Room to Breathe – Portland

Williston-Immanuel United Church 156 High St, Portland, ME, United States

Quiet the noise of the modern world and give your spirit Room to Breathe with this candlelight concert. This immersive experience will prepare you for the solar eclipse by tapping into the power of light...

Room to Breathe – Brunswick

First Parish Church, Brunswick, ME 9 Cleveland Street, Brunswick, ME, United States

Quiet the noise of the modern world and give your spirit Room to Breathe with this candlelight concert. This immersive experience will prepare you for the solar eclipse by tapping into the power of light...

Portland Bach Experience – Brunswick

First Parish Church, Brunswick, ME 9 Cleveland Street, Brunswick, ME, United States

Celebrate with J.S. Bach’s majestic Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Vivaldi’s festive Gloria, and the premiere of Howard Frazin’s Peace Cantata.

Peace Cantata is a setting of text by Jewish philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel, and is co-commission in partnership with Temple Beth El to celebrate Rabbi Carolyn Braun and her years of service to our community upon her retirement.

Includes pre-concert lecture The Baroque Jam Band: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Find out why musicians, musicologists, and NPR consider Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos “as powerful to me as any rock ‘n’ roll song, as energizing as any techno dance music, as driving and thrilling as any punk or heavy metal” (All Things Considered).

SCHEDULE

4:00 p.m. – Doors open

4:15 p.m. – Pre-concert lecture

5:00 p.m. – Concert

TICKETS

Adults: $35 in advance, $40 at the door

Students: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

Under 2: Free

$40

Portland Bach Experience – Portland

Temple Beth El, Portland 400 Deering Ave, Portland, ME, United States

Celebrate with J.S. Bach’s majestic Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Vivaldi’s festive Gloria, and the premiere of Howard Frazin’s Peace Cantata.

Peace Cantata is a setting of text by Jewish philosopher Abraham Joshua Heschel, and is co-commission in partnership with Temple Beth El to celebrate Rabbi Carolyn Braun and her years of service to our community upon her retirement.

Includes pre-concert lecture The Baroque Jam Band: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Find out why musicians, musicologists, and NPR consider Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos “as powerful to me as any rock ‘n’ roll song, as energizing as any techno dance music, as driving and thrilling as any punk or heavy metal” (All Things Considered).

SCHEDULE

1:00 p.m. – Doors open

1:15 p.m. – Pre-concert lecture

2:00 p.m. – Concert

TICKETS

Adults: $35 in advance, $40 at the door

Students: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

Under 2: Free

$40