2016-2017 Concerts

Friends of Cathedral Music is pleased to welcome the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra as artists-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. Philip. We are delighted to partner with them, under the leadership of Julie Andrijeski, artistic director, both for the presentation of their highly specialized performances and for the wondrous and rarely performed repertoire they bring to the rich musical life of the Cathedral and greater Atlanta.

 

Friday, September 16, 2016

Choirs Uncorked

7:30 p.m. in Child Hall. Join the Cathedral Choir for a fun, informal, light-hearted evening of hospitality and entertainment. Relax, and perhaps sing-along, to a selection of beloved Broadway show tunes, light opera, pop and gospel. All proceeds from this fundraiser will support the Cathedral Choir's 2017 England pilgrimage, where they will serve as choir-in-residence for a week each at Salisbury Cathedral and Durham Cathedral.

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Saturday, September 24, 2016
7:30 p.m. The Cathedral of St. Philip

Sunday, September 25, 2016
4 p.m. St. David's Episcopal Church, Roswell

The Collegium Musicum: Music from eighteenth-century Leipzig
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
Julie Andrijeski, artistic director & concertmaster

Pre-concert lecture 6:30 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Steven Zohn (Gould Room, Cathedral of St. Philip)

Presented by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and Friends of Cathedral Music

General Admission: $20 in advance / $25 day of concert
Seniors: $15 in advance / $20 day of concert
Students :$10

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For more information, check out atlantabaroque.org online, or call (404) 422-0515
,
or email info@atlantabaroque.org

The Leipzig Collegium Musicum, under the direction of a youthful G.P. Telemann, was among the first such organizations to present regular public subscription concerts for the middle class. Performed in coffee houses in the winter and gardens in the summer, these weekly concerts presented a platform for Telemann’s newly composed works along with those of his students and peers, including J.S. Bach’s famous Concerto for Two Violins.

 

Friday, October 14, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

The treble choristers of the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City
Daniel Hyde, conductor
Benjamin Sheen, organ

Monday, October 10: We regret to announce the cancellation of the concert scheduled for this Friday, October 14, at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, which was to have featured the treble choristers of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City. Due to damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, several other venues on the choir's East Coast tour were unable to accommodate their concerts, making the full tour unviable. 

Tickets purchased online will be refunded automatically to the purchaser's credit card.  Tickets purchased from the Cathedral Book Store will be refunded upon presentation of the paper ticket(s) at the Cathedral Book Store. 

 

Saturday, November 19, 2016
7:30 p.m. The Cathedral of St. Philip

Sunday, November 20, 2016
4 p.m. St. David's Episcopal Church, Roswell

St Cecilia’s Day Celebrations: Music from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century London

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
Julie Andrijeski, artistic director & concertmaster
Cathedral Schola
Dale Adelmann, conductor
with
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Mischa Bouvier, baritone

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra

Program:
Henry Purcell, Hail Bright Cecilia (Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day)
G.F. Handel, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76 

 

Click here to purchase tickets for the Cathedral of St. Philip (Saturday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m.)

Click here to purchase tickets for St. David's, Roswell (Sunday, November 20 at 4 p.m.)

London has celebrated St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, since the 17th century. During several periods of English history these concerts were annual events, held around her feast day, November 22. This weekend's concerts offer a rare opportunity, in the same performance, to hear two of the most beloved works dedicated to St. Cecilia—George Frederic Handel’s "Ode to St. Cecilia" and Henry Purcell’s "Ode on St. Cecilia 1692" performed by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, the Cathedral Schola, and a world-class cast of soloists.

Friday, February 24, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

2017 Cathedral Choir England Pilgrimage Benefit Concert

Cathedral Choir & Schola
David Fishburn and Patrick A. Scott, organ
Dale Adelmann, conductor

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music
The Emile T. Fisher 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: $15 in advance / $20 day of concert
Seniors & Students: $10 in advance / $15 day of concert

Patron tickets and discounted advance-purchase tickets are available online and
from the Cathedral Book Store at (404) 237-7582.
Purchase tickets online here.

Donations to support the Choir's pilgrimage fund may be made here using the "Choir Pilgrimage Gift" tab.

This summer the Cathedral Choir will sing daily services as choir-in-residence at Salisbury Cathedral (pictured, July 24-30) and Durham Cathedral (July 31-August 6). Tonight's concert will present a 75-minute sampling of the glorious music they will sing in England — including what we believe is the first performance in the American Southeast of Herbert Howells' beautiful Sarum Service, written for Salisbury Cathedral. Come support the Cathedral Choir, presenting its final fundraiser prior to this summer's England pilgrimage! 

Program:
Stephen Paulus, Pilgrims' Hymn
Zoltán Kodály, Missa Brevis

William Walton, Crown Imperial (organ solo)

Morten Lauridsen, O nata lux from Lux Aeterna
William Byrd, Gloria in excelsis from Mass for Five Voices
Gabriel Jackson, A prayer of King Henry VI
arr. Moses Hogan, We shall walk through the valley in peace

Gerald Near, Nunc dimittis on Plainsong Themes
Herbert Howells, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Sarum Service)
Paul Halley, Jesu, the very thought of thee

Saturday, March 18, 2017
7:30 p.m. The Cathedral of St. Philip

Sunday, March 19, 2017
4:00 p.m. St. David's Episcopal Church, Roswell

The Concert Spirituel: Music from eighteenth-century Paris
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
Julie Andrijeski, artistic director & concertmaster
and the Cathedral Schola

Presented by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and Friends of Cathedral Music

General Admission: $20 in advance / $25 day of concert
Seniors: $15 in advance / $20 day of concert
Students: $10

Click here to purchase tickets online.
For more information, check out atlantabaroque.org online, or call (404) 422-0515
,
or email info@atlantabaroque.org

The Concert Spirituel provided a means in Paris to produce public entertainments during the Lenten season when theatrical events were forbidden. Begun on March 18, 1725, these events were attended by the lower aristocracy, foreigners, and other people of means. The ABO, joined by the Cathedral Schola, recreates one such program with an exquisite grand motet by Delalande and an abundance of instrumental music by Leclair, Dauvergne, and the ever-popular Corelli.

 

Tuesday, April 4, 2017
7:30 p.m.

The Choir of New College, Oxford, England
Robert Quinney, conductor

Presented by the Moore-Wilkerson Fund of the Cathedral of St. Philip, Friends of Cathedral Music, and the British Consulate-General Atlanta

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: $15 in advance / $20 day of concert
Seniors & Students: $10 in advance / $15 day of concert

Patron tickets and discounted advance-purchase tickets are available online and
from the Cathedral Book Store at (404) 237-7582.
Purchase tickets online here.

"an assured synthesis of elegant musicality" -- Gramophone
"the performance is astonishing... a real revelation" -- BBC Music Magazine

The Choir of New College Oxford has achieved a worldwide reputation for choral excellence through its critically acclaimed recordings, by frequent appearances at the BBC Promenade concerts, and by its frequent foreign tours, including Japan, Australia, Brazil, France, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Malta and the Low Countries. Their touring schedule takes them to continental Europe on a regular basis, often in the company of The Academy of Ancient Music. Recent concerts have included the Chapelle Royale at Versailles (Charpentier’s Messe des morts), the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (Handel’s Messiah) and the Ambronay Festival (Handel’s Coronation Anthems). The Choir has made more than one hundred critically acclaimed recordings:  listen to an excerpt from its performance of Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei.

Program
Gerald Finzi, God is gone up
William Byrd, Vigilate
William Byrd, Ave verum corpus
William Byrd, O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata in F, BWV 540 (organ solo)
Ruth Byrchmore, A Birthday
Matthew Martin, Ut unum sint
Toby Young, O God, make the door of this house
Francisco Guerrero, Ave virgo sanctissima
Clemens non Papa, Ego flos campi a 7
Heinrich Schütz, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, SWV 386
Olivier Messiaen, Dieu parmi nous (La Nativité du Seigneur) (organ solo)
Patrick Hadley, My beloved spake
William H. Harris, Faire is the heaven
Charles Villiers Stanford, Te Deum in C

 

Friday, May 12, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
in a virtuosic transcription for organ
David Briggs, organ

Megan Brunning, soprano
Margaret Lias, mezzo-soprano
with the Cathedral Choir

Presented by the Moore-Wilkerson Fund of the Cathedral of St. Philip, the Atlanta Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and Friends of Cathedral Music

Free admission

Listen here to a clip from a prior performance.

David Briggs is an internationally renowned organist whose performances are acclaimed for their musicality, virtuosity, and ability to excite and engage audiences of all ages. He is known across the globe for his brilliant organ transcriptions of symphonic music by composers including Mahler, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Bruckner, Ravel, and Bach. Fascinated by the art of Improvisation since a child, David also frequently performs improvisations to silent films. While he was the Organ Scholar at King's College, Cambridge, he studied organ with Jean Langlais in Paris. He was the first British winner of the Tournemire Prize at the St. Albans International Improvisation Competition. Subsequently David held positions at Hereford, Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals. He is currently Artist-in-Residence at St. James Cathedral, Toronto, and plays more than 60 concerts a year, spanning several continents. In addition, he teaches at Cambridge (UK), frequently serves on international organ competition juries, and gives masterclasses at colleges and conservatories across the U.S. and Europe.

 

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

David Hurd, organ
Atlanta Summer Organ Festival Recital

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music

$15 Suggested Donation at the Door

David Hurd is internationally recognized as one of the foremost church musicians and concert organists in the United States, with a long list of honors and achievements, and extraordinary expertise in organ performance, improvisation, and composition. He served on the faculty of The General Theological Seminary in New York City from 1976 until 2015, first as Director of Chapel Music and later as Organist and Professor of Church Music. He is the widely published composer of dozens of hymns, choral works, settings of the liturgy, and organ works, and was one of the major contributors of new music to The Hymnal 1982 of the Episcopal Church. In May 2016, Dr Hurd was named organist-choirmaster of the famed Church of St. Mary the Virgin in New York City. Read more about David Hurd here.

Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sinfonia from Cantata 29
J.S. Bach, Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B minor
David Hurd, Fantasia on Wondrous Love
David Hurd, Four Spiritual Preludes
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Overture to St. Paul
Pamela Decker, Movements from Faneuil Hall
David Hurd, Suite in Three Movements
David Hurd, Toccata

Suggested donation: $15 at the door