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  • Sheepscot Chorus sings “The First Nowell” by Vaughan Williams and other holiday favorites on December 1

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    Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor 125 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, ME, United States

    Sheepscot Chorus invites you to their annual holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 3:00 PM at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church. Professional tenor soloist David Myers-Wakeman and a chamber orchestra will join the chorus for this popular event. "We are pleased to perform this heartwarming concert for the community," says director Linda Blanchard. "The First Nowell" is a collection of carols written to accompany a nativity play, and in addition to the title carol it includes carols such as "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen," "The Cherry Tree Carol," " The Sussex Carol," and more. Vaughan Williams biographer Stephen Connock...

    Free – $20

  • Join Sheepscot Chorus to sing Haydn’s “St. Nicholas Mass” and other holiday favorites on December 5 and 6

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    First Congregational Church 28 High St, , ME, Wiscasset, ME, United States

    Sheepscot Chorus invites you to join us as we begin rehearsals on Tuesday, Sept. 8 in Wiscasset for our Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6 Boothbay Harbor holiday concerts, featuring Joseph Haydn's charming "St. Nicholas Mass," performed with orchestra, and conducted by artistic director Linda Blanchard. "Missa Sancti Nicolai" was written for the Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas nameday of Haydn's patron, Prince Nicolaus Esterházy, and was one of the first vocal works that Haydn composed. The short mass setting has intimate, cozy instrumentation and lilting melodies that call to mind Christmas and pastoral music. Haydn painted a...