April 2, 2023 – July 14, 2023
Apr 2023
Solemn High Mass for Palm Sunday
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Hosanna to the Son of David à6
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627) Missa L’Hora passa
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Pueri Hebraeorum
Plainsong Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532-1594) Improperium exspectavit
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Apr 2023
Maundy Thursday
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Grayston Ives (b. 1948) Nos autem gloriari (2013)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Messa a quattro voci da cappella (1641)
Gregorian antiphons at the Washing of Feet
Christoph Dalitz (b. 1967) Mandatum novum do vobis (2014)
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Ubi caritas (1960)
Duruflé Tantum ergo (1960)
Plainsong Psalm 22
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Jul 2023
Marin Alsop Conducts Esmail and Beethoven - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Highland Park
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Marin Alsop, conductor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Janai Brugger, soprano
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Adrian Dunn Singers
Ayodele Drum & Dance
Jim Gailloreto Trio
Senn High School Choir
Program:
Reena Esmail: See Me
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (with African percussion and jazz interludes; “Ode to Joy” text by Tracy K. Smith)