Connecticut Early Music Society Presents ‘Messiah’ With Period Instruments, Saturday
Artistic Director Ian Watson said performing the work on period instruments gives the music an immediacy and color that audiences rarely hear today.
Artistic Director Ian Watson said performing the work on period instruments gives the music an immediacy and color that audiences rarely hear today.
George Frideric Handel composed Messiah in 1741 in just 24 days. From the joyous “For Unto Us a Child is Born” to the triumphant “Hallelujah” Chorus, the timeless masterpiece captures the wonder and reverence of the holiday season.
Greg Ramm, Save the Children’s Country Director for the Democratic Repbublic of the Congo who lived as a Peace Corps teacher in a village of Mobotu’s Zaire, will describe the current political and humanitarian crisis.
The first show will feature new artistic director and flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, who will be joined by violinist Ani Kavafian, cellist Peter Wiley, and pianist Shai Wosner. The inaugural Mihae Lee Legacy Concert includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Mel Bonis, and Valerie Coleman, culminating in Franz Schubert’s Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898.
A new online educational series spanning the Connecticut River watershed from Old Lyme through its source in New Hampshire will take place over the next two years.
Con Brio Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. Chris Shepard, will feature the music of English composer and conductor Sir John Rutter.
This holiday season, the Lyme Art Association invites the community to celebrate art and togetherness with a series of exhibitions and events for all ages.
Anyone who would like to volunteer their time and talent is invited to bring rakes, loppers, tarps and gloves to the preserve at 33 Coult Lane.
The art center shop and gallery space at 411 Church Street in Guilford is open daily through Jan. 11 with handcrafted gifts from hundreds of independent artists and makers,
Musicians of all ages will bring holiday favorites to the Lymes’ Senior Center on Sunday for a free concert by the Old Lyme Town Band.