Music List Complete Fall Term 2019
ALL SAINTS CHURCH WORCESTER C Sunday, September 15 - Christmas Eve, 2019 September 15-Christmas Eve, Sunday, The Choir of All Saints Church All Saints of Choir The HORAL HORAL Organist and Director of Music and Director Organist Graeme McCullough McCullough Graeme Assistant Organist Michael Celularo Celularo Michael M USIC All Saints Church All Saints Church was the first Episcopal church established in the city of Worcester, beginning with a small gathering in the Town Hall on December 13, 1835. The name All Saints Church was adopted in 1843 and on June 10, 1846, the first service was held in the first Episcopal building on Pearl Street. A fire destroyed that building on April 7, 1874. A new church building on the present site was consecrated in 1877. Fire struck again in 1932 and destroyed all but the tower, spire, and some exterior walls. On Easter Sunday, 1934 the first service was held in the present building. With its rich carvings of wood and stone and its glorious stained glass windows, All Saints Church has been described by many as one of the most beautiful churches in New England. It is the largest Episcopal church in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, and as the architects for this Gothic Revival building were Frohman, Robb and Little of Boston, designers of the National Cathedral in Washington DC, our building has many similarities to that majestic cathedral. The Rice Memorial Organ at All Saints is one of the most celebrated in North America. Built by the Aeolian-Skinner company of Boston, opus 909 was an early success in the career of the company’s visionary tonal director, G.
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