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2024-2025: Manifestations of Light
Join us this season to explore the theme of light as expressed in the voices of writers and composers. Our concerts will reflect Seraphim's identity and tradition, using varied choral repertoire to illuminate human longing for hope and transcendence. Leave each program inspired by the manifestations of light in your own life.
MUSIC TO ILLUMINATE, CHALLENGE, AND INSPIRE
At Seraphim we join our voices in music that quiets the noise, speaks to the challenges we face, and sows seeds for change in our world.
Aspects of Light
Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 8 PM
Holy Name Parish
1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury
Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 3 PM
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Simon Andrews, Conductor
Heinrich Christensen, Organist
TICKETS
General $25, Senior $20, Student $10, Virtual $15
From calling on God in the darkness of despair to using the stars for inspiration or hope, for writers from the ancient Psalmist to poets like Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens, light - or the absence of it - has been a constant metaphor for poets and composers. Through past masters Purcell and Brahms to living exponents of the choral art, Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt, observe how composers have been inspired by various concepts of light over the centuries. Reflect on how light has informed goodness and ultimate reality in your own life.
PROGRAM
Available soon.
TICKETS
General $25, Senior $20, Student $10
Singer Voucher Tickets $10
Virtual Tickets $15 (view Sunday at 3 pm or at your leisure)
Light in the Treasure Trove
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 8 PM
Holy Name Parish
1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury
Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 3 PM
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Jessie Pierpont, Conductor
Heinrich Christensen, Organist
TICKETS
General $25, Senior $20, Student $10, Virtual $15
Take a curated journey through sacred music that showcases masterpieces from the Middles Ages to our own time. Luxuriate in a rich tapestry of musical styles and forms, featuring both male and female composers and ranging from the medieval chant of Hildegard von Bingen to the complex harmonies of Britten and Boulanger. As luminous gems in the treasury of sacred music are revealed, reflect on spirituality, communal harmony, and the manifestation of light in the human experience, including your own.
Light from Deepest Heaven
Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 8 PM
Holy Name Parish
1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury
Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 3 PM
Trinity Parish
11 Homer Street, Newton Centre
Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM*
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Jennifer Lester, Conductor
Heinrich Christensen, Organist
The Bitumen Brass Quartet
Susan Jensen, Violinist
PROGRAM BOOKLET
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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 The Midwife's Tale, one of Seraphim’s favorites, will be featured along with the popular work Christmas Cantata 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. While a bit quieter, it will still be a joyful experience. We’ll try to arrange for some gently falling snowflakes when you leave. to make it especially magical.
Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 8 PM
Holy Name Parish
1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury
Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 3 PM
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Daniel Parsley, Conductor
Heinrich Christensen, Organist
PROGRAM BOOKLET
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CONCERT REVIEW
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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 the intersections of nature, faith, and culture that illuminate the sacred spaces we create within and around us. Consider what gives you 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.