The 2009-2010 season of our Ensemble-in Residence Exsultemus
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Review
Read a review by Christopher Greenleaf of Andrus Madsen's Candlelight Recital on the Boston Musical Intelligencer:Full review
Soli Deo Gloria Organ stops Campaign
The full amount as been raised for the completion of Boston's unique Richards, Fowkes & Company tracker action pipe organ, Op. 10, built in 2000 in the North German Baroque style. Thank to all the supporters of the campaign!
Bach in the Back Bay CD release
First Lutheran Announces the arrival of its first publicly released CD produced and
recorded under the umbrella of FLC's music outreach program.
Upcoming FLC-sponsored concerts and musical offerings:
Hymn Festival
Sunday, May 9, 3 p.m.
Hymns of Sacrifice, Love and Praise
Join in the singing!
The choirs of the First Lutheran Church of Boston and Mt Calvary Lutheran Church of Action will celebrate Mother's Day with a festive hymn sing featuring contemporary Lutheran hymn arrangements by Paul Manz, Richard Hillert, Jay Althouse, Hal Hopson, Mark Hayes, and more.
The 2010 FLC Hymn Festival, titled "Hymns of Sacrifice, Love and Praise, is sponsored by the FLC music ministry and is free and open to all. Irina Shachneva of Mt Calvary will conduct the choir, accompanied by a brass quintet, handbells, and Balint Karosi on organ.
The festival features well-known hymns of the Easter and Lent season that speak to the price Christ paid out of love. The theme is also to honor mothers -- who themselves often endure sorrow and sacrifice out of love -- through the image of Christ, who has made the ultimate sacrifice and is the eternal source of love. Some of these hymns include:
Thine is the Glory
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
Lift High the Cross
This is the Feast
Worthy is Christ
All Creatures of Our God
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Dr. Christopher Boyd Brown, assistant professor of church history at the Boston University School of Theology, will offer insightful commentary and devotions between the singing.
The congregation is welcome to join our singers and bell ringers in a Mother's Day reception after the concert.
Past events:
Labor Day Organ Concert Monday, September 7, 7 p.m.
Peter Kranefoed, Stuttgart, Germany
“Jubilee” Organ Concert of the celebrated composers of the year 2009:
Mendelssohn, Haydn, Händel and Purcell
Click here to see the full program!
Admission charge is $15 for general admission
$10 for students and seniors
Ticket revenues support the music program at FLC
Reformation Celebration Service
Sunday, October 25, 4 p.m.
Seven Hills Renessaince Woodwind Ensemble and Exsultemuswill accompany the FLC Choir in a special worship service to celebrate the 492th anniversary of the Reformation. Liturgical music is selected from Lutheran Worship music of the early 17th century. See the full bulletin by clicking here!
Organ Concert
Friday, November 13, 8 p.m.
Balint Karosi will play an exciting program of two chorale-based masterpieces by Matthias Weckmann and J. S. Bach. Weckmann's “Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" is one of the most extended and extraordinary organ works of the 17th century." (Christoph Wolff) The concert is a fundraiser to the installation of the three missing reed stops of the R&F Op. 10 instrument.
Tickets*: $15 (general admission) $10 for students and seniors. Program notes
Advent Candlelight Concert
Andrus Madsen, Organ&Harpsichord
Wednesday, December 2, 8 p.m.
The concert is an inaugural solo recital of a new Italian harpsichord that lives at FLC by Robert Hicks in a program of selected Advent keyboard works by composers of Hamburg.
Freewill offering
Weihnachten German Worship Service
Sunday, December 6, 3 p.m.
Exsultemus Period Vocal Ensemble and period instruments along with the FLC choir will perform at the German language Christmas service. Advent and Christmas themed choral works by Briegel and Graupner.
Advent Candlelight Concert II
Joseph Ripka, organ
Wednesday, December 9, 8 p.m.
1st Prizewinner of the 2008 International Organ Competition in Dublin, Joseph Ripka will present a concert of Advent organ music.
Christmas Organ Vespers Service
Wednesday December 16, 7 p.m.
The last Advent Vesper service this year will be a feature the FLC choir, and Balint Karosi on the organ. The program will include Advent and Christmas music, and a lot of favorite Hymns.
Boston Bach Birthday 325
Celebrating the 325th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Locations: The First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley St, (617-536-8851) and
Emmanuel Church of Boston, 15 Newbury St., (617-536-3355).
Admission to all events is free. The public is invited.
Partners: Boston Chapter American Guild of Organists, Boston Children's Chorus, Emmanuel Church, Emmanuel Music, First Lutheran Church of Boston, Winsor Music
Richards & Fowkes organ, Opus 10, 2000, at the First Lutheran Church [include photo please]
Program:
10:30 1st Lutheran PEEP THE PIPER - Guy Bovet’s multimedia story about the pipe organ, for children of all ages.
11:30 1st Lutheran Balint Karosi, organ (The First Lutheran Church of Boston)
12:00 1st Lutheran Lunch ($12. Reservations: admin@flc-boston.org, or 617-536-8851)
1:00 1st Lutheran Nancy Granert (Emmanuel Church & Harvard University), organ
1:45 1st Lutheran Frank Corbin (Assumption College, Worcester), organ
2:30-5:00 Emmanuel Master Class on Bach arias, with invited student ensembles.
Faculty includes John Harbison Acting Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music, Michael Beattie Associate Conductor, Peggy Pearson oboe and
Frank Kelley tenor
2:30 1st Lutheran Christian Lane (Harvard University), organ
3:15 1st Lutheran Mark Dwyer (Church of the Advent, Boston), organ
4:00 1st Lutheran Luca Massaglia (Torino, Italy), organ
4:45 1st Lutheran Colin Lynch (St. Paul's School, Concord, NH), organ
5:30 1st Lutheran James David Christie (Oberlin Conservatory of Music and College of the Holy Cross, Worcester), Organ Fireworks
7:00 Emmanuel Discussion of Bach Cantata BWV 42 - John Harbison Acting Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music, Pamela Werntz Rector, Emmanuel Church,
Rabbi Howard Berman Boston Jewish Spirit
8:00 Emmanuel Performance of Cantata BWV 42 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas
Emmanuel Music chorus and orchestra; soloists to include
Susan Consoli soprano, Thea Lobo alto, Matthew Anderson tenor, and Nikolas Nackley bass;
with Boston Children’s Chorus, Anthony Trecek-King, Artistic Director
8:30 Emmanuel Reception and recap
Easter Sunday Services
April 4th, 2010 8 a.m. & 11 a.m.
The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest occasion of the Church Year to celebrate! The FLC choir and Concentus, a young professional orchestra of period instruments will help to lift up everybody’s hearts to the risen Christ with the performance of “Christ Lag in Todesbanden” by J. S. Bach
