The keynote speaker at the 2012 Lantern Ceremony was General (Ret) Frederick M. Franks, Jr., commander of the VII Corps during Operation Desert Storm. Old North co-sponsored the 2012 Lantern Ceremony with Home Base Program. The Home Base Program is a collaboration between the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital, serving the needs of Read More…
Video: Irish Folk Music – Alex Duval (Violinist) and Elise Kopesky (Clarinetist) “An Evening of Chamber Music” on March 23, 2012 as the North End Music & Performing Arts Center presented a string quartet concert at the Old North Church. View more from NEMPAC’s Evening of Chamber Music at Old North Church The Chamber Music Read More…
Video: Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, read by Stacey Lucchino of the Boston Red Sox Foundation, followed by The Sweetness of Mary, performed by 1st Michigan Colonial Fife and Drum Corps, in memory of Mary Lodgson. (Fife & Drum starts at 6:40 in video.) Old North Church hosted the Annual Lantern Ceremony on Read More…
L.V. Beethoven String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 Beethoven wrote this piece between 1798 and 1800 and published it in 1801. The string quartet is in the key of F Major and consists of four movements. The second movement was said to have been influenced by the tomb scene from William Shakespear’s Romeo and Juliet. Read More…
In celebration of Patriot’s Day, Old North Church hosted the 237th Anniversary Annual Lantern Ceremony on Sunday, April 17, 2012. This year, Old North honored the work of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Home Base Program, which assists veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. The keynote speaker was General (Ret) Fred Franks. Read More…
Video: Excerpts from Paul Revere’s Letter to Jeremy Belknap, read by Joe Kearns Goodwin, U.S. Army Veteran and Victoria Bonney Goodwin. When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Lambert Willhousky, Performed by Old North Chamber Choir under Dr. Libor Dudas, Organist and Director Old North Church hosted the Annual Lantern Ceremony on Sunday, April 17, 2012. Read More…
North End Music and Performing Arts Center presents Scott Boni Jazz Trio on Friday, April 27, 2012, 7pm at the Old North Church, 93 Salem Street. Suggested donation of $15, proceeds to benefit NEMPAC’s scholarship fund and programs. Visit NEMPACBoston.org for more information.
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp2GUM8M6Mg] Video: Lantern Ceremony – Entrance Procession with the Color Guard from USS Constitution, Honorary Lantern Escorts, Grand Lodge of Masons and Members of the Militia. Following the procession, the Reverend Stephen T. Ayres, Vicar of Old North Church, welcomed nearly 500 guests and performed the invocation. Old North Church hosted the Annual Lantern Read More…
CYRUS DALLIN, HIS PAUL REVERE STATUE AND THE PRADO Sunday, April 29, 2012, Paul Revere Mall (The Prado), Boston’s North End Boston’s North End/Waterfront community will host a historical fair on Sunday afternoon, April 29, 12-4 PM, at the Paul Revere Mall on Hanover Street in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Read More…
Video: The final two parts of D. Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83. Composed in 1949, Shostakovich, a prolific Russian 20th Century composer, was influenced greatly by the Romantic Era, however, his music contains much chromaticism and atonality, which was characteristic in the 20th century. It was “An Evening of Chamber Music” on March Read More…
Old North Church and the National Park Service will be celebrating the 237th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride on Sunday, April 15 with a series of festivities that are free and open to the public. At 6:00 p.m., the remaining tickets to the annual Lantern Ceremony will be distributed at the rear entrance of Old Read More…
April 5 Maundy Thursday Agape Supper at 6:00 p.m. in the parish house. April 6 Good Friday Service at 1:00 p.m. Church closed to tours from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. April 7 Easter Saturday Baptism Service at 3:30 p.m. followed by an Easter egg hunt at 4:15 p.m. April 8 Festival Easter Service Read More…