Experience two ensembles at the top of their craft performing together. Downtown Voices and chamber chorus Amor Artis take on a set of monumental works: Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, a deeply spiritual and intricate composition; Thomas Tallis’s Spem in Alium, a 40-part Renaissance motet; and Orazio Benevoli’s Missa Tu es Petrus (for four choirs), featuring opulent Baroque textures and counterpoint.
Directed by Ryan Brandau and Stephen Sands. With Trinity Baroque Orchestra.
James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin University and author of How to Inhabit Time, on how we must reckon with our past to live faithfully in the present and have hope for the future.
James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin University and author of How to Inhabit Time, on how we must reckon with our past to live faithfully in the present and have hope for the future.
Join us for an epic evening of free jazz with saxophonist Gary Bartz. The two-time Grammy winner was recently named 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently teaches at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and has made 45 solo albums and performed with an astonishing array of jazz greats. His band includes Marc Cary (piano), James B. King Jr. (bass), Eric Kennedy (drums), and Paul Bollenback (guitar).
Trinity Choir, led by director Melissa Attebury, presents a stirring collection of works created in the crucible of World War II. Showcasing the power of music to confront tyranny, honor voices of courage, and transform our darkest hours, the program culminates in Francis Poulenc’s choral masterpiece, Figure humaine. Composed in secret during the Nazi occupation of France and set to text by poet Paul Éluard, this hymn to freedom moves from introspective grief to defiant triumph, ending with a resounding final declaration: “Liberté.”
Program
Benjamin Britten, Advance Democracy
Ilse Weber, Wiegala
Elsa Barraine, Prelude
Jacob Beranek, Abendgebet
Francis Poulenc, Un soir de neige
Kim André Arnesen, Even when He is silent
Francis Poulenc, Figure humaine
