2015-2016 Concerts
Friday, September 18, 2015
8 p.m.
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, England
Stephen Layton, Director of Music
Presented by the British Consulate-General Atlanta and Friends of Cathedral Music.
Patron tickets: $150 in advance (includes 2 tickets & unreserved seats in the preferred seating section of the Cathedral nave, held until 10 minutes prior to the concert)
General Admission: $25 in advance / $30 day of concert
Seniors: $20 in advance / $25 day of concert
Students: $10 in advance / $15 day of concert
Click here to purchase tickets, or call the Cathedral Book Store at 404-237-7582.
Additional parking will be available at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church (2715 Peachtree Road NE), with free shuttle service to the door of the Cathedral.
This rare Atlanta appearance of one of the most acclaimed adult choirs in the world will delight and move listeners. At home at Cambridge University, the choir sings three choral services each week during university term, giving them a facility of musicianship and breadth of repertoire that is truly astounding. Trinity College’s choral tradition dates back to the 14th century, and Gramophone magazine recently named them among the top five choirs in the world.
Program:
William Byrd, O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
Maurice Duruflé, Fugue sur le Carillon de la Cathédrale de Soissons, Op. 12
Ēriks Ešenvalds, The Heavens’ Flock
Herbert Howells, Te Deum (Collegium Regale)
Owain Park, The wings of the wind
C.H.H. Parry, I was glad
Arvo Pärt, Bogoroditse Djevo
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Evening Hymn, & Ekteniya of the Litany
Steven Stucky, O sacrum convivium
Thomas Tallis, Salvator mundi
John Tavener, Mother of God, here I stand
Eric Whitacre, I thank You God for most this amazing day
and a selection of light music
Thursday, April 7, 2016
7:30 p.m.
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, England
Andrew Nethsingha, Director of Music
Presented by the British Consulate-General Atlanta and Friends of Cathedral Music.
Patron tickets: $150 in advance (includes 2 tickets & unreserved seats in the preferred seating section of the Cathedral nave, held until 10 minutes prior to the concert)
General Admission: $25 in advance / $30 day of concert
Seniors: $20 in advance / $25 day of concert
Students: $10 in advance / $15 day of concert
Click here to purchase tickets, or call the Cathedral Book Store at 404-237-7582.
Additional parking will be available at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church (2715 Peachtree Road NE), with free shuttle service to the door of the Cathedral.
This rare Atlanta appearance of one of the most celebrated Choirs of Men & Boys in the world will delight and move listeners. At home in the University of Cambridge, the choir sings six Evensongs and a fully Choral Eucharist each week during university term, giving them a facility of musicianship and breadth of repertoire that is truly astounding. Over the past half century, the Choir has represented the British government in concerts throughout the world and has consistently released critically acclaimed recordings on international labels including EMI, Decca, Chandos, Hyperion, and Naxos. It will be an extraordinary evening – not to be missed!
Read more about the St. John's College Choir's USA 2016 tour here.
Listen to St. John's College Choir's video about this 2016 tour here.
Program:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mass in G minor
Henry Purcell, Remember not, Lord, our offences
Henry Purcell, Rejoice in the Lord alway
C Hubert H Parry, Hear my words, ye people
William Byrd, Civitas sancti tui
William Harris, Faire is the heaven
James Burton, O Thoma
Jonathan Harvey, The Annunciation
Jonathan Dove, “Gloria in excelsis” from Missa Brevis
Organ solos:
Dieterich Buxtehude, Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141
Edward Elgar, Imperial March, Op.32
Saturday, May 14, 2016
7:30 p.m. Concert
6:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk
A Festival of English Masterpieces
The Cathedral Choir & Schola with orchestra
Emile T. Fisher Spring Concert
Patron tickets: $100 in advance (includes 2 tickets & unreserved seats in the preferred seating section of the Cathedral nave, held until 10 minutes prior to the concert)
General Admission: $20 in advance / $25 day of concert
Seniors: $15 in advance / $20 day of concert
Students: $10 in advance / $15 day of concert
To purchase tickets, use the form below, click here, or call the Cathedral Book Store at 404-237-7582.
Tonight we feast on some of England’s most beloved choral favorites from the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. These works are rarely performed in North America, and it is all music that one will fall in love with at first hearing. Join the Cathedral Choir and Schola, with organ and orchestra, for an extraordinary opportunity to hear these enduring masterpieces.
The pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of the performance will address the literary themes of the profound texts that will be sung. The "blessed pair of sirens" sings heavenly praise! Voice and verse blend wondrously. Jeremiah Cawley (one of our talented Cathedral staff singers, and a candidate for a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree) will reflect on verse from Shakespeare’s musings on the Music of the Spheres, from Milton’s heavenly At a Solemn Music, and from W.H. Auden’s poignant and affecting The Twelve. These brilliant texts parallel the ancient canticles, Te Deum and Magnificat, which throughout history have connected us by voice and verse to the great company of heaven who forever sing God’s praise. Please join us for a discussion of these remarkable texts, the politics and history that birthed them, and the music given them by masters of the English choral tradition.
Program:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
William Walton, The Twelve
Gerald Finzi, Magnificat
William Walton, Coronation Te Deum
C. Hubert H. Parry, Blest pair of sirens
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Bruce Neswick, Organist
Atlanta Summer Organ Festival 2016
$15 suggested donation at the door
Bruce Neswick is one of the leading organ recitalists, church musicians, and clinicians of his generation. Prior to joining the staff of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon, he served as Canon for Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta; Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; and Professor of Music in Organ and Sacred Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and of the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music, his teachers have included Robert Baker, David Dahl, Gerre Hancock, Margaret Irwin-Brandon and Lionel Rogg. His tremendous skill at improvisation garnered him first prizes in the 1989 San Anselmo Organ Festival; the 1990 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Boston; and the 1992 Rochette Concours at the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland. As a recitalist, he has performed throughout the United States and Europe. Join us to welcome him back to the Cathedral for an evening of music that is certain to thrill and delight!
Program:
Gerre Hancock, Hymn “Come, thou Holy Spirit bright” (Palm Beach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata in E Major, BWV 566
Lisa Bielawa, Neumark Dances: Chorale Prelude on Wer nur den lieben Gott
César Franck, Choral I en mi majeur (1890)
Texu Kim, Ma$HeD (2016)
Herbert Howells, Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, No. 3
Camille Saint-Saens, Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 99, No. 3 (1894)
Improvisation on a submitted theme