of diverse organ works. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/210382222995416/ Bio: https://www.daminspritzer.com/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107256 | |
Jazz at the Red Door: The Nat Reeves Quintet
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: The Nat Reeves Quintet |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. An afternoon of incredible jazz! Join us on Sunday, October 14 at 3pm, in the marvelous acoustics of St. John’s Church, for a foot-tapping delight. During the past 30 years, Nat Reeves has been one of the top bassists in jazz. His supportive and stimulating playing has uplifted a countless number of sessions and recording dates (most notably with the great altoists Jackie McLean and Kenny Garrett). Both as a performer and an educator, he has made a strong impact on the jazz world. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107272 | |
Nathan Laube in Concert at the Church of the Transfiguration
| Church of the Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr. Cost: Tickets: Gen: $35; Sr/Stu: $30 - free for students and 18 and under Performing: Nathan Laube |
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| Details: Hear world-renowned Nathan Laube in Concert at the Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA
Sunday, October 14 at 3:30PM
Nathan Laube, world-renowned concert organist, Grammy award-winning artist, and Assistant Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music, will perform on the “overwhelmingly breathtaking” E.M. Skinner Organ at the Church of the Transfiguration, Cape Cod, MA on Sunday, October 14 at 3:30pm. One of the organ world's elite performers, Nathan Laube is known for his brilliant playing, gracious demeanor and has thrilled audiences across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Tickets: 508-240-2400
churchofthetransfiguration.org
$35; $30 for seniors; free for students and 18 & under | |
| Bio: http://www.nathanlaube.com/index.php?p=bio [Map] 107314 | |
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 http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Pipescreams! is Friday, October 26, 7:30 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: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107274 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Schola; Scott Damlein, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on October 28 at 5:00, with music by the St. John’s Schola; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster.
What is Choral Evensong? “Evensong … is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress — a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead.”
Why celebrate Evensong? Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that is especially selected to bring us into | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107275 | |
Halloween Silent Film Night Nosferatu
| 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: James Kennerley will provide a thrilling improvised soundtrack to the classic 1922 horror film Nosferatu.
The Film: German Expressionist film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Released in 1922 as the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula (with names changed due to studio copyright issues), Nosferatu is as haunting as they come and is still recognized today as one of the most chilling vampire films of all time.
In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta A Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his home. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/164300057574974/ Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/nosferatu/ Contact: porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/stop-list/ [Map]  107318 | |
Music at Trinity: Durufle Requiem
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Trinity Choir, St. John's Schola Cantorum, Sean Redrow, Organist, Jane Shivick, Soprano, Mark Mummert, conductor |
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| Details: On All Saints' Day, the Trinity Choir and St. John's Schola Cantorum present Maurice Durufle's Requiem with Jane Shivick, Soprano, Sean Redrow, Organist, conducted by Cantor Mark Mummert | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/192292428293546/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107257 | |
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
| 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, Choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, Organist |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
An amazing start to the Advent season – arrive early to get a good seat! In the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge, prepare your soul for the Christmas miracle with carols for choir and organ. This event is a long-standing tradition at St. John’s – a “must” to center your soul during the Advent season. Sunday, December 9 at 3:00pm.
The St. John’s Adult and Youth Choirs; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, organist | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107276 | |
Music at Trinity: Advent Lessons and Carols
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Trinity Choir and Cantor Mark Mummert, organist and conductor |
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| Details: The Annual Advent Lessons and Carols on the First Sunday of Advent includes scripture readings (lessons) and hymns and choral works (carols) for the season, with prayers and the lighting of the Advent wreath. All are welcome to this service of Christian worship. A free-will offering will be received to benefit the Music at Trinity series. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/1182940841848193/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107258 | |
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Youth and Adult Choirs; Scott Lamlein, Choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, Organist |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
An amazing start to the Advent season – arrive early to get a good seat! In the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge, prepare your soul for the Christmas miracle with carols for choir and organ. This event is a long-standing tradition at St. John’s – a “must” to center your soul during the Advent season. Sunday, December 9 at 3:00pm.
The St. John’s Adult and Youth Choirs; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster; Floyd Higgins, organist | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107296 | |
Christmas with Kennerley
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $27-50; Sr/Stu: $ - Reserved seating, 12 and under free Performing: James Kennerley, ChoralArt Singers, Kotzschmar Festival Brass |
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| Details: James Kennerley continues the beloved tradition of a holiday concert on the Kotzschmar Organ. He will explore a variety of holiday favorites, both traditional and contemporary, and will be joined by the Kotzschmar Festival Brass and ChoralArt Singers. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/383889985448569/ Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/christmas/ Contact: porttix,com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/stop-list/ [Map]  107319 | |
Pipes Alive! - Diana Chou, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Diana Chou |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Diana Chou playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, January 6 at 12:30 p.m. Diana is a Yale Graduate Student and Organ Scholar, St. Paul’s-on-the-Green, Norwalk.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107277 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: New World Trio |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
For more than three decades, the New World Trio has brought the excitement and intimacy of chamber music to live audiences throughout New England. Founded in 1985 by violinist Anhared Stowe, New World provides a unique experience for music lovers with its mix of both standard repertoire and contemporary works. With each performance, New World brings new vitality to established masterworks; these are paired with contemporary pieces, with each complementing the other in depth and beauty. “…New World has been (Hartford’s) one reliable source of chamber music since its founding…” says the Hartford Courant | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107278 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Youth Choir; Scott Lamlein, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on January 27 at 5:00, with music by the St. John’s Youth Choir; Scott Lamlein, choirmaster.
What is Choral Evensong? “Evensong … is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress — a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead.”
Why celebrate Evensong? Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that is especially selected to bring | |
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Pipes Alive! - Kyle Swann, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Kyle Swann, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Kyle Swann playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, February 3 at 12:30 p.m. Kyle is organist and choirmaster at Grace Episcopal Church, Hartford.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107280 | |
Handel's Messiah: American Baroque Orchestra and Singers
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: American Baroque Orchestra and Singers |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Full of famous choruses – such as the great Hallelujah – and based on Italian folk songs and carols, Handel’s Messiah tells a story of wonder and triumph. Experience this timeless masterwork in its earliest version, as conceived by artistic director Mark Bailey, on Saturday, February 9th at 7:30pm. Snow date: February 16th, 7:30pm | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107287 | |
Choral Evensong
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Choir School of Hartford and Trinity Church Choir; Jackson Merrill, Choirmaster |
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| Details: All events are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The ancient and beautiful service of Choral Evensong is presented on the last Sunday of selected months at St. John’s. Join us on February 24 at 5:00, with music by the Choir School of Hartford, and the Trinity Church Choir; Jackson Merrill, choirmaster.
What is Choral Evensong? “Evensong … is a very tiny fragment of something else: it is a fragment of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress — a conversation between God and people which began long before you were born and will go on long after you are dead.”
Why celebrate Evensong? Evensong offers to us the opportunity to gather and spend time in prayer while listening and participating in music that i | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107303 | |
Pipes Alive! - Nathan Lively, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Nathan Lively, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Nathan Lively playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. Nathan is organist and choirmaster at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington Depot.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107304 | |
Music at Trinity: Jonathan Dimmock, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Jonathan Dimmock |
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| Details: San Francisco's Jonathan Dimmock plays an organ recital of diverse works to kick-off the 50th anniversary celebration of the installation of the Noack Organ Company's Opus 40 tracker organ. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to benefit the Music at Trinity series. a birthday reception and a chance to greet the artist will follow the concert in Jeppson Hall. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/1078256055662485/ Bio: https://www.jonathandimmock.com/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107259 | |
Celtic Fire: CitySingers of Hartford
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: CitySingers of Hartford; Suzanne Gates, Artistic Director |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. The sacred Celtic tradition is a flame that ignites the imagination with captivating melodies and entrancing poetry. CitySingers of Hartford will explore this tradition and trace its evolution from ancient roots in concert on Saturday, March 9 at 4pm. Our musical journey will inspire our listeners with verse that reflects the Celtic spirit, and musical expression in chant, beautiful folk melodies and compositions by celebrated composers such as Turlough O’Carolan, Sean O’Riada, and Michael McGlynn. CitySingers will be joined by Celtic musicians known throughout our region, who will add traditional color and style to the music with Irish harp, wooden flute, fiddle, mandolin, concertina, bodhran and double bass, along with pipe organ and highland pipes. Suzanne Gates, artistic director. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107305 | |
Peter Niedmann, Organist
| Church of Christ, Congregational, 1075 Main Street, Newington, Connecticut Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Peter Niedmann, Organist |
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| Details: Peter Niedmann, prize winner AGO National Improvisation Competition. Music of Bach, Vierne, Wammes, and more. | |
| Works by Bach, Vierne, Wammes, more Bio: http://www.peterniedmann.com/bio/ Contact: 860-666-4689 OrganInfo: https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=53054 [Map] 107242 | |
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Traveller
| First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20-70; Sr/Stu: $15-65 Performing: Benjamin Alard |
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| Details: A fast-rising star on the international stage, Benjamin Alard has been hailed for his “intellectual mastery” (The Globe and Mail) in his performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music. Join him in his BEMF concert series début in a journey through the great master’s music for harpsichord and organ. Before settling in Leipzig, Bach spent much of his early life traveling across Germany, gaining fame for his virtuosic keyboard playing. Bach immersed himself in the local German styles but just as eagerly exposed himself to music from Italy, France, and England. Experience the vivid contrasts of a youthful Bach’s intense keyboard writing, at turns electrifying and serene, as he explored (and often tried to surpass) these diverse influences. Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm. http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/18-19/alard.htm | |
| Works by J.S. Bach Contact: 617-661-1812 OrganInfo: https://flc-bostonmusic.org/flc-pipe-organ [Map]  107316 | |
Bach Birthday Bash on Kotzschmar Organ
| Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St Cost: Tickets: Gen: $20; Sr/Stu: $18 - Students $15, 12 and under free Performing: James Kennerley |
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| Details: Portland’s Municipal Organist, James Kennerley performs Bach on the Kotzschmar Organ!
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685. Come and join us as we celebrate the musical legacy of this prolific composer who has created some truly spectacular music, especially for the pipe organ. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/170897860242169/ Bio: http://www.foko.org/events/bach/ Contact: porttix.com OrganInfo: http://www.foko.org/stop-list/ [Map]  107320 | |
Choral Music for the Soul: Durufle Requiem
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: St. John's Choir; Scott Lamlein, Choirmaster; Larry Allen, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
The Duruflé Requiem has firmly obtained its place in the choral canon after that of Gabriel Fauré, which was performed as part of this series last season. The composer based his work on the Gregorian chants for the Mass of the Dead. It is truly a quintessential reflection of early 20th century Parisian liturgical musical culture. The St. John’s 40-voice choir of children and adults joins forces with Hartford’s favorite organist, Larry Allen, along with trumpet and timpani, in this sublime performance, on Sunday, March 24 at 3pm. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107306 | |
New World Trio: Ensemble-in-Residence at the Red Door
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: New World Trio |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. For more than three decades, the New World Trio has brought the excitement and intimacy of chamber music to live audiences throughout New England. Founded in 1985 by violinist Anhared Stowe, New World provides a unique experience for music lovers with its mix of both standard repertoire and contemporary works. With each performance, New World brings new vitality to established masterworks; these are paired with contemporary pieces, with each complementing the other in depth and beauty. “…New World has been (Hartford’s) one reliable source of chamber music since its founding…” says the Hartford Courant. | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107307 | |
Music at Trinity: Sean Redrow, Organist
| Trinity Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street Cost: Free Will Offering Performing: Sean Redrow |
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| Details: Worcester's own Sean Redrow presents an organ recital of diverse works to conclude the month long 50th anniversary celebration of the installation of the Noack Organ Company's Opus 40. All are welcome. A free-will donation will be received to benefit the Music at Trinity series. A reception to greet the artist will follow the concert in Jeppson Hall. | |
| Works by https://www.facebook.com/events/1801351513265866/ Bio: http://trinityworc.org/music-at-trinity/ Contact: Mark Mummert OrganInfo: http://trinityworc.org/welcome/history/pipe-organs/ [Map]  107260 | |
Pipes Alive! - Scott Lamlein, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Scott Lamlein, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org. Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Scott Lamlein playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, April 7 at 12:30 p.m. Scott is Director of Music and Organist at St. John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, and Artistic Director of its Music at the Red Door concert series.
Join us for half-hour organ concerts featuring St. John’s magnificent Austin pipe organ, on the first Sunday of the month, January through June, 12:30 p.m. with regional organists. Free! | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107308 | |
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 | |
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. | |
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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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Pipes Alive! - Christa Rakich, Organist
| Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church, 679 Farmington Avenue Cost: Free Performing: Christa Rakich, Organist |
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| Details: All concerts are free admission, with a suggested donation. For full details, visit http://www.reddoormusic.org.
Back by popular demand, the Pipes Alive! series continues with Christa Rakich playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, June 2 at 12:30 p.m.
Christa Rakich, Organ Artist-in-Residence at St. John’s, West Hartford, recently retired from a position as Music Director at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in West Hartford. She lives in Bloomfield and maintains an active career as a performer and recording artist. She has served on the faculties of Westminster Choir College, Brandeis University, New England Conservatory, and the University of Connecticut, and as Assistant University Organist at Harvard. Previous Artist-in-Residencies have included the University of Pennsylvania and First Lutheran Church in Boston.
As a Fulbright Scholar, Christa studied for two years with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienn | |
| Contact: music@sjparish.net [Map]  107312 | |
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