Sacred music concert set at Bangor church

BANGOR – The public is invited to join the Chamber Choir of St. John’s Parish, under the direction of Kevin Birch, for a concert series of rarely heard 20th century sacred music for organ and choir in Bangor, Lewiston, Boston and New Bedford, Mass. The Bangor concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St.

The concert will feature Gemma Coebergh, concert organist, of Haarlem, The Netherlands, with the Chamber Choir of St. John’s Catholic Church and soprano soloist, University of Maine voice professor Nancy Ogle joining the two Maine concerts.

The four-concert series will include organ and choral works of Dutch composers Hendrik Andriessen, Albert de Klerk, Jan Mul and Herman Strategier, as well as French composers Maurice Durufle and Gabriel Faure.

The concerts are sponsored by The Netherlands-America Foundation, the Bangor Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the Southeastern Massachusetts Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the St. John’s Organ Society and the Andriessen-deKlerk Foundation.

Admission is free, but donations will be appreciated.