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Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
  • Upcoming Events
  • 2023-2024 SEASON
    • The Cask of Amontillado
    • Journey of Seasons
    • Photoplay
    • NightinGALA
    • ECLIPTIC
    • Tales
  • Media
  • Connect
  • Give
    • FIVE - Fall Fundraiser
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        • Winds of Change
        • Album Release Show
        • Modern Renaissance
        • PLAY
        • ADRIFT
        • Magic.
        • NightinGALA
      • Season 3 ('21-22) >
        • WHISPERS -what haunts you-
        • MYTHOLOGY OF THE PLANETS
        • DREAMS
        • Ocean
      • Season 2 ('20-21) >
        • Stardust: Songs of the Cosmos
        • Reflections
        • The Divine in Nature
        • trUSt - Andrew Maxfield
        • A New Love Story: Madrigals Reimagined
      • Season 1 ('19-20) >
        • An Exploration of The Senses
        • Sacred: A life's journey

Magic.​
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DIGITAL PROGRAM LINK
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April 22 | 8pm

​Saint Peter's Episcopal Church
Cambridge, MA
TICKETS

April 23 | 4pm
​Old South Church
​Boston, MA

​TICKETS

Nicholas Ford, Project Lead
Benjamin Perry, Artistic Director

House opens 30 minutes prior to concert start time.

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The final concert of Nightingale’s 2022-2023 season is a celebration of music, magic, and mysticism. What is this great power, that hearts may be driven to feel wonder, thrill, horror, even love, by nothing but a careful arrangement of sound waves? Is every musician a magician?

Witness an evening of ritual, spells, and otherworldly sounds as we delve into the mysterious connections between magic and music. Featuring works from Hildegard von Bingen, Meredith Monk, and R. Murray Schafer, as well as three world premieres from members of Nightingale, Magic. is a concert experience like no other.

This project is led by Nightingale member Nicholas Ford.


​Musical Program:
Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans Vita - Hildegard von Bingen, arr. Nicholas Ford
Earth Seen from Above, from Atlas - Meredith Monk
Ritual to Learn Tongues - Nicholas Ford
*Scry - Nicholas Ford
*Vocal Incantation - Rose Hegele
Magic Songs - R. Murray Schafer
*Alive and Aware - Nathan Halbur
Hocket - Meredith Monk
Chesterfield (Death May Dissolve My Body Now) - Traditional from the New England Psalm-Singer


* Indicates World Premiere

poster artwork:
Superposition of Two Wave-Systems
from “Water-Waves and Sound-Waves”
​Joseph Norman Lockyer


LET'S GET SOCIAL!

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​This season, Nightingale is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Our season is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble is a registered non-profit with 501(c)3 status. We are now accepting donations to help fund our ambitious season. To donate, please visit our GIVE page. If you have questions, email: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com
  • Upcoming Events
  • 2023-2024 SEASON
    • The Cask of Amontillado
    • Journey of Seasons
    • Photoplay
    • NightinGALA
    • ECLIPTIC
    • Tales
  • Media
  • Connect
  • Give
    • FIVE - Fall Fundraiser
  • More...
    • Mission
    • Artists
    • History
    • Past Seasons >
      • Virtual SummerFest
      • Season 4 ('22-23) >
        • Winds of Change
        • Album Release Show
        • Modern Renaissance
        • PLAY
        • ADRIFT
        • Magic.
        • NightinGALA
      • Season 3 ('21-22) >
        • WHISPERS -what haunts you-
        • MYTHOLOGY OF THE PLANETS
        • DREAMS
        • Ocean
      • Season 2 ('20-21) >
        • Stardust: Songs of the Cosmos
        • Reflections
        • The Divine in Nature
        • trUSt - Andrew Maxfield
        • A New Love Story: Madrigals Reimagined
      • Season 1 ('19-20) >
        • An Exploration of The Senses
        • Sacred: A life's journey