Oberlin College Choir performs "Christ Lag in Todesbanden" by J. S. Bach
Oberlin Baroque performs the Trauer Cantata by Teleman
Oberlin Baroque and the Oberlin College Choir join together for a terrific performance at Brick Presbyterian Church. Since 2008, Brick Church and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music have collaborated in a sacred music internship program.
The Oberlin College Choir is a highly select ensemble chosen from students at the conservatory and the college. Founded by Olaf C. Christiansen in 1929, it has been led by such illustrious conductors as Robert Fountain and Daniel Moe, and has won critical acclaim for performances in the United States and abroad. {READ MORE}
For forty years, Oberlin’s name has been synonymous with the highest artistic quality of historical performance practices. Oberlin Baroque is an ensemble from the conservatory’s renowned Historical Performance department. Formed of majors at the undergraduate and Master’s level, these accomplished young artists work with an internationally renowned faculty and guest artists, gaining experience in a broad range of practices changing in response to the new discoveries and fresh understandings in this dynamic field. {READ MORE}
Jason Harris conducts the Oberlin College Choir, Oberlin Treble Ensemble, Oberlin Musical Union, and teaches choral conducting. In 2006, he received two Grammy Awards (Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Album) as a choral director for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience. {READ MORE}
Jason Harris
Conductor, Oberlin College Choir
Brick Church
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
2:00pm
FREE, NO TICKETS REQUIRED
VENUE INFO
CONCERT PROGRAM:
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Concerto in E Minor
for flute, violin, oboe, cello,
and basso continuo, Op.37/6
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in G Minor
for viola da gamba and harpsichord
BWV 1029
Pierre du Mage
from Premier livre d’orgue (1708)
SONGS OF DAVID:
Thomas Tallis
O come in one to praise the Lord
Sergei Rachmaninov
Priidite poklonimsia
Thomas Tallis
Expend, O Lord, my plaint
Nicolas Gombert
Lugebat David Absalon
Thomas Tallis
Man blest no doubt
Cyrillus Kreek
Õnnis on inimene
SONGS OF SOLOMON:
Edward Bairstow
I sat down under his shadow
Ola Gjeilo
Northern Lights,
“Pulchra es anima mea”
SONGS OF MARY:
Sergei Rachmaninov
Bogoroditse devo
Arvo Part
Bogoroditse devo
arr. Craig Hella Johnson
Requiem
arr. Alice Parker
My God is a Rock
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