Under the direction of guest conductor David Erb, the 70-member Chorale and 20-member Chamber Choir will perform music focused on the theme of water as it flows through a variety of sacred compositions, including selections by Schubert, Bach, Handel, Mozart, and 20th-century spirituals.
The selections have been arranged in a chiastic pattern thus giving structural unity to the overall program. In some cases, the paired selections are settings of the same text by different composers; in other cases, a similar theme connects the paired pieces. The compositions represent over 500 years of sacred choral music including chant, motets, chorales, spirituals, and cantata and oratorio excerpts.
Several of the pieces will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Karina Brazas, this year’s winner of the Washington Idaho Symphony’s Young Artist contest, will be the featured soprano in Schubert’s “Mirjam’s Siegesgesang.”
Please come if you can! I know pretty much anybody that reads this blog lives 200 to 10,000 miles away, but you're still invited. And it's free if you're a student!
3 comments:
what a cool place to sing in or just to be in!
Um...did I miss it in the post? When is the concert? I wish we could go. I just know it's going to be excellent. And, yeah, that is a pretty setting for the music. ♥
Oh yeah, haha, I guess I left out when the concert actually is. It's this Friday and Sunday (May 1st and 3rd). Friday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 6pm.
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