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The Forgotten Baroque: Masterworks from
the Seventeenth Century
Saturday,
May 17, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Woodside United Methodist
Church, 8900 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring,
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Jennifer Ellis Kampani,
soprano
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Barbara Hollinshead,
alto
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Tony Boutté,
tenor
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Sumner
Thompson, bass |
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Heinrich
Ingaz Franz von Biber
Stabat
Mater (modern
premiere)
Salamon Rossi
Motets and Psalms from Hashirim
Asher Lish'lomo ("The Songs of Solomon")
Giacomo Carissimi
Historia di Jephte
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In this very special concert,
The Bach Sinfonia will present the modern
premiere of Biber's Stabat Mater.
Daniel Abraham, music and artistic director, has
edited the composition from manuscripts that
survive in Salzburg where Biber was
Kapellmeister from 1684 until his death
in 1704. The concert also offer the rare
opportunity to hear Rossi's radiant polyphonic
Hebrew motets and psalm settings from
Hashirim Asher Lish'omo (1623), his
important offering of choral compositions for
the standard Jewish liturgy. Carissimi's
beautiful oratorio, one of the first pieces in
its genre, depicts the story of Jephte, who
pledges to sacrifice his only child as an
offering for victory in battle. The dramatic
musical imagery of Jephte and his daughter's
plight includes battle scenes, songs of triumph,
painful parting, and a final, stirring, mournful
chorus filled with anguish and lament.
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General Admission ($28) |
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Seniors (60+) ($25)
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Students (15 to university)
($15) |
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Children 14 and under are FREE.
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