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Musica Sacra is a mixed choral ensemble based in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1959,
[1] and has been under the direction of Mary Beekman since 1979.
[2] Despite its name, the chorus performs both sacred and secular music, spanning five centuries. Its performances, typically in First Church Congregational in
Cambridge, are frequently reviewed by the local media.
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7] The group has also performed at the invitation of institutions such as the
Boston Early Music Festival;
WGBH Radio; The
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the
Fogg Art Museum of
Harvard University.
[1]
Musica Sacra is not associated with
the chorus in New York of the same name.
Discography
[8]
- Love, Lust, and Laudations: Flemish Choral Music of the High Renaissance, 2003.
- Welcome Yule!, 2006.
- Piteous Beauty, 2012.
- Baltic Inspirations, 2014.
- The Song of Songs, 2016.
References
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Musica Sacra website
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Mary Beekman at the Musica Sacra website
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^ "Musica Sacra pays homage to Mozart's 'Requiem'",
Cambridge Chronicle, October 23, 2002
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^ "Musica Sacra breathes freshness, fire into Requiem",
Boston Globe, October 30, 2002
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^ "Musica Sacra offers gifted holiday singing",
Boston Globe, December 21, 2004
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^ "Songs of love, polite and passionate",
Boston Globe, June 5, 2007
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^ "Chorus ends season by showing adventurous side",
Boston Globe, June 1, 2009
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Musica Sacra recordings