Music is an integral and vibrant aspect of worship at St. Michael’s. The program consists of Music Director Dr. Douglas Major, two professional section leaders, and our adult parish choir.
The choir sings in the 10.00 am Mass from Michaelmas (September 29th) through Trinity Sunday (usually in early June), as well as at monthly Evensong and most major holy days—including the Holy Week Triduum. The choir’s repertoire encompasses such diverse music as plainchant, Renaissance polyphony, nineteenth century choral works, and the great heritage of Anglican cathedral music.
Evensong is sung here on a regular basis, occasionally by guest choirs, and there is also an organ recital series. The organ, a two-manual tracker-action instrument of 29 ranks, was built in 1975 by The C. B. Fisk Company of Gloucester, MA and is housed in an E. & G. G. Hook case dating from 1830.
From the Music Director:
Super Bowl Sunday Evensong!
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Yes, we at St. Michael’s support the NE Patriots, but, even so, the Choir will sing Evensong this Sunday, February 5 at 5 pm. So that we can all get home for the game, there will be no reception this week as usual. We’ll be singing works by Herbert Sumsion, long-time Organist of Peterborough Cathedral in England, and a beautiful anthem by Mendelssohn, There shall a star. Join us and always, bring a friend!
On Sunday, February 19 at 5 pm we continue our Organ Recital Series by hosting Rosalind Mohnsen, a wonderfully talented organist and performer. She has performed before on our series, but it was only 4 weeks after a broken foot—so, she asked for another date and we are glad to have her back.
Rosalind Mohnsen is Director of Music and Organist at Immaculate Conception Church in Malden, MA. She has performed in such venues as the National Shrine in Washington, D.C., Yale University, and City Hall in Portland, ME, for twenty national conventions of the Organ Historical Society, and in Latvia and Sweden. She served as Interim Organist and Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, and has sung with Sharing a New Song Chorus on their tours of Cuba and Russia. She’ll be playing works by Franck, Gárdonyi, and Karg-Elert. Do join us for what will be a very interesting and satisfying recital. See her program
Dates to add to your calendar:
• Evensong—Sunday February 5th at 5 pm
• Organ Recital—Sunday February 19 at 5 pm
Rosalind Mohnsen, organist |
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Music at St. Michael's: Our online playlist
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| Evensong, February 2011, featuring the combined choirs of St. Michael's and St. John's Beverly Farms. Listen here |
highlights:
- Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in A, Charles Stanford
- Anthem: Greater Love Hath No Man, John Ireland
- Organ Postlude: Carillon Sortie, Henri Mulet
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Our Music Director, Dr. Douglas Major |
