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An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ, Second Church is also the home base of Newton Baroque, the music program is directed by Dr. Andrus Madsen.
On Sunday, December 9 at 10:00 am Newton Baroque and the Choir of Second Church in Newton will present two advent cantatas by Phillip Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714) at Second Church in Newton. From 1681 to his death, Erlebach was the Kappelmeister to Count Phillip Anton at the Thüringian Court Schwarzberg-Rudolstadt. He was quite prolific,...
On Sunday, November 11, at 5:00 pm Adastra, a period instrument duo will play a benefit concert for the Second Church music program. Adastra is based in Cincinatti Ohio growing out of a collaboration at the College-Conservatory of Music between Harpsichord and Baroque Performance Professor Vivian Montgomery and her faculty colleague Jennifer...
On Oct 27 at 8:00 pm in the Parlor at Second Church in Newton, Julia Steinbok, Shiba Nemat-Nasser, Tom Oesterling, and Matthew Stansfield will sing a German Liederabend with Andrus Madsen at the forte-piano. The program will include Lieder from the 1720s through the 1820s, featuring music by Telemann, Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, Mozart, and...
Sunday, May 22 the Second Church in Newton choir will combine with Newton Baroque to share music at the 10:00 a.m. worship service from St Mark’s in Venice. Most of the music will be psalm settings by the incomparable Venetian, Claudio Monteverdi.
Players:Cynthia Freivogel and Emily Dahl, violin; Stephen Lundahl and Mack Ramsey,...