[Daviscenter-list] February, 2013 Seraphim Singers Choral Music Events

February, 2013 Seraphim Singers Choral Music Events Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2:30 P.M. Pre-concert talk by Dr. Michael Connolly, Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages, Boston College 3:00 P.M. Concert First Church Cambridge 11 Garden Street Harvard Square, Cambridge ~~~~ Sunday, February 17, 2013, 4:00 P.M. Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church 16 Highland Avenue Cohasset, MA Tickets: $20 Adults / $15 Students & Seniors available at the door Icons and Music: Windows on the Divine Jennifer Lester, Conductor Envisioning the Divine by means of media such as religious icons and stained glass windows has long been an integral part of religious experience. In this concert the Seraphim Singers demonstrate a fusion of the aural and visual contemplative imagination in a program that features stirring works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Penderecki paired with the modern music of Tavener, Pärt, and Poulenc. Alexandre Gretchaninoff Svete tihiy, from the cycle Holy Week Slava v vishnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest) Nikolai Kedroff, Otche nash (Our Father) Olivier Messiaen, O Sacrum Convivium Arvo Pärt, The Beatitudes Krzysztof Penderecki, Song of Cherubim Francis Poulenc, Litanies à la vierge noire Sergei Rachmaninoff, selections from All-Night Vigil, Opus 37 Come, Let us Worship Lord, Now Lettest Thou Rejoice, O Virgin Praise the Name of the Lord Georgy Sviridov, Dosttoyno Yest, from the cycle Inexpressible Wonder John Tavener, Two Hymns to the Mother of God Peter Tchaikovsky Svete tihiy, from All-Night Vigil, Opus 52 The Cherubic Hymn, from Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Opus 41 2:30 P.M. Pre-concert talk by Dr. Michael Connolly, Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages, Boston College 3:00 P.M. Concert Sunday, February 10, 2013 First Church Cambridge 11 Garden Street Harvard Square, Cambridge ~~~~ 4:00 P.M. Sunday, February 17, 2013 Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church 16 Highland Avenue Cohasset, MA Tickets: $20 Adults / $15 Students & Seniors available at the door Visit our website at www.seraphimsingers.org<http://www.seraphimsingers.org/>