January 22, 2023 – November 27, 2022
Jan 2023
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Ramona Luengen (b. 1960) Missa Brevis (1994)
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Menschen, glaubt doch dieser Gnade and Das Aug allein from Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) Thou Hast Loved Righteousness (1964)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2022
Midnight Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (“Kleine Orgelmesse”)
Chad McCoy (b. 1980) Childing of a maiden bright (2010)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) O magnum mysterium (1952)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2022
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554-1609) Missa Ne timeas Maria
James MacMillan (b. 1959) O radiant dawn (2007), from The Strathclyde Motets
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Ne timeas Maria
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2022
Thomas Søndergård Conducts Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Francesco Piemontesi piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jean-Sébastien Vallée guest chorus director
Dec 2022
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Healey Willan (1880-1968) Missa Brevis No. XI (Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae)
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Bereite dich, Zion, from Weihnachts-Oratorium, Part 1
Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784) Jerusalem surge
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2022
Thomas Søndergård Conducts Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Francesco Piemontesi piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jean-Sébastien Vallée guest chorus director
Dec 2022
Thomas Søndergård Conducts Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Francesco Piemontesi piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jean-Sébastien Vallée guest chorus director
Dec 2022
Thomas Søndergård Conducts Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Francesco Piemontesi piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jean-Sébastien Vallée guest chorus director
Nov 2022
Advent Lessons & Carols
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Matin Responsory
Paul Manz (1919-2009) E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (1953)
David White (b. 1959) Adam lay ybounden (1988)
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) Canite tuba in Sion
Bob Chilcott (1955-) O Emmanuel, from Advent Antiphons (2004)
arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) People, Look East
arr. Stefan Claas Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (2007)
Kathryn Rose (b. 1980) Advent (2015)