upcoming music concerts & events!

2019 - 2020 MEETINGHOUSE CONCERT SERIES

Great music in Old Wethersfield's historic meeting house

All concerts are free, with a donation accepted at intermission

Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at 4:00 PM

A CITY CALLED HEAVEN:

Songs in Witness to the Resurrection


Jennifer Groves, soprano

Sean McCarthy, piano and hammered dulcimer

Bryan Minerly, acoustic guitar


Music by Bach, Handel, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, and Gounod. Also featured will be beautiful settings of American spirituals, and folk hymns with hammered dulcimer and acoustic guitar accompaniment.

Sunday, dec. 15, 2019 at 4:00 pm

WELCOME ALL WONDERS:

An American Christmas


First Church Choir, Soloists, and Orchestra

Pilgrim Youth Choir

under the direction of Sean McCarthy


Colonial Carols, Appalachian Carols, and Spirituals, plus choral masterpieces with brass and organ by Daniel Pinkham and Richard Dirksen

sunday, april 5, 2020, at 4:00 pm

HALLELUJAH CHORUSES:

Great Sacred Choruses


First Church Choir, Soloists, and Orchestra

under the direction of Sean McCarthy


Masterworks by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Franck

sunday, may 17, 2020, at 4:00 pm

PANIS ANGELICUS:

Heavenly Music for Violin, Harp and Organ


Yuko Naito-Gotay, violin

Wendy Kerner, harp

Sean McCarthy, organ


Music by Gounod, Rheinberger, Dubois,

Saint-Saëns, and Franck.