Events
ORGAN CONCERT WITH CLARA GERDES
Saturday, May 21, 7:30 PM
Join us for an organ concert by guest artist Clara Gerdes, part of the Celebratory Concert Series for the Completion of the St. Cecilia Organ at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. The concert will feature the premiere of Supplication and Celebration by Samuel Adler, an organ duet written for the completion of the organ. This newly completed surround-sound instrument restored by Nelson Barden of Boston, is comprised of parts of twenty-seven different E.M. Skinner organs, includes over 12,000 pipes, and is the only one in the world with its particular surround-sound configuration. For tickets: 508-240-2400
Full Program and Online Ticket Orders:
Ascension Evensong and Sung Eucharist
With Gloriae Dei Cantores
Evensong Saturday, May 28 5:15 PM
Introit—O Rex Gloriæ, Marenzio
Preces & Responses—Zion Manuscript, Hale
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis—Ešenvalds
Anthem—Fair is the Heaven, Harris
(Evensong will be live-streamed)
Pentecost Evensong and Sung Eucharist
With Gloriae Dei Cantores
Evensong Saturday, June 4, 5:15 PM
Introit—Jubilate Deo, Palestrina
Preces & Responses—Buonemani
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis—Collegium Magdalenæ Oxoniense, Leighton
Anthem—All People that on earth, R.V. Williams
(Evensong will be live-streamed)
Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 10:00 AM
Introit—Veni Sancte, Mozart
Mass—Machen Festival Mass, Jones
Psalm—104:24-36
Offertory—Come Holy Ghost, Sowerby
Communion—Factus Est Repente, Aichinger
WIND ENSEMBLE PENTECOST CONCERT
Sunday, June 5, 3:30 PM
CHARA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Saturday, June 11, 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 12, 3:00 PM
Finding Joy Despite Circumstances
Join us for an immersive percussion ensemble concert featuring various dances written throughout history in times or circumstances of sorrow or suffering by composers including Bach, Bartok, Krasa and Rachmaninoff. The concert will be performed by Chara Percussion ensemble at the new Arts Empowering Life Performing Arts Building in Brewster, MA. (95 Southern Eagle Cartway)
GREGORIAN CHANT SUMMER RETREAT
July 8-12, 2022
Join us this summer for a three-day Gregorian chant retreat, July 8-12 (Friday dinner through Tuesday breakfast), at the Community of Jesus in Orleans, MA. Surrounded by the beautiful environs of summer on Cape Cod, learn about St. Benedict, the founder of Benedictine monasticism, and how he defined the Liturgy of the Hours in his rule. The retreat will also cover some basics of singing Gregorian chant. Join us as we discover this ever-relevant form of conversation through sung prayer.
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BAROQUE ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT
Saturday, August 13, 7:30 PM
Join us for a Baroque Ensemble Concert on Saturday, August 13, 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Building in Brewster, MA. For tickets: 508-240-2400.
ORGAN CONCERT WITH CHELSEA CHEN
Saturday, August 20, 7:30 PM
Join us for an organ concert by guest artist Chelsea Chen, on the St. Cecilia Organ at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. This newly completed surround-sound instrument restored by Nelson Barden of Boston, is comprised of parts of twenty-seven different E.M. Skinner organs, includes over 12,000 pipes, and is the only one in the world with its particular surround-sound configuration. For tickets: 508-240-2400
GREGORIAN CHANT FALL RETREAT
September 27 – October 1, 2022
Join us this fall for a three-day Gregorian chant retreat, September 27 – October 1 (Tuesday dinner through Saturday breakfast), at the Community of Jesus in Orleans, MA. Learn about the “Chants of the Angels” using chants from the feast of Saint Michael and All Angels (Feast day is September 29) and other angelic chants. The retreat will also cover some basics of singing Gregorian chant. Join us as we discover this ever-relevant form of conversation through sung prayer.
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