Musically, the Christmas season begins in earnest Sunday at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, where the Arundel Vocal Arts Society will perform lovely choral works and traditional carols. The first half ...

We all have our favorite prayers, novenas, devotions and aspirations. One of mine is a prayer that seems to have fallen out of popular use lately: the ancient “Te Deum”, commonly attributed to St.

Let me dispel any pious delusions that the Symphony Hall Holy Week program, presented by the Boston Symphony and the two University choruses, was a sacred one. Neither Bruckner's Te Deum, Wagner's ...