November 19, 2017 – September 21, 2017
Nov 2017
Cantate Chicago presents An American Psalmbook, featuring Bernstein's Chichester Psalms - Conductor
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
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
Nov 2017
Beethoven & Thanksgiving - Chorus Director
Fort Wayne Philharmonic • Fort Wayne
Caleb Young, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, director
Beethoven — Overture in C major, Op. 115, “Feast Day”
Beethoven — Elegiac Song
Beethoven — Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Canning — Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
Ives — from New England Holidays, “Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day”, S. 5 No. 4
Copland — The Tender Land: Suite
Traditional — "We Gather Together" - Audience Sing Along
Nov 2017
Bernstein & Belshazzar - Associate Conductor
The Washington Chorus • Washington
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Lauridsen - Mid-Winter Songs
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
Aidan Stanton-Brand, Treble
Igor Vieira, Baritone
George Washington University Singers
The Washington Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor