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Welcome to Friends of Chamber Music at Plymouth Church!


Located at the edge of the White Mountain National Forest in central New Hampshire, Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ has had a presence in Plymouth since 1764. A vibrant and active community throughout its history, in more recent times, it has focused support for Habitat for Humanity, social justice and racial equality. In 1992, it was the first church in New Hampshire to declare itself Open and Affirming to the LGBT community.


While taking such bold stands, this church has also been a strong and passionate advocate for the arts. After the church burned in 1983, the congregation insisted on a new pipe organ and so a magnificent 23-rank Austin organ was installed. In 2022, a new, four manual Viscount organ console was installed and is connected to all pipes and has additional digital voices carefully selected to allow any organist the ability to program repertoire from any era. The Viscount-Austin hybrid now has 90 ranks of digital and pipe stops and it is now one of the largest in New Hampshire! It is glorious!


With its close proximity to Plymouth State University, numerous collaborative music performances have taken place.




Most recently, a performance of Vivaldi's Gloria with orchestra and a choir of 65. The 70-year-old New Hampshire Music Festival Chamber Series is now based at the church each summer.


In recent years, groups like Chanticleer, Inscape Chamber Orchestra, NH Master Chorale, UNH Chamber Singers and the Yale Whiffenpoofs have performed, as well as numerous pianists, organists, vocal soloists and other instrumentalists from around New England and the USA.


This season, we are very excited to present a growing roster of fantastic musicians. We hope you will come and attend in person. If that is not possible, you can find the concerts streaming on the church website www.uccplymouth.org or on the Facebook page. We look forward to welcoming you to our amazing sanctuary, either in-person or online.


All best wishes,

David A Williams

Music Director, Plymouth Congregational Church, Plymouth, NH



Events

Alex Hayashi, oboe

Krisjon Imperio, organ/piano

November 12, 2022 . 5pm

Alex Hayashi, oboe

Krisjon Imperio, organ/piano


Program to include:


Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid

Howells: Oboe Sonata

Vaughan Williams: Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes

Suggested donation at the door

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Pipe organs

Ethan Haman, organ

November 27, 2022 . 4pm

Dedication Recital of the

Joan Campbell Lovett Memorial Organ


Ethan Haman, organ

Yale University

Program to be announced.

Suggested donation at the door

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January 21, 2023 . 3pm

Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones

Founded in 1985, the Veritones are Harvard’s award-winning, contemporary, all-gender a cappella group.

Program to be announced.

Suggested donation at the door

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violin
Piano Keys and Music Sheet

March 19, 2023 . 4pm

Chamber Music of

W. A. Mozart and Bohuslav Martinu

Program to include:


Mozart: Oboe Quartet

Martinu: Quartet for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Oboe

Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor


Kaitlyn Knudsvig, violin - Bryce Bunner, viola

Daniel Scoggins, cello - Alex Hayashi, oboe

Tianhong Yang, piano


Suggested donation at the door

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Choir singers holding musical score and singing on student graduation day in university, college diploma commencement

April 16, 2023 . 5pm

John Rutter's Requiem

and other sacred works

Plymouth Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Program to include:


Works for solo organ: Toccata in 7 and Celebration


Anthems: I will Lift Up Mine Eyes, For the Beauty of the Earth, O Clap Your Hands, and more

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String quartet instruments
Instrument and microphone settings for string quartet production

June 10, 2023 . 5pm

US Army String Quartet

Program to be announced.

Suggested donation at the door

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French composer Gabriel Urbain Faure
Senior Women Singing at Choir Practice

July 10, 2023 . 5pm

Community Sing

Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine

and Requiem

Program to be announced.

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Senior Women Smiling At Choir Practice
Choir singers holding musical score

July 17, 2023 . 5pm

Community Sing

Music by W. A. Mozart and Vivaldi

Program to be announced.

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Choir singers holding musical score
Senior Women Singing at Choir Rehearsal

July 31, 2023 . 5pm

Community Sing

Choruses of Mendelssohn, Handel,

and Haydn

Program to be announced.

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Inscape Chamber Orchestra

July 23 - August 5, 2023

Inscape Chamber Orchestra

Programs to be announced.

Suggested donation at the door

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