Saturday, Sept 24, 2016

50th Anniversary Gala Concert

at the RISD Museum

Monteverdi: Madrigals

of Love and War

Schola Cantorum of Boston

in memory of Estise Metcalf Mauran

 

Judson Griffin and Margaret Ziemnicka, violins;

Reinmar Seidler, cello; Nathaniel Cox, theorbo

Claudio Monteverdi stands at the pinnacle of 17th composers – from his pen came dramatic operas, grandiose church compositions, and nine books of madrigals. Boston’s Schola Cantorum explores works from the Madrigals of Love and War, and exuberant Psalm settings from Selva Morale (1640).

 

“plaintive beauty and radiant sound…”

– Anthony Tommasini,The Boston Globe

 

“There can never be enough singing
on this level.”

– Josiah Fisk, the Boston Herald

 

 

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We wish to thank our many supporters who helped launch the 50th Anniversary Season of Museum Concerts by attending this wonderful Gala Event!

Friday, April 7, 2017,  7:30 pm

— following our season of chamber concerts —

Gala 50th Season Finale

at Grace Church, Providence

Bach: St Matthew Passion

Brown University Chorus

Schola Cantorum of Boston

Trebles from All Saints, Ashmont

 

Frederick Jodry, Conductor

Simon Wall, Evangelist

Stephan Griffin, Jesus

Judson Griffin, Concertmaster

Arias: Lydia Brotherton, Soprano;
Miranda Loud, alto;  Andrew Brown, Tenor; Jacob Scharfman, Bass

 

The annual performance of the Holy Week Passion music on Good Friday was one of the musical highlights of the Leipzig church year, for on this day, concerted music was only presented in one of the four churches for which Bach was responsible. The Matthew Passion for three choirs and two orchestras is Bach’s most dramatic and complex score – startling and arresting choruses contrasting with sublime solo arias. On this occasion we also observe the 25th Anniversary of Frederick Jodry’s choral conducting at Brown, with four Brown Choir Alumni who are making careers in Early Music brought together to sing the arias. Simon Wall, a tenor from Westminster Abbey will sing the role of the Evangelist.

 

”a shimmering, upbeat rendition of the B-Minor Mass, befitting the most seasoned ensembles … Jodry is a natural when it comes to music of this period, bringing a dance-like lilt to it.”
– the Providence Journal

 

Online ticket purchase highly recommended:

tinyurl.com/zcywxny

 

or call the Brown Music Department at 401-863-3234

Prices: $50/$35/$20