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Worship Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

First Parish in Lexington
7 Harrington Road
Lexington, MA 02421

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Phone: (781) 862-8200
Fax: (781) 674-1181
email: admin.fplex@verizon.net

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May 25: Lexington Symphony Chamber Players

Music from the Baroque period, including Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Violins, and Marcello, Oboe Concerto in D minor

June 1: Bay State Winds, clarinet trio, Air Force Liberty Band

A variety of original and arranged music for three clarinets

June 8: Duo con Anima: Fern Abrams and Joan Garniss, pianos

An American Potpourri: Fantasy from “Porgy and Bess,” Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story,” American Dance Suite by Julia Smith, Yankee Doodle Variations by Bragiotti, and others

June 15: Esprit de Cors, horn ensemble, David Archibald, conductor

Music for horn ensembles including traditional hunting horn music by Weber, arrangements of music by Bach and Gabrielli, the premiere of Labyrinth by Lexington composer Pamela Marshall, and a new arrangement by conductor David Archibald from Wagner's The Flying Dutchman

June 22: AGO Young Organists Initiative ~ 2012 Organ Scholars

Welcoming a variety of young organists to the bench of our 1897-1898 historic Hutchings tracker organ!

June 29: Hancock Carillon, Marilyn Becker, director

Works arranged for handbells, including Bizet’s Farandole, John Phillip Sousa’s The Thunderer March, Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band, and COLDPLAY’s Clocks

July 6: Battle Green Brass Quintet

Works by Gabrielli and Arnold and a medley of patriotic favorites

July 13: Concord Chamber Orchestra, Alan Yost, conductor

Works by Varese: Ionisation for 13 percussionists and Density 21.5 for solo flute with Sarah Tomasek, flute; and Frank Zappa: The Adventures of Greggary Peccary with Ray Bauwens, voice, and Brad Amidon, narrator, and Peaches en Regalia

July 20: Paul Carlson, piano, Todd Brunel, clarinet, Morgan Scagliotti, violin, and Anne Black, viola

Program to be announced

July 27: Brad Conner, piano, Carol Epple, flute, and Elizabeth Connors, clarinet

A tribute to the 150th anniversary of the birth of French composer Claude Debussy, with works including the “Children’s Corner” Suite and Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”

August 3: Benjamin Sears, baritone, and Brad Conner, piano, with special guest Cynthia Mork, soprano

Fabulous Fenway: A 100th birthday salute to Boston’s beloved ballpark.  Head out to the ballgame with songs by Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, some baseball rags and a few surprises, all in nine musical innings!

August 10: Back Bay Guitar Trio

Program to be announced

August 17: Charlyn Bethell, oboe and English horn, and Guy Urban, piano

Program to be announced

August 24: Aujourd’hui Ensemble ~ flute, oboe/oboe d’amore, violin, bassoon, soprano, contralto, piano/organ, and harp

Chamber music from the Baroque by Bach and Handel to the contemporary by Sean Hannifin

August 31: Mary Neumann, flute, and friends

Program to be announced

September 7: Shaylor Lindsay, piano, Ken Stalberg, violin, and Steve Laven, cello

Brahms B Major Piano Trio, and works for solo piano

September 14: Claudia Struble, piano, and Barbara Oren, violin

Celebrating many years of piano/violin partnership with Sonatas by Mozart, Debussy and Brahms

September 21: Deborah Yardley Beers and Erik Entwistle, piano

Twenty Fingers and Eighty-Eight Keys: Music for Piano Duet from Two Centuries

September 28: Carla Chrisfield, soprano, and William Merrill, piano

Works by Handel, Ravel, Wolf, Richard Strauss, Barber and Tchaikovsky

October 5: Savoyard Light Opera Company

Selections from the 2012 Fall production of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s famous operettas and Broadway favorites

October 12: Fretless, a cappella quartet

Jazz vocal standards