Motet Mania
For All Lovers of Choral Music
Director’s Series
Building on the popularity of last season’s performance of Bach’s complete motets, the superb vocalists of the Washington Bach Consort perform a program devoted to the genre of the Motet throughout history, from the Middle Ages to the present day. You won’t want to miss this unrivaled repertory, performed by the WBC chorus—hailed by The Washington Post for its “bright, forthright sound,” with “phrasing as word-responsive as its blend is polished and supple.”
...Director’s Series
Building on the popularity of last season’s performance of Bach’s complete motets, the superb vocalists of the Washington Bach Consort perform a program devoted to the genre of the Motet throughout history, from the Middle Ages to the present day. You won’t want to miss this unrivaled repertory, performed by the WBC chorus—hailed by The Washington Post for its “bright, forthright sound,” with “phrasing as word-responsive as its blend is polished and supple.”
Machaut, Dame, de qui toute ma joie vient | Dufay, Ecclesiae militantis | Lambe, Nesciens Mater | Taverner, Mater Christi sanctissima | Lusitano, Aspice Domine | Sheppard, Reges Tharsis | Tallis, Why fum’th in sight | Clemens, Ego flos campi | Gesualdo, Ecce quomodo moritur justus | Purcell, I was glad
Intermission
JH Schein, Ich will schweigen | JC Bach, Der Gerechte | Mendelssohn, Richte mich, Gott | Brahms, Wo is ein so herrlich Volk? | Bruckner, Os justi | Parry, There is an old belief | Poulenc, Vinea mea electa | Villette, Panis angelicus | Hailstork, The Song of Deborah | Weston, Given sound | Tavener, Hymn to the Mother of God
Running time is approximately 150 minutes including intermission
Shannon & Jim Davis, underwriters
