Choral Evensong Sunday, September 23
Join us for Choral Evensong this Sunday, September 23.
Heinrich will play a prelude recital at 4:30, and the service starts at 5. This service will also serve as the opening service for the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, so for this special occasion we will offer "A Boston Evensong" - meaning all the composers featured are local or have ties to Boston. In addition to our own Daniel Pinkham, they include Everett Titcomb (who was the organist at our neighboring church St. John's on Bowdoin Street), perennial KC favorites James Woodman and Carson Cooman, as well as Hilary Tann, Megan Henderson, Louise Mundinger, and Marc Hoffeditz. The King's Chapel Choir will be joined for the occasion by two guest choir who will join in for various parts of the service: MagnificatBoston, directed by AGO Boston dean Louise Mundinger, and the choir of First United Methodist Church in Melrose, directed by Andrew David Mattfeld. Patrick Walker has written a new organ piece just for this occasion; it will be premiered as part of the prelude recital. The service will be followed by a festive reception at the Parish House, spearheaded by Sylvia Soderberg and the music committee, in harmonious collaboration with our friends from the Boston AGO - please join us to greet old friends and make some new ones! Music at King's ChapelHeinrich Christensen, Director of Music
Sylvia Soderberg, Chair, Music Committee The musical tradition of King's Chapel dates back to 1713 when the church became the first in New England to acquire an organ. The current C.B. Fisk instrument, King's Chapel's sixth organ, was installed in 1964. Among the important musical events in the life of the young nation that took place at King's Chapel was the first "musical festival" in New England, held here on January 10, 1786. It took the form of a lengthy concert during the Morning Prayer service, including excerpts from Handel's Messiah. The newly founded Handel & Haydn Society gave its first public performance at King's Chapel on Christmas Day, 1815, and remains the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States. The present music program at King's Chapel consists of service music, a Sunday concert series, and a Tuesday recital series. The King's Chapel Concert Series is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium. The King's Chapel Choir, consisting of seventeen professional singers under the direction of Heinrich Christensen, sings at Morning Prayer on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and major holiday services from September through May. During the summer months, individual choir members function as soloists and cantors for Sunday services. Choir SampleCheck below for an audio sample from our All Saints & All Souls Service, held on November 1st, as sung by choir soprano Joei Marshall Perry.
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King's Chapel Music Videos
Our music director, Heinrich Christensen, now has two music videos shot in the church while playing our C.B. Fisk organ. Check them out below!
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Directions
King’s Chapel is located at the intersection of School and Tremont Streets in the heart of Downtown Boston. Our street address is 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108. We are mostly easily accessible via public transportation. The church is an approximately 5 minute walk from the Park Street MBTA station on the Boston Common and Government Center. Both the Green Line and Red Line trains stop at Park Street. The Green Line and Blue Line stop at Government Center.
For more information about directions, please visit our Directions page.
For more information about directions, please visit our Directions page.
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