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First Church in Cambridge, Congregational classical concerts

Harvard Square · Cambridge

Associated programming: First Church in Cambridge and A Far Cry

First Church in Cambridge is an active Harvard Square Congregational church whose meetinghouse hosts worship, chamber orchestras, early music, and community programs.

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Singing Together: Music for the Season — Boston Cecilia

Friday, December 4 at 7:30 PM · Ticket information

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$35

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What to expect

Planning a visit to First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Choose First Church for a chamber-orchestra, early-music, or vocal concert in an active Harvard Square meetinghouse. Confirm the presenter, exact entrance, seating or admission format, program, run time, accessibility arrangements, and ticket terms on the individual event page, because guest concerts and church activities can follow different schedules and audience procedures.

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Before or after the performance

Check current hours, performance-day service, travel time, and reservations before relying on any stop.

  • Restaurant

    Harvest ↗

    A reservation-oriented Brattle Street restaurant for a full pre-concert meal; align the booking and service pace with the Harvard Square curtain.

  • Restaurant

    Alden & Harlow ↗

    A subterranean Harvard Square restaurant for a more casual dinner before the performance; confirm reservations, hours, and the route to the venue.

  • Quick bite

    Flour Bakery + Cafe ↗

    Use Flour's location guide for coffee, pastries, sandwiches, or a lighter stop near Harvard Square, checking the selected shop's hours first.

  • Attraction

    Harvard Art Museums ↗

    Pair an earlier gallery visit with an evening concert, confirming admission, exhibitions, closing time, and the short route across Harvard Square.

  • Attraction

    Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters ↗

    Plan a seasonal historic-house or grounds visit before the performance, checking National Park Service hours, tour availability, and closing time.

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Date: Fri, Dec 4, 7:30 PM EST

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Venue: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational • • Details

Music of Michael Praetorius and J. S. Bach, carols, strings and cornet, with The Cambridge Childrens’ Chorus. Individual work titles, instrumentalists and additional vocal soloists are unannounced; no private child roster collected. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One exact public concert. Explicit 2026–27 edition and uniquely matching printed weekday/month/day/PM clock establish the year; not a current-year guess or artwork-only date. Two Singing Together venue/date/clock clauses remain separate reviewed starts. April soirée lacking a time, elapsed September and unreviewed Requiem co-presentation ownership are excluded. No guessed conductor, street, end or admission.

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Date: Thu, Dec 10, 7:30 PM EST

Ticketed: $35
Venue: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational • • Details

Zero Summer, a contemporary vocal ensemble programme presented by Lorelei Ensemble. Individual work list and singers unannounced on this checked primary; no biography or another presenter’s cast inferred. Explicit General Admission $35, not the $15 student/product aggregate minimum; fees and availability unknown. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Native Squarespace identity, full printed December year/weekday, agreeing 12-/24-hour main clock and exact church street/city required; both EST. Cambridge sanctuary identity reused. December 13 Phillips-owned evt_a1cb064da6764791107b and March 11 Kaufman-owned evt_dd7fca9b178fc518151f remain untouched; no duplicate touring source rows. Baltimore/Burlington excluded. New York prices unknown; no shop/cart action, roster, guessed additional works or duration.

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Date: Fri, Dec 18, 8:00 PM EST

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Venue: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational • • Details

Fifteenth-century English Christmas plainchant, carols, antiphons and polyphonic Mass settings. Individual works/composers not yet published on the checked primary; Christmas recording tracks are not inferred as this programme. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Exact sanctuary identity reused. December 19 has two physical starts, not a matinee/evening collapse; March 13 remains EST. NYC touring copies, weekend lectures/workshops, subscription savings, under-18/Card-to-Culture free benefits and generic $10–96 ranges do not create extra events or unsupported adult admission. Request-generated Salient fws/toggle IDs are deliberately not identity selectors.

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Date: Sat, Dec 19, 3:00 PM EST

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Venue: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational • • Details

Fifteenth-century English Christmas plainchant, carols, antiphons and polyphonic Mass settings. Individual works/composers not yet published on the checked primary; Christmas recording tracks are not inferred as this programme. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Exact sanctuary identity reused. December 19 has two physical starts, not a matinee/evening collapse; March 13 remains EST. NYC touring copies, weekend lectures/workshops, subscription savings, under-18/Card-to-Culture free benefits and generic $10–96 ranges do not create extra events or unsupported adult admission. Request-generated Salient fws/toggle IDs are deliberately not identity selectors.

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Date: Sat, Dec 19, 8:00 PM EST

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Venue: First Church in Cambridge, Congregational • • Details

Fifteenth-century English Christmas plainchant, carols, antiphons and polyphonic Mass settings. Individual works/composers not yet published on the checked primary; Christmas recording tracks are not inferred as this programme. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Exact sanctuary identity reused. December 19 has two physical starts, not a matinee/evening collapse; March 13 remains EST. NYC touring copies, weekend lectures/workshops, subscription savings, under-18/Card-to-Culture free benefits and generic $10–96 ranges do not create extra events or unsupported adult admission. Request-generated Salient fws/toggle IDs are deliberately not identity selectors.

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