The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra presented its 52nd Annual Christmas Concert featuring the premiere of Mark Harvey’s latest composition Peace, Good Will to All, inspired by Charles Ives and marking the 150th anniversary of his birth. The concert also celebrated Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday year with several of his Sacred Concert pieces, showcasing Aardvark vocalist Grace Hughes in Tell Me It’s the Truth and Come Sunday. Jazz-infused carols included What Child Is This, and the band presented an Aardvark perennial, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, performed on the very first Aardvark Christmas concert in 1973.
Proceeds supported the Poor People’s United Fund, an organization that works to alleviate the suffering of poor and homeless people in Greater Boston.
The concert was held on Sat., Dec. 14, 2024 at 7:30 pm for Aardvark Jazz Orchestra’s 52nd Annual Christmas Concert. Attendees enjoyed inventive jazz carols, spirituals, and music by Mark Harvey in the spirit of the season.
The event took place at the Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St, Boston MA 02116.
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