Tuesday
10:00 pm
Directions from Harvard Memorial Church and St. Paul Church to Marriott
35 minutes
Return to Harvard Square T station. Take any INBOUND train (Braintree or Ashmont) 5 stops to Downtown Crossing. Change to Orange Line in the direction of Forest Hills. Go three stops to Back Bay Station. Go upstairs to the main Back Bay Station/Dartmouth St. entrance. Walk outside to Dartmouth St., turn RIGHT and walk to Stuart St. Turn LEFT on Stuart St. Marriott Hotel will be ahead on the left.
Tuesday
8:30 pm
Directions from St. Paul Church to Harvard Memorial Church
10 minutes
As you leave St. Paul Church, walk straight ahead on Bow St. to Mass. Av. Turn LEFT on Mass. Av. At the next corner with a crosswalk, cross Mass. Av. and continue walking in the same direction as before. Enter Harvard Yard through the first gate; you will be behind Widener Library. Walk straight ahead on the left side of the Library and you will see the Memorial Church (white steeple).
Directions from Harvard Memorial Church to St. Paul Church
10 minutes
As you leave Harvard Memorial Church, turn LEFT; Widener Library will be straight ahead. Walk to the right of Widener and through the gate behind it. Cross Mass. Av. And turn LEFT. Continue on Mass. Av. to Bow St. Turn RIGHT on Bow St. St. Paul Church will be straight ahead at the corner of Bow and Arrow Sts.
Tuesday
5:15 pm
Allow 40 minutes for total travel time
Directions from Marriott Hotel to Harvard Square
30 minutes
As you exit Marriott Hotel, turn RIGHT. Continue on Stuart St. (behind Westin Hotel) to Dartmouth St. Cross Dartmouth St. and turn RIGHT. You will see the T Back Bay Station one block ahead. Enter the Station and take the INBOUND Orange Line T in the direction of Oak Grove. Go 3 stops to Downtown Crossing. Change trains: Take the Red Line INBOUND toward Park St. and Alewife. Go five stops to Harvard.
Directions from Harvard Square to St. Paul Church
7 minutes from Harvard Square T station
Turn LEFT as you exit the Red Line train and use the Harvard Square exit. You will be facing the Harvard Coop; turn completely (180 degrees) around (Coop will be behind you). Cambridge Savings Bank will be on your right. Walk away from The Coop along the right-hand side of Massachusetts Av. (the brick walls of Harvard Yard will be across Mass. Av. on your left). Continue to Bow St. Turn RIGHT onto Bow St. You will see St. Paul Church ahead at the corner of Bow and Arrow Sts.
Directions from Harvard Square to Harvard Memorial Church
5 minutes from Harvard Square T stop
Turn RIGHT as you leave the train and use the Church St/Harvard Yard exit. At the T entrance, turn LEFT and go upstairs. Go through the wrought iron Johnson Gate into Harvard Yard. Directly ahead you will see a large granite building with a statue of John Harvard in front. Walk to the LEFT side of this building and take the curved path to the left. You will see the Memorial Church spire and the front entrance with four large brown pillars.
Tuesday
1:00 pm
Directions from Marriott Hotel to Trinity Church
5 minutes
As you exit Marriott Hotel, turn RIGHT on Huntington Av. At Copley Square, cross Dartmouth Street and walk straight ahead to Trinity Church.
Tuesday
11:45 am
Directions from Trinity Church to Marriott Hotel
5 minutes
As you exit Trinity Church, walk straight to the Boston Public Library. Turn LEFT at the Library onto Dartmouth St. Turn RIGHT (very shortly) on Huntington Av. to Marriott Hotel.
Directions from Old South Church to Marriott Hotel
6 minutes
As you exit Old South Church, turn LEFT on Boylston St. Take your immediate RIGHT on Dartmouth St. You will pass Copley Square. Turn RIGHT on Huntington Av. Marriott Hotel is ahead on your left.
Tuesday
10:00 am
Directions from Cathedral of the Holy Cross to Trinity Church and Old South Church
25 minutes
As you exit Cathedral of the Holy Cross, turn LEFT on Washington St. Turn RIGHT on West Dedham St. (You will cross Tremont St.) West Dedham St. becomes Dartmouth St. Keep walking straight on Dartmouth St. You will pass T Back Bay Station. You will pass Huntington Av. and come to Copley Square; the Boston Public Library will be on your left.
Trinity Church, on your Right, faces the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
Old South Church is one block further ahead on Dartmouth St., at the corner of Boylston and Dartmouth Sts.
TUESDAY
8:00 – 8:45 am
Directions from Marriott to Cathedral of the Holy Cross
20 minutes
As you exit Marriott Hotel, turn RIGHT on Huntington Av. Turn RIGHT on Dartmouth St. You will cross over Tremont St. Dartmouth St. becomes West Dedham St. Continue walking straight on West Dedham St. Turn LEFT on Washington St. to Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
Our Lady of Victories Church
The feast of Our Lady of Victories originally celebrated the rout of the Ottoman Empire’s navy by a Christian armada at Lepanto in 1571, effectively ending Muslim domination of the eastern Mediterranean and its threat to Europe. Successive tweaks broadened the feast’s intention considerably. Boston’s church is actually named after the famous Parisian shrine Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. It was the first French parish in the city, long associated with the Marist Fathers. Patrick C. Keely designed the present building in 1886 with its significant stained glass by F. X. Zeittler of Munich.
Casavant Frères Opus 1484, 1933
Donald Teeters
Donald Teeters served as music director of The Boston Cecilia for forty-four seasons (1968–2012), and was subsequently named conductor emeritus. Throughout his tenure, he was in the forefront of historically oriented New England musicians and was the first Boston choral conductor to engage period-instrument players for pre-nineteenth-century works. In 1982, he and Cecilia began a comprehensive survey of Handel’s major dramatic works for chorus. These performances elicited the highest praise from public and critics alike and played an important role in establishing Boston as a world center for stylistic Handel interpretations and historically informed performance practice.
Mr. Teeters also led Cecilia in significant explorations of twentieth-century English music, especially that of Benjamin Britten, and American repertoire, including premieres and commissions from important New England composers. Music by John Harbison, Donald Martino, Daniel Pinkham, Robert Sirota, and James Woodman figured prominently in recent programming.
Prior to The Boston Cecilia, Mr. Teeters was associate conductor and keyboardist for Boston’s Chorus pro Musica, under Alfred Nash Patterson. In that position, he assisted Patterson in preparing for performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, including Bach’s St. John Passion and Wagner’s Lohengrin. Mr. Teeters was also awarded a Tanglewood Fellowship for the 1967 season.
Since 1967, Mr. Teeters has been the principal church musician at All Saints Parish in Brookline. He was a member of the New England Conservatory (NEC) organ faculty from 1970 to 2002. For the spring 2007 semester, he rejoined the faculty to lead a graduate seminar in Handel’s English-language dramatic works. He received NEC’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004, and, in 2005, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alfred Nash Patterson Foundation.
Solemn High Mass
Stravinsky: Mass for Chorus and Double Wind Quintet
The Choir and Orchestra of The Church of the Advent
Donald Teeters, guest conductor
Mark Dwyer, organist & choirmaster
Ross Wood, associate organist & choirmaster