Concerts in February

Mark you calendars! There are three opportunities to see some great musical performances in February that you won’t want to miss.

A Night of Broadway Solos and Duets

Presented by Munroe Saturday Nights

First Parish in Lexington

Saturday, February 11th at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary

Join First Parish soloists Elizabeth Walsh and Austin Burns in an evening of Broadway solos and duets with accompaniment by Rip Jackson, Director of Music, on piano. Come spend an evening serenaded with stunning and beautiful repertoire from the American stage. Doors open at 7:00 PM. Reservations are strongly recommended. For more information, go to www.munroecenter.org/reserve-your-seat.html Suggested donation of $10/person.

 

Lexington Choral Festival

Sunday, February 12th at 3:00 PM

Hancock Church in Lexington, MA

Free Admission

The First Parish Sanctuary Choir will join 11 other choirs from Lexington in raising their voices together in the 12th Annual Lexington Choral Festival on Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 p.m. hosted by Hancock Church. This year’s festival features choirs from 12 area churches and temples with over 200 singers participating. Admission is free and open to the public. The performance is approximately 90 minutes in length. A reception will follow. Parking is available behind the church and around the Battle Green.

 

Blue Heron Medieval Ensemble

Friday, February 17th at 8:00 PM

First Parish in Lexington

Join the Blue Heron Medieval Ensemble as they present the fifth installment of the complete works of Johannes Ockeghem, featuring one of the composer’s earliest masses, inspired by an anonymous English mass on the same plainchant melody, but utterly transformed by the Flemish genius. The program will include a movement from the English Missa Caput and other music by mid-15th century English composers such as Robert Morton and Walter Frye.

Doors open at 7:30. Click here to buy in advance and save: $65 Preferred / $32 General / $27 Senior (General) / $10 (Student (General).  At the door: $68 / $35 / $30 / $10. Under 18 free.