Seraphim at Home
When the chaos of life makes you long for an escape or a new perspective, Seraphim can help. Explore our assortment of accessible audio recordings and videos, and our CDs available for purchase.
2025-2026 Season Retrospective
Enjoy a 50-minute playlist of representative pieces from the recent season of four concerts. To play, click on the link and the pieces will automatically play in the order on the playlist. Or, you can jump to individual works you’d like to hear. Note that once this playlist ends, YouTube will automatically continue with other material that is not Seraphim’s. Enjoy!
Playlist
Danse Macabre, 01 & 02 November 2025
La nuict froide et sombre by Orlande de Lassus
Introit from Requiem by Maurice Duruflé
Sanctus from Requiem
Lux aeterna from Requiem
A Seraphim Christmas, 20 & 21 December 2025
Wassail Song arr. by R. Vaughan Williams
Little Lamb by William Cutter
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen arr. by Hugo Distler
I Saw Three Ships arr. by Audrey Snyder
All Night Vigil, 07 & 08 March 2026
Kyivan Chant: S namï Boh (God Is With Us) arr. by Marika Kouzma
Eric Christopher Perry, tenor
Call to Worship from All-Night Vigil by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ave Maria from All-Night Vigil
Bukovynian Cossack Song: Та не жур мене, моя мати,
(Do not grieve for me, my mother) Livia M. Racz, soprano
The Short Gloria from All-Night Vigil
Ukrainian Song from Lyric Poetry: Чом ти, дівчино, така сумна?
(Why are you, girl, so sad?) Michael Budwey, bass
Introduction to "The Six Psalms" (Znamenny chant) from All-Night Vigil
To Look for America, 02 & 03 May 2026
Incertidumbre by Carlos Condero
The Promise of Living from The Tender Land by Aaron Copland, arr. by Jayson Keeton
America by Paul Simon, arr. by Paul Langford
Roberto Lopéz-Trigo, baritone
Earth - Only Here
Listen to Seraphim in a February 14, 2025 love letter to Earth created by Earth Music Theatre. The piece is Earth - Only Here by Timothy C. Takach, performed at Seraphim’s Stars and Planets concert on April 26, 2024 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Seraphim Sings Bach
As we were not able to include the motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Leid by Johann Sebastian Bach in our March 2024 concerts, we offer a recording of the work from our audio archives for your enjoyment. This performance took place on April 30, 2017 at the Mission Church in Boston. LISTEN to the Seraphs singing one of the most challenging works in the choral repertoire!
Seraphim Revisited
In 2020, when the corona virus pandemic prevented offering public concerts and many souls around the world were lost, Seraphim produced a series of short virtual concerts enhanced by visual footage. These performances, culled from our extensive trove of concert recordings, brilliantly illustrate the crystalline sound and artistic excellence of Seraphim as developed by founder and music director emerita, Jennifer Lester.
At the beginning of each there is a brief introduction about the concept and the pieces. It is possible to skip over that and get right to listening.
SACRED PLACES
Enjoy three pieces from Seraphim's repertoire that will transport you from the immediate moment to natural spaces that evoke safety in times of uncertainty and reveal the hand of the Divine present all around us. Listen
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
Experience moments of joy with Seraphim in three early music works for double choir and video footage that celebrates justice and community, encouraging you to find opportunities to celebrate in your own life. Listen
WOMEN WHO SPOKE UP
In two pieces commissioned by Seraphim texts express how women have persevered despite challenging circumstances, and maintained dignity in the face of being judged and considered unworthy. Listen
LADIES ONLY
Revel in the luminous sounds of the treble choristers of Seraphim in three 20th century works by Poulenc and Duruflé that lift solemn yet vibrant prayers to heaven in three-part texture. Listen
A SERAPHIM CHRISTMAS
Enjoy four pieces representative of Seraphim's annual Christmas concerts, which are always filled with holiness, unbridled joy, community spirit, and magical images of the Nativity scene. Listen
MUSICAL CONSOLATIONS
In three exquisite meditations on poems by women, comfort is found in nature at the loss of loved ones, and a spiritual mystic suggests that through death the soul is no longer separated from God. Listen
Audio Samples
Prizing diverse composers and varied repertoire, with newly commissioned pieces performed alongside timeless gems, Seraphim explores the deeply human themes of longing, protest, suffering, joy, and transcendence.
Experience a taste of Seraphim with these eight audio samples.
Virtual Choir Project
In spring of 2020 we began preparing to get back to singing in person by recording a series of virtual choir performances. Even singing together virtually was a great joy and brought back to us the pleasure of making music as a group.
Albums
Enjoy the beauty of the Seraphim experience at home, on your commute, or in the office with our albums available for purchase. The price is $20 each.
Icons and Music
Envisioning the Divine by means of visual artistic media, such as religious icons and stained glass windows, has long been an integral part of religious experience. In “Icons and Music” Seraphim demonstrates a fusion of the aural and visual contemplative imagination in mainly music of the Russian choral tradition. This performance was recorded live on March 17, 2013, at First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and features organists Robert Barney and John Totter.
A Window on the Divine
This selection of performances by Seraphim expresses its faithfulness to the mission of performing sacred music in sacred spaces. With the exception of the piece Hebrew, Latin, Greek, all works are from live recordings of concert performances at churches in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the group regularly performs. These pieces showcase the ensemble’s wide-ranging repertoire, especially its commitment to new music. Though most of these pieces were composed for concert rather than worship purposes, the composers represented are profoundly engaged with the sacred content of their music. Seraphim seeks to give voice to that spiritual aim in these intimate and passionate performances, opening for audiences “a window on the Divine.”
American Sampler
American Sampler leads listeners through the liturgical year via the music of American composers from the Colonial era to the present day. A highlight is the world premiere of Carson Cooman’s Exaltation, Op. 931, commissioned for the ensemble. Other featured composers include William Billings, Daniel Pinkham, Charles Ives, and Aaron Copland. This performance was recorded live on November 5, 2011, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
La Variété Française
In celebration of its 15th anniversary season, Seraphim returns to an ensemble specialty with “La Variété Française,” a compilation exploring the majestic grandeur of 20th century French sacred music. This special anniversary performance was recorded live on February 19, 2012, at Mission Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Organists Heinrich Christensen and Glenn Goda join the ensemble for double organ works, displaying Mission Church’s magnificent George Hutchings pipe organ and a digital replica console built by Marshall & Ogletree. This CD features works by Marcel Dupré, Jean Langlais, Olivier Messiaen, and Pierre Villette.
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The Seraphim Singers
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