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A TRADITION CONTINUES ‒ LESSONS & CAROLS IN KINDERHOOK ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 22nd
The 12th celebration of Lessons & Carols in Kinderhook will be at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 22nd at the Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad Street (US Route 9).
Since its founding in 2010, this well-established tradition has proven popular throughout the region, drawing thousands from Columbia, Dutchess and Greene Counties, the Capital District, and the Berkshires. Included are readings, congregational singing, and choral and organ music of the Christmas season. With capacity limited to 400, arrival by 3:45 is recommended, when extended organ preludes will be offered. Last year’s post-pandemic return was especially well received.
Nine readers from throughout the larger community will be joined by the experienced Lessons & Carols Choir of more than thirty. This year founding Musical Director David Smith will be assisted by Dan Foster, Director of St. John’s Collegium in Albany, member of the faculty at Skidmore College, and a Teaching Artist of the Albany Pro Musica. Kinderhook Reformed Church Pastor Rudy Visser will preside.
Throughout the service all will be invited to sing traditional hymns and carols. Choral offerings will include works from the 17th through the 20th centuries by Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Ord, Dering, Willcocks and others. Organ offerings include works of Daquin, Brahms, Reger and Dupré. The postlude will be the mighty Fantasy in G major of J. S. Bach.
David Smith notes that Lessons & Carols in Kinderhook is “open to all, regardless of faith or denomination. Although based upon that used at King’s College in Cambridge, England, our format has been appropriately adapted for use in Kinderhook. Once again this special gathering in the nationally recognized beauty of Kinderhook Reformed Church seems just the thing for a late afternoon in the Christmas season!”
Pastor Rudolph Visser observes that "Kinderhook Reformed Church has been serving the community since 1712, perhaps even earlier. With boldness we now enjoy the fourth century in the life of this historic church. We pray that our Lessons & Carols will once again be a blessing for all in the community and, never more important than at present, bring joy and peace to many.”
Handicapped accessible. Free-will offering. For further information please visit www.kinderhookreformedchurch.com or www.concertsinthevillage.org,
or call 518-758-6401, or 518-944-6847.
