114 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608
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Our Premiere Season: 2005-2006
The Hot
Cat Jazz Band
Ross Tucker,
bandleader
Sunday, September 25, 2005, at 2:00 p.m.
Join us for an exciting afternoon performance by one of the hottest Dixieland jazz bands in the region! Come and find out why the Hot Cats have been called the most versatile jazz band in New England – their talents excell in styles of jazz, swing, and rock & roll.
Festival of Lessons
and Carols
The Wesley Choir and Great Organ
Scott Lamlein,
organist-choirmaster
Friday, December 16, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
A holiday favorite in 2004, the Wesley Choir is excited to present this solemn festival once again. Join us as “Once in Royal David’s City” calls us to leave our challenging December responsibilities for an hour of spiritual anticipation of the coming Birth.
Requiem
by
Maurice Duruflé
The Wesley Choir and the Wesley Festival Singers
Scott Lamlein,
conductor;
Larry Allen,
guest organist;
Maria Ferrante,
soprano soloist
Sunday, April 2, 2006, at 2:30 p.m.
One of the most hauntingly beautiful works in the choral repertoire is here presented, alongside the triumphant Suite for Organ. In commemoration of the death of Maurice Duruflé in 1986, this Requiem is a truly spiritual experience, from the climactic glory of the Sanctus, to the sublime, quiet comfort of the final movement, In Paradisum.
New
England Ringers
The sixth annual Sundberg Memorial Concert
Friday, April 28, 2006, at 7:30 p.m.
If you have never experienced a handbell choir, this is the concert for you! An amazing combination of talent and teamwork enables a group of several people to make extraordinary music with a set of English handbells. This premier handbell ensemble of New England will provide an evening of unique music that is sure to please!
Hymn
Festival
The Wesley Music Ministry with Special Guests
Scott Lamlein, Leslie McBrayer and Thomas Ofori,
choirmasters
Sunday, June 11, 2006, at 2:00 p.m.
The great hymns of the faith are celebrated in an afternoon of praise and glory. Join us as the Wesley Choir, Wesley Ringers, Ghanaian Choir, and Children’s Choirs add a special dimension to hymns both old and new. This is an interactive event – come prepared (and inspired to) sing!
Pipes
Alive!
Wesley’s Organ Series
First Sunday of each month, October-June, 12:15-12:45 p.m.
Back by popular demand, these brief concerts on Wesley’s 73-rank, 1927 Skinner pipe organ offer an opportunity to hear the great dynamic, musical range of this, the King of Instruments. Featured organists will include Wesley’s own Scott Lamlein, as well as master organists from the greater Worcester area. Half-hour concerts are followed by an informal demonstration of the Great Organ.
October 2: Scott Lamlein
November 6: Lois Toeppner
December 4: Will Sherwood
January 1: Scott Lamlein
February 5: Peter Stoltzfus Berton
March 5: Scott Lamlein
No
April Pipes Alive – Duruflé Concert above
May
7: William Ness
June 4: Donald Meineke
Other Areas of Interest:
Music Alive!
Music Alive!
has as its mission to offer first-rate musical performances to the greater
Worcester community. The architectural and acoustical beauty of the
sanctuary of Wesley United Methodist Church provides a perfect setting for
musical performances. Our promise for this, our inaugural season, and for
future years is to present a diverse program of musical genres that will appeal
to a wide audience. A regular feature of Music Alive! is nine monthly
half-hour Pipes Alive concerts, featuring master organists from the greater
Worcester area on Wesley’s 73-rank, 1927 E. M. Skinner pipe organ. Artist
fees and administrative costs are raised by free-will offerings at con-certs,
individual and corporate donations, and program advertisements, thus making it
possible for us to offer the series at no cost to concert-goers. Please
keep this flyer as your reminder of each concert this season. We hope to see
you at all of them!
Scott E. Lamlein, Artistic Director; Thomas
Ingrassia, Managing Director;
Lorraine Kronberg, Treasurer; Lanny Hilgar, Logistics Manager