The Mystical 16: The 1616 Settings of Psalm 116, and Contemporary Versions
Company: Crescendo
The Crescendo Chorus, Vocal Ensemble and Soloists, with Period InstrumentsChristine Gevert, conductor and Artistic Director
In the year 1616 Burckhard Grossmann, a merchant from Jena, Germany, after surviving a near death experience, in gratitude commissioned 16 composers from central Germany to write settings of Psalm 116. Among them were master composers of church music such as Heinrich Schütz, Christoph Demantius and Johann Hermann Schein. Our program will feature motets from this collection by these three composers, as well as Gregorian Chant, and works by Benedictus Ducis and Orlando di Lasso and J.S. Bach. Modern settings of the psalm by composers Jonny Priano and others will use contemporary poetry written for Crescendo by Bruce McEver, Frances Roth and Juliet Mattila. Three works have been commissioned for Crescendo, and will be premiered at this performance.
Saturday, April 6 at 6:00 pm
Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
Sunday, April 7 at 4:00 pm
Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Road (Route 112), Lakeville, CT
$60 premium, $35 general admission, $10 under 18
In the year 1616 Burckhard Grossmann, a merchant from Jena, Germany, after surviving a near death experience, in gratitude commissioned 16 composers from central Germany to write settings of Psalm 116. Among them were master composers of church music such as Heinrich Schütz, Christoph Demantius and Johann Hermann Schein. Our program will feature motets from this collection by these three composers, as well as Gregorian Chant, and works by Benedictus Ducis and Orlando di Lasso and J.S. Bach. Modern settings of the psalm by composers Jonny Priano and others will use contemporary poetry written for Crescendo by Bruce McEver, Frances Roth and Juliet Mattila. Three works have been commissioned for Crescendo, and will be premiered at this performance.
Saturday, April 6 at 6:00 pm
Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
Sunday, April 7 at 4:00 pm
Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Road (Route 112), Lakeville, CT
$60 premium, $35 general admission, $10 under 18
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http://worldclassmusic.org/, 4:00 pm
Trinity Church
484 Lime Rock Road (Route 112)
Lakeville, CT 06039
United States
Type:
Chorus