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EVENTS CALENDAR

Sunday, February 7

3:00 pm

Heinrich Christensen, organ.
St Joseph Memorial Chapel,
College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester MA.
508-792-2296 h

4:00 pm

Christ Church Evensong Choir
(Forster, dir/org): Choral Evensong:
Widor, Rutter, Lehman, Wood,
Bairstow, Dupré.
Christ Church,
Zero Garden St, Cambridge.
617-876-0200 Donation h

4:00 pm

Choir of Men & Boys (Gray, dir/org;
Wood, org): Solemn Evensong &
Benediction for the Feast of the
Presentation of Christ in the Temple:
Stanford, Smith, Lindley.
Parish of All Saints,
209 Ashmont St, Dorchester MA.
617-436-3520 Free h

4:00 pm

Schola Cantorum (Jodry, dir):
des Pres Missa Gaudeamus;
Gombert, Obrecht, Ockeghem.
St Paul's Church,
St Paul St, Brookline MA.
401-274-5073 $20/15/10

Tuesday, February 9

12:15 pm

Ensemble Florilège
(Sponseller, dir/org):
Couperin, Grandi, Carissimi.
King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston.
617-227-2155 Donation $3 h

Thursday, February 11

12:15 pm

William Parks, organ:
Fünfzehn Minuten für Gott
(Fifteen Minutes for God):
Bach Fugue in G Major, others.
Tremont Temple Baptist Church,
88 Tremont St, Boston.
617-523-7320 Free

12:30 pm

Casey Hannan, piano:
Goddard Chapel, Tufts University,
Medford MA.
617-627-3427 Free h

Friday, February 12

12:15 pm

Woo-sug Ken, organ.
Trinity Church, Copley Sq, Boston.
617-536-0944 Donation $5 h

7:00 pm

SE Mass Chapter AGO
Duet night: Organ & piano.
Christ Congregational Church,
1350 Pleasant St, Brockton MA.
508-238-6081 Free h
smhill42ne@earthlink.net to perform

Saturday, February 13

8:00 pm

Heart's Ease:
"Cantatas, Sonatas, & Moral Tales":
Telemann, Handel, Weiss, Beyer,
Baron, CPE Bach.
Lindsay Chapel,
First Church Congregational,
Mason & Garden Sts, Cambridge.
617-776-0692 $22/17

Sunday, February 14

2:00 pm

Organ Birthday Concert:
6 Boston organists, organ.
Cathedral of the Holy Cross,
1400 Washington Ave, Boston.
617-542-5682 Free h

3:00 pm

Heart's Ease:
"Cantatas, Sonatas & Moral Tales":
Telemann, Handel, Weiss, Beyer,
Baron, CPE Bach.
Somerville Museum,
Central St at Westwood Rd,
Somerville MA.
617-666-9810 $17/12

Tuesday, February 16

12:15 pm

Noesis: Copland Four Motets,
Britten AMDG.
King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston.
617-227-2155 Donation $3 h

Wednesday, February 17

12 Noon

Gloriae Dei Artes Organists:
meditation for Lent: J.S. Bach, Brahms, Near
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
508-240-2400
$25.00, $20 seniors, 18 and under FREE

Thursday, February 18

12:15 pm

William Parks, organ:
Fünfzehn Minuten für Gott
(Fifteen Minutes for God): Bach
Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, others.
Tremont Temple Baptist Church,
88 Tremont St, Boston.
617-523-7320 Free

Friday, February 19

12:15 pm

Bálint Karosi, organ.
Trinity Church, Copley Sq, Boston.
617-536-0944 Donation $5 h

7:30 pm

Yuko Hayashi Masterclass.
Old West Church,
131 Cambridge St, Boston.
617-566-8203

Saturday, February 20

7:30 pm

Boston Harmony World Music Choir (Cuyler & Gordon, dirs):
Music from South Africa, Georgia,
Bulgaria, Corsica; Lotti Mass;
American shape-note & gospel.
First Church Congregational,
11 Garden St, Cambridge.
978-371-7317 $12/8

Sunday, February 21

3:00 pm

Hendrik Broekman, harpsichord.
First Church Boston,
66 Marlborough St, Boston.
617-267-6730 $15/10 h

3:30 pm

Boston Harmony World Music Choir.
See Saturday, February 20 at 7:30 pm.
Grace Episcopal Church
on the Green, Amherst MA.

4:00 pm

Roxanne Layton, recorder;
Andrew Paul Holman, harpsichord:
Bach, Pinkham.
Harvard-Epworth Church,
1555 Mass Ave, Cambridge.
617-354-0837 Donation h

5:00 pm

Donald Meineke, organ.
Reception follows.
All Saints Church, 10 Irving St,
Worcester MA.
508-752-3766 Donation

5:30 pm

Exsultemus: LEIPZIG:
Schelle, Kuhnau, Bach.
First Lutheran Church of Boston.
299 Berkeley St, Boston.
857-998-0219 $15,25,35 -$5 sts, srs

7:00 pm

Andrew Scanlon, organ:
Bach, Langlais, Messiaen, Wills.
Maple Street Church,
90 Maple St, Danvers MA.
978-774-4510 $8 h

Tuesday, February 23

12:15 pm

Heinrich Christensen, organ:
Bach Clavierübung, dritter Teil
King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston.
617-227-2155 Donation $3 h

Wednesday, February 24

12:15 pm

Richard Hill, organ:
Handel, Parry, Bridge.
Unity Church, 13 Main St,
North Easton MA.
508-238-6081 Free h

Thursday, February 25

12:15 pm

William Parks, organ:
Fünfzehn Minuten für Gott
(Fifteen Minutes for God): Widor Intermezzo from Symphony #6, others.
Tremont Temple Baptist Church,
88 Tremont St, Boston.
617-523-7320 Free

12:30 pm

Tanya Bartevyan, piano:
Goddard Chapel, Tufts University,
Medford MA.
617-627-3427 Free h

Friday, February 26

12:15 pm

Harry Huff, organ.
Trinity Church, Copley Sq, Boston.
617-536-0944 Donation $5 h

8:00 pm

Andrew Shenton, organ;
Mount Holyoke Chamber Choir
(Felipe, dir): Messiaen, Caplet, Karg-Elert, others.
Cathedral of the Holy Cross,
1400 Washington St, Boston.
617-542-5682 Free

Saturday, February 27

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Merrimack Valley AGO Twelfth
Annual Mini-Convention:
4 workshops, catered lunch,
flea market, more.
First Calvary Baptist Church,
Near I-93 & I-495,
North Andover MA.
owenbar@juno.com

7:30 pm

Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord.
Hawes Room at Trinity Church,
One Queen Anne Sq, Newport RI.
401-855-3096 $25; $22.50 online, sts, sts, mil; $10 ages 6-18
www.newportbaroque.org h

Sunday, February 28

3:00 pm

Jens Korndörfer, organ: Bach, Reger, Ives, Albright, Buck, Foote.
St Thomas Aquinas Church,
97 South St, Jamaica Plain MA.
617-739-1340 Donation h

3:00 pm

Renea Waligora, organ.
St Anthony's Church,
1359 Acushnet Ave,
New Bedford MA.
508-238-6081 Donation

3:30 pm

Jérôme Mouffe, guitar;
Benjamin Smolen, flute.
Meetinghouse of the First
Universalist Society of Franklin,
262 Chestnut St, Franklin MA.
508-520-9238 $15/10 srs, youth
(13-19)/$5 music sts, <12 Free
Subscription -25%

4:00 pm

Robert Squires, classical guitar:
"From Bach to the Beatles":
Callahan, others.
St John's Episcopal Church,
48 Middle St, Gloucester MA. 978-283-1708 $15/10 h

4:00 pm

Brian Jones, organ: Bach, Schumann, Reinken, Vierne, others.
First Church in Belmont UU,
404 Concord Ave, Belmont MA.
617-484-1054 Donation h

4:30 pm

Robert Richter, organ: Prelude Recital: Bach, Alain, Vierne.
5:00 pm Solemn Evensong
& Benediction,
Choir of Men & Boys from the Church of All Saints, Albany NY
(Bynum, dir; Richter, org):
Church of the Advent,
30 Brimmer St, Boston.
617-523-2377 x41 Donation h

5:00 pm

Choir of the Church of the Advent (Dwyer, dir): Choral Evensong.
Preceded by Tea at 4:00 pm, $5.
All Saints Church, 10 Irving St,
Worcester MA.
508-752-3766 Donation

5:00 pm

Heinrich Christensen, organ.
Quartet from King's Chapel Choir:
Bach Clavierübung, dritter Teil
The quartet will sing the chorales
on which the preludes are based.
King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston.
617-227-2155 Don. $15/10 h

Tuesday, March 2

7:30 pm

Christa Rakich, organ.
12:15 pm Master Class.
Memorial Church,
One Harvard Yard, Cambridge.
617-495-5508 Free

Friday, March 5

12:15 pm

Steve Patchel, organ.
Trinity Church, Copley Sq, Boston.
617-536-0944 Donation $5 h

7:30 pm

Dana Robinson, organ: Bach,
Widor 6 paraphrases of Bach,
Franck Grand Pièce Symphonique.
St Andrew's Episcopal Church,
79 Denton Rd, Wellesley MA.
781-235-7310 $20/10/5 h

Sunday, March 7

4:00 pm

Christ Church Evensong Choir
(Forster, dir/org): Choral Evensong:
Howells, Gibbons, Smith,
Vaughan Williams. Christ Church,
Zero Garden St, Cambridge.
617-876-0200 Donation h

5:00 pm

Henry Hokans, organ.
Reception follows.
All Saints Church, 10 Irving St,
Worcester MA.
508-752-3766 Donation

Thursday, March 11

12:30 pm

Barbara Owen, organ:
Goddard Chapel, Tufts University,
Medford MA.
617-627-3427 Free h

Friday, March 12

12:15 pm

Ray Nagem, organ.
Trinity Church, Copley Sq, Boston.
617-536-0944 Donation $5 h

Sunday, March 14

3:00 pm

Masterworks Chorale
(Karidoyanes, cond):
Verdi Requiem.
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge.
MasterworksChorale.org $42,30,20

4:30 pm

Choirs of All Saints, Worcester;
Cathedral of All Saints, Albany NY;
St Paul's Church, Fairfield CT
(Hancock, cond; Berton, org):
Parry, Berton, Hancock, Sowerby;
Hancock improvisation.
All Saints Church, 10 Irving St,
Worcester MA. WooCard discount.
508-752-3766 $12/10, pref $25

5:30 pm

Exsultemus: DRESDEN:
Heinichen, Zelenka, Schütz.
First Lutheran Church of Boston.
299 Berkeley St, Boston.
857-998-0219 $15,25,35 -$5 sts, srs

Friday, March 19

12:15 pm

Amanda Mole, organ.
Trinity Church, Copley Sq, Boston.
617-536-0944 Donation $5 h

Sunday, March 21

3:00 pm

Chamber Opera - Delvyn Case:
The Prioress's Tale.
Christ Congregational,
1350 Pleasant St, Brockton MA.
508-586-3022 $10/5 h

3:00 pm

James David Christie, organ.
St Joseph Memorial Chapel,
College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester MA.
508-792-2296 h

3:00 pm

Seraphim Singers (Lester, dir):
Music in the New World from the
Baroque to the Present:
Zumaya, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera.
Mission Church,
1545 Tremont St, Boston.
617-926-0126 Don. $20/10 h

5:00 pm

Gretchen Longwell &
David Garth Worth, organ.
Reception follows.
All Saints Church, 10 Irving St,
Worcester MA.
508-752-3766 Donation





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