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    Clear and Bright: Festive Sounds of Chorus and Brass

    Presented by Musica Sacra at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

    December 5, 2009

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    Clear and Bright: Festive Sounds of Chorus and Brass

    On a cold winter’s night, you will be embraced and enveloped by the warm tones of chorus and brass in music by Baroque composers of the Venetian tradition of polychoral music. This conversation between singers and brass, by turns exuberant and contemplative, was exploited to wonderful effect by the Gabriellis, Praetorius, Scheidt, and Hammerschmidt. We will also present Daniel Pinkham’s modern take on the style with his Christmas...

    On a cold winter’s night, you will be embraced and enveloped by the warm tones of chorus and brass in music by Baroque composers of the Venetian tradition of polychoral music. This conversation between singers and brass, by turns exuberant and contemplative, was exploited to wonderful effect by the Gabriellis, Praetorius, Scheidt, and Hammerschmidt. We will also present Daniel Pinkham’s modern take on the style with his Christmas Cantata.


    First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

    11 Garden Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138

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    Admission Info:
    $15 - $40, group rates available


    General Day and Time Info:
    8:00 PM

    Phone: 617-349-3400


    Accessibility Info:

    Large print programs available upon request. Please call or email us one week in advance of event.


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