Echoes of Poland:
A Journey Through Polish Vocal Masterpieces

Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 4:00 pm

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003 view map
Free parking • Free-will donation

Join us for an enchanting evening celebrating the rich and diverse heritage of Polish vocal music. Our concert features an exquisite selection of lesser-known works, showcasing the profound beauty and spiritual depth of Poland’s choral tradition. Featured are works by Bartłomiej Pękiel and many more!

Holiday Lobbying at the Willard

December 2024 (date TBA) at 5:30 and 6:45 pm
(45-minute program, two performances)
Willard InterContinental Washington Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004 view map
Metro: Federal Triangle
Free admission • Valet parking • Limited seating

Ring in the season in the beautifully decorated lobby of the historic Willard Hotel — the very space where “lobbying” got its name. Enjoy beloved traditional and early fare, including English medieval carols, Praetorius’ Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Daniel Read’s rousing Sherburne, and much more. As always, the festivities will end with a sing-along of Franz Gruber’s own early setting of his beloved Stille Nacht (Silent Night).

Don’t miss this joyful annual event! Seating is first come, first served; there is ample standing room.

Una Festa Italiana:
Music of Casulana, Aleotti, and More

Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm
The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
6201 Dunrobbin Drive at MacArthur Boulevard
Bethesda MD 20816 view map
Free street parking

Celebrate the rich heritage of Italy with Una Festa Italiana, featuring choral masterpieces by Italian composers. Discover hidden gems by pioneering women composers Maddalena Casulana and Vittoria Aleotti. Join us for an enchanting evening of Italian music. Viva l’Italia!

Les Cieux en Chacun Lieu:
Vocal Music of the French Reformation

Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Church of the Little Flower
5607 Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda, MD 20816 view map
Free street parking

Embark on a historical journey through the profound and inspiring vocal music of the French Reformation. This concert features an extraordinary selection of works by composers whose music shaped the spiritual and cultural landscape of 16th-century France.

Postponed — tentative date: Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020
CARMINA & Illuminare
The Youthful J.S. Bach and His Forebears
featuring Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
(Odeon Concert Series)

with The Friends of Fasch:
Thomas MacCracken, organ and director
Adéla Gardavská-Balima and Sarah Weiner, recorder
Amy Domingues and Chelsea Bernstein, viola da gamba
Doug Poplin, violoncello

Our spring program features one of J.S. Bach’s earliest masterpieces, the funeral cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, written during his brief tenure in Mühlhausen (1707-1708). The twenty-two-year-old Bach gave the work a uniquely “antique” flavor by scoring it for two recorders and two viole da gamba—relatively old-fashioned instruments for the time—along with solo voices, chorus, and continuo. The cantata’s Biblical texts offer comfort and promise amid reminders of human mortality.

We further explore Bach’s roots with works by some of his predecessors, including motets by two of Bach’s relatives, Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) and Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694), as well as works by Buxtehude, Schütz, and Vierdanck.

We are delighted to be working with the period instrumental ensemble The Friends of Fasch for this performance!

Sunday, April 26, 2020, 4 pm
Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church
3241 Brush Drive, Falls Church VA 22042view map
Free parking
Donation: $20