Second Church in Newton
Bay Colony Brass presents: Space and Beyond
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesMusic director Philip Sanborn leads Newton's 20-member BAY COLONY BRASS in a wide-ranging concert including Richard Strauss’ Fanfare from “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust,” and selections from Gustav Holst’s monumental work, “The Planets.” This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local council that is supported by…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents Treasures of Youth and Age
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesPro Arte’s 47th season opens with Louisville-based conductor Gabriel Lefkowitz leading an expressive program for the strings, principal clarinetist Ian Greitzer, and principal bassoonist Ronald Haroutunian. In her Canyons, from 2018, Tanner Porter paints nature at its most jagged, imposing, and majestic. A work like no other, Richard Strauss’s vibrant Duett-Concertino features writing so organic,…
Pro Arte presents Strings of Light
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesPro Arte welcomes conductor Adrian Slywotsky for a fascinating concert with Pro Arte’s strings. Rather than featuring a soloist, Vivaldi’s boisterous Concerto for Strings in D Major gives the whole orchestra a chance to show off. In her 2013 Teen Murti (“three representations” in Hindi), Reena Esmail combines traditional Hindustani raag with Western composition technique to present, in her…
Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts at the Second Church in Newton
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesThe 9th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts is back. The Festival will be a three-day event from May 17-19th with tons of music styles and something for everyone to enjoy! All festival performances are free, accessible, and open to all. May 17th at Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton 6:00 p.m. Newton…
Bay Colony Brass presents Latino Latón
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesSaturday, May 4 –“Latino Latón” with the Boston Music Project at 7:30PM at Second Church in Newton United Church of Christ, 60 Highland Street, West Newton
Pro Arte presents The Unbroken Circle
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesTHE UNBROKEN CIRCLE April 7, 2024 3:00PM Second Church in Newton 60 Highland Street, West Newton, MA, USA Musical Program Jeff Beal Overture to Pollock Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 11 Beal The Great Circle Ottorino Respighi Gli Uccelli (The Birds) TICKETS In April, Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal leads Pro…
Bay Colony Brass present “RESPIGHI AND FRIENDS, AN ITALIAN AFFAIR”
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United States“RESPIGHI AND FRIENDS, AN ITALIAN AFFAIR” Saturday, March 16 at 7:30PM at Second Church in Newton United Church of Christ, 60 Highland Street, West Newton
Newton Baroque presents Lamentations
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesLamentations Saturday, January 13, 7:30 pm Newton Baroque performs a concert featuring the setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah written by Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695). While Colonna is not so well known today, he was a highly sought-after composer in the mid to late 17th Century and wrote for the court in Ferrara, Modena, Florence,…
Newton Baroque presents From Brahms Studio:
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United States*On Friday, December 15 at 7:30 pm Newton Baroque presents From Brahms Studio: Music that Brahms would have played at his studio with his closest colleagues, including works by Brahms, Joseph Joachim, Peter Cornelius, and Robert Schumann as well as earlier works that Brahms played at his Streicher piano by Bach, Handel and François Couperin. Tickets are available here for this…
Bay Colony Brass presents Remembrance and Resolve
Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United StatesJoin us on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 for “Remembrance and Resolve” We are celebrating our Military Veterans and our new home in West Newton. Remembrance and Resolve Program November 11, 2023, 7:30 PM, Second Church in Newton Free Concert Fanfare for Democracy (Jim Stephenson) March from “1941” (John Williams, arr. Alan Morrison) Variations on “America”…