Anna Di Resburgo
Teatro Nuovo presents Anna Di Resburgo by Carolina Ucelli
Melodramma in two acts
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi, revised by the composer
Premiere: Autumn 1835, Teatro del Fondo, Naples
Anna ……...…. Chelsea Lehnea
Edemondo ... Santiago Ballerini
Norcesto ….. Ricardo José Rivera
Olfredo ….…. Lucas Levy
Etelia ………... Elisse Albian
Teatro Nuovo Orchestra and Chorus
Elisa Citterio, primo violino e capo d’orchestra
Lucy Tucker Yates, maestro al cembalo
Anna Di Resburgo
Teatro Nuovo presents Anna Di Resburgo by Carolina Ucelli
Melodramma in two acts
Libretto: Gaetano Rossi, revised by the composer
Premiere: Autumn 1835, Teatro del Fondo, Naples
Anna ……...…. Chelsea Lehnea
Edemondo ... Santiago Ballerini
Norcesto ….. Ricardo José Rivera
Olfredo ….…. Lucas Levy
Etelia ………... Elisse Albian
Teatro Nuovo Orchestra and Chorus
Elisa Citterio, primo violino e capo d’orchestra
Lucy Tucker Yates, maestro al cembalo
Bach: Mass in B Minor
PROGRAM
J. S. BACH: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Applauded by Gramophone for its “mellifluous, crystalline artistry,” the professional choral ensemble Seraphic Fire has gained an international reputation. Hear them in one of the most sublime and majestic works ever composed, Bach’s B minor Mass.
Why the Lutheran Bach wrote a Catholic Mass remains a mystery, but we do know that he intended it to be a summation of his life’s work that would serve as a legacy. It may very well have been his last musical project. The Swiss composer and publisher Hans Georg Nägli called it “the greatest artwork of all times and all people,” (admittedly to drum up sales for the composition’s score). The cohesiveness of this massive work is somewhat astonishing considering that much of it was adapted from earlier Bach compositions, and that it runs a stylistic gamut from 16th century Palestrina-like motets to the latest 18th century trends. It’s also astonishing that Bach probably never heard the work himself since it received little notice outside of the handful of churches which performed it during his life. Most astonishing of all is the piece itself, whose divine beauty and awe-inspiring glory has been compared to the works of Shakespeare and the Sistine Chapel.
Experience one of the most magnificent expressions of faith ever created, performed by the superb Seraphic Fire and an orchestra conducted by AMFS Music Director Robert Spano.
Opera Lafayette: Moreau and Handel's Esther
From Saint-Cyr to Cannons: Moreau and Handel’s Esther
This orchestral concert with vocalists includes works by Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656-1733) and George Frederic Handel (1685-1759), both connected to French dramatist Jean Racine’s play Esther, based on the Old Testament story. Moreau wrote the incidental music for Racine’s Esther, which was first performed at Maintenon’s school for girls in 1689, while Handel’s version is known to be his first English oratorio. The concert will be co-directed by harpsichordist and Opera Lafayette Artistic Associate Justin Taylor, and Jonathan Woody (returning after his performance in Couperin le Grand).
Vocalists will include Margot Rood (Esther), Jesse Darden (Ahasuerus), Jonathan Woody (Haman), Jacob Perry (Tenor II), Paulina Francisco (Israelite Woman, Soprano I (Moreau)), Elisse Albian (Soprano, Soprano II (Moreau)), and Kristen Dubenion-Smith (Alto (Handel & Moreau)).
Rennaissance Voices
Tuesday May 7, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension
W 10th St, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10011
Thomas Tallis | William Byrd
Orlande de Lassus
Leonardo Leo | Vicente Lusitano
The Golden Age! We are delighted to return to the exceptional repertory of the Golden Age of Choral Music: the Renaissance! Celebrate the glory of the human voice in the splendid space that introduced Voices to the world through the Billboard-topping album Beyond Chant: Mysteries of the Renaissance.
Rather than concentrate on a single nationality or period, we will offer a broad expanse of a cappella music, including iconic works of Tallis, Byrd, and Lassus, as well as Renaissance rarities by Vicente Lusitano and Leonardo Leo.
Seraphic Fire: Mid-Century Modern
JAMES K. BASS, CONDUCTOR
Furniture or architecture might come to mind when one hears the phrase mid-century modern, but the creative style also impacted the music of the time. Inspired by rapid technological advancements and a post-war world, artists in the mid-20th century strove to predict and create the art of the future. Composers like Arnold Schoenberg experimented with new sounds and compositional techniques. At the same time, others like Alan Hovhaness and Samuel Barber returned to styles of the past with new understanding. You’ll likely discover a mid-century work you’ve never heard before on this program for a cappella chorus.
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation 1 hour before the concert with Dr. Brad Diamond, tenor!
Number Our Days: A Photographic Oratorio
Number Our Days: A Photographic Oratorio
Apr 12—14, 2024
Music by Luna Pearl Woolf
Concept and Libretto by David Van Taylor
Based on Jamie Livingston’s “Photo Of the Day”
Conducted by Kamna Gupta
Directed by Ty Defoe
Co-Produced with Trinity Church Wall Street
How can we hold onto each other with joy, even in the face of inevitable loss?
Each day for 18 years, Jamie Livingston documented his life by taking a single Polaroid—until his death at age 41. Then his “Photo of the Day” went online, creating an immediate global sensation years before Instagram launched. With music for chorus, orchestra, and soloists by Grammy nominee Luna Pearl Woolf (Fire & Flood) and a non-fiction libretto by acclaimed filmmaker David Van Taylor (Good Ol’ Charles Schulz), this multi-media oratorio explores our era’s strange alchemy of technology, memory, and community.
A PAC NYC commission.
The Sacred Music of Luca Marenzio
Raha Mirzadegan & Elisse Albian ~ sopranos
Elise Sutherland ~ alto
leiken ~ tenor
Emery Kerekes ~ baritone
Doug Balliett ~ violone & direction
Luca Marenzio (1553–1599) is best known today for his madrigals which rival Gesualdo for word-painting, chromaticism, and depth of emotion. With about 500 secular madrigals in his catalog, it is fascinating to discover Marenzio's sacred music, which employs his full expressive palette in a spiritual setting. Centered around his masterpiece Salve Regina, Theotokos presents a selection of rarely heard sacred music from this late Renaissance master.
Theotokos is the living embodiment of a Baroque church ensemble. In residence at St.-Mary's-Grand in New York City, every week a new cantata is composed and performed by the group, based on and tightly linked with the liturgical readings assigned to that date. In addition, theologically relevant Baroque and pre-Baroque music are regularly performed, ranging from Palestrina to Telemann, early American church music, and beyond. In 2021 Theotokos began a collaboration with the Juilliard School Historical Performance program.
1:15–2:00 pm
All concerts are free; no tickets or reservations are necessary.
In person at St. Malachy's Church, 239 West 49th Street, Manhattan
Live stream details: You can watch it on your computer in any of two places by clicking on the name you wish: our website or YouTube.
Spirit and Splendor: Schütz & Handel
Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien — the first German requiem — is rich in its choral textures and variation. The splendor of Handel’s famously challenging Dixit Dominus showcases the virtuosity of the Musica Sacra Chorus with a marvelous cast of soloists. These and other gems of the Baroque era have been signature works throughout Musica Sacra’s 60 years of music making!
Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra
Kent Tritle, music director/conductor
Elisse Albian and Emily Donato, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Richard Pittsinger, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, bass- baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Opera Lafayette: Moreau and Handel's Esther
From Saint-Cyr to Cannons: Moreau and Handel’s Esther
This orchestral concert with vocalists includes works by Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656-1733) and George Frederic Handel (1685-1759), both connected to French dramatist Jean Racine’s play Esther, based on the Old Testament story. Moreau wrote the incidental music for Racine’s Esther, which was first performed at Maintenon’s school for girls in 1689, while Handel’s version is known to be his first English oratorio. The concert will be co-directed by harpsichordist and Opera Lafayette Artistic Associate Justin Taylor, and Jonathan Woody (returning after his performance in Couperin le Grand).
Vocalists will include Margot Rood (Esther), Jesse Darden (Ahasuerus), Jonathan Woody (Haman), Jacob Perry (Tenor II), Paulina Francisco (Israelite Woman, Soprano I (Moreau)), Elisse Albian (Soprano, Soprano II (Moreau)), and Kristen Dubenion-Smith (Alto (Handel & Moreau)).
Clarion: Vigil for Peace
VIGIL FOR PEACE BY ALEXANDER LEVINE (WORLD PREMIERE)
On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, The Clarion Choir will give the world premiere of the Vigil for Peace by London-based composer Alexander Levine. Written during this time of ongoing tragic conflict in the region in which Levine was born, Levine has written a choral work that is hopeful and celebrates our common humanity. Steeped in the tradition of Eastern Orthodox sacred music, this new work promises to be a welcome addition to the repertoire. The Vigil for Peace, in the composer's own words, "endeavors to unify people's hearts and minds. The foundation stone of this effort lies in the notion of the ongoing dialogue between the old and the new."
Levine's Vigil for Peace will be performed alongside several shorter choral works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, including the Choral Concerto O Mother of God Perpetually Praying, as part of Clarion's ongoing celebration of Rachmaninoff's 150th anniversary year.
Clarion: Vigil for Peace
VIGIL FOR PEACE BY ALEXANDER LEVINE (WORLD PREMIERE)
On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, The Clarion Choir will give the world premiere of the Vigil for Peace by London-based composer Alexander Levine. Written during this time of ongoing tragic conflict in the region in which Levine was born, Levine has written a choral work that is hopeful and celebrates our common humanity. Steeped in the tradition of Eastern Orthodox sacred music, this new work promises to be a welcome addition to the repertoire. The Vigil for Peace, in the composer's own words, "endeavors to unify people's hearts and minds. The foundation stone of this effort lies in the notion of the ongoing dialogue between the old and the new."
Levine's Vigil for Peace will be performed alongside several shorter choral works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, including the Choral Concerto O Mother of God Perpetually Praying, as part of Clarion's ongoing celebration of Rachmaninoff's 150th anniversary year.
A Seraphic Fire Christmas 2023
A Seraphic Fire Christmas 2023
JAMES K. BASS, CONDUCTOR
Let the gentle glow of candlelight and angelic tones of Seraphic Fire a cappella voices usher you into the holiday season. A Seraphic Fire Christmas provides a moment of reflection and peace to connect with friends and loved ones. Enjoy festive carols from varied traditions alongside newer takes on classics from contemporary composers. We hope this concert becomes the soundtrack of your season—literally!—since it marks the release of Seraphic Fire’s newest Christmas album. Come hear this concert and bring all your favorites home with you.
Tickets to A Seraphic Fire Christmas on 12/17 at The Moss Center are sold separately through the venue. Visit The Moss Center's Website
Single tickets to A Seraphic Fire Christmas on 12/12 can be purchased at Kravis.org. Subscriptions including this event can be purchased regularly through our website.
Phases of Light
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations
Join Kollective366 this November as the orchestra explores Richard Strauss's search for glimmers of light in the domain of despicable darkness and Benjamin Britten's luminous journey through Arthur Rimbaud's metaphysical poetry. This program also features the world premiere of "Lighting the Night" for string orchestra by New York based composer Faye-Ellen Silverman.
Elisse Albian, Soprano
Kollective366
Bar Haimov, Music Director
Handel: Solomon
Handel Solomon
with New York Baroque Incorporated
Richardson Auditorium
Handel’s colossal depiction of the stories of the great king Solomon features dazzling eight-part choruses for Princeton Pro Musica, who will be joined by the dynamos of New York Baroque, Inc., mezzo-soprano Sarah Nelson Craft as Solomon, soprano Sonya Hedlam as the Solomon’s Queen, and soprano Elisse Albian as the Queen of Sheba.
Apollo's Fire: Israel in Egypt
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Hailstorms. Locusts. A parting sea. Handel’s epic oratorio — complete with choir and vocal soloists — tells the biblical story of Moses leading the Israelites from bondage. Jeannette Sorrell conducts her own adaptation that brings the story’s drama to the fore.
Duration: 2 hrs, including intermission
“Thrilling… Sorrell is a masterful musical storyteller. Her adaptation [of Israel in Egypt] gives the work a coherent, compelling dramatic arc, brought off brilliantly by her singers and players.”
– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL, UK
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2023, 7:30PM
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Featured Artists
Amanda Forsythe & Sonya Headlam,sopranos
Cody Bowers,countertenor
Jacob Perry,tenor
Edward Vogel,baritone
with Apollo’s Singers
Apollo's Fire: Israel in Egypt
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Hailstorms. Locusts. A parting sea. Handel’s epic oratorio — complete with choir and vocal soloists — tells the biblical story of Moses leading the Israelites from bondage. Jeannette Sorrell conducts her own adaptation that brings the story’s drama to the fore.
Duration: 2 hrs, including intermission
“Thrilling… Sorrell is a masterful musical storyteller. Her adaptation [of Israel in Egypt] gives the work a coherent, compelling dramatic arc, brought off brilliantly by her singers and players.”
– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL, UK
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2023, 7:30PM
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Featured Artists
Amanda Forsythe & Sonya Headlam,sopranos
Cody Bowers,countertenor
Jacob Perry,tenor
Edward Vogel,baritone
with Apollo’s Singers
Apollo's Fire: Israel in Egypt
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Adaptation by Jeannette Sorrell
October 21, 2023
One night only! – Catch Jeannette Sorrell’s acclaimed adaptation of Israel in Egypt before she and Apollo’s Singers head east to perform it with the NY Philharmonic. This is a gripping emotional journey, from the haunting Lamentations of the Israelites on the Death of Joseph, to the plagues of frogs, locusts, and hailstones… to the triumphant crossing of the Red Sea. Storms leap off the page in this colorful orchestral showpiece, which includes trumpets, sackbuts, timpani, strings, choir, and soloists.
Duration: 1 hr 50 min, including intermission
Pre-Concert Conversation with concertmaster Alan Choo, 1 hour before each performance.
“Thrilling… Sorrell is a masterful musical storyteller. Her adaptation [of Israel in Egypt] gives the work a coherent, compelling dramatic arc, brought off brilliantly by her singers and players.”
– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL, UK
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2023, 8:00PM
CLEVELAND Institute of Music (Kulas Hall)
Featured Artists
Amanda Forsythe & Sonya Headlam,sopranos
Cody Bowers,countertenor
Jacob Perry,tenor
Edward Vogel,baritone
with Apollo’s Singers
Apollo's Fire: Israel in Egypt
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Catch Jeannette Sorrell’s acclaimed adaptation of Israel in Egypt before she and Apollo’s Singers head east to perform it with the NY Philharmonic. This is a gripping emotional journey, from the haunting Lamentations of the Israelites on the Death of Joseph, to the plagues of frogs, locusts, and hailstones… to the triumphant crossing of the Red Sea. Storms leap off the page in this colorful orchestral showpiece, which includes trumpets, sackbuts, timpani, strings, choir, and soloists.
Duration: 1 hr 50 min, including intermission
“Thrilling… Sorrell is a masterful musical storyteller. Her adaptation [of Israel in Egypt] gives the work a coherent, compelling dramatic arc, brought off brilliantly by her singers and players.”
– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL, UK
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2023, 7:30PM
Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College
Featured Artists
Amanda Forsythe & Sonya Headlam,sopranos
Cody Bowers,countertenor
Jacob Perry,tenor
Edward Vogel,baritone
with Apollo’s Singers
Apollo's Fire: Israel in Egypt
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Catch Jeannette Sorrell’s acclaimed adaptation of Israel in Egypt before she and Apollo’s Singers head east to perform it with the NY Philharmonic. This is a gripping emotional journey, from the haunting Lamentations of the Israelites on the Death of Joseph, to the plagues of frogs, locusts, and hailstones… to the triumphant crossing of the Red Sea. Storms leap off the page in this colorful orchestral showpiece, which includes trumpets, sackbuts, timpani, strings, choir, and soloists.
Duration: 1 hr 50 min, including intermission
“Thrilling… Sorrell is a masterful musical storyteller. Her adaptation [of Israel in Egypt] gives the work a coherent, compelling dramatic arc, brought off brilliantly by her singers and players.”
– SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL, UK
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2023, 7:30PM
Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, EVANSTON
Featured Artists
Amanda Forsythe & Sonya Headlam,sopranos
Cody Bowers,countertenor
Jacob Perry,tenor
Edward Vogel,baritone
with Apollo’s Singers
Devotion: Faith as Refuge
DEVOTION: FAITH AS REFUGE
Sep 20, 2023
Featuring
Arun Ramamurthy & Trina Basu ft. Samarth Nagarkar
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Youth Chorus
ÌFÉ
Innov Gnawa
The Klezmatics
Damien Sneed and Chorale Le Chateau
Tanya Tagaq
Curated in Collaboration with Trinity Church Wall Street
Programming Consultant Annie Ohayon
Directed by Sarah Benson
Tickets for our Refuge concert series are Pay-What-You-Wish, ranging from $15 to $120 per ticket.
Part of Refuge: A Concert Series to Welcome the World
Music
REFUGE – a place or a feeling of safety, comfort, community, and regrowth.
Join us for a celebration of faith and spiritual traditions expressed through the power of music. Featuring soaring Gospel anthems, lively Kelzmer melodies, percussive Youruban religious music and hypnotic Gnawa rhythms, this evening gathers internationally acclaimed artists from across the spectrum of faiths for an uplifting tribute to art and song as a source of refuge, hope, and optimism.
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street (7pm) and ÌFÉ (following the evening’s concert) will perform on the Vartan and Clare Gregorian Lobby Stage. Priority given to Devotion: Faith as Refuge ticket holders.
Haydn: The Creation
Overview
At the end lies a new beginning, as the FWSO closes out Robert Spano’s inaugural season with the FWSO with Haydn's monumental Creation, a dramatic oratorio for vocal soloists, orchestra and choir that renders the Biblical text in music. The Miami-based vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire joins the orchestra in this special “Theater of a Concert” while acclaimed visual artist Elaine J. McCarthy — whose work has appeared at The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, on Broadway and more — lends her talents to bring this ambitious production to life.
Works
HAYDN: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Featured Artists
Patrick Dupre, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Nmon Ford, baritone
Seraphic Fire, chorus
Elaine J. McCarthy, visual design
First | Last: 20th Anniversary Concert
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
To honor the conclusion of our 20th Anniversary season, Seraphic Fire celebrates with a program containing both the oldest and newest pieces in our repertoire. William Billing’s Invocation was the first work performed by Seraphic Fire, and the first line of this American hymn—“Majestic God, our Muse inspire, and fill us with Seraphic fire”—is the source for the ensemble’s name. Seraphic Fire will be joined by Ensemble Ibis for Shawn Crouch’s The Road From Hiroshima, the first piece of music commissioned and premiered by Seraphic Fire. Representing Seraphic Fire’s newest projects are three world premiere performances of works by Alvaro Bermudez, Sydney Guillaume, and Tawnie Olson. The ensemble’s first performance of Thomas Tallis’ massive 40-voice motet Spem in alium is the icing on the birthday cake of this celebration 20 years of glorious music.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Shawn Crouch: The Road from Hiroshima
Sydney Guillaume: New Commission
Alvaro Bermudez: Danzas del Silencio*
Tawnie Olson: Beloved of the Sky**
Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium
*Commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
**Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation 1 hour before the concert!
Serenade to Music & Fauré: Requiem
SERENADE TO MUSIC &
FAURÉ: REQUIEM
Thursday, April 20, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension
W 10th St, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10011
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music
Gustav Holst | Festival Te Deum
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens
Edgar Bainton | And I saw a new heaven
Gabriel Fauré | Requiem in D minor, Op.48
Serenity from Britain and France. Vaughan Williams’ lush Serenade to Music sets the tone of the British half of the concert. Other highlights include Hubert Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens, Holst's Festival Te Deum and Bainton’s And I saw a new heaven. Then, from France, we present one of the most beloved of all choral masterpieces, Fauré’s Requiem. Ethereal and tender, it portrays a serene and optimistic world, with some of the most expressive music ever written for chorus.
Bach at One
St. Paul’s Chapel and online • Free, no reservations required
Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, conductor
To watch live, go to Trinity’s homepage at the time of the concert. To watch on-demand, visit our music video portal.
Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition
The Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals Concert
Saturday April 15, 2023, 1:30 pm
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Tickets $30. Available online or at the Carnegie Hall Box Office
Bach: St. John Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach | St. John Passion, BVW 245
Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor
Brian Giebler, tenor (Evangelist)
Matthew Curran, bass-baritone (Jesus)
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone (Pilate)
Elisse Albian, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Stenson, tenor
Jason Eck, baritone
Operatic in scale, Bach’s St. John Passion is a masterpiece of Baroque music. The chorus has two alternating roles: one as a “Greek Chorus” commenting on the scenes unfolding, and separately as the “crowd” participating in the events. From the first turbulent note of the orchestra, the music propels the narrative toward the inevitable tragic conclusion – and then, redemption.
Enlightenment Festival: Beginning | End
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
Joyous arrivals and awe-inspiring departures feature in the closing concert of Seraphic Fire’s third annual Enlightenment Festival. The first two cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio portray an expectant mother preparing for a child’s arrival and the Magi searching for that child. The Ascension Oratorio is particularly thrilling with spectacular opening and closing trumpets, its coloratura passages, and equally challenging chorale. Chamber orchestra and students from the UCLA Ensemble Artist Program join Seraphic Fire singers to perform two of Bach’s great works in a burst of sonic glory in this arresting program.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Join us 1 hour before each concert for a Pre-Concert Conversation!
Enlightenment Festival: Beginning | End
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
Joyous arrivals and awe-inspiring departures feature in the closing concert of Seraphic Fire’s third annual Enlightenment Festival. The first two cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio portray an expectant mother preparing for a child’s arrival and the Magi searching for that child. The Ascension Oratorio is particularly thrilling with spectacular opening and closing trumpets, its coloratura passages, and equally challenging chorale. Chamber orchestra and students from the UCLA Ensemble Artist Program join Seraphic Fire singers to perform two of Bach’s great works in a burst of sonic glory in this arresting program.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Join us 1 hour before each concert for a Pre-Concert Conversation!
Enlightenment Festival: Beginning | End
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
Joyous arrivals and awe-inspiring departures feature in the closing concert of Seraphic Fire’s third annual Enlightenment Festival. The first two cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio portray an expectant mother preparing for a child’s arrival and the Magi searching for that child. The Ascension Oratorio is particularly thrilling with spectacular opening and closing trumpets, its coloratura passages, and equally challenging chorale. Chamber orchestra and students from the UCLA Ensemble Artist Program join Seraphic Fire singers to perform two of Bach’s great works in a burst of sonic glory in this arresting program.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Join us 1 hour before each concert for a Pre-Concert Conversation!
Enlightenment Festival: Beginning | End
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
Joyous arrivals and awe-inspiring departures feature in the closing concert of Seraphic Fire’s third annual Enlightenment Festival. The first two cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio portray an expectant mother preparing for a child’s arrival and the Magi searching for that child. The Ascension Oratorio is particularly thrilling with spectacular opening and closing trumpets, its coloratura passages, and equally challenging chorale. Chamber orchestra and students from the UCLA Ensemble Artist Program join Seraphic Fire singers to perform two of Bach’s great works in a burst of sonic glory in this arresting program.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Join us 1 hour before each concert for a Pre-Concert Conversation!
Enlightenment Festival: Life | Death
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
During an age of high mortality, Johann Sebastian Bach experienced the stark and tenuous nature of life and death firsthand. As a result, Bach’s music of human existence and death is, unsurprisingly, probing and profound. Seraphic Fire sings two of Bach’s haunting cantatas on death, and Reginald Mobley is featured in the solo alto cantata Vergnügte Ruh in this musical evening of inspiration and reflection.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation 1 hour before each concert!
Enlightenment Festival: Life | Death
PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR
During an age of high mortality, Johann Sebastian Bach experienced the stark and tenuous nature of life and death firsthand. As a result, Bach’s music of human existence and death is, unsurprisingly, probing and profound. Seraphic Fire sings two of Bach’s haunting cantatas on death, and Reginald Mobley is featured in the solo alto cantata Vergnügte Ruh in this musical evening of inspiration and reflection.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation 1 hour before each concert!