CONCERTS
Concerts at other Music Events at Christ Church
Christ Church offers music events that include special services for the church year as well as concerts and performances such as recitals and ongoing concert series. A Carol Sing-along was offered during the 2023 Christmas season for Artwalk, a Bach recital series during Lent in 2024, and a solo piano recital as part of New Bern's Arts in April. An organ dedication recital and organ recital series are forthcoming in the Fall of 2024 following the summer installation of the Taylor & Boody Opus 85 instrument.
Organ Dedication Concert: Nathaniel Gumbs. In 2024, Christ Episcopal Church is thrilled to welcome its new Taylor & Boody Opus 85 to New Bern, North Carolina! We celebrated with two Organ Dedication Events in September: a Dedicatory Eucharist Service and a Dedication Concert featuring concert organist Nathaniel Gumbs.
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Artwalk Music Series is a new music series at Christ Church that begins in October 2024 and will continue through Spring 2025. Centering this season around the new pipe organ, the first Artwalk (Friday, October 11th) is Silent Movie with organ improvisation accompaniment to the German expressionist film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Spooky organ music begins at 6:00 pm, followed by the film screening at 6:30 pm (approx. 60 min). The next event is in December, a Christmas Carol Sing-along, followed by an organ recital series starting with the February Artwalk on Valentine's Day.
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All Saints’ Day Requiem Concert. Performed each year on All Saints' Day, this year's concert is Friday, November 1st at 7:00 pm with Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, including soloists and orchestra.
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Lessons & Carols is sung each Advent and features choirs and instrumentalists from Christ Church. The 2023 service featured classic choral arrangements of Adam lay ybounden, Angelus ad viriginem, and others.
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Bach Music Meditation Series takes place on Wednesdays during Lent from 12:00-12:30 pm in the Nave. Performed on the piano are the complete 24 preludes & fugues from Book One of J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Each week, four preludes & fugues are performed in the order in which they are found in Book One: the first week starting with C major and the last week ending with B minor (Holy Week).
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Choral Evensong is a service is sung two to three times per year. This beautiful evening service is sometimes preceded by a short recital. The February 2024 Evensong included the Herbert Howells Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G minor as well as Preces & Responses by a local composer.
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Music at Passiontide is a time of music and meditation on the evening of Good Friday. Christ Church Choirs and instrumentalists present either a Passion performance or an offering of Passion-themed music and poetry. In 2024, the choir presented J.S. Bach's Crucifixus from the B minor mass, a movement from Zelenka's Miserere, and other early music choral works, accompanied by string quartet. ​
Taizé services, short meditative sung services, are held each fifth Sunday in the Chapel.
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