LENOX, MA. — The Cantilena Chamber Choir will showcase of the music of Bach, Brahms and more at Trinity Church on Sunday, October 23rd, at 3p.m. The concert will highlight the more famous works by these two composers comparing the compositional Bach’s technique and how it influenced the work of Brahms 100 years later.
On the program will be Bach’s Cantata #4 Christ Lag in Todesbanden and the double choir motet Ich lasse dich nicht and their corresponding works the Brahms motets O Heiland Reiss die Himmel auf and his Opus 29 no 1 and 2 Est ist das Heil uns Kommen her.
Also on the program is the motet Ay Que Dolor by Juan Cererols that predates the opening of the Bach St. Matthew Passion yet is strikingly similar. Rarely heard works of composers Robert Pearsall and 16th century Portuguese composer Manuel Cardosa will be included.
Concert tickets are $20 adults, $15 students/seniors, and free for children 12 and under. Trinity Church is located at 88 Walker Street in Lenox. Those interested in more information can visit www.cantilenachoir.org. Phone: 518-791-0185 or email .
The Cantilena Choir, now in its thirteenth season, is the recipient of a Peers grant award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for this concert, the only Berkshire choir so honored. It is also a two-time winner of the prestigious Choral Arts New England’s Alfred Nash Patterson Award for unique programming. Andrea Goodman, the founder and director of the choir, also serves as the Music Director for the annual summer Saratoga Choral Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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