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 | Ockeghem, Missa Cuiusvis toni, Kyrie | Lambe, Nesciens Mater | Taverner, Mater Christi sanctissima | Lusitano, Aspice Domine | Sheppard, Reges Tharsis | Tallis, As fum’th in fight | Clemens, Ego flos campi | Gesualdo, Ecce quomodo moritur Justus | Purcell, I was glad
Intermission
Tavener, Hymn to the mother of God | 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, Song of Deborah | Weston, Given sound
Shannon & Jim Davis, underwriters
