Join Gabriel V to explore a vast array of brass colors and sounds from around the world. Their program journeys through a range of geographic regions and contrasting eras of music; the rise of polyphony in 1500s Italy, the Renaissance in Elizabethan England, Vienna in the 1800s, Paris, France, Soviet Russia, then on to the Westward expansion in the United States. Featuring works by Palestrina, Brahms, Böhme, and Lafosse, this concert will inspire, inform, and invigorate!

Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley, present a concert of works by Eastern European masters Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks. Pärt's L'Abbe Agathon, and Vasks' Da Pacem, Domine, Lord Open Our Eyes, and the Fruit of Silence provide listeners with "food for the soul"— music that reflects suffering and a longing for hope, inner freedom, silence, and faith. Gloriæ Dei Cantores' performance of Pärt's work has been hailed as “superbly performed" (Fanfare), "extraordinary.” (Classics Today) and as “A true meeting of East and West.” (OrthoChristian.com)

Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley, present a concert of works by Eastern European masters Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks. Pärt's L'Abbe Agathon, and Vasks' Da Pacem, Domine, Lord Open Our Eyes, and the Fruit of Silence provide listeners with "food for the soul"— music that reflects suffering and a longing for hope, inner freedom, silence, and faith. Gloriæ Dei Cantores' performance of Pärt's work has been hailed as “superbly performed" (Fanfare), "extraordinary.” (Classics Today) and as “A true meeting of East and West.” (OrthoChristian.com)

Enter into this season of reflection with a Baroque meditation expressing both sorrow and joy. Gaudete Baroque Ensemble performs Vivaldi’s Sinfonia al Sancto Sepulcro, as well as works by Bach, Corelli, Purcell, and Albinoni's beautiful Sonata a Cinque in A major. The music will paint “a crown of beauty for ashes and festive praise instead of despair.” (Is. 61:3) As you listen, be illumined by the frescoes and sacred art of the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans. As always, tickets are free for students and youth.

Enter into this season of reflection with a Baroque meditation expressing both sorrow and joy. Gaudete Baroque Ensemble performs Vivaldi’s Sinfonia al Sancto Sepulcro, as well as works by Bach, Corelli, Purcell, and Albinoni's beautiful Sonata a Cinque in A major. The music will paint “a crown of beauty for ashes and festive praise instead of despair.” (Is. 61:3) As you listen, be illumined by the frescoes and sacred art of the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans. As always, tickets are free for students and youth.

Experience the transformative power of rhythm with the Chara Percussion Ensemble’s spring concert, "Shout for Joy!", surrounded by stunning art and architecture at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. This uplifting program features beloved hymn tunes and songs of praise, including arrangements of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Simple Gifts, and Amazing Grace, reimagined through the fresh voice of a percussion ensemble.

Experience the transformative power of rhythm with the Chara Percussion Ensemble’s spring concert, "Shout for Joy!", surrounded by stunning art and architecture at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. This uplifting program features beloved hymn tunes and songs of praise, including arrangements of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Simple Gifts, and Amazing Grace, reimagined through the fresh voice of a percussion ensemble.

Easter Concert
Die Bangelseider, Speer
Voluntary on old 100th, Purcell
Summer Dances, Mathias
Quintet No. 1, Arnold
Fantasia on Victimae Paschali, Seagull 7
Prelude and Exaltation, Phillips
Colchester Fantasy, Ewazen
Triptych, David Ashley White

Easter Concert
Die Bangelseider, Speer
Voluntary on old 100th, Purcell
Summer Dances, Mathias
Quintet No. 1, Arnold
Fantasia on Victimae Paschali, Seagull 7
Prelude and Exaltation, Phillips
Colchester Fantasy, Ewazen
Triptych, David Ashley White

Ken Cowan is Professor of Organ and head of the organ program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas

“It is difficult to find enough adjectives to describe Ken Cowan’s playing. He is simply one of the best anywhere!”
—The Diapason

“Mr. Cowan’s technical mastery, expressivity, musicality, and sheer brilliance thrilled the convention audience.”
—The American Organist

With Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia

First performed on Good Friday in 1727, Bach's St. Matthew Passion is the longest and perhaps the most complex of his works, written for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra. The Gospel According to Matthew provides the story of Christ's last days, but the actual libretto includes Christian Friedrich Henrici’s poetry and texts from other theologians and composers.

With Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia

First performed on Good Friday in 1727, Bach's St. Matthew Passion is the longest and perhaps the most complex of his works, written for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra. The Gospel According to Matthew provides the story of Christ's last days, but the actual libretto includes Christian Friedrich Henrici’s poetry and texts from other theologians and composers.

Daniel Roth is Titular Organist at St. Sulpice in Paris, and was Professor of Organ at the Musikhochschule in Frankfurt am Main from 1995 to 2007.

LONDON: “Daniel Roth showed himself a master both stylistically and technically …”—Musical Times

PARIS: “His strong technique … the wild character of his improvisations as well as his accomplished knowledge of harmony have rightly impressed the audience.”
—Le Figaro