A Concert Meditation on Civil Rights in America
28 Mar, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Concerts
Sunday April 19 5:00pm Cantate Welcomes Afro Blue! [responsive][/responsive] Cantate is thrilled to team with jazz a cappella virtuosos Afro Blue of Howard University (acclaimed finalists on NBC’s The Sing-Off) in a concert tribute to the musical heritage of the Civil Rights movement that reaches across styles and generations. Featuring spirituals, dazzling and reflective jazz, and songs of courage […]
Judah Adashi
27 Mar, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Artists
The music of composer Judah Adashi has been described as “beguiling” (Alex Ross, New Yorker) and “elegant” (Steve Smith, Boston Globe). Dr. Adashi has been honored with awards, grants and commissions from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP and BMI Foundations, the American Composers Forum, New Music USA and the Aspen Music Festival, as […]
St. John Passion
11 Feb, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Concerts
The third concert of Cantate’s 30th Anniversary Season features the magnificent St. John Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach − not the familiar edition based on the first version of 1724 but the less frequently sung fourth version of 1749. Music Director Gisèle Becker will conduct the singers of Cantate, outstanding guest vocal artists, and an ensemble […]
To Be Sung on the Water
12 Nov, 2014 - 2014-2015 Concerts
An evening of nature-inspired a cappella works by Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, Edward Elgar, Eric Whitacre, and more. Program highlights include a late Brahms quartet, a shimmering Frederick Delius vocalise, and two works by Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Featuring soprano Rachel Evangeline Barham and keyboard artist Andrew Earle Simpson. Afterward, please join us […]
Curlew River: A Parable for Church Performance
14 Feb, 2014 - 2013-2014,2013-2014 Concerts,Concerts
An area concert premiere of Britten’s unique 1964 work inspired by Japanese Noh theater. Cantate will present a fully mounted production with new choreography by renowned performance artist Shizumi Shigeto Manale. Also on the program is the world premiere of Chidori for women’s voices and koto, the Japanese string instrument, by acclaimed composer Gary Davison and another new […]
Dear Ben…
13 Oct, 2013 - 2013-2014,2013-2014 Concerts,Concerts
Cantate concludes its year-long focus on Benjamin Britten with a festive look at the composer’s era through the lens of his correspondence with musical contemporaries. On the program will be works by Francis Poulenc, Dmitri Shostakovich, Imogen Holst, Aaron Copland, Percy Grainger, and Lennox Berkeley. Excerpts from letters they exchanged with Britten will also be […]
A Britten Holiday
12 Oct, 2013 - 2013-2014,2013-2014 Concerts,Concerts
Our second concert, A Britten Holiday, features the seasonal favorite A Ceremony of Carols and gems from the lesser-known Britten repertoire explored on Cantate’s new CD A Britten Holiday, recently recorded at Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C.; highlights from both the concert and CD include Chorale After an Old French Carol and the fascinating Christ’s Nativity, written when […]
Britten’s 100th Birthday Celebration
1 Sep, 2013 - 2013-2014,2013-2014 Concerts,Concerts
A rare presentation of Britten’s edition of the Mozart Requiem. Plus: Cantata Misericordium, the composer’s take on the Good Samaritan tale, and Serenade for Tenor, Horns, and Strings. [one_half] Friday, Nov 22, 2013, 8:00 pm St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 4900 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 [/one_half] [one_half] Program Mozart Requiem, Britten edition Cantate Misericordium, opus […]
