Old South Music Series 2003

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CONCERTS & EVENTS

Saturday, March 1, 2003 7:00 p.m.
Old South Church Handbell Festival
The Old South Ringers are hosting an invitational handbell festival on Saturday,
March 1st. In addition to the Old South Ringers, groups participating
include the Trinity Handbell Ensemble from Trinity Church, Boston, The
New England Ringers, The Festival Ringers from Westborough, and Grace Notes.

Each group will ring individual pieces and the massed group will
ring three pieces including a processional, "Seasons of the Heart" by
Karen Buckwalter and "Toccata for Joyous Day" by Paul McKlveen. The
groups will join together early in the day for rehearsals and fellowship
followed by supper and the concert.

Admission is free, with a donation
to a local charity. Come and join in this festive event!
For more information, click here: OSC Music

Music and Meditation Series
Wednesdays, 12:15-12:45 pm

A series of offerings of sacred music, instrumental and vocal
March 5th through April 23rd in the Old South Sanctuary . Freewill offering.
These half-hour recitals from 12:15-12:45 pm will be offered by different artists each week, providing a time of pause and reflection in the midst of a busy day. Admission is free, donations will be accepted at the door.

March 12th: Organum-We welcome organist Torsten Laux and saxophonist Uwe Steinmetz to our sanctuary. These two fine German musicians offer improvisations based on Gregorian chant, hymns, and modern sacred tunes. Through their music, they incorporate traditions of classical improvisation as well as contemporary jazz.

March 19th: Trilium-Margaret Hunter, Allison Mondel, and Robert Sussma come to the Gordon Chapel with their unique program of medieval English music for three treble voices. These Meditations on the Virgin Mary offer an experience of ancient spirituality.

March 26th: Hofkapelle-Students from the Longy School of Music will give a program of music heard in the Imperial Chapel of the Hapsburgs in 17th Century Vienna. These hidden treasures by composers such as Caldara, Draghi, Priuli, and Valentini offer a glimpse into the religious life of the Holy Roman Emperors.

April 2nd: Jason McStoots and Adriana Repetto
Sacred Songs of Holst and Vaughan Williams
Adriana Repetto, soprano section leader in the Old South Choir, will present Four Songs for Voice and Violin by Gustav Holst, Fellow section leader and Old South member Jason McStoots will sing Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Four Hymns for tenor, viola and piano. The recital also features violist David Feltner and pianist Linda Osborn-Blaschke.

April 9th: Daryl Bichel, organist. Monastery Organist at the Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge and member of the Old South Choir, Daryl will play selected works for organ by Johannes Brahms. Brahms’ few organ
works include eleven chorales on hymn tunes (composed in the last years of his life) that explore the theme of death.

April 16th: Old South Chamber Singers

April 23rd: Samira Tabraue-Piano, Schumann

New Old South CD

Old South Church has releasing a new CD recording, Old South Brass, Organ and Timpani: Heroic Sounds. The disc was recorded in the sanctuary on March 18-19, 2001 with organist Gregory Peterson and an ensemble of high caliber brass players who often play in our services and on First Night. Larry Isaacson conducted the ensemble in music by Bach, Berners, Bruckner, di Lassus, Respighi and Widor. A special feature are four new pieces by resident composer/arranger Kevin Kaska. Gregory Peterson performs solo organ works by Boellmann, Couperin and Dupre.

The disc sells for $15 and is now available (Click Here for Details & Sample Tracks).

The Ministry of Music at the Old South Church in Boston

The ministry of music at the Old South Church in Boston seeks to glorify God through creative interpretation of the Church’s musical literature; the use of aesthetic means and vehicles to mediate and present the grace and grandeur of God; and the participation of women and men of Old South and beyond, using their own considerable gifts to celebrate, worship and magnify this God of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The ministry of music at Old South is centered on the Sunday morning service and other church festivals in which organ, choir, soloists and instrumentalists provide musical and liturgical leadership for the worship of God and the spiritual edification of God’s people gathered at the Old South Church. Old South also offers to the community a musical program that reflects our mission, through seasonal vespers concerts, organ recitals and other musical presentations on Sunday afternoons or weekday evenings.

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Old South Church
645 Boylston Street (Copley Square at Dartmouth Street)
"T" Green Line, Copley
All events are free and open to the public. Old South Church is wheelchair accessible.