- Sunday, January 29
1:30 pm
- Baritone James Liu sings Schumann
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- James Liu, baritone
Mark Whitlock, piano
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Liederkreis, Op. 24
Arabeske in C, Op. 18
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Baritone James Liu is a physician with varied musical interests. He has announced and produced classical music programming at WHRB. He has sung in many choruses, currently the Cantata Singers, Cappella Clausura, and the Choir of First Church Boston. He has sung solos in the St. Matthew Passion, Judas Maccabeus, Les Noces, Howells's Requiem, Carmina burana and Messiah. His art song repertoire includes Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, Dichterliebe, Histoires naturelles and Don Quichotte à Dulcinée. He has appeared with Indian Hill Music, Lowell House Opera, Harvard Early Music Society, Opera del West, Boston Opera Collaborative, and Opera Boston. Roles include The Magic Flute (Second Man in Armour), The Marriage of Figaro (Antonio, Almaviva), Verdi's Otello (Montano) and Falstaff (Pistola), La cambiale di matrimonio (Norton), Carmen (Zuniga cover), L'elisir d'amore (Belcore cover), and John Eccles's Semele (Jupiter). He is indebted to his voice teacher, Frank Kelley, and to his infinitely patient wife who makes all of this possible.
Mark Whitlock received his undergraduate training as a pianist at the Crane School of Music, where he studied with Gary Busch and earned a bachelor's degree in piano performance. Subsequent studies were with David Hagan, Steven Drury, and his current teacher Alys Terrien-Queen. He plays solo and chamber music, and has collaborated with James Liu on some seventy art songs, most notably the song cycles of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and Schumann's Dichterliebe.
In his other life as a Boston area professional piano technician, he is currently in charge of concert pianos in Jordan Hall and does additional work in Symphony Hall and Boston Conservatory's Seully Hall. His experience also includes an apprenticeship in piano technology at the Crane School, freelance work as a technician in Albany, NY and five years as a full-time technician at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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- Thursday, February 2
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Works in Progress series
Ina Zdorvetchi, harp
Hanus Trncek: Fantasy on Themes from Bedřich Smetana's Vltava (The Moldau)
Liszt/Zdorovetchi: Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major
Liszt/Renie: "Un Sospiro", Caprice Poetique
Elias Parish-Alvars: Serenade, Op. 83
Parish-Alvars: Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo, from the Fantasy on Italian Airs
Hailed “hypnotizing” and “one of the most acclaimed harp virtuosos of her generation”, Ina Zdorovetchi has performed as soloist with orchestras in Europe, North America and the Middle East, has given recitals (solo & chamber music) in Carnegie Hall, World Harp Congress, American Harp Society National Conference and recorded for SONY, Naxos, Albany Records and WGBH-Boston. Having won the top prize, the chamber music award and the Propes prize at the 17th International Harp Contest in Israel (the world’s most prestigious harp competition), Ina is currently the principal harpist of the Boston Lyric Opera and a faculty member at The Boston Conservatory and Wellesley College.
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- Thursday, February 9
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- American Century Music series
Thomas James Wible, flutist, and Ayako Yoda, pianist
Eldin Burton: Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1948)
Michael Colquhoun: Charanga (1993)
Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
Flutist Thomas J. Wible has been recognized for his accomplishments across the world. As a soloist he has performed throughout the United States and Eastern Europe, including appearancesat the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany; Dvorak Hall in Prague, Czech Republic; Franz Liszt Hall in Budapest, Hungary; and Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, PA. As a First Prize Winner of the 2011 Alexander & Buono International Flute competition, Thomas gave his Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall debut in October of 2011. Other recent awards and honors include Grand Prize Pittsburgh Concert Society Artist Competition, 2nd Prize National Flute Association Piccolo Artist Competition, 3rd Prize New York Flute Club Young Artist Competition, and Semi-Finalist Concert Artist Guild International Competition. In the summer of 2011 he was a guest artist at the International Festival of Music in Santa Fiora, Italy. Mr. Wible is currently a fellow in the Artist Diploma Program at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts where he is a pupil of Ms. Geralyn Coticone.
Ms. Ayako Yoda began playing the piano at the age of nine in her native Japan. She has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician not only in the United States, but also Japan, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany. She has collaborated on various recitals with Kenneth Olsen, assistant principal cello of the Chicago Symphony, John Ferrillo, principal oboist of Boston Symphony, and principal players from the Montreal, Toronto, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras in the New England area. As a composer, Ms. Yoda was the grand prize winner of the PTNA Composition Competition in Tokyo, Japan. She holds awards from the New England Conservatory Honors Piano Competition and numerous awards from the YAMAHA Keyboard Competition allowing her to perform respectively at Jordan Hall and Tokyo’s most prestigious Suntory Hall.
Ms. Yoda received a Bachelors of Music in Composition from the Kunitachi College of Music in Japan, a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory, studying with Jacob Maxin and an Artist Diploma from the Boston University College for the Arts where she studied with Anthony di Bonaventura and Shiela Kibbe.
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- Thursday, February 16
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston Opera Collaborative series
Amy Dancz, soprano, and Yukiko Oba, piano
C'est l'extase: Euphoric Music of Strauss and Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
C'est l'extase
Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons
Apparition
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Die Nacht
Schlagende Herzen
Presentation of the Rose from Der Rosenkavalier, with Courtney Miller, mezzo-soprano
Morgen!
Amy Dancz, soprano, has sung Sandman and Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel) with Boston Lyric Opera outreach, Chorus (Macbeth) with BLO, Nannetta (Falstaff, cover), Despina (Così fan tutte), Nella (Gianni Schicchi). She was a featured soloist with Chorus Pro Musica's Summer Sings of Haydn's Mass in the Time of War and The Creation. She currently studies with Carole Haber.
Ms. Yukiko Oba began playing the piano at the age of six in her native Japan. She received a Bachelor’s degree from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. Currently, Yukiko Oba, pianist, has been a member of the accompanying staff of The Boston Conservatory since 1996. She has performed extensively as an accompanist for recitals, chorus, master classes and composer’s project. Master classes this past season include Kristine Brewer, Dawn Upshaw, Sondra Kelly and Kurt Phinney. She has performed with many singers in Boston, including soprano Elisabeth Phinney, baritone Victor Jannett and Robert Honeysucker. She is a member of USATF.
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- Thursday, April 5
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Harpsichord Recital series
Paul Cienniwa, harpsichordist, with Maja Tremiszewska, pianist
Handel: The Harmonious Blacksmith
Poulenc: Concert champêtre
Paul Cienniwa is director of music at First Church in Boston. Following his undergraduate studies at DePaul University with harpsichordist Roger Goodman and organist Jerome Butera, he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, where he was a student of Richard Rephann. He has also studied harpsichord with Peter Watchorn, John Whitelaw and David Schrader. As a scholar, he been awarded Belgian American Educational Foundation and Fulbright grants, and his musicological articles have appeared in American and European journals, including Early Music and Ad Parnassum. For more information, visit www.paulcienniwa.com.
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- Thursday, May 24
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Works in Progress series
Carson Cooman, organist
Ronald Perera: Full Sun (2011)
Denis Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton (2009–10)
Daniel Pinkham: First Organbook (1991)
Carson Cooman is an American composer with a catalogue of works in many forms: ranging from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. He is in continual demand for new commissions, and his music has been performed on all six inhabited continents. His work is published primarily by Musik Fabrik and Lauren Keiser Music Publishing (orchestral/instrumental music) and Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (organ/choral music). Cooman’s music appears on over twenty-five recordings, including fifteen complete CDs on the Naxos, Albany, Artek, Altarus, Raven, MSR Classics, and Zimbel labels. Cooman’s primary composition studies have been with Bernard Rands, Judith Weir, Alan Fletcher, and James Willey, and he holds degrees from Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University. As an active concert organist, Cooman specializes exclusively in the performance of new music. Over 130 new works have been composed for him by composers from around the world, and his performances of the work of contemporary composers can be heard on a number of CD recordings. Cooman is also a writer on musical subjects, producing articles and reviews frequently for a number of international publications. He serves as an active consultant on music business matters to composers and performing organizations. For more information, visit www.carsoncooman.com.
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- Thursday, January 26
6:30 pm
- Sing for your Supper!
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- On Thursday, January 26 at 6:30pm, the First Church Music Committee is sponsoring a Spaghetti Supper and Hymn Sing to benefit the refurbishment of First Church's "Houghton Handbells." Come sing your favorite hymns and enjoy a hearty winter meal!
First Church’s handbells are officially known as the “Houghton Handbells,” cast by Whitechapel, London. Mabel Houghton collected and rang these bells, intending them to go to First Church for continued hearing. After a series of concert and hymn sing fundraisers several years ago, the Handbell Restoration Fund has $1017. About $2000 is needed to bring the handbells to proper playing condition. The restoration includes replacement of the clappers, replacement of handles, a thorough cleaning and tuning. This is standard maintenance for a set of handbells. Another $2000 is needed to purchase proper cases for the bells, insuring their longevity and protection from damage.
This is a fun event for people of all ages and is open to the public. The cost of the meal is $10; wine will be served for an additional $3. Cash donations are also requested to raise money for the fund. A 50/50 raffle will also be held.
- Thursday, January 26
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Harpsichord Recital series
Paul Cienniwa, harpsichordist
Forqueray: Troisième Suite
Paul Cienniwa is director of music at First Church in Boston. Following his undergraduate studies at DePaul University with harpsichordist Roger Goodman and organist Jerome Butera, he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, where he was a student of Richard Rephann. He has also studied harpsichord with Peter Watchorn, John Whitelaw and David Schrader. As a scholar, he been awarded Belgian American Educational Foundation and Fulbright grants, and his musicological articles have appeared in American and European journals, including Early Music and Ad Parnassum. For more information, visit www.paulcienniwa.com.
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- Thursday, January 19
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Boston Opera Collaborative series
Erin Smith, soprano, and Yukiko Oba, piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Selections from Ariettes Oubliées:
1. C'est L'extase
2. Il pleure dans mon coeur
5. Green
6. Spleen
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Selections from Sieben Frühe Lieder:
1. Nacht
3. Die Nachtigall
5. Im Zimmer
6. Liebesode
7. Sommertage
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
1. Allerseelen
2. Freundliche Vision
3. Morgen!
4. All mein gedanken
5. Ich Schwebe
Soprano Erin M. Smith is equally at home performing opera, oratorio, new music and musical theatre. Favorite operatic roles include Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen), Contessa Almaviva, Pamina, and Despina (cover). She has appeared in productions with Boston Opera Collaborative, MetroWest Opera, Opera Del West and was a Young Artist with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre from 2008-2009.
Ms. Yukiko Oba began playing the piano at the age of six in her native Japan. She received a Bachelor’s degree from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. Currently, Yukiko Oba, pianist, has been a member of the accompanying staff of The Boston Conservatory since 1996. She has performed extensively as an accompanist for recitals, chorus, master classes and composer’s project. Master classes this past season include Kristine Brewer, Dawn Upshaw, Sondra Kelly and Kurt Phinney. She has performed with many singers in Boston, including soprano Elisabeth Phinney, baritone Victor Jannett and Robert Honeysucker. She is a member of USATF.
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- Monday, January 16
8:00 pm
- Larry Bell 60th Birthday Concert and CD Launch
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- On Monday, January 16, 2012, at 8:00 p.m., church member Larry Bell will present a 60th Birthday Concert of his music newly released on a Double CD called “In a Garden of Dreamers” at the First Church in Boston. The CD, recorded entirely at First Church, will be available that evening for purchase, as well.
The concert program consists of four song cycles--"Fall," "Winter," "Spring," and "The Echolocations of Cellos"--from The Seasons, as well as Partita No. 1 and Serenade No. 2. The Partita will be played by Paul Cienniwa, who also performs in the "Spring" song cycle (with baritone Philip Lima) and the Serenade trio (with recorder player Aldo Abreu and cellist Sam Ou).
The concert also features tenor Thomas Gregg, mezzo-soprano Bethany Tammaro Condon, and soprano Natalie Polito.
Admission is $30, which includes both the double CD and the concert, $15 for the concert only, and $5 for Students and Seniors. A reception will follow.
- Monday, January 16
4:00 pm
- Ties That Bind: A Different Kind of Musical Celebration for Martin Luther King Day
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Marshall Hughes and friends present their annual MLK Day concert:
A collection of music and words from authors including King, Langston Hughes and Harper Lee. To be inclusive is what King wanted; not to be iconized by one group, but celebrated by all. Every MLK musical event begs the audience to be white, and the singers to put on a show. That is not what Ties That Binds seeks to deliver. We seek tp be inclusive of all races, denominations and intergenerational. We seek to be inclusive ot the words of Martin Luther King by having audience participation through not only his words, but words of great thinkers throughout the times. This inclusivity has been shared with audiences who come back because of the eclectic nature of the program.
- $10, $ 5 for students and seniors
- Thursday, January 12
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- American Century Music series
Virginia Eskin, pianist
Marion Bauer (1887-1955): Six Preludes for Solo Piano, op. 15 (1922)
Prelude No. 2
Prelude No. 1
Prelude No. 4
Bauer: From the New Hampshire Woods, Op 12 (1922-23)
No. 3 Pine Trees
No. 2 Indian Pipes
No. 1 White Birches
Ruth Crawford (1901-1953): Preludes for Piano (1924-28)
No. 7 Intensivo
No. 9 Tranquillo
No. 8 Leggiero
Virginia Eskin, a California native and long-time Boston resident, is an extremely versatile solo pianist, chamber player and lecturer, known for both standard classical repertoire and ragtime, and a long-time champion of the works of American and European women composers. Ms. Eskin has performed as a soloist with many orchestras, including the Annapolis, Buffalo, Louisville, New Hampshire, Rochester, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Utah Symphony Orchestras, the Boston Classical, the Israel Sinfonietta, and the Boston Pops. She has also performed as a soloist with the New York City and Boston Ballet Companies, at Morgan Library in New York and Jordan Hall in Boston, and in concert halls and museums throughout the United States and Europe.
Ms. Eskin created and hosted “First Ladies of Music,” a 13-program radio series sponsored by Northeastern University and produced by WFMT, Chicago, carried by over 100 radio stations in the United States and abroad. She holds the appointment of Visiting Artist, Northeastern University Department of Music, and received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College (NH) to recognize her contributions to women's music.
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- Thursday, January 5
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Harpsichord Recital series
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichordist
Louis Couperin: Prélude – Changement de mouvement – Suite de prélude; Allemande; Gavotte
Adrian Self: Chaconne for Harpsichord (1985)
Carson P. Cooman: Journeybook II (2010–11), a folio for harpsichord
Jeffrey Grossman’s extensive musical activities include frequent performances as a harpsichordist, pianist, and conductor. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he holds degrees from Harvard College, the Juilliard School, and Carnegie Mellon University. Jeffrey performs with numerous groups in the New York metropolitan area, including the Sebastian Chamber Players, Fire and Folly, and PHOENIXtail. He recently returned from Montpellier, France, where he served as chef de chant and fortepianist for an opera production with music director Fabio Biondi. He can be heard on the Naxos, Albany, Métier, and MSR Classics record labels, and currently resides in New York City. http://www.jeffreygrossman.com
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- Saturday, December 24, 2011
5:30 pm
- Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- Wednesday, December 21, 2011
6:00 pm
- Winter Solstice Service
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
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- with Celtic music by
Áine Minogue
- Thursday, December 15, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Boston Opera Collaborative series
Mezzo-soprano Hilary Anne Walker sings
Bach Cantata #35, Geist und Seele
Paul Cienniwa, organ obligato
Asako Takeuchi & Cynthia Miller Freivogel, baroque violins
Harold Lieberman, baroque viola
Zoe Weiss, baroque cello
Hilary Anne Walker, mezzo soprano and Maine native, is quickly establishing herself as a dynamic and physical performer. The young lyric mezzo blends her personality and bright vocal color to create memorable performances in the greater Boston area. Recent roles include Cherubino and Betty Parris in the Pulitzer Prize Award Winning opera The Crucible, with the Boston Opera Collaborative. This past year she joined the Opera Boston ensemble where she sang in their productions of Fidelio, which starred Christine Goerke and Maria Padilla with Barbara Quintiliani.
In addition to her operatic work, Ms. Walker enjoys recital work and performing with other ensembles. She was amongst a select group of singers who participated in the International Baroque Institute at Longy this July. This past October she gave an all Baroque recital at First Church of Boston with tenor James Onstad and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa.In 2008, Ms. Walker earned her Masters from New England Conservatory, where she began her studies with DAnna Fortunato. Before moving to Boston, she earned her B.A. in music from Vassar College where she studied with Mary Nessinger and Karen Holvik.
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- Thursday, December 8, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- American Century Music series
Artem Belogurov, pianist
George Chadwick (1854-1931): Les Grenouilles (Humoresque)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937): Selections from Five Poems after Omar Khayyam, Op. 41
George Whiting (1840-1923): Humoreske
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901): Etude in a form of Scherzo, Op. 18, No. 2
John Knowles Paine (1839-1906): Fuga Giocosa, Op. 41, No. 3
Known equally for his "verve, wit, and delicatesse" (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and his "infinite tenderness" (Evening Odessa), Artem Belogurov has an extensive repertoire, ranging through three centuries of solo and chamber works. He has a particular affinity for the Viennese classical style, in which he is distinguished by his use of improvisatory ornamentation. His interest in period pianos of all kinds extends through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He is also a discerning advocate of contemporary music, and collaborates (both as a performer and as an editor) with a number of composers. In 2009 he had the honor of performing the Boston premiere of Elliott Carter's Caténaires for solo piano.
Artem received his early training at the Stolyarsky School of Music in Odessa, Ukraine, majoring in music theory, piano performance, and composition. In 2009, he received his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, where his primary teachers were Gabriel Chodos, Patricia Zander, and Victor Rosenbaum. He has also studied with Peter Serkin.
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- Thursday, December 1, 2011
12:15 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Harpsichord Recital series
Nickolai Sheikov, harpsichordist
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Suite in E Major (HWV 430)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): Three Sonatas
Since his 2009 Boston debut, Nickolai Sheikov has been described by the Boston Music Intelligencer as “an excellent harpsichordist”. In 2011, Sheikov set his New York stage debut by performing a rare duo concert with internationally renowned harpsichordist Elaine Comparone. Outside of the Baroque repertoire spectrum, Sheikov has been working closely with leading contemporary composers such as Elodie Lauten and Robert Baksa amongst others. Nickolai holds degrees in harpsichord performance from New England Conservatory, where he studied with John Gibbons.Additionally, Sheikov participated in a number of master classes with Gustav Leonhard, Menno van Delft and Jaap Schröder (chamber music).
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- Thursday, November 17, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Boston Opera Collaborative series
Renée Hites, mezzo-soprano
Yukiko Oba, pianist
Songs of the Americas
Colombia
Gitana; En la Playa: Luis Calvo (1882-1945)
The United States
Selections from the Hermit Songs: Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Argentina
Triste, Zamba: Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
La flor de aguapé; La Rosa y el Sauce: Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
Brazil
Vida Formosa; Manda, Tiro, Tiro, Lá: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Mezzo-soprano Renée Hites grew up in Oakland, CA where she began her music career taking piano lessons. When she was 11 years old, she joined the San Francisco Girls Chorus and thus began her love of singing. Ms. Hites most recently performed the roles of Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff and Alma March in Mark Adamo's Little Women, as well as covered the role of Henry Ford in the newly commissioned opera Light and Power. Her past appearances include La Ciesca in Gianni Schicci, La Badessa in Suor Angelica, Oberto in Alcina, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Rosina in The Countess of Seville. Ms. Hites holds both a Masters and Bachelors of Music degrees from The Boston Conservatory. She also received a first prize in concert and opera singing at The Royal Conservatory of Brussels. She currently studies with Dr. Rebecca Folsom.
Ms. Yukiko Oba began playing the piano at the age of six in her native Japan. She received a Bachelor’s degree from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo. Currently, Yukiko Oba, pianist, has been a member of the accompanying staff of The Boston Conservatory since 1996. She has performed extensively as an accompanist for recitals, chorus, master classes and composer’s project. Master classes this past season include Kristine Brewer, Dawn Upshaw, Sondra Kelly and Kurt Phinney. She has performed with many singers in Boston, including soprano Elisabeth Phinney, baritone Victor Jannett and Robert Honeysucker. She is a member of USATF.
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- Thursday, November 10, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- American Century Music series
Claremont Trio
Emily Bruskin, violin
Julia Bruskin, cello
Donna Kwong, piano
Charles Wakefield Cadman: Piano Trio in D Major, Op.56 (1913)
Widely regarded as the premier piano trio of its generation, the Claremont Trio is sought after for its thrillingly virtuosic and richly communicative performances. First winners of the Kalichstein- Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award and the only piano trio ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremonts are consistently lauded for their "aesthetic maturity, interpretive depth, and exuberance" (Palm Beach
Daily News).
During the 2011-12 season the Claremont Trio opens the brand new hall at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum with a series of three concerts. Equally passionate about the standard repertoire and the music of our time, the Claremonts pair three world premiere commissions by Sean Shepherd, Helen Grime and Gabriela Lena Frank with a survey of trios by Mozart and Mendelssohn to celebrate this exciting new venue. Their
busy touring schedule also includes concerts for Friends of Chamber Music-Denver, the Sanibel Music Festival, New York’s Rubin Museum, Harvard Musical Association, Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem, Boise Chamber Music Series, American Century Music in Boston, Concerts at the Point, and the Brooklyn Public Library. As Central Virginia Ensemble in Residence, the Claremonts also begin a visiting residency at Longwood University, Randolph College, Sweet Briar College and Hampden Sydney College.
For more information about the Claremont Trio and to read their blog, please visit www.claremonttrio.com.
- donations accepted
- Thursday, November 3, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Harpsichord Recital Series
Giuseppe Schinaia, harpsichordist
J.J. Froberger: Lamentation faite sur la mort très douloureuse de sa majesté impériale Ferdinand 3me
J.-H. d'Anglebert: Chaconne in C major (from Pièces manuscrit)
J.-H. d'Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
J. Duphly: Chaconne in F major (from 3me Livre de Pièces de clavecin)
Born in Rome, Giuseppe Schinaia studied piano and composition at the Rome Conservatory of Music and later turned to early music, following courses of C.Ferrero, B. van Asperen, P. Hantai A. Frigè and C. Rousset. He has extensively performed in Italy and the US both in recitals and ensembles as a soloist and continuo player on the organ and the harpsichord. He is author of vocal and instrumental music and has recently published revisions of French early music compositions for both Musedita and Armelin publishers. Giuseppe Schinaia is currently tenured professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
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- Thursday, October 27, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Works in Progress series
Patrice Newman, piano
Chopin: Scherzo #2 in b-flat minor, op. 31; Scherzo #3 in c# minor, op. 39
Pianist Patrice Newman specializes in chamber music and art song. New York concerts include Hudson Highlands Music Festival, Peconic Chamber Orchestra and a Weill Recital Hall chamber music debut as a winner of the Artists International competition. Recent appearances with members of the Cassatt Quartet, Amelia Trio, Worcester Chamber Music Society. CDs: Lukas Foss’ The Prairie and Dominick Argento’s Jonah and the Whale with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). Degrees from the Hartt School and Boston University, studies with Grant Johannesen, former Mannes College of Music collaborative pianist. Patrice currently co-directs Chamber Music Mystic and teaches at Connecticut College.
- donations accepted
- Thursday, October 20, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Boston Opera Collaborative series
Olga Lisovskaya, soprano
Boris Fogel, piano
Anatoly Kos-Anatolsky: Nadbuzhanska Barkarola
Marko Kropyvnytsky: Doshik
Mykola Lysenko: Sadok Vyshnevyy kolo haty
trad. Ukrainian, arr. Anatoly Kos-Anatolsky: Chom, chom ne pryjshov?
Anatoly Kos-Anatolsky: Solovyinyy Romans
trad. Ukrainian, arr. Leonid Kaufman: Oj, ne svity, misyachenku
Georgi Majboroda: Goya, goya, from "Milana"
trad. Ukrainian: Gandzia
Olga Lisovskaya has been hailed by critics as “the wonderful coloratura soprano...[with]...flexibility to caress the highest range notes” and “superb breath control." Most recently, she sang the role of Serpina with the Boston Vocal Arts Studio and the role of Amy in "Little Women" with Boston Opera Collaborative. She has performed as a soloist with Divas World Produductions, Longwood Opera, Worcester Opera, Masterworks Chorale, New England Light Opera, Opera New Hampshire, Lakes Region Opera Company, and Opera Providence among others. For more information, visit www.olgalisovskaya.com
Boris Fogel was the main accompanist for the Moscow Concert organization for 30 years. He travelled the world accompanying the Soviet Union’s most popular artists. Since moving to the U.S., Mr. Fogel continues to have a very busy schedule. He is in high demand as an accompanist among professional singers and instrumentalists. A few years ago, he published his successful book “A Concertmeister’s Notes."
- Thursday, October 13, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- American Century Music series
Lydian String Quartet
Daniel Stepner, violin
Judith Eissenberg, violin
Mary Ruth Ray, viola
Joshua Gordon, cello
John Harbison: String Quartet No. 2 (1987)
Since its formation, in 1980, the Lydian String Quartet’s exquisite artistry has inspired
critical acclaim worldwide. Their interpretive mastery of traditional works and special
flair for contemporary repertoire has also won prizes at international festivals and earned
the prestigious Naumburg Award for Chamber Music.
The LSQ’s compelling performances of the quartet literature — performances that are
superbly integrated, marvelously assured, and unfailingly elegant — are the result of the
ensemble’s thorough exploration and deep understanding of each composer's expressive
language and craft.
Through concerts, recordings, workshops, lectures, and master classes, the Lydians bring
to life music which spans two-and-a-half centuries. Their programming of old and new,
formal and informal, helps to build new audiences for the spiritually refreshing world of
chamber music.
The members of the Lydian String Quartet (Daniel Stepner, violin; Judy Eissenberg,
violin; Mary Ruth Ray, viola; Joshua Gordon, cello) are on the faculty of Brandeis
University, in Waltham, Massachusetts.
For more information, visit www.lydianquartet.com.
- donations accepted
- Thursday, October 6, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Harpsichord Recital Series
Matthew Hall, harpsichordist
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre: Suite in d minor, Second Book (1707)
Matthew Hall studied music and linguistics at Harvard, and completed his master’s degree in musicology at the University of Leeds (UK) on a Fulbright Scholarship with a dissertation on the keyboard music of Charles Dieupart. He is now organist at Church of Our Saviour, Brookline, and is pursuing doctoral studies at Boston University. He is in his third season as assistant conductor Amherst Early Music Festival Opera. Matthew is also an editorial assistant at the Packard Humanities Institute, Cambridge, publishers of C.P.E. Bach: The Complete Works. He contributes regularly to Harpsichord & Fortepiano magazine and Early Music Performer and has published research in peer-reviewed journals.
- donations accepted
- Thursday, September 29, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Works in Progress series
Dinnerstein/Tsai Duo
(Nick Dinnerstein, cello; Pei-yeh Tsai, piano)
Rachmaninoff: Études-tableaux, op. 33
No. 2 in C Major
No. 5 in d minor
Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 119
Boston-based cellist, Nick Dinnerstein, works in a wide variety of musical styles and settings. As a recitalist, he has performed solo and chamber works at venues across the country, from St. John's Church in Boston to the New York Historical Society to Illinois State University. He has also participated in Greensboro Music Festival in Vermont and the Thailand International Composition Festival. As an orchestral player, Nick has performed with Boston Ballet, Cape Cod Symphony, and the National Lyrica Opera, among others. He also teaches, and records and performs with local bands and songwriters.
Pianist Pei-yeh Tsai, a native of Taiwan, came to the United States ten years ago to pursue her passion for classical music through performance and teaching. Ms. Tsai has appeared in concert at esteemed venues such as Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall and internationally at Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow and Taipei National Concert Hall in Taiwan. She has also won prizes in international solo and chamber music competitions. Currently at Boston University, Ms. Tsai will be graduating soon with a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance.
- Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:00 pm
- Autumnal Equinox Service
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- with blues music by
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
- Thursday, September 22, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Works in Progress series
Akiko Kobayashi, violin
Claudia Kobayashi, piano
Bach: Sonata No.4 in C minor, BWV 1017
Prokofiev: Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, op.35bis
Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin No.3 in D minor, op.27, "Ballade"
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella, op.43
Akiko Kobayashi, praised at the IBLA Grand Prize Competition for her “remarkably precise and honest playing, with no artificial effects,” has appeared as a soloist with the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Suginami Kokaido Chamber Orchestra, and InterharmonyFestival Orchestra. Recital appearances include Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall; Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York; and Bach-Archiv in Germany. She graduated with a double degree in biology and music from Yale University and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music. Her teachers include Sidney Harth, Victor Aitay, Zvi Zeitlin, and Felix Galimir. For more info, visit http://akikokobayashi.net.
Claudia Kobayashi made her Tokyo debut with the Aurora orchestra performing the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3. Her solo and chamber appearances include the Ginza Energy Concert Hall, Higashi-Murayama Concert Hall in Tokyo, the Romanian Atheneum, and the Centro Culturale in Italy. She graduated with a degree in law from Keio University and worked at the Takata Automobile Company in Japan. Mrs. Kobayashi has studied with Elena Shematoff-Hutchins and pursued further studies at the Juilliard School with Asaff Weismann and Julie Jordan and chamber music with Victor Aitay, Concertmaster Emeritus of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
- Thursday, September 15, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Thursday Mid-Day Recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Boston Opera Collaborative series
Anne Byrne, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Place, piano
"An Afternoon in Deutschland"
Hugo Wolf:
"Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag' erhoben"
"Nun laß uns Frieden schließen"
"Das verlassene Mägdlein"
"Ich hab in Penna einen Liebston wohnen"
Gustav Mahler- Selections from Ruckert Lieder
"Liebst Du um Schönheit "
"Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
"Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!"
Anne Byrne is a mezzo soprano from Endwell, NY. She graduated with a Masters in Music from New England Conservatory in May 2011. She was most recently seen as a vocal mentor and performer with the Mssng Lnks program in Roxbury, MA and is looking forward to to singing with the ensemble of Opera Boston in their fall production of Béatrice et Bénédict. She currently studies with Carole Haber.
Nicholas Place is an active collaborative and new music performer throughout New England. He is Music Director for “Inspired Voices “ chorus in Maine and MD Open Theatre Project in Boston. His awards and degrees include Bowdoin International Music Festival; MM, performance The Boston Conservatory; MM, collaborative piano TBC, expected 2012.
- donations accepted
- Thursday, May 19, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- donations accepted
- Thursday, May 12, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
- donations accepted
- Thursday, May 5, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- donations accepted
- Thursday, April 28, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- donations accepted
- Thursday, April 21, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- donations accepted
- Sunday, April 10, 2011
1:30 pm
- Soprano Rebecca Teeters in recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- “Words of Women: songs on texts by Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf and the Wives of Henry VIII”
with pianist Michael Strauss
Program
Dominick Argento: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
John Duke: Six Poems by Emily Dickinson
Libby Larsen: Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII
Click here for more information.
- $15/$10 suggested donation
- Sunday, March 20, 2011
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- The Pennies in concert!
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- After they play for our 11am service, The Pennies will be giving a short concert in the sanctuary.
Click here for more information on The Pennies.
- Sunday, March 6, 2011
1:30 pm
- Soprano Christine Teeters in recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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Soprano Christine Teeters sings “The Music of Royalty”
with pianist Michelle Alexander and tenor Ethan Bremner
Schumann: Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart
Handel: Furie terribili! (Rinaldo)
Mozart: Al destin, che la minaccia (Mitridate, re di Ponto)
Britten: Be Kind and Courteous; Come, now a roundel (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Corigilano: They are always with me (The Ghosts of Versailles)
Verdi: Je viens solliciter de la Reine une grâce (Don Carlos)
Satie: Je te veux; La diva de l'Empire (Cabaret Songs)
- $15/$10 suggested donation
- Thursday, February 24, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, February 17, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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freewill offering
- Sunday, February 13, 2011
1:30 pm
- NEC Vocal Jazz Ensemble
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
About the ensemble...
The NEC Vocal Jazz Ensemble is an exciting new group comprised of current students at the New England Conservatory of Music. Each member is an established soloist, yet all of them have extensive experience in various award-winning choirs. The group performs an eclectic repertoire from traditional jazz, modern popular, world music, and avant garde. This material is arranged by the vocalists themselves as well as some of the most well-respected musicians and conductors in the world. The concept of the group is to showcase unique, individual talents while creating a seamless blending of the voices. The ensemble appreciates the opportunity to perform outside of the conservatory and is grateful for your attendance.
Performers...
Director: David Devoe.
Singers: Tommy Boynton, Tomas Cruz, Allegra Levy, Michael Mayo, Richard Saunders, Katie Seiler, Sami Stevens
- $15/$10 suggested donation
- Thursday, February 10, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, February 3, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, January 27, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, January 20, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, January 13, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Sunday, January 9, 2011
1:30 pm
- Tenor Ethan Bremner sings Schubert's Die Schoene Muellerin
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- $15/$10 suggested donation
- Thursday, January 6, 2011
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, December 30, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, December 23, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, December 16, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, December 9, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, December 2, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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freewill offering
- Thursday, November 25, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, November 18, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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freewill offering
- Thursday, November 11, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, November 4, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, October 28, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, October 21, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Harpsichord recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Thursday, October 14, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Chopin recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
freewill offering
- Sunday, October 10, 2010
1:30 pm
- Sunday vocal recital
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- $15 general/$10 student/senior/military
- Thursday, October 7, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Chopin recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- freewill offering
- Thursday, September 30, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Chopin recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
- freewill offering
- Thursday, September 23, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Chopin recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
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- freewill offering
- Thursday, September 16, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Chopin recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
- freewill offering
- Thursday, September 9, 2010
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm
- Chopin recital series
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First Church in Boston:
66 Marlborough St., Boston, MA, USA
(MAP)
- Click here for more information.
- freewill offering
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