St. Paul A Cappella, a 16-voice semi-professional ensemble under the direction of Dr. William O. Baker, presents a Holy Week Concert of Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Allegri: Miserere Mein; Schulz-Widmar: Good Friday Anthems; and Tavener: Funeral Ikos, along with organ selections by Helmuth Wacha, Samuel Scheidt, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Sunday, March 24, 4:00 PM, St. Paul’s […]
Missouri
Remarkable venue to host Austro-Hungarian repertoire
The historic Shrine of St. Joseph, located in downtown St. Louis, was enlarged in 1866, just months after Franz Liszt completed his “Missa Choralis.” The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus will ‘marry’ these two masterpieces of architecture and music on February 18, and tickets are now available through its website. Visitors to this website can watch […]
Liszt premiere in St. Louis (MO)
Written in 1865, the year Liszt took holy orders, his “Missa Choralis” requires a spacious acoustic and majestic physical setting to be appreciated to its fullest advantage. On Sunday, February 18, the ideal setting for this stirring expression of faith is to be found in St. Louis (MO), and The Shrine of St. Joseph: Google […]
St. Louis to hear unusual Christmas repertoire
The annual holiday program by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Sunday 17th December at 3 pm, includes both the unusual and the unfamiliar. Two significant pieces of ‘Americana’ are provided by Virgil Thomson (“Scenes from The Holy Infancy”) and Paul Nelson (“In Bethlehem, That Noble Place”). Carols rarely heard in the USA from Australians William […]
Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral in Kansas City
The 26th annual “Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral” concerts will be Friday, December 15, 7:30 PM, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (gold dome) at Broadway and 12th Streets in Kansas City, MO. The award-winning William Baker Festival Singers will be joined by Organist John Schaefer and the Kansas City, Kansas, All-City Children’s Chorus. The […]
Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral in Kansas City
The 26th annual “Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral” concerts will be Sunday, December 17, 2:00 PM, at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, Broadway at 13th Streets in Kansas City, MO. The award-winning William Baker Festival Singers will be joined by Organist John Schaefer and the Kansas City, Kansas, All-City Children’s Chorus. The popular concert has been […]