A Joyful Noyse performs Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for Christmas

A Joyful Noyse performs Messe de Minuit pour Nöel by Marc-Antione Charpentier at Hancock Church! On Sunday, January 7 at 2:00pm, early music ensemble A Joyful Noyse will take us back to 1694 with one of Charpentier’s most exceptional works!

What is so unique and remarkable about this mass is Charpentier’s use of French Christmas carols. Folk melodies and carols had been used in numerous works by other composers, but only as the bricks and mortar with which they constructed their compositions. Here Charpentier uses no fewer than ten carols throughout the mass. They are no longer just building blocks. Their spirit of joy, simplicity and charm become the life blood and essence of the mass.

This concert is at Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave. in Lexington, MA. Entry is a suggested donation of $15. For more details, please contact Hancock Church at (781) 862-4220 or Office@HancockChurch.org, or go to www.hancockchurch.org/ajn.