Danse Macabre (Choral Concert)

Danse Macabre The Seraphim Singers Saturday, November 01 at 8 PM, in person Holy Name Parish 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury Parking in the school lot across the street (525 West Roxbury Parkway) and on street. Sunday, November 02 at 3 PM, in person and streamed First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden Street, Cambridge Parking in Harvard Square area garages and on street. Note that resident parking only signage on neighborhood streets is not in effect on Sundays. Eric Christopher Perry, Music Director Heinrich Christensen, Organ Paul Mattal, Cello Seraphim will open its 2025-2026 season with a concert commemorating the departed. The program connects the hauntingly evocative "Danse macabre" by the French poet Charles Baudelaire to music's own dance between life and death. The stage will be set with an organ transcription of Camille Saint-Saëns' 1874 symphonic poem Danse Macabre, which depicts skeletons dancing to Death's fiddling on Halloween night. The centerpiece of the concert will be Maurice Duruflé’s beautiful Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version), his most famous composition. Other works by 20th and 21st century French luminaries will be included. For those who grieve and long for loved ones at this time of the year, we hope this commemoration of the departed will bring comfort. November Concert Ticket Prices General:&nbsp; $30 Senior:&nbsp; $25 Student:&nbsp; $15 First Time Promo:&nbsp; Admit two for the price of one ($30) Virtual:&nbsp; $20 per viewer (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience) https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming Season Subscription Ticket Prices General:&nbsp; $100 Senior:&nbsp; $75 Student:&nbsp; $50 Virtual:&nbsp; $70 per viewer https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming Information darylbichel@aol.com 617/312-8328

First Church in Cambridge

Holy Name Parish

Light in the Treasure Trove, a choral concert by The Seraphim Singers

Light in the Treasure Trove The Seraphim Singers Saturday, May 3 at 8 PM, in person Holy Name Parish 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury Parking in the school lot and on street Sunday, May 4 at 3 PM, in person and streamed First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden Street, Cambridge Parking in Harvard Square area garages and on street The Seraphim Singers Jessie Pierpont, Guest Conductor Joshua Lawton and Maria Gajraj, Organ Miranda Loud, Piano Description Join us for a musical journey through sacred masterpieces spanning from the Middle Ages to today. Experience a rich blend of styles and sounds, with works from a diverse range of composers, including the ancient chants of Hildegard von Bingen and the intricate harmonies of Britten, Ducasse,&nbsp;and Boulanger. As we explore these timeless pieces, we invite you to reflect on spirituality, unity, and the light we all share. This concert is an opportunity to connect with music’s power to inspire, uplift, and bring people together across time and place. List of Composers Bach, Britten, Boulanger, Dickinson/Maiben, Ducasse, Gibson, Hagenberg, Henderson, Lusitano Ticket Prices General:&nbsp;$25 Senior:&nbsp;$20 Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15 (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience) Check the website for first-time attendee promo offer. https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming Website https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming Information darylbichel@aol.com 617/312-8328

Aspects of Light

Aspects of Light The Seraphim Singers Saturday, March 8 at 8 PM, in person Holy Name Parish 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury Parking in the school lot and on street Sunday, March 9 at 3 PM, in person and streamed First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden Street, Cambridge Parking in Harvard Square area garages and on street Simon Andrews, Guest Conductor Heinrich Christensen, Organist From calling on God in the darkness of despair to turning to the stars for inspiration or hope, light has been a constant metaphor for composers and poets from the times of the Psalmist to the present day. Under the guidance of past masters Purcell and Brahms to&nbsp;living exponents of the choral art Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt, join us for a carefully curated exploration of how various concepts of&nbsp;light have inspired composers over the centuries, and continue to illuminate the human experience. The complete program can be viewed on our website. Tickets General:&nbsp;$25 Senior:&nbsp;$20 Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15 (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience) Special Offer:&nbsp;See the website for a special offer for first-time ticket purchasers https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming

Light from Deepest Heaven

Light from Deepest Heaven The Seraphim Singers Saturday, December 21 at 8 PM Holy Name Parish 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury Sunday, December 22 at 3 PM Trinity Parish 11 Homer Street, Newton Centre Sunday, December 22 at 7:30 PM* First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden Street, Cambridge Jennifer Lester, Conductor Heinrich Christensen, Organist The Bitumen Brass Quartet Description A Seraphim Christmas will fill you with serene joy and jubilant good tidings, and be enhanced with carol singing by all and the majesty of The Bitumen Brass Quartet. The program will include works by Daryl Bichel, Graham Gordon Ramsay, Jason Robison, John Rutter, Timothy Takach, and Patricia Van Ness. Cambridge composer James Woodman's gorgeous piece&nbsp;The Midwife's Tale,&nbsp;one of Seraphim’s favorites, will be featured along with the popular work&nbsp;Christmas Cantata&nbsp;by Daniel Pinkham. Experience the peace and blessings of Christmas in a heavenly way just days before the 25th. *Note that the 7:30 pm concert on Sunday will be without brass and the Pinkham work will not be included. Other works will be substituted. Participate in Seraphim’s Winter Wear Drive! At the three Christmas concerts we will be collecting winter wear donations for those facing housing insecurity. The items will be distributed by The Friday Café at First Church in Cambridge, Seraphim’s designated outreach partner. Donate new and gently used sturdy winter clothing, shoes, and boots. Tickets General:&nbsp;$25 Senior:&nbsp;$20 Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15 (Sunday 3 pm concert) https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming

Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes

Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes The Seraphim Singers Saturday, November 9 at 8 pm Holy Name Parish 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury Sunday, November 10 at 3 pm First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden St, Cambridge Description Take a guided journey through time and culture to reflect on the ways music has given voice to our deepest desires, dreams, hopes, and even fears. Explore&nbsp;the intersections of nature, faith, and culture that illuminate&nbsp;the sacred spaces we create within and around us. Consider what gives you&nbsp;sanctuary through hearing works by James Macmillan, Imant Raminsh, Moses Hogan, Arvo Pärt, Kevin Siegfried, and more. Celebrate the echoing voices that bring us from darkness to light, from despair to hope, and from danger to sanctuary.&nbsp; Daniel Parsley, Guest Conductor Director of Choral Activities and Director of Graduate Conducting Programs School of Music at Boston University Tickets General:&nbsp;$25 Senior:&nbsp;$20 Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15 https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming First-Timer Ticket Promo Purchase a $25 ticket and select from Sugar Baking Company in West Roxbury, gift card for $25 Alden &amp; Harlow in Harvard Square area, gift card for $25 $25 Donation to The Friday Café in Cambridge https://www.seraphimsingers.org/first-time Website https://seraphimsingers.org/upcoming Information darylbichel@aol.com 617/312-8328

Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes The Seraphim Singers Saturday, November 9 at 8 pm Holy Name Parish 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury Sunday, November 10 at 3 pm First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden St, Cambridge Description Take a guided journey through time and culture to reflect on the ways music has given voice to our deepest desires, dreams, hopes, and even fears. Explore&nbsp;the intersections of nature, faith, and culture that illuminate&nbsp;the sacred spaces we create within and around us. Consider what gives you&nbsp;sanctuary through hearing works by James Macmillan, Imant Raminsh, Moses Hogan, Arvo Pärt, Kevin Siegfried, and more. Celebrate the echoing voices that bring us from darkness to light, from despair to hope, and from danger to sanctuary.&nbsp; Daniel Parsley, Guest Conductor Director of Choral Activities and Director of Graduate Conducting Programs School of Music at Boston University Tickets General:&nbsp;$25 Senior:&nbsp;$20 Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15 https://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming First-Timer Ticket Promo Purchase a $25 ticket and select from Sugar Baking Company in West Roxbury, gift card for $25 Alden &amp; Harlow in Harvard Square area, gift card for $25 $25 Donation to The Friday Café in Cambridge https://www.seraphimsingers.org/first-time Website https://seraphimsingers.org/upcoming Information darylbichel@aol.com 617/312-8328

Stars and Planets

Cosponsored by The Seraphim Singers and the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Join us for a musical exploration of the stars and planets!&nbsp;Organist Peter Sykes&nbsp;will perform his transcription of&nbsp;Gustav Holst's orchestral suite&nbsp;The Planets.&nbsp;Between the movements of Holst's work&nbsp;choral pieces&nbsp;will illuminate a&nbsp;glorious journey through the heavens. Timothy Takach's&nbsp;Helios&nbsp;reflects on the Greek gods for which the planets are named.&nbsp;Jonathan Dove's&nbsp;Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars&nbsp;evokes awe for the divine maker of the stars.&nbsp;Robert Schumann's romantic&nbsp;An die Sterne&nbsp;longs for peace among the stars.&nbsp;Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern&nbsp;by Elliott Gyger&nbsp;for adult and children's choirs is a virtuosic hymn to joy and the sweetness of love, identifying Jesus as&nbsp;the "morning star" in a mystical wedding song. Also on the program is a newly commissioned work&nbsp;Starsby Patricia Van Ness&nbsp;on Sara Teasdale's poem of the same title. Music will take us&nbsp;beyond our small blue planet&nbsp;to the sublime expanse outside the limitations of our ken.&nbsp;Consider our unique place&nbsp;in the enormous solar system,&nbsp;embrace the unknown,&nbsp;and&nbsp;celebrate how precious and irreplaceable our lives are. Peter Sykes,&nbsp;organist, assisted by Victoria Wagner Jennifer Lester,&nbsp;music director for Seraphim Heinrich Christensen,&nbsp;organist for Seraphim Youth Choir, First Church in Belmont Ian Garvie,&nbsp;music director Tickets General:&nbsp;$22 In Advance | $25 At the Door Senior:&nbsp;$17 In Advance | $20 At the Door Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15+ bit.ly/seraphim-planets First-Timer Ticket Promo Purchase a $25 ticket and receive a gift ticket to a planetarium show at the Museum of Science. bit.ly/seraphim-planetarium Information darylbichel@aol.com 617/312-8328

Church of the Redeemer

Inspired to Joy (Choral Concert)

Inspired to Joy The Seraphim Singers Has JOY resurfaced in your life recently, despite challenges? Come to this choral concert to be inspired by stories of hope, consolation, praise, and JOY! Seraphim’s March 2 &amp; 3 program will explore&nbsp;JOY&nbsp;in its many facets through the works of J.S. Bach, Biebl, Coleridge-Taylor, Duruflé, Mendelssohn, Parry, a new commission by Trevor Weston, and others. We have been through many challenges in recent years, with more to come. Yet, JOY resurfaces.&nbsp;Join us to CELEBRATE that JOY - irrepressible and unmistakably human, emerging even without reason and in spite of reasons. Take advantage of our free brunch promo for first time attendees at a Seraphim concert. Purchase a $25 ticket and enjoy a free brunch at Alden &amp; Harlow in Harvard Square before our 3 PM concert. See bit.ly/seraphim-brunch for details and to register. Jennifer Lester, music director Heinrich Christensen, organist Stephan Griffin, baritone soloist Paul Mattal and Stephanie Wingfield, cello Complete List of Composers Antognini,&nbsp;JS Bach, Biebl, Cesis,&nbsp;Coleridge-Taylor,&nbsp;Duruflé, Hill, Mendelssohn, Parry, Quartel,&nbsp;Weston,&nbsp;Whitten Thomas Tickets Direct ticket link:&nbsp;bit.ly/seraphim-joy Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://seraphimsingers.org/upcoming" target="_blank">https://seraphimsingers.org/upcoming</a> Link for free brunch promo (for first time attendees): bit.ly/seraphim-brunch In-person and virtual tickets:&nbsp;&nbsp; General:&nbsp;$22 In Advance | $25 At the Door Senior:&nbsp;$17 In Advance | $20 At the Door Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15+ Information <a href="mailto:info@seraphimsingers.org" target="_blank">info@seraphimsingers.org</a> 617/312-8328

Inspired to Joy The Seraphim Singers Has JOY resurfaced in your life recently, despite challenges? Come to this choral concert to be inspired by stories of hope, consolation, praise, and JOY! Seraphim’s March 2 program will explore&nbsp;JOY&nbsp;in its many facets through the works of J.S. Bach, Biebl, Coleridge-Taylor, Duruflé, Mendelssohn, Parry, a new commission by Trevor Weston, and others. We have been through many challenges in recent years, with more to come. Yet, JOY resurfaces.&nbsp;Join us to CELEBRATE that JOY - irrepressible and unmistakably human, emerging even without reason and in spite of reasons. We will present the composer of our featured commission, Trevor Weston, along with the lyricist Angelo Geter in a pre-concert forum at 7:30 pm on March 2. During the concert spoken word artist Geter will recite his poem "Praise" prior to performance of the new piece, which Dr. Weston has entitled "Lauda." We encourage you to take advantage of the plentiful parking available at the venue in West Roxbury and the opportunity to greet our honored guests following the concert.&nbsp; Take advantage of the 50 free tickets we're offering to residents of the West Roxbury area. This offer is for first time concert attendees only. See bit.ly/seraphim-tickets to register. Jennifer Lester, music director Heinrich Christensen, organist Stephan Griffin, baritone soloist Paul Mattal and Stephanie Wingfield, cello Complete List of Composers Antognini,&nbsp;JS Bach, Biebl, Cesis,&nbsp;Coleridge-Taylor,&nbsp;Duruflé, Hill, Mendelssohn, Parry, Quartel,&nbsp;Weston,&nbsp;Whitten Thomas Tickets Direct ticket link:&nbsp;&nbsp;bit.ly/seraphim-joy Ticket link for 50 comp tickets available for West Roxbury area residents: bit.ly/seraphim-tickets Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://seraphimsingers.org/upcoming" target="_blank">https://seraphimsingers.org/upcoming</a> General:&nbsp;$22 In Advance | $25 At the Door Senior:&nbsp;$17 In Advance | $20 At the Door Students:&nbsp;$10 Virtual:&nbsp;$15+ (for March 3 performance in Cambridge) Information <a href="mailto:info@seraphimsingers.org" target="_blank">info@seraphimsingers.org</a> 617/312-8328

Celebrating Seraphim and Other Angels

The Seraphim Singers 25th anniversary concert with works about the heavenly host by Burgo, Rheinberger, Stanford, Tchaikovsky, and Woodman, and featuring Benjamin Britten's The Company of Heaven with orchestra, soloists, and narration. Offered in honor of the life and work of John Dunn - friend, mentor, board member, and patron. Jennifer Lester, Music Director, with organist Heinrich Christensen, tenor soloist Thomas Valenti, soprano soloist Barbara Allen Hill, and narrators Rhea Yvonne Ranno and Richard Tarrant. Tickets In-person and virtual tickets at <a href="http://www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming">www.seraphimsingers.org/upcoming</a>. General: $22 Advance | $25 Door Senior: $17 Advance | $20 Door Students: $10 Virtual: $15+ Direct ticket links: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/seraphims-2022-2023-25th-anniversary-season-1200029">https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/seraphims-2022-2023-25th-anniversary-season-1200029</a> (Eventbrite, in person) <a href="https://www.musae.me/seraphim/experiences/1363/celebrating-seraphim">https://www.musae.me/seraphim/experiences/1363/celebrating-seraphim</a> (MUSAE, virtual)

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Danse Macabre (Choral Concert)

Danse Macabre (Choral Concert)

Light in the Treasure Trove, a choral concert by The Seraphim Singers

Light in the Treasure Trove, a choral concert by The Seraphim Singers

Aspects of Light

Aspects of Light

Light from Deepest Heaven

Light from Deepest Heaven

Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes

Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes

Stars and Planets

Inspired to Joy (Choral Concert)

Inspired to Joy (Choral Concert)

Celebrating Seraphim and Other Angels