MUSIC NEWS

Sunday Afternoon Concert Series
Advent Concert December 16th at 3:00.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
The Sunday Afternoon Concert Series continues with a magnificent performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on December 16th at 3:00. Conducted by Simona Frenkel, it includes an orchestra of 11 professional musicians, three professional soloists, actors, and Choir, soloists, and extended choir family.
Professional soloists for the concert include Sara Sturdivant, Alto, David Parper, Tenor, and Raymond Ayers, Bass. (For more about Mr. Ayers illustrious career, go to his website at www.raymondayers.com ).
Composed in 1733-34 when Bach was 50, the Oratorio is a festive blend of arias, duets, and choruses telling the Christmas story and set in six parts, each one for a particular Christmas day, -- starting with Part I on Christmas Day and ending with Part VI on Epiphany. The Oratorio is a popular and uplifting Christmas work of Bach’s and features a matchless example of his compositional invention as he uses each voice and instrument in an seemingly endless series of combinations. Our concert will feature selections from the entire work, and the Christmas story will be narrated by actors, William Herman (as Bach) and Liam McAuliffe as one of his sons. A reception will follow the performance in Fellowship Hall.
Please join us for this exceptional concert!


Candlelight Chamber Music Concert December 30, 8 p.m.

This popular Christmas week candlelight chamber music concert will feature David Baranowski and friends on Sunday evening, December 30th at 8:00 p.m. Costumed ushers will show you to your seats for an evening of chamber music on the harpsichord, and lit by soft candlelight, --a perfect mid-Christmas week treat. A soft snowfall outside our blown-glass windows reflecting the warmth within will make a wonderful seasonal memory.

Mark your musical calendars for the following dates:
February/March Cary Brown Trio
April 27th at 3:00 p.m. Spring Concert – Schubert Mass in C with
Simona Frenkel, Director

The Sunday Afternoon Concert series is entirely supported by the generosity of its church family patrons. To become a patron for the 2007-2008 season, please give a check for $50.00 (or more) payable to FPCY, and note it is for the Concert Series 07-08.


PATRONS SOUGHT FOR 2006-2007 SUNDAY CONCERTS
The Worship Commission invites anyone who is interested to become a special patron of the 2006-2007 Sunday afternoon concert series. Please contact the church office (245-2186) if you can support this new concert series by becoming a patron.