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Maria van Kalken, Director of the Old North Festival Chorus and Minister of Music at Old North Church,

has announced plans for the Annual Lenten Choral Concert, and extends a warm and enthusiastic welcome to attend! 

 

Celebrating her 36th season as Director of the Festival Chorus, Maria has planned a beautiful choral concert to take place on Sunday, April 13, at 7:30pm, Palm Sunday. Members of the Old North Senior Choir, soloists, singers from the Old North Festival Chorus, and the Old North Festival Orchestra, will present this 60-minute concert in the sanctuary at Old North Church in Marblehead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The choral centerpiece of the Lenten Concert will feature Dan Forrest’s stunningly beautiful Requiem for the Living, which was originally programmed in 2020, but abruptly halted – due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the composer’s own words, this is to be performed “just as much for the living and their own struggle with pain and sorrow, as for the dead.”

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“Our one-hour Lenten Choral Concert marks the beginning of Holy Week and was established to offer members of the community a program of musical reflection by candlelight. The singers and instrumentalists assembled for this performance – many returning and many new – look forward to sharing this exquisite composition for chorus and orchestra. Our performance is free and open to all, and I look forward to welcoming everyone on this very special occasion” enthuses Maria van Kalken. Soloists for this performance include: Holly Cameron, soprano; Rebecca Kenneally, mezzo-soprano; Kevin Hayden, tenor; and Andrew Scoglio, baritone.

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If you wish to have your name listed as a Sponsor of the program AND if you wish to remember a loved one in the In Loving Memory section of the program, please fill out both lines of the Lenten Concert Dedications & Donations – on the “Lenten Concert Donation & In Loving Memory FORM 2025” BELOW (click on the PDF to open and print the form); if you are interested in listing only the name of a loved one, please fill out only that line. In the unlikely event we have questions, your contact information has been requested; thank you for sharing that as well. Please note that you do not have to be a member of the Festival Chorus or Old North Church to become a sponsor or to list a loved one. Feel free to invite others to support our concert in this manner, if appropriate.

 

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In Loving Memory and Sponsor donations are due no later than Friday, April 4, 2025. Please mail your check (payable to Old North Church – with “Lenten Concert” in the memo) to arrive no later than Friday, April 4, 2025, in order to be included in the Program.

 

Thank you for your support!

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The Old North Annual Lenten Choral Concert is FREE and open to the public, though a free-will offering will be gratefully accepted. 

 

Old North Church is accessible for the physically impaired.

 

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