Oriana Consort Presents - There is Sweet Music: Choral expressions of comfort and connection

· Follen Church · Belmont

Classical

“There is Sweet Music”, a stanza from Tennyson’s lyric poem “The Lotos-Eaters”, extols the power of music to engage, calm, and inspire — perhaps a worthy aspiration as we face the division and uncertainty of our current times. We explore this theme through a cappella choral works by Claude Debussy, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Daniel Gawthrop, Robert Hobby, Alice Parker, Francis Poulenc, Rosephanye Powell, Salamone Rossi, Camille Saint-Saens, Heinrich Schütz, Williametta Spencer, Charles Villiers Stanford, Randall Thompson, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Oriana Consort is a thirty voice choral ensemble based in Cambridge, MA. For two further opportunities to hear this Fall 2026 program, please see our website.

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Getting there & nearby

Parking
Church lot across Mass Ave (cross at crosswalk); also Mass Ave or Follen Rd. Lot unavailable 2nd Fri after Thanksgiving through Christmas.
MBTA
MBTA 62 and 76 buses from Alewife T station stop near the front door; Sunday bus service now available per church site.
Nearest stop
Alewife T station (MBTA 62 and 76 buses)
From Follen Church’s own site.

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