A Candlelight Christmas at Old South
| Hours: | 8 pm |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Music & Concerts |
The concert will present a world premiere of The Tryal and Examination of Old Father Christmas, a newly commissioned work by composer James Kallembach.
Kallembach is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Chicago and his chamber music and choral works have been performed throughout the United States and Canada, from San Diego to Chicago to New York.
'Boston's Chorus Pro Musica, under the baton of new artistic director Jamie Kirsch, recently commissioned a new work for their 2014-15 season for December 19th at Old South Church, Boston.
I am honored to write for this stellar choir with a great history under talented new leadership,' states Kallembach on his website.
'I have always been drawn to early American history and Boston, in particular, so I chuckled at the thought of Puritan Christmas, seeing as early Boston was particularly adverse to holidays, and Christmas, it seemed, was particularly despised.
Indeed, the Pilgrims spent their first Christmas building their first civic structure and John Winthrop, the founder and first governor of the Commonwealth, generally declared it a day of fasting and prayer.'
Other pieces on the 'Candlelight Christmas at Old South' program include Andrew Thomas's The Virgin Mary had a baby boy and selections from Johann Sebastian Bach's B minor Mass.
| COST | ↑ top |
$25, $35, $45; 10% off for seniors over 65 and groups of 6+.
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
645 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02116 map
Phone: 800-658-4276
Copley Square T Stop. Old South Church is located in the heart of Back Bay at 645 Boylston Street, Boston, in Copley Square.
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