Please join us each Monday evening for Taize prayer in the main church at 7:30 p.m. We gather for approximately a half hour of candle lit meditation, song, and scripture following the tradition of the Taize community. Services are ecumenical and open to all. No registration is necessary and drop ins are welcome! Interested or need additional information? Please call Tracy Howard at 6 3 1 – 3 2 7 – 4 4 8 9 or email dthicks111 @ gmail.com.
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York (RCCNY) presents the second concert in its series, The Spirit of Old Russia at 4 pm on Saturday, January 11 at St. Charles. The program traces the development of Russian sacred music from the 18th century through the 20th century, including its roots in Russian folk songs and ancient chant melodies. Compositions will include a setting of Pushkin’s haunting Winter Road by Vissarion Shebalin, three sacred choral miniatures by Nikolai Golovanov, a double-choir concerto by influential Baroque Ukrainian composer Dmitry Bortniansky, and a setting of Gogol’s text “Boundless Fields” by Alexander Kastalsky, a prominent Russian choral composer virtually unknown in the West. For this concert program, the chorus will be joined by Anatoly Trofimov on the bayan, the traditional Russian button accordion, and Tamara Volskaya who will play domra, a lute-like traditional Russian instrument. With this program, RCCNY audiences will gain a greater understanding of how Russian choral music has evolved and blossomed over centuries.
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The 2nd annual St. Charles – Custom House – Salvation Army toy drive was held on Dec. 14. This year we exceeded our donation goal by 30% from last year. Between the donations from our parish and people stopping by Custom House Pub on Montague Street, we know that the Christmas will be made brighter for those families in need.
The Bella Voce Singers will be performing “Hope”, which will include Linda Tutas Haugen’s “Anne Frank: A Living Voice,” as well as works by Dale Warland, Elizabeth Alexander, Donald Moore, and Mark Weston, among others. Join us on December 14 at 7 pm. Tickets are $15 at the door.
Theater 2020 will present Two Holiday events GREAT for the WHOLE family at Saint Charles Borromeo Church:
Saturday, December 21 at 3pm (doors open at 2:30pm)
“A Radio Christmas Carol”
Join artists Pat & Locke Wallace, Marc Deaton, David Fuller, Judith Jarosz, John Johmann, & Elise Reynard as they present Charles Dickens’ Christmas Classic adapted by David Fuller and performed as a one hour Radio Play, complete with Foley Artist Sound Effects! This event includes an optional sing-a-long on some of the classics & a reception with the artists immediately following the concert. A lovely holiday tradition that is great for the whole family ages five years and up.
Any donation gets you in! ALL proceeds from this event go directly to St. Charles Borromeo Church! No reservations are required.
Suggested donation of $20 (cash only at the door the day of the show) but any donation gets you in and no one will be turned away!
The Christmas Wreath Sale is back on Sunday, December 8! Check out the wreaths before and after the 9 am and 10:30 am masses. Wreaths are handmade by parish volunteers and sales will benefit the parish.
Next Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 7:00 pm our own Sergio Sandí, Music Director of St. Charles Borromeo, will perform with the prominent Mexican composer and tenor Juan Pablo Contreras. The program will feature love songs in Spanish by composers from Mexico and Spain. Tickets are $15 and are available online here, and will be sold after mass on Sunday, October 27 and at the door the evening of the concert. Please come and bring your family and friends to what will be a wonderful musical evening!
