Auditions

Auditions are open for Assabet Valley Mastersingers. See the auditions page for more information.

May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Tipping Point. Reena Esmail: Tipping Point for chorus and tabla; works of Texu Kim, Kenneth Tay and others celebrating the rich and varied traditions of Asian and Asian-American choral music. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

March 1, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Stories in Song. Interactive music-making for kids of all ages and their families, in collaboration with members of the Boston City Singers, and featuring a newly commissioned piece by Ashi Day. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2024 (Sunday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Comfort & Joy. Finding joy and solace in the face of life's challenges with music of Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Isabella Leonarda, Salamone Rossi and others. Eduardo Betancourt, harp. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 6, 2024 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Comfort & Joy. Finding joy and solace in the face of life's challenges with music of Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Isabella Leonarda, Salamone Rossi and others. Eduardo Betancourt, harp. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

June 1, 2024 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Boston Cecilia "History Walk". A 90-minute guided walk at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery through Boston’s music history, starting in the late 19th century, a time when Cecilia played an important role in Boston's emergence as an American center for classical music. The walk visits the gravesite of B.J. Lang, Cecilia’s first music director, along with other historic figures, including BSO founder Henry Lee Higginson, two of the “Boston Six” - Arthur Foote and George W. Chadwick — as well as Margret Ruthven Lang, the first American woman to have a piece performed by a major orchestra, and Mabel Wheeler Daniel, a conductor, composer, and educator. Marylène Altieri, Boston Cecilia alto, will be your tour guide. Space is limited! Rain date: Sunday, June 2. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

10:00 AM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Boston Cecilia "History Walk". A 90-minute guided walk at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery through Boston’s music history, starting in the late 19th century, a time when Cecilia played an important role in Boston's emergence as an American center for classical music. The walk visits the gravesite of B.J. Lang, Cecilia’s first music director, along with other historic figures, including BSO founder Henry Lee Higginson, two of the “Boston Six” - Arthur Foote and George W. Chadwick — as well as Margret Ruthven Lang, the first American woman to have a piece performed by a major orchestra, and Mabel Wheeler Daniel, a conductor, composer, and educator. Marylène Altieri, Boston Cecilia alto, will be your tour guide. Space is limited! Rain date: Sunday, June 2. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem, Robert Levin completion. Michael Barrett, conductor (Lowell); Orlando Cela, conductor (Brookline). With the Lowell Chamber Orchestra. For more information, email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

May 4, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem, Robert Levin completion. Michael Barrett, conductor (Lowell); Orlando Cela, conductor (Brookline). With the Lowell Chamber Orchestra. For more information, email info@bostoncecilia.org. Academic Arts Center, Middlesex Community College, 240 Central Street, Lowell MA 01852 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Les Bonnes Chansons. Music of the French cultural diaspora with works by French composers Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel and Camille Saint-Saëns, Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume, Quebecois composer Lionel Dauner, and more! Michael Barrett, conductor. For more information, email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2023 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Bach Illuminated. The J.S. Bach motet Jesu, Meine Freude, will be at the center of a concert presenting the music of composers who influenced Bach and those who were powerfully influenced by him. Those composers include Palestrina, Sweelinck, J.M. Bach, J.C. Bach, Buxtehude, Brahms, both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Nystedt, Hailstork and Robles. Michael Barrett, conductor. Pre-concert talk by Michael Barrett at 2:30 on Dec. 10. That concert is available for live streaming and will be available online through December 30. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2023 (Friday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Bach Illuminated. The J.S. Bach motet Jesu, Meine Freude, will be at the center of a concert presenting the music of composers who influenced Bach and those who were powerfully influenced by him. Those composers include Palestrina, Sweelinck, J.M. Bach, J.C. Bach, Buxtehude, Brahms, both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Nystedt, Hailstork and Robles. Michael Barrett, conductor. Pre-concert talk by Michael Barrett at 2:30 on Dec. 10. That concert is available for live streaming and will be available online through December 30. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

November 19, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Prophecy. During his time here, Antonin Dvořák forecast that the US would produce a classical music tradition that was truly its own. This concert explores the complex history of how that prophecy came to be heeded by some and shunned by others. Works by Dvorak and his mentor Brahms form the backdrop, followed by music from Black and white composers, including Amy Beach, Aaron Copland, Nathaniel Dett, Charles Ives, Rosephayne Powell, Zanaida Robles, George Walker, and others. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. St. John's Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St, Beverly Farms MA 01915 ⓘ 🔗

May 13, 2023 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Loaded Dice: Music Determined and Improvised. The program will contrast the highly structured works of Brahms, Byrd, DuFay, Lassus and Pärt with the “chance” or improvisatory music of Pauline Oliveros. Followed by the Cecilia Gala (5:30–7:30 pm) at the MIT Media Lab. Gala tickets can be purchased separately or in combination with a concert ticket at a discounted price. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge MA 02139 ⓘ 🔗

March 11, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Prophecy: Dvořák, Brahms and Paths in American Choral Music. Songs of Antonin Dvořák and Johannes Brahms, Harry Burleigh’s arrangement of the spiritual “My Lord What A Morning” and choral pieces by Amy Beach, Aaron Copland, Nathaniel Dett, Charles Ives, Rosephayne Powell, Zanaida Robles, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and George Walker. From Brahms’s melodic story songs of love and loss to Zanaida Robles’ anthem “Ecstatic Expectancy”, the concert explores both heritage and invention. For more information, call 843-834-4378 or email tbracewell@alum.mit.edu. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon St., Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 3, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Evensong. A new take on the tradition of Evensong, offering a set of sacred works from different faiths and traditions to aurally illuminate the dark hours of the darkest time of year. The program will include Trevor Weston’s Magnificat for choir and organ and works by Kevin Allen, Kenneth Leighton, Salamone Rossi, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Michael Barrett, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 2, 2022 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Evensong. A new take on the tradition of Evensong, offering a set of sacred works from different faiths and traditions to aurally illuminate the dark hours of the darkest time of year. The program will include Trevor Weston’s Magnificat for choir and organ and works by Kevin Allen, Kenneth Leighton, Salamone Rossi, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Michael Barrett, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

October 20, 2022 (Thursday)

7:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: A Wondrous Light. Paul John Rudoi: Our Transcendental Passion; other a capella works connected to Transcendentalism, including a premiere composition by Cecilia member Benjamin Perry. Tickets available at https://concordmuseum.org/events/a-wondrous-light-music-and-transcendetalism/. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord MA 01742 ⓘ 🔗

June 4, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Cecilia’s Musical Banquet. A cappella music for large forces, both ancient and (relatively) modern. Includes a revival of music from Path of Miracles and polychoral works by Giovanni Gabrieli, John Tavener, and others. With Convivium Musicum. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

April 3, 2022 (Sunday)

7:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Our Transcendental Passion. Paul Rudoi: Our Transcendental Passion (commission, premiere), a concert-length work for chorus, soli, piano trio, percussion and Appalachian dulcimer. Texts by Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as those of lesser known and marginalized voices, Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Sophie Michaux, soprano; Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Lugo, tenor; Dana Whiteside, baritone; Michael Barrett, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord MA 01742 ⓘ 🔗

April 2, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Our Transcendental Passion. Paul Rudoi: Our Transcendental Passion (commission, premiere), a concert-length work for chorus, soli, piano trio, percussion and Appalachian dulcimer. Texts by Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as those of lesser known and marginalized voices, Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Sophie Michaux, soprano; Carrie Cheron, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Lugo, tenor; Dana Whiteside, baritone; Michael Barrett, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 12, 2021 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Renaissance Reborn. Stephanie Martin: Missa Chicagoensis; Adolphus Hailstork: Seven Songs of the Rubaiyat; and works by George Walker, Alban Berg, Kevin Allen, and Hugo Distler. A capella works that integrate centuries-old compositional techniques and sonorities with more modern musical contexts. Michael Barrett, Conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2021 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Renaissance Reborn. Stephanie Martin: Missa Chicagoensis; Adolphus Hailstork: Seven Songs of the Rubaiyat; and works by George Walker, Alban Berg, Kevin Allen, and Hugo Distler. A capella works that integrate centuries-old compositional techniques and sonorities with more modern musical contexts. Michael Barrett, Conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

October 9, 2021 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. With Convivium Musicum and the Jameson Singers, in collaboration with San Francisco's ODC/Dance, presented as part of the Global Arts Live concert series. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 8, 2021 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. With Convivium Musicum and the Jameson Singers, in collaboration with San Francisco's ODC/Dance, presented as part of the Global Arts Live concert series. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 7, 2021 (Thursday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. With Convivium Musicum and the Jameson Singers, in collaboration with San Francisco's ODC/Dance, presented as part of the Global Arts Live concert series. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: El Espíritu Navideño: the Spirit of Christmas. Tomås Luis de Victoria: Missa O Magnum Mysterium; Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest; and other Christmas music by Spanish and Latin American composers. George Case, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2019 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: El Espíritu Navideño: the Spirit of Christmas. Tomås Luis de Victoria: Missa O Magnum Mysterium; Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest; and other Christmas music by Spanish and Latin American composers. George Case, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

October 20, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: In Paradisum. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Zoltan Kodály: Missa Brevis. Kevin Neel, organ; George Case, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

March 24, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: American Stories. John Corigliano: Fern Hill; Jake Runestad: Hope of Loving; Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs; Tarik O'Regan: Triptych. George Case, Conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 2, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Radiant Dawn: Music for Christmas. Eric Whitacre: Lux aeterna; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; other joyful music of the season. Kevin Neel, organ. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA ⓘ 🔗

November 30, 2018 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Radiant Dawn: Music for Christmas. Eric Whitacre: Lux aeterna; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; other joyful music of the season. Kevin Neel, organ. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA ⓘ 🔗

October 28, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Armistice: The Journey for Peace. Jeffrey Van: A Procession Winding Around Me (text by Walt Whitman); Fourteen Angels; Herbert Howell: Requiem; William Schuman, Prologue: Carols of Death; William Byrd, Bow thine ear, O Lord; Thomas Tomkins: O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. George Case, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

March 11, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Canticle: Journey of the Soul. Kile Smith: Canticle (Boston Premiere) (A setting of the Spiritual Canticle of St. John of the Cross). George Case, Conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: A Rose Has Sprung: Music for Christmas Daniel Mahoney, Conductor. John Joubert: Torches; Benjamin Britten: Christ’s Nativity; David Wilcocks: The First Nowell; Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose; Francisco Guerrero: Ave Maria à 4; Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin; Jake Runestad: Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep; Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; William Mathias: A Babe is Born, op. 53; Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Hugo Distler: Die Weinachtgeschichte, op. 10. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2017 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: A Rose Has Sprung: Music for Christmas Daniel Mahoney, Conductor. John Joubert: Torches; Benjamin Britten: Christ’s Nativity; David Wilcocks: The First Nowell; Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose; Francisco Guerrero: Ave Maria à 4; Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin; Jake Runestad: Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep; Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; William Mathias: A Babe is Born, op. 53; Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Hugo Distler: Die Weinachtgeschichte, op. 10. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA ⓘ 🔗

October 22, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Lux in Tenebris. Stephen Paulus: The day is done; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben, Op. 74; Henry Purcell: O Lord our Governor, Z. 141; Ēriks Ešenvalds: Stars; Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars; C. Hubert H. Parry: Blest pair of sirens; James Whitbourn: Luminosity. Colin Lynch, conductor. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

April 30, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: And It Was Good: 20th Century American Choral Music. Music of Randall Thompson, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Morten Lauridsen, and Stephen Paulus. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA ⓘ

December 4, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Puer Natus Est: Music for Christmas. Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Nicholas White: Alleluia! Puer Natus Est Nobis; Francis Poulenc: Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise; Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; with a carol by chorus member Dan Roihl, organ music and audience carols. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA ⓘ 🔗

December 2, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Puer Natus Est: Music for Christmas. Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Nicholas White: Alleluia! Puer Natus Est Nobis; Francis Poulenc: Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise; Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; with a carol by chorus member Dan Roihl, organ music and audience carols. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA ⓘ 🔗

October 14, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: G.F. Handel: Dixit Dominus; Mozart: Davide Penitente. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 ⓘ

April 9, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Singet dem Herrn: Sacred German Music for Double Choir. J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn BWV 225; H. Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat SWV 494; H.L. Hassler: Pater Noster; J. Brahms: Fest und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109; F. Mendelssohn: Sechs Sprüche, Op. 79; R. Schumann: Vier doppelchörige Gesänge, Op. 141. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA ⓘ

December 6, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: His Unresisting Love (Music for Christmas). Ancient and modern carols, including music by William Byrd, Edward Naylor, and Two Carols by Nicholas White (premiere performance) on texts by David Evett. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

December 4, 2015 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: His Unresisting Love (Music for Christmas). Ancient and modern carols, including music by William Byrd, Edward Naylor, and Two Carols by Nicholas White (premiere performance) on texts by David Evett. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA

October 18, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Choir Invisible. Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: Songs of Farewell; works by Gerald Finzi, Herbert Howells, Nicholas White. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA

April 11, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Sacred German Music for Double Choir. J.S. Bach, Singet dem Herrn BWV 225; H. Schütz, Deutsches Magnificat SWV 494; H.L. Hassler, Pater Noster; J. Brahms, Fest und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109; F. Mendelssohn, Sechs Sprüche, Op. 79; R. Schumann, Vier doppelchörige Gesänge, Op. 141 All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA ⓘ

December 7, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Sweet Was the Song: Music for Christmas. John Tavener, Ex Maria Virgine; Richard Rodney Bennett, Carols. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA ⓘ

December 5, 2014 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Sweet Was the Song: Music for Christmas. John Tavener, Ex Maria Virgine; Richard Rodney Bennett, Carols. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA ⓘ

October 19, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Czech-American Connection. A. Dvorák: Mass in D Major, Op. 86 (original version with soloists, chorus, and organ); L. Janácek, Otce nás (The Lord’s Prayer); G. Mahler: Songs, for soloists and piano; L. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, for countertenor, chorus, organ, harp, and percussion. Jessica Cooper, soprano; Roger Isaacs, countertenor; Charles Blandy, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass; Barbara Bruns, organ; Ina Zdorovetchi, harp; Jonathan Hess and Robert Schulz, percussion All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA ⓘ

March 21, 2014 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. Nicholas White, conductor; Period Instrument Orchestra, Daniel Stepner, leader; Erika Vogel, soprano; Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Clare McNamara, alto; Reggie Mobley, alto; Marcio de Oliveira, tenor; Stefan Reed, tenor; Bradford Gleim, bass; James Dargan, bass. Pre-concert lecture by Music Director Emeritus Donald Teeters. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

December 7, 2013 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: No Small Wonder: Music for Christmas. W. Mathias: Ave Rex: A Carol Sequence for Choir and Organ, op. 45; P. Warlock: Four Carols; and carols from across the world by Dirksen, Edwards, Leighton, Pearsall and White. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

December 6, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: No Small Wonder: Music for Christmas. W. Mathias: Ave Rex: A Carol Sequence for Choir and Organ, op. 45; P. Warlock: Four Carols; and carols from across the world by Dirksen, Edwards, Leighton, Pearsall and White. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA

November 2, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Endlesse Perfectnesse: Music for All Souls. C.V. Stanford: Three Motets, op. 38; J. Massenet: Pie Jesu; C. Saint-Saëns: Domine adjutor meus; H. Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing; C. Saint-Saëns: Prière, op. 158; W. H. Harris: Faire Is the Heaven; M. Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

March 16, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Nicholas White, conductor. "From Earth to Heaven”. William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis; Henry Purcell: “O Sing unto the Lord”; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia, Sacred and Profane; Nicholas White: From Earth to Heaven; Frank Bridge: English Folksong arrangements (played by the Lydian String Quartet). With organist Barbara Bruns and the Lydian String Quartet. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

December 16, 2012 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Miraculous Rose. Amy Lieberman, conductor. Monteverdi: Ave maris stella, Beatus vir; Poulenc: “O magnum mysterium”; de Morales: “O magnum mysterium”; Victoria “O magnum mysterium”; Vaughan Williams: traditional carols; Finzi: Magnificat; Distler: variations on “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming”; Michael Praetorius: “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming”; Jan Sandström: “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming”. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

December 14, 2012 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Miraculous Rose. Amy Lieberman, conductor. Monteverdi: Ave maris stella, Beatus vir; Poulenc: “O magnum mysterium”; de Morales: “O magnum mysterium”; Victoria “O magnum mysterium”; Vaughan Williams: traditional carols; Finzi: Magnificat; Distler: variations on “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming”; Michael Praetorius: “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming”; Jan Sandström: “Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming”. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA

October 27, 2012 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Corigliano, Vaughan Williams, Lauridsen, Santore. Dan Perkins, conductor—bringing together poetry, dance, piano string sextet, vocal soloists, and chorus, with outreach to Boston-area poetry and dance communities. John Corigliano: Fern Hill; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs (selections); Jonathan Santore: The Return (Armistice Poems). With Tributary Dance company. All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA

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