French Revolutions with Magnum Chorum

New Concert

French Revolutions with Magnum Chorum

Date: March 8, 2012

by Christopher Aspaas

Views: 1158

Location: Minnesota, USA

Choir type: Choirs with Religious Affiliation

Voicing: Mixed

Saturday, March 10th 7:30pm

University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

tickets available at www.magnumchorum.org and at the door

all students = $5 with ID

During the stark season of Lent, you’ll enter a vibrant vineyard of music by fascinating French composers as we explore the power of faith, denial, sacrifice, and the promise of deliverance. You’ll hear Villette’sHymn to the Virgin with jazz influences and the magnificent Ubi Caritas by Durufle. We encounter the divine in bread and wine in O Sacrum Convivium by Messiaen, while Cantique de Jean Racine by Faure invokes visions of fiery revelation. Inspired by the death of a friend, Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence marks Poulenc’s return to Catholicism in dramatic scenes portraying the betrayal of Christ and his sorrow in the Garden of Gethsemane. Nearly blind, Vierne wrote his Messe Solennelle with pipe organ using all 12 notes of the chromatic scale, shocking at the time. You’ll enjoy a new work by Composer in Residence, Stanford Scriven. Written for Magnum Chorum, Scriven’s Ce Soir, Mon Coeur, offers a luxurious setting of poetry by Rilke. Join us for a deeply satisfying evening of reflection and renewal.

Villette Hymne a lá Vierge

Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine

Vierne Messe Sollennelle

Duruflé Ubi Caritas

Aspaas Notre Père (premiere)

Poulenc Four Lenten Motets

Scriven Ce Soir Mon Coeur (premiere)

Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium

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