Cantate Chicago presents a FREE concert of Psalms set by American composers of Jewish and Christian backgrounds. Highlights include a recent work by Jake Runestad, beloved works by Copland and Thompson, and lesser known works by Pinkham and Rochberg. Many of the Psalms will be a cappella, but some will be accompanied by organ, harp, and/or percussion. For the grand finale, Cantate is joined by organist David White and harpist Michael Maganuco for Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.

An American Psalmbook
a selection of American Psalm settings of the last 100 years

Saturday, November 18, 8:00 PM
Church of the Ascension
1133 N LaSalle, Chicago

Admission FREE; donations gladly accepted HERE or at the concert

Program:

-Copland Four Motets (1921)
Help Us, O Lord
Thou, O Jehovah
Have Mercy on Us
Sing Ye Praises
-Runestad I Will Lift Mine Eyes (2010)
-Thompson Alleluia (1940)
-Rochberg Psalm 150 (1954)
-Berger (formerly Schloßberg) Alleluia from Brazilian Psalm (1941)
-Rorem God Is Gone Up (1986)

Intermisson

-Jacobson Psalm 114 (arr. 2003)
-Ives Sixty-seventh Psalm (1939)
-Pinkham The House of the Lord (2000)
-Bernstein Chichester Psalms (Bernstein's arrangement for organ, harp, and percussion) (1965)

Cantate Chicago
Benjamin Rivera, Conductor

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