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First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

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The 6th meeting house of the First Church in Cambridge, built in 1871, is a stone building at the corner of Garden and Mason Streets. The brass cockerel atop the tower overlooks the Cambridge Common and keeps a watchful eye on Harvard Yard, two blocks away.

The exterior of the building illustrates the early Gothic revival period while the sanctuary interior is eclectic with Victorian, Byzantine, and contemporary elements. The stained glass windows by the Tiffany, Lafarge and Cummings studios provide a colorful and lively environment.

In the 1920s there was a major addition to the church: the Parish House with the chapel, offices, classrooms and meeting halls were added. The building is not only the focus for a worshiping congregation, but also functions as a center for the surrounding Cambridge community housing a nursery school, homeless shelter, and other compatible activities.

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    First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

    11 Garden Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138

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      06/01/12

      BCE presents CHICHESTER First Church in Cambridge, Congregational BCE presents CHICHESTER Presented by Boston Choral Ensemble at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational June 1, 2012 This concert features works commissioned by Dean Walter Hussey for Chichester Cathedral in England, including Leonard Bernstein’s sensational Chichester Psalms, the stunning Chichester Mass by American composer William Albright, a setting of Psalm 23 by Lennox Berkeley, and canticle settings by Bryan Kelly and William Walton. In the spirit of Hussey’s adventurous commissioning, these concerts will feature the world premiere of a piece composed for BCE by Stephen Feigenbaum, the...

      06/09/12

      Blue Heron Presents: Song of Songs/Songs of Love First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Blue Heron Presents: Song of Songs/Songs of Love Presented by Blue Heron Renaissance Choir at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational June 9, 2012 A revival of our tremendously popular program of 16th-century Spanish love songs and motets on texts from the Song of Songs

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    06/01/12

    BCE presents CHICHESTER First Church in Cambridge, Congregational BCE presents CHICHESTER Presented by Boston Choral Ensemble at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational June 1, 2012 This concert features works commissioned by Dean Walter Hussey for Chichester Cathedral in England, including Leonard Bernstein’s sensational Chichester Psalms, the stunning Chichester Mass by American composer William Albright, a setting of Psalm 23 by Lennox Berkeley, and canticle settings by Bryan Kelly and William Walton. In the spirit of Hussey’s adventurous commissioning, these concerts will feature the world premiere of a piece composed for BCE by Stephen Feigenbaum, the...

    06/09/12

    Blue Heron Presents: Song of Songs/Songs of Love First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Blue Heron Presents: Song of Songs/Songs of Love Presented by Blue Heron Renaissance Choir at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational June 9, 2012 A revival of our tremendously popular program of 16th-century Spanish love songs and motets on texts from the Song of Songs

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    05/19/12	To Sleep, Perchance to Dream First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/05/12	Johannes Brahms - Consummate Richness First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    04/28/12	Boston harmony in Concert First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    04/28/12	Mostly Machaut: 14th century Music of Guillaume Machaut and Cypriot Repertory First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    04/21/12	Lord Nelson Mass First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/30/12	Blue Heron Presents: Music for Three Sovereigns First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/17/12	A 20th Century Choral Kaleidoscope First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/10/12	Piteous Beauty First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/09/12	BCE presents Butterfly Dreams First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/04/12	Night Song First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/26/12	Night Song First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/12/12	Biber’s Mystery Sonatas for Violin, Part I - Christina Day Martinson, violin First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/10/12	Richard Egarr: The Harpsichord’s Golden Century- Music of Couperin, Blow, Froberger, and Purcell First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/04/12	Boston String Players presents "The Heritage Project" First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/28/12	Tragicomedia: Early Handel Cantatas First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/26/12- 01/27/12	David et Jonathas First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/26/12- 01/27/12	David et Jonathas First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/21/12	The Astonished Breath First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/20/11	A Medieval Christmas First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/16/11- 12/17/11	Christmas in Medieval England First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/14/11	Jameson Singers Holiday Concert First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/03/11	Lessons and Carols First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/19/11	Metamorphosis First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/18/11	Vertue First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/12/11	Honoring Service, Pursuing Peace - A Veterans Day Tribute First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/28/11	Longy’s Large Ensemble Department presents Longy Conservatory Orchestra First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/21/11	Dame Emma Kirby & Jakob Lindberg First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/15/11	A 16th-Century Meeting of England & Spain First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/05/11	Masters of Mali ft. Boubacar Taoré & Sidi Touré First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/14/11	Love, Lust, and Laudations First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/13/11	Vaughan Williams, Bernstein, Harris, and Ives First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/07/11	Carnatic Classical Music and CD Release Ceremony First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/06/11	Classical Japanese Dance First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    04/30/11	Boston Harmony World Music Choir First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/19/11	Music of Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611) First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/19/11	A Soldier's Song: Linking Music and History in 17th-century England First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/16/11	Mark Kozelek First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/12/11	Double-takes: One Text, Two Perspectives First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/11/11	Longy Chamber Orchestra First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/05/11	With Love From The Chorus First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/12/11	Huun Huur Tu First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/21/11	The Rhythm of Rajasthan First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/14/11	Symphonie des Dragons First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    01/07/11	Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/18/10	Christmas at the Courts of 15th-century France, Burgundy & Cyprus First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/17/10	An American Christmas First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/11/10	Welcome All That Make Good Cheer First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/03/10	The Baroque Big Band: All Bach Holiday Concert First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/18/10	Longy Chamber Orchestra First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/13/10	"Sound the Trumpets!" First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/31/10	Vieni, Imeneo: Music and Marriage in the Italian Renaissance First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/23/10	Music of Solace First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/16/10	Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    07/31/10	Grand Finale: A Musical Offering First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    07/30/10	In Empfindsamer Stil First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    07/30/10	An Evening at Brandenburg First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    07/29/10	Florilegium Portense First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    07/26/10	Peter Sykes, organ First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    07/23/10	A la Jeunesse du Monde: Myth, Music, and Dance First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    06/12/10	The Virgin and the Singer First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    06/05/10	Sibling Rivalry: French Baroque with a Twist! First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    06/04/10	Beg Borrow Steal First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/22/10	Mary's Playlist: Choral Favorites from Thirty Years of Programming First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/15/10	RISING STARS! - An Award-Winning World Premiere, PLUS Music by Established Masters Written in Their Early Years First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/12/10	Laura Marling First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/08/10	Beyond the Gamut: Chromaticism in the Renaissance First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    04/23/10	Music of the Spanish Renaissance: Old World and New First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/20/10	The Spirit Is Still Speaking: Choral Music of the Modern Era First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/19/10	Les Folies Francoises: Great Parisian Masters Under Louis XV First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/13/10	Song of Songs / Songs of Love First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/06/10	MUSIC WE LOVE! - Favorite Masterworks from Three Centuries, Selected by Our Audiences and Performers First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/05/10	Tenebræ First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/26/10	Vittorio Ghielmi and Luca Pianca: The Golden Age of the Viola da Gamba and the Lute First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/19/09	Christmas in Medieval England First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/12/09	All Bach Holiday First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/12/09	A Mediterranean Christmas First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/05/09	Clear and Bright: Festive Sounds of Chorus and Brass First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    12/04/09	Andover Chamber Music presents The Baroque Big Band First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/21/09	A CHILD IS BORN - Festive Baroque Masterworks Heralding the Holiday Season First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    11/20/09	Villarosa Sequences First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/23/09	Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg: Music of Dowland and Purcell First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    10/02/09	Boston University Symphonic Chorus First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    09/23/09	MENA Music Presents: Orchestra of Tetouan First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/30/09	In Music Is Such Art: Choral Music with Texts from Shakespeare First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/16/09	MAGNIFICENT MOZART! First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    05/01/09	Bring on Brahms First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/21/09	Give Ear to Thy People: Choral Music from the Jewish Tradition First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/13/09	Du Fay, Savoy & the island of Cyprus First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    03/07/09	Schubert and Brahms Masterworks First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
    02/13/09- 02/14/09	(Un)Lucky in Love: An Alternative Valentine Celebration First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

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