In memory of Emily Norman Davidson. This program of seventeenth-century music by Heinrich Biber, Phillip Jakob Rittler, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer deploys a veritable army of musicians. A band of two baroque trumpets, nine strings, continuo, and percussion explores the exhilarating, programmatic music of armed conflict known as battalia, in contrast with the beauty and […]

In memory of Emily Norman Davidson. This program of seventeenth-century music by Heinrich Biber, Phillip Jakob Rittler, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer deploys a veritable army of musicians. A band of two baroque trumpets, nine strings, continuo, and percussion explores the exhilarating, programmatic music of armed conflict known as battalia, in contrast with the beauty and […]

Although popular in December, the premiere performance took place at Easter-time in Dublin on April 13, 1742. Our performance matches this time-frame, and offers an opportunity to hear this profound work at this unique time of the year. Handel scored his sacred oratorio for modest forces, both for chorus and instruments, offering optional settings to […]

The First Church Choir is joined by soloists and the period instrument ensemble Chatham Baroque, to present Bach’s monumental Johannespassion, BWV 245. The St. John Passion, first sung on Good Friday in 1724 at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, is one of two surviving passions by Bach. It is a work of incredible scope, musical beauty, […]

“Revered like rock stars in the early music scene” –New York Times Quicksilver’s Stile Moderno examines modern music as it was invented by virtuoso instrumental composers in 17th-century Italy. It is also an exploration of those composers’ new invention, the sonata: a pure instrumental work, with no agenda but imagination. Led by co-directors and violin […]