Church of the Covenant... and Tiffany

Nationally Significant as America's Largest

Tiffany - Decorated

Church Interior.

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A unified expression of Tiffany’s highest form of ecclesiastical decoration.

No other matches the size, scope, complexity, integrity or originality.

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The Tiffany windows at Church of the Covenant are integral elements of the stunning Tiffany church interior.  There are 42 Tiffany windows -- 22 ornamental windows in the clerestory and 20 figure windows throughout the sanctuary. 

They all include "opalescent" glass with its subtle tones and variations that eliminate the need for much painting and allow painterly effects.

Tiffany's technical contributions to the art of stained glass--his opalescent, drapery, twig, fabric, horizon, jewel and sunset glass--are all included in the windows of Church of the Covenant. As a landscape artist, Tiffany relied on talented designers for the figural memorials that churches demanded.

The windows here were created by Tiffany's finest designers: three by Edward P. Sperry, three by J. A. Holzer, and the rest by his most creative designer, Frederick Wilson. They were done in a variety of styles--in a linear, Pre-Raphaelite mode with Sperry; a flat, mosaic one with Holzer; and anything from classical to Art Nouveau with Wilson.

The Central Congregational Church laid the cornerstone for this new building in 1865.  It was one of the earliest of many extraordinary churches built after the landfill of the Back Bay was begun in the 1850's.  In 1932 the congregation federated with the First Presbyterian Church to create 

Church of the Covenant.

 In 1894 - 1896, the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company with complex paint schemes on the walls and ceilings, elaborate trusses and traceries, and entrance vestibule, a choir stall, a bronze lectern, a pulpit, pews, a baptismal font, glass mosaics, a huge art glass lantern and 42 large stained glass windows.

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The windows represent the full scope of Tiffany's glass art as an integral part of a complete Tiffany church interior.  Designed by three of Tiffany's top designers, the 20 complex figures windows include at least nine types of

specialty glass and up to five layers that allow for creative, painterly effects.

In an area of Boston filled with cultural monuments and architectural splendor, Church of the Covenant is an architectural and artistic landmark which has been designated a

National Historic Landmark.

Church of the Covenant - Boston  Youtube video   http://youtu.be/X8iAbXjbJgY

 photos:Richard Bouchard
text credit: COC literature, & web design(s)

Landmark Orchestra Presents ....

 Landmark Orchestra

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~ FREE ~

 Wednesday evening concerts

on the

ESPLANADE - Boston

 

It's that time of year again! Let's meet for an evening of classical music on the Esplanade each Wednesday - as the Boston Landmark Orchestra opens the season with it's annual (FREE) summer SERIES of concerts at the Hatch Shell.  Bring a blanket and picnic supper/snacks and enjoy!

***BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA

TO HAVE ENHANCED SECURITY

ON THE ESPLANADE THIS YEAR.***

 

Bag Checks and No Parking Regulations Will Be In Force.

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s concert series in front of the Hatch Shell will have enhanced security in place this year.  The DCR and State Police will create 4 entrances to the site.  One will be for staff only.  One will service people coming to the Esplanade from the Charles Street Subway Station and the other two will provide access for people coming over the Arthur Fiedler Bridge from the direction of Arlington Street.  All audience members will need to go through a bag check.  An Express Line will be available for people with no bags.

The DCR and State Police will not allow the following items: coolers with wheels, backpacks, glass containers, alcohol, firearms, or grills.

There will be no parking on Storrow Drive.  

 

 

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Summer Day-trip -- on the go.

Hello Friends!

As the summer starts off ... !

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Heads up everyone!!...

Planning ahead here so we can all enjoy a daytrip Together.

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 Tuesday July 16^th let's set sail from Plymouth for a fun filled day on board the Plymouth-to-Provincetown Ferry.

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Schedule and rates are all spelled out below.

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Let me know your thoughts. 

Looking forward to seeing you all again and enjoying lunch and the sights in P-Town.

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Rates & Schedule

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Adults $43 Round Trip
Seniors (62+) $38
Children (under 12) $33
One-way $30
Bicycles $5

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(AAA discount... be sure to ask for it, otherwise it's not automatic.)

** Please plan accordingly: Traffic,  parking,  purchasing your own ticket.

** Advance reservations are strongly suggested.

** Please arrive early (approx. 9:15) to purchase your own ticket and board the  

     ferry.
** Don’t forget your sun-screen lotion!

Schedule for the day:

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Leave Plymouth 10:00 am
Arrive P’Town 11:30 am
Leave P’Town 4:30 pm
Arrive Plymouth 6:00 pm

Dates of Ferry Service from Plymouth to P-Town.
Daily June 22 to Sept. 2

online information click the link below. http://p-townferry.com/

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Please feel free to invite others too !

 

Mercury Orchestra: Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff

The Mercury Orchestra

Celebrates

Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff

In Concert at 

Harvard's historic

Sanders Theatre

 

Program:

 

Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky

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Symphonic Dances, Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

Channing Yu,  Conductor

 

The Mercury Orchestra was selected as the national winner of the 2010 American Prize in Orchestral Performance, community orchestra division, in a competition including orchestras from 26 states and the District of Columbia.

The American Prize is a series of non-profit national competitions designed to recognize and reward the very best in the performing arts in the United States. Founded in 2009, the American Prize rewards the best recorded performances of music by individuals and ensembles in the United States at the professional, community/amateur, college/university, church and school levels.

The 97-member Mercury Orchestra, directed by the young American conductor Channing Yu, brings together some of the most talented amateur musicians in the Cambridge/Boston area to perform some of the most challenging works in the symphonic repertoire.

 

 

 

Inspired by Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, England, Sanders Theatre is famous for its design and its acoustics.  A member of the League of Historic American Theatres, the 1,166 seat theatre offers a unique and intimate 180 degree design which provides unusual proximity to the stage.

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Sanders Theatre was designed to function as a major lecture hall and as the site of college commencements. Although Sanders saw its last commencement exercise in 1922, the theatre continues to play a major role in the academic mission of Harvard College, hosting undergraduate core curriculum courses, the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, and the annual Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony.  Many of the most venerable academic, political and literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth century have taken the podium at Sanders Theatre including

Winston Churchill, 

Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr.   

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  Sanders is presently home to several undergraduate choir and orchestral groups and also serves as a venue for many professional performance ensembles including Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Chamber Music Society, Christmas Revels, Masterworks Choral and Boston Baroque.

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So.... now you know.  Music isn't just about 'sounds' but the history, the story and the environment in which those sounds resonate.  

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I had a wonderful time !

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Sanders Theatre is not typically available for viewing by the public except during public performances. Photo credit: Steve Rosenthal, Text credit: www.google.com/search?q=wickedpedia 

Spreading around the GLOBE ~

The Equal marriage bill for England and Wales

has been given

Royal Assent

and is now law. 

*curtseys*

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Have a GAY day !



Brimfield -- JULY --- 2013

 

Once again,

and together with my friends,

we ventured west.....

destination:

* Brimfield *

'Treasuring Hunting' was calling !

 

 

So much (junk) to choose from !

 

As 'they' say...

One man's junk

IS

Another man's

 

*TREASURE*

 

 

... and other things that caught my eye

 

 

... and more     ---->

 

 the word 'multiple' comes to mind.

 

 ... See what I mean.

 

Then there was this

And This......

and

 THIS

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Oh My !

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But mostly there were happy 'hunters'

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or just hunted?

 At the end of the day ...

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 See you in September Brimfield !
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